# The Sportsman: Agent-Direct Score F (0%)

Site: http://the-sportsman.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/the-sportsman.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The scanner couldn't reach The Sportsman's website on 2026-10-24 (challenge:attention required). Rescans are free.
AI assistants can't open The Sportsman's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Phone: +44 117 9427525
- Address: Nevil Road BS7 9EQ Bristol

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Sportsman that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Coffi Lab (220 m): https://directindex.org/r/coffilab.co.uk
- Lonely Mouth (530 m): https://directindex.org/r/lonelymouth.co.uk
- Chaiiwala (610 m): https://directindex.org/r/chaiiwala.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **The site couldn't be read at all.** There's a bot challenge in front of the site (challenge:attention required), so a plain fetch never gets to the page. A real browser tried too and got challenge:title.

## Already right
- Nothing.

## Where it stands
142 of 144 in Bristol cafes and bars. Top 99% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | no |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 93% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 80% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 53% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 27% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Chimp House (C, 198 m, https://directindex.org/r/chimphouse.co.uk); The Key Cafe (D, 219 m, https://directindex.org/r/thekeybristol.com); Coffi Lab (A, 222 m, https://directindex.org/r/coffilab.co.uk); Lunita Pasteleria (C, 378 m, https://directindex.org/r/lunitapasteleria.com); Somerville Club (C, 465 m, https://directindex.org/r/somervilleclub.co.uk); Lonely Mouth (B, 531 m, https://directindex.org/r/lonelymouth.co.uk); Chaiiwala (B, 609 m, https://directindex.org/r/chaiiwala.co.uk); Bristol Flyer (B, 617 m, https://directindex.org/r/theflyerbristol.co.uk); Peggy's (C, 644 m, https://directindex.org/r/peggysbristol.co.uk); Jean's Bistro (F, 660 m, https://directindex.org/r/jeansbistro.co.uk).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Bristol cafes and bars and named 56 places. The Sportsman wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/bristol-cafes-bars/recommended


## Businesses like The Sportsman in Bristol cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Bristol cafes and bars | 144 | 57% | 33% | 0% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Bristol cafes and bars: Coffi Lab (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/coffilab.co.uk); The Greyhound (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/greyhoundfishponds.co.uk); The Old Fish Market (A 95.4%, https://directindex.org/r/oldfishmarket.co.uk); GAIL's (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/gails.com); Spirited (A 92.3%, https://directindex.org/r/spiritedbristol.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for The Sportsman, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/the-sportsman.co.uk
- Book: none on record
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +44 117 9427525

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 0 | 25 |
| Actionable | 0 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/the-sportsman.co.uk/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/the-sportsman.co.uk/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=the-sportsman.co.uk&force=1