The pub lost its licence over allegations it was a haunt for 'Yardie' gangsters and that drug dealing and firearms incidents had taken place.
Lucinda called on police to provide "better support" for landlords to help them deal with problem punters. She said: "Increased rents, taxes and the smoking ban are killing the trade - and we feel the police and council are not helping us. They should be giving us more support.
"People sometimes do things like deal drugs round the corner from the shops or outside the post office but that does not result in those businesses being shut down - yet, for pubs, it's different."
Lucinda, who used to run The Link pub, at Park Hill, said the old Pubwatch scheme was "brilliant" because it provided landlords with an opportunity to share information and discuss issues but its replacement Licence Watch is less beneficial.
Lucinda said with so many pubs closing those that remain are more isolated and there is less useful information which can be exchanged.
"People are putting money into the pubs, including Curt and Natalie Perkins at the Windsor, but licensees do not have faith in the police - we feel they just want to close all the pubs down," she said.
But Lucinda and daughter Roxanne believe the Merrie Monk is an example of how pubs in troubled areas can be run responsibly with measures to deter troublemakers at the venue have included hiring door staff.
"We have no trouble with the customers here," Roxanne said.
Natalie Perkins, landlady at the Windsor, which remains open while she and her husband appeal against the decision to revoke their licence, claim they have been unfairly treated by police.
"We haven't had anything like the problems they claimed. If the police just keep closing pubs, they will just move trouble on elsewhere. We have tried our best to run the pub responsibly and, if it was as bad as they said, why would we have bookings for events like parties and even a wake for a church minister?"
Natalie said she and her husband had spent £30,000 improving the pub and "got involved" with the community. Events included a fundraising event for the family of Luke Mellor, the 14-year-old boy killed on Manor Lane in 2006, when he was hit by a car which crashed as it was being pursued by police.
Chief Supt Jon House, Sheffield district policing commander, said: "I sympathise with pub owners - it's quite obvious times are hard.
" But badly run pubs become centres of criminal activity, affecting the quality of life for surrounding communities.
"We will work with licensees to support them in turning these pubs around, for instance with advice on managing customers' behaviour, security measures and through extra patrols."



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