Ahead of our match at Birmingham we were staying at the Park Inn next to Bescot Stadium. There had been...
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Much as I love researching and exploring on away missions for the Football Tourist's Guide, I do need a break...
After the traumatic end to my Lytham crawl last week, I decided that this week's pub crawl was going to...
When your team hasn't won a league game all season and they are playing the team at the top of...
Having enjoyed last week's exploratory mission to Poulton, I resolved to go again in Lytham, either side of the Blackpool...
One of my coping mechanisms during lockdown was researching and writing virtual pub crawls around the country. The method in...
Monday 17th May 2021: On The Piss (Without Jerry Yates) I've got the week off! Yippee! It's a fluke that...
It's the last awayday of the season - and you know what that means? Fancy dress! Today, I'm heading to...
I've never properly explored Sunderland, so today will be mainly dedicated to exploring its pubbage. There's a match later on...
A local match - yippee! I'm getting quite exhausted with all these long-distance virtual trips (fun though they are). It's...
I took a gamble on Monday night and arranged a drink with a friend without making a booking in advance....
Dear reader, you may recall I fell in love with Lincoln on my visit there last season. I have even...
There is always something special about an awayday. No matter how early the start, I bounce out of bed, bang...
I've been to Oxford a couple of times in recent years and found its pubbage to be excellent. I did...
Dear reader, when we are safe again, I am planning a train crawl to Preston. To maximise my time at...
I have always viewed Poulton as an enigma. I have been a dozen or more times - but always with...
I confess I've always found Milton Keynes rather an odd city, owing to its design. However, in the course of...
Being from the Far North of Blackpool (Anchorsholme), the southern reaches of the Fylde Coast always seemed so far away...
Dear reader, it is time to continue the pub crawl of the Fylde Coast. I haven't been drinking in Lytham...
Dear reader, I'm actually looking forward to trips to London now. How did that happen? Simply by getting to know...
You may recall I was dreading this fixture last season because (a) Portsmouth is Very Far Away and (b) it...
I was recently interviewed by Swedish fanzine Are You Here For The Game - and was asked about the best...
Ipswich is one of my favourite awaydays simply because it has that epic awayday pub that we all look forward...
Dear reader, Wigan is quite possibly my favourite town ever. I've written about it at length in previous blogs but...
Yippee! I get my Brighton weekender after all. I love exploring seaside resorts to see how they compare to Blackpool....
I know I'm not supposed to, but I like Yorkshire a lot. I particularly like Yorkshire beers and am looking...
Dear reader, you may recall my visit to Bristol last season was most disappointing when it came to pubbage. I...
Yay Shrewsbury! This is one of the best awaydays in League One this season because (a) it's picturesque; (b) it...
Fleetwood isn't so far away. When I was growing up in Anchorsholme, I could smell the fish from Fleetwood. And...
I'm loving these random awaydays in the FA Cup. Of course, it's Sod's Law that they're all coming at a...
In normal times, Donny away is one of the first fixtures I look out for. You see, I've always loved...
Plymouth away. The first game of the new season. The first awayday in six months. Right at the other end...
Dear reader, we lost 7-2. There’s only one thing for it: a virtual pub crawl of Liverpool. Now I’ve done...
It’s been a funny old close season. Frankly I was glad to see the back of 2019/20, which actually seemed...
Southend away was going to be a big day for me. It necessitated the earliest possible start, a very long...
Dear reader, six weeks ago I took the decision to launch a new Blackpool FC fanzine (‘Now That’s What I...
So the new season is almost upon us - and the excitement is building. The Seasiders had scheduled two friendlies...
You remember how I was threatened with execution on my visit to Cleethorpes last year? Well I was so taken...
I was very excited to hear of the opening of a brand new brewery and taphouse in Walsall - New...
I always breathe a sigh of relief when the season ends. Finally I get my Saturdays back - I can...
With the Northern Premier League season finishing a week earlier than the EFL (even that’s been rebranded since I’ve been...
Blackpool has seen somewhat of a real ale revolution since I was last there on a regular basis for the...
Dear reader, you may be under the impression that I haven’t quite got the hang of this travelling to matches...
When I was scouring the Blackpool fixtures to slot in between Chasetown matches, I was delighted to discover that the...
Chasetown don’t have many local matches in the Evo Stik West. Last Saturday we played at Market Drayton Town, one...
Dear reader, the alluring aroma of the red rose continues to draw me home. Not content with a day trip...
Dear Reader, much as I love taking you around my beloved Red Rose county, I ought to confess that I...
...Going Down to Bloomfield Road to See the Blackpool Aces! The excitement of the big return to Bloomfield Road had...
When the fixtures came out last summer, I singled out Clitheroe for a weekend away. Why? Because it’s a corner...
I have come to realise that I feel more at home on the road than anywhere else. Consequently I am...
