Dear reader, I'm reverting to writing about life in lockdown because, despite us barely leaving the house, it's still more...
Blackpool FC
You know the drill by now, dear reader. Away day = virtual pub crawl. After all, there's only so much...
Dear reader, it's not been a good week. I hadn't slept well on Monday night, so wasn't in the best...
Dear reader, things are getting busy again at LCTV Towers. This is what football does, you see - and why...
I really enjoyed my visit to Gillingham last year. It had a micropub, a cat, a quest and dinosaurs. Who...
Great as it is to be able to watch Blackpool again, televised football simply isn't the same as being there....
Plymouth away. The first game of the new season. The first awayday in six months. Right at the other end...
I'm getting quite comfortable with this watching from home lark now. I've been surprised at how easily I've adapted to...
Dear reader, we lost 7-2. There’s only one thing for it: a virtual pub crawl of Liverpool. Now I’ve done...
Home game. Away game. It makes no difference these days. Our pre-match routine is the same: lie in, relaxing morning,...
Dear reader, I've been promising you a Blackpool pub review (actual, not virtual) for a while, so it's time for...
Dear reader, we have arrived! The Pool Are Going Up There has clearly been much going on behind the scenes...
Well this was certainly a matchday like no other. Lee and I headed down to Bloomfield Road an hour before...
After five months without football, the fixtures are coming thick and fast. Blackpool's pre-season schedule has been announced - and...
It’s been a funny old close season. Frankly I was glad to see the back of 2019/20, which actually seemed...
Ah the final midweek match of the season. I was looking forward to this one. I skipped to Manchester Piccadilly...
The moment I heard the news of Neil Critchley’s appointment as Blackpool ‘head coach’ on Monday, I headed directly to...
As I waited on Platform 14 at Manchester Piccadilly for the train taking me home to Blackpool for the weekend,...
Right then. A big derby match tonight at home to strugglers Bolton. Surely THIS one was winnable, right...? I caught...
Elton John once sang: Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night's alright That was obviously written before...
So, what did you get up to this Valentines weekend? Lee and I spent the early part of Valentines evening...
You see the trouble with Southend United is that they make Blackpool look like world beaters. Which is great on...
Finally a home game on a Saturday! Much as I love the adventure of an awayday, it has been a...
I bounced out of bed at 5.30am on Saturday and sang along lustily to Aztec Camera in the shower. The...
Following my epic weekend in Lincoln (and the accompanying on-pitch disappointment), I cant say I was disappointed when the Tranmere...
Coping mechanism #325: When the football is rubbish, build fun stuff around it. This weekend I resolved to explore Lincoln...
Cup fever. I know it’s a thing because I felt it only recently with Chasetown. And I remember it with...
Two years ago I decided to take control of my life and implement an active self-improvement programme. I changed how...
Ah my first New Year back on the Fylde Coast. For the first time, being back home seemed a bit...
Once upon a time football was like a fairytale and all our dreams came true. We reached the promised land...
Ah finally a break from work and the opportunity to spend some quality time in my old and new hometown...
Ah Christmas with Northern Rail. What a delight! Having favoured bus transport over trains for many years (for reasons that...
Ah Sunderland away the morning after the Christmas party. What genius scheduled that one? Still, it forced me to be...
Derby: a keen sporting contest, esp one between neighbouring teams (The Chambers Dictionary). When is a derby not a derby? ...
On Friday I was asked: ‘What are you doing this weekend?’. Upon answering, I realised just how much Blackpool Football...
I honestly don’t know what I did with my time before I had Blackpool back in my life! They appear...
Ah Ipswich - one of my absolute FAVOURITE awaydays. Yes I know we’ve never won there and I know it’s...
As I was mulling over which pub to visit after work on Friday, this popped up in my Facebook feed:...
After the leasing.com trophy win against Wolves on Tuesday night, I had remained in Blackpool for further midweek excitement in...
So. The diet. I attempted to formally register for Slimming World on Sunday to further motivate myself with the diet....
Dear reader it is my absolute pleasure to be able to report that Blackpool Are Back (again!). On Friday evening...
Ah Burton: the home of brewing. This one couldn’t fail to be a grand day out. This was a rare...
It was back to League One action for me on Tuesday night - and quite frankly I was more excited...
Carlisle away in the leasing.com trophy. A small crowd for an unsexy cup competition at an old football ground on...
Dear reader, as you know, I’m still relatively new to driving and face new challenges in my car most weeks. ...
A weekend off from football. Hmm. What to do? Well, find some football, of course! After spending Saturday morning working...
Dear reader, you know I am a champion of Blackpool and want the world to know how wonderful the town...
Oh Lancashire - how I love thee! Blackpool is my favourite town, of course, but I do love getting out...
When the fixtures are published in the summer, Donny away is one of the first I look out for. I...
I have learned many things during my thirty years of watching football. This includes how to keep warm on a...
