Tonight we had tickets to a punk show at the theatre. Karen suggested Lytham for pre-theatre bevs, given we had...
Blackpool
I appear to have been in Hibernation Mode for the best part of a month but it's now time to...
I’m often asked for pub recommendations by visitors to Blackpool (and Fleetwood) so I thought it was high time I...
I’d been holding off my trip to Cleveleys for months, pending the opening of an exciting new pub. I’d heard...
Saturday nights are all right for pubbing. Now the new football season is upon us - and I can face...
Today saw the annual visit of the Lancashire Hotpots to Blackpool. I have made a point of keeping my close...
There’s a new drinkery on the block in Blackpool. I’d been eagerly awaiting the reopening of Abingdon Street Market following...
If you missed #1 you can find it here. This mission was once again strategically planned to forget about the...
I am often asked for local pub recommendations so I'm starting this new series of blogs to showcase the best...
Watford away. Usually meh. Not today. Today was Joshy Day: the return of the Messiah! I was singing from the...
Josh Bowler is back at Blackpool! Dear reader, I’d take a bullet for Joshy, I love him that much. Consequently...
Back on the road this weekend to Cov. As we did the Football Tourist's Guide To Coventry last season, it...
Another home game, another trip to the pub for the blog… Waterloo Music Bar On Friday night I’d been excited...
Meet The New Signings - Beer & Burger Night Ahead of the home game against Norwich was a new event...
Football really is a rollercoaster of emotions at times. This week was to bring highs and lows - and would...
It was back to Bloomfield Road today - hoping for more of the same (sans the red card) after last...
After a night on the lash in Manchester - completing the Good Beer Guide pubs - I wasn't overly keen...
Right. You demanded pubs: you got 'em! Ahead of the Barrow match (well ahead, actually - on Sunday) I went...
The big kick off was finally here - pitting one former Blackpool manager against another. Michael Appleton has returned to...
The superfans amongst you (that’s you, Martin) will have noticed the lack of midweek Salford action. Frankly, I don’t like...
It was back to Bloomfield Road for the first time in three months (which seems like the blink of an...
Today was the last home game of the season - and it was to be a change to the usual...
There was no need for a Football Tourist's Guide tonight, as we'd already done it when we were in town...
After a heavy couple of days exploring the Black Country and Birmingham, I spent 48 hours holed up at home....
I was super excited about this match today - and not just because it wasn’t Blackpool East. The two main...
I had been dreading our derby against Preston North Blackpool East End for months. I knew my anxiety would be...
After a good night’s sleep after last night’s crawl round Salford and Manchester I woke up refreshed. I showered and...
(If you missed Part One, here it is). Shickers Micropub I had arranged to meet Evo in another ‘safe place’...
My friend and fellow blogger Evo Boozy Scribbler was in town this weekend. We’ve done some belting pub crawls together...
This fixture was sandwiched between two heavy weekends and I wasn’t planning on going to the pub at all. But...
This weekend has been a bit of an epic, exploring hidden corners of Blackpool that I wouldn't ordinarily have visited....
After two long away trips it was a relief to have a home match. Today was going to be action-packed...
I've written about football since time began (well since I fell in love with the game during Italia 90). My...
Dear reader, what an absolute pleasure this weekend has been. If what I write below doesn't convince you to visit...
Diet notwithstanding, I've decided it's high time I get out and about around the pubs of the Fylde Coast more...
(If you haven't read Part One, you can find it here). I left you in Part One just as we...
A Change In Fortunes It was time for a change today, on the back of two heartbreaking results for Blackpool....
Will it be on? Will it be off? With daily COVID testing for players and match postponements rife across the...
I woke at 0930. Hmm. I had already calculated that we needed to set off at 1030 and I hadn't...
To go or not to go? To pub or not to pub? Those were the questions. I think you know...
I woke up buzzing this morning. The football makes me feel like that sometimes - although not as often as...
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this match tonight. My Baggie friend Luke had advised me that they had...
(If you missed Part One you can find it via this link) I woke up around 0500 dehydrated and thankful...
It was off to South Wales on Friday - a historically happy hunting ground for Blackpool. It was a long...
It's been a busy weekend here at LCTV Towers: a party, a match, a disco and a new micropub. Here's...
After three wins on the bounce it was time to return to Bloomfield Road for a night under the floodlights....
(If you missed Part One, here’s the link). After a Good Night’s Sleep (guaranteed) we headed down for breakfast. I...
It has been sooooo long since Blackpool had an actual Proper Derby that I can't actually remember the last one....
Sandwiched between two epic weekenders, we opted to go to Reading on the coach. Long-distance midweekers are generally a huge...
Still exhausted from our epic trip to Hull midweek, it was approaching 1100 when I woke up on Saturday morning...
