What is Football Matchday Blogs? Football Matchday Blogs is a series charting my matchday experiences watching Blackpool home and away....
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First game of the season! My options were thus: a 1730 kick off at Crawley for the Blackpool match; or...
Well I wasn’t going to miss out on watching Chase in a cup final, was I? Despite another fucking train...
This wasn't the Newcastle I've had on my list to visit for yonks with Sarah, but the one in Stoke,...
Saturday matchday! I still get that buzz on a Saturday morning when I’m off to watch Chase - something I...
I was very excited to be heading to East Lancashire today to meet up with the Clitheroe massive. I appear...
You may have noticed, dear reader, that, when Blackpool play away from home, I’ve started going to watch my old...
After a VERY messy day out in Preston the previous day, I was still pissed surprisingly chipper this morning and...
As I’d had such a fab time on my train awayday watching Chase at Kidsgrove recently, I took the opportunity...
I was giving the Blackpool game (away at Wycombe) a miss today. I have been struggling with Blackpool for many...
In a previous blog, I toyed with the idea of going to watch the rugby for a giggle. I was...
I thought long and hard about whether I wanted to go to Luton or not. Well obviously I didn't want...
I didn't go to Blackburn midweek. I simply couldn't face it and, from what I've heard, the congested concourse would...
Watford away. Usually meh. Not today. Today was Joshy Day: the return of the Messiah! I was singing from the...
It was off to Hull on Boxing Day. Nice local fixture there. Thanks EFL. Hull got the full Tourist Guide...
After my epic night out in Walsall, I wasn't up in time for breakfast. And besides, I was still pretty...
Back on the road this weekend to Cov. As we did the Football Tourist's Guide To Coventry last season, it...
I spent Friday in Sheffield surrounded by feeders and being thrown completely off my healthy eating plan with sandwiches, sausage...
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...
But First…Rotherham I couldn’t face attempting the Football Tourist’s Guide To Rotherham midweek. The touristy stuff looked decent but the...
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...
Football is back! Whilst I'll confess I've really enjoyed the close season - and the break from travelling (and spending!)...
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...
After a good night’s sleep after last night’s crawl round Salford and Manchester I woke up refreshed. I showered and...
It is a rare treat to have a weekend free in the football calendar. Following Blackpool is, of course, (sometimes)...
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 my big day out at Wigan Beer Festival the previous day, I wasn't up for a full-on Football Tourist...
After two long away trips it was a relief to have a home match. Today was going to be action-packed...
We were on the Blackpool Supporters Association (BSA) coach for this wacky midweeker. We could have done without another long...
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...
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...
After my all-day session in Wigan the previous day, when my alarm went off at 0600 this morning, I quickly...
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...
