My friend and fellow blogger Evo Boozy Scribbler was in town this weekend. We’ve done some belting pub crawls together...
Pubs & Pub Culture
After my big day out at Wigan Beer Festival the previous day, I wasn't up for a full-on Football Tourist...
I had been planning Salford as my next Manchester Good Beer Guide (GBG) mission but my calendar instructed me otherwise....
A beer festival! In Wigan! Well there was no way I was missing out on that. I tapped out a...
After two long away trips it was a relief to have a home match. Today was going to be action-packed...
After my impromptu Manchester debut the previous week, I almost immediately set about plotting routes to complete the city’s GBG...
I've written about football since time began (well since I fell in love with the game during Italia 90). My...
Thanks to the influence of Retired Martin and Si BRAPA, on Friday night I found myself commencing a Good Beer...
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....
Christmas Morning: The Dream & The Presents On Christmas morning I dreamt that Lee and I had upsized to a...
Wigan is my favourite place in the whole world. Why? Well this post (featuring Giraffe Woman and friendly homeless man)...
Ahead of our match at Birmingham we were staying at the Park Inn next to Bescot Stadium. There had been...
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...
Well that was the shortest close-season ever! The play-off final was on 30th May, Euro 2020 started 12 days later...
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...
Accy was in my top three away days last season, predominantly due to the magnificent fanzone they had at the...
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...
Dear reader, it's all go here at LCTV Towers. About time I took a break from writing my book and...
Dear reader, I could write a book on the beautiful beers of Burton. This is one of the awaydays I...
I have had an irrational fear of London ever since Fulham away in March 1999. I got flustered on the...
