Still exhausted from our epic trip to Hull midweek, it was approaching 1100 when I woke up on Saturday morning...
Blackpool
(If you missed Part One, here’s the link.) On returning to the hotel last night, I hovered in reception as...
Ten years ago I undertook a pub crawl of Hull ahead of the first match of the season on a...
Much as I love researching and exploring on away missions for the Football Tourist's Guide, I do need a break...
(If you missed Part One of this adventure, here's a quick link) Bong! Bong! Bong! Bong! Bong! Why was I...
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...
Bournemouth is up there as one of my most-visited grounds - and yet I had never even seen the beach....
It was Lee's birthday today so we headed into Manchester for some pre-match adventures. Everyman Cinema It seems it's now...
First home league game of the season! I bounced out of bed, banged on Buckcherry and was ready and raring...
After a busy day, I decided it was time to head to the pub at 5pm ahead of the Middlesbrough...
Home games are a doddle now I've moved back to Blackpool. I don't need to block out an afternoon to...
Well that was the shortest close-season ever! The play-off final was on 30th May, Euro 2020 started 12 days later...
The Day Before Dear Reader, after a largely vagrant lifestyle following Blackpool all around the country (and across Europe), I...
Friday 28th May 2021 0600 I set my alarm for this time so I could listen to Radio Lincolnshire's breakfast...
Monday 17th May 2021: On The Piss (Without Jerry Yates) I've got the week off! Yippee! It's a fluke that...
This was a back-to-front weekend, with a blank Saturday and football on the Sunday. I suppose we'll have to get...
I learned a new word today. Before I tell you what it is, I would like to remind you that...
10:00 Had a bit of a lie-in today. I don't find it easy to get out of bed in the...
I took a gamble on Monday night and arranged a drink with a friend without making a booking in advance....
I love Easter. It's not just the chocolate. Indeed, far less so this year, now I'm on a diet (and...
There is always something special about an awayday. No matter how early the start, I bounce out of bed, bang...
During pre-season - buoyed by Blackpool sticking three past Everton in ten minutes and going 2-0 up at Anfield -...
Dear reader, when we are safe again, I am planning a train crawl to Preston. To maximise my time at...
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...
Dear reader, I've been doing a lot of time-travelling of late - and it's beginning to take its toll on...
Yippee! I get my Brighton weekender after all. I love exploring seaside resorts to see how they compare to Blackpool....
The FA Cup seems more important than ever this season. It offers something different at a time when football is...
Once upon a time I used all my annual leave on midweek matches and pre-season tours. It’s been quite a...
I have settled into a new routine on a matchday now - home or away, it's always the same. Indeed,...
Lee and I have enjoyed our non-league travels around the North West this last couple of months. Blackpool being placed...
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...
This week we hear from hulloutpost from Vital Lincoln. I'm delighted to have been asked to write a piece as a...
John Pearman, editor of Liverpool fanzine 'Red All Over The Land' fondly remembers awaydays at Blackpool in the 1960s... When...
Great as it is to be able to watch Blackpool again, televised football simply isn't the same as being there....
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, I've been promising you a Blackpool pub review (actual, not virtual) for a while, so it's time for...
Well this was certainly a matchday like no other. Lee and I headed down to Bloomfield Road an hour before...
It’s been a funny old close season. Frankly I was glad to see the back of 2019/20, which actually seemed...
How have your eating habits changed since lockdown, dear reader? I have evolved from snacking ALL THE TIME to taking...
We are beginning to find inventive ways of replacing physical social interaction - both remotely (with friends, family and colleagues)...
Dear reader, I can’t remember exactly who recommended a spreadsheet as a cure for anxiety but it bloody works! After...
Friday. Groundhog Day. With nowhere to go and nothing in the diary, time and dates are becoming increasingly irrelevant as...
I’ve been feeling much more positive the last couple of days. Time is such a precious resource that is often...
Day One of Week Two working from home. I much prefer this to working in the office. I get a...
