I’m often asked for pub recommendations by visitors to Blackpool (and Fleetwood) so I thought it was high time I...
Blackpool
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...
I am often asked for local pub recommendations so I'm starting this new series of blogs to showcase the best...
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...
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...
After a heavy couple of days exploring the Black Country and Birmingham, I spent 48 hours holed up at home....
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....
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...
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...
Christmas Morning: The Dream & The Presents On Christmas morning I dreamt that Lee and I had upsized to a...
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...
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....
It has been sooooo long since Blackpool had an actual Proper Derby that I can't actually remember the last one....
Still exhausted from our epic trip to Hull midweek, it was approaching 1100 when I woke up on Saturday morning...
When your team hasn't won a league game all season and they are playing the team at the top of...
No 10 Alehouse Dear reader, it's official: I have a new local for home games. No 10 Alehouse has a...
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...
I love Squires Gate. They are such a welcoming club. I am beginning to feel very much at home at...
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...
10:00 My sleeping patterns have been weird recently, but especially since I went back out into the world (pub) on...
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...
Here was me thinking I'd get a bit of a break with no midweek Blackpool match. Not bloody likely! We're...