I really enjoyed my visit to Gillingham last year. It had a micropub, a cat, a quest and dinosaurs. Who...
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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....
Ian De Lar from Plymouth website www.pasoti.co.uk (Plymouth Argyle Supporters On The Internet) has been in touch this week with...
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, we lost 7-2. There’s only one thing for it: a virtual pub crawl of Liverpool. Now I’ve done...
Non league football is back! Last weekend I was thrilled - but also totally envious - to see fans up...
This week I have been reading View, a football magazine that had been recommended to me by the brilliant blogger...
Dear reader, I've been promising you a Blackpool pub review (actual, not virtual) for a while, so it's time for...
This week I have read Barcelona to Buckie Thistle: Exploring Football’s Roads Less Travelled by Mat Guy. The author tells...
Well this was certainly a matchday like no other. Lee and I headed down to Bloomfield Road an hour before...
This week I have read Six Added Minutes by Johnnie Lowery. The author is a young fan of Sutton United...
This week I have read The Boy on the Shed by Paul Ferris. This is a heartfelt and heartbreaking memoir...
This week I have been reading Escapismo magazine, edited by James Gamlin. This is a new bi-annual publication with the...
This week I have been reading One Football No Nets by Justin Walley. This is the story of a man...
Welcome to the sixth episode in my series of football book reviews. I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You...
Welcome to the fifth episode in my series of football book reviews. This week we step into the world of...
Welcome to the fourth episode in my new series of football book reviews. This week we step into the world...
Welcome to the third episode in my new series of football book reviews. Hatters, Railwaymen and Knitters had me smiling...
Welcome to the second episode in my new series of football book reviews. This week I continue my focus on...
Dear reader, welcome to my new series of football book reviews. Thank you so much to everyone who recommended football...
We are beginning to find inventive ways of replacing physical social interaction - both remotely (with friends, family and colleagues)...
Sunday saw the introduction of a TV curfew at LCTV Towers (no TV allowed until 9pm for the benefit of...
When they said last weekend would be our last weekend of freedom for a while I couldn’t quite believe it....
It’s been a funny old week. On the commuter train into Manchester on Thursday the public address announcement advised passengers...
Ah the final midweek match of the season. I was looking forward to this one. I skipped to Manchester Piccadilly...
The moment I heard the news of Neil Critchley’s appointment as Blackpool ‘head coach’ on Monday, I headed directly to...
Right then. A big derby match tonight at home to strugglers Bolton. Surely THIS one was winnable, right...? I caught...
Elton John once sang: Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night's alright That was obviously written before...
So, what did you get up to this Valentines weekend? Lee and I spent the early part of Valentines evening...
You see the trouble with Southend United is that they make Blackpool look like world beaters. Which is great on...
Finally a home game on a Saturday! Much as I love the adventure of an awayday, it has been a...
I bounced out of bed at 5.30am on Saturday and sang along lustily to Aztec Camera in the shower. The...
Two years ago I decided to take control of my life and implement an active self-improvement programme. I changed how...
Ah my first New Year back on the Fylde Coast. For the first time, being back home seemed a bit...
Ah Sunderland away the morning after the Christmas party. What genius scheduled that one? Still, it forced me to be...
I honestly don’t know what I did with my time before I had Blackpool back in my life! They appear...
Ah Ipswich - one of my absolute FAVOURITE awaydays. Yes I know we’ve never won there and I know it’s...
After the leasing.com trophy win against Wolves on Tuesday night, I had remained in Blackpool for further midweek excitement in...
So. The diet. I attempted to formally register for Slimming World on Sunday to further motivate myself with the diet....
Dear reader it is my absolute pleasure to be able to report that Blackpool Are Back (again!). On Friday evening...
It was back to League One action for me on Tuesday night - and quite frankly I was more excited...
Carlisle away in the leasing.com trophy. A small crowd for an unsexy cup competition at an old football ground on...
Dear reader, as you know, I’m still relatively new to driving and face new challenges in my car most weeks. ...
A weekend off from football. Hmm. What to do? Well, find some football, of course! After spending Saturday morning working...
Dear reader, you know I am a champion of Blackpool and want the world to know how wonderful the town...
Oh Lancashire - how I love thee! Blackpool is my favourite town, of course, but I do love getting out...
When the fixtures are published in the summer, Donny away is one of the first I look out for. I...
I have learned many things during my thirty years of watching football. This includes how to keep warm on a...
What a treat it was to have a match on my doorstep this weekend! With Coventry playing their home matches...
