Dear reader, I’ve found a new beer friend, Kerry. Today was to be our first day out together and we...
Pub Crawl
I’m not doing many away games this season but I wasn’t going to miss out on the trip to my...
Saturday nights are all right for pubbing. Now the new football season is upon us - and I can face...
If you missed #1 you can find it here. This mission was once again strategically planned to forget about the...
I am often asked for local pub recommendations so I'm starting this new series of blogs to showcase the best...
It was back-to-back Football Tourist Guides, with Middlesbrough coming the weekend after Southampton. We were hoping for a warmer welcome...
I woke up at 0800, still physically exhausted from yesterday’s adventures and near-death experience. Little did I know that Southampton...
Josh Bowler is back at Blackpool! Dear reader, I’d take a bullet for Joshy, I love him that much. Consequently...
I don't need much of an excuse to go back to Wigan. Despite only having been two weeks earlier for...
At the end of part one, Karen and I had just escaped the post-match kettling and were heading into Wigan...
I lived in the West Midlands for 20 years so I like to use local fixtures to catch up with...
I spent Friday in Sheffield surrounded by feeders and being thrown completely off my healthy eating plan with sandwiches, sausage...
A few months back I received an email from Tony from Halifax & Calderdale CAMRA inviting me to speak at...
I've been a bit lax booking my hotels for this season. Partly because we've remarkably had a couple of games...
Tonight I intended to complete the Good Beer Guide (GBG) pubs of Manchester. This was to involve a favourite little...
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...
If you missed Part One, you can find it here. On Friday evening, having lined our stomachs with a lush...
After a fab day out discovering the hidden gems of Dudley and Tipton, it was time to hit the town...
After a good night’s sleep after last night’s crawl round Salford and Manchester I woke up refreshed. I showered and...
Now the clocks have 'sprung forward' and the evenings are lighter, midweek missions feel much safer. Thus on Friday night...
(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...
(If you missed Part One, here’s the link.) Premier Inn Cardiff East We had a great night’s sleep in the...
After my impromptu Manchester debut the previous week, I almost immediately set about plotting routes to complete the city’s GBG...
Thanks to the influence of Retired Martin and Si BRAPA, on Friday night I found myself commencing a Good Beer...
It was an early start to Cov on Tuesday morning - an 0700 departure - as I had an action-packed...
(If you missed Part One, you can find it here.) Overground You may recall I left you at the end...
London. It has scared me for a long time. The Backstory The year was 1999 but tonight I was not...
Diet notwithstanding, I've decided it's high time I get out and about around the pubs of the Fylde Coast more...
(If you missed Part One, you can find it via this link). Now you may recall I left you hanging...
(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....
Wigan is my favourite place in the whole world. Why? Well this post (featuring Giraffe Woman and friendly homeless man)...
I woke up buzzing this morning. The football makes me feel like that sometimes - although not as often as...
Ahead of our match at Birmingham we were staying at the Park Inn next to Bescot Stadium. There had been...
(If you missed Part One, here’s the link). After a Good Night’s Sleep (guaranteed) we headed down for breakfast. I...
I had been looking forward to this weekend in Sheffield for ages. I have been to Sheffield many times and...
Sandwiched between two epic weekenders, we opted to go to Reading on the coach. Long-distance midweekers are generally a huge...
I’m learning as I go with these Football Tourist Guides: plan parking, pre-book attractions, plan when and where to eat....
Weekends off are a rare treat these days - and I always find ways to fill them. This fixture had...
Still exhausted from our epic trip to Hull midweek, it was approaching 1100 when I woke up on Saturday morning...
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...
When the fixtures come out, there are certain dates I look out for: the midweekers to book leave; Boxing Day...
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...
After Blackpool's Premier League campaign, my interest in football began to wane. I had almost completed the 92. Surely I...
It's the last awayday of the season - and you know what that means? Fancy dress! Today, I'm heading to...
