When the fixtures come out, there are certain dates I look out for: the midweekers to book leave; Boxing Day...
Pub Crawl
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...
I've never properly explored Sunderland, so today will be mainly dedicated to exploring its pubbage. There's a match later on...
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...
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...
I have had an irrational fear of London ever since Fulham away in March 1999. I got flustered on the...
