Ahead of our match at Birmingham we were staying at the Park Inn next to Bescot Stadium. There had been...
Pubs
(If you missed Part One you can find it via this link) I woke up around 0500 dehydrated and thankful...
It was off to South Wales on Friday - a historically happy hunting ground for Blackpool. It was a long...
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....
(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...
(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...
When the fixtures come out, there are certain dates I look out for: the midweekers to book leave; Boxing Day...
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...
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...
A bit of a change for us this weekend. We did not travel down to London the night before to...
First home league game of the season! I bounced out of bed, banged on Buckcherry and was ready and raring...
Home games are a doddle now I've moved back to Blackpool. I don't need to block out an afternoon to...
After Blackpool's Premier League campaign, my interest in football began to wane. I had almost completed the 92. Surely I...
Southport has been on my Must Visit list for some time. You may recall I visited its pubs, breweries and...
Well that was the shortest close-season ever! The play-off final was on 30th May, Euro 2020 started 12 days later...
Monday 17th May 2021: On The Piss (Without Jerry Yates) I've got the week off! Yippee! It's a fluke that...
It's the last awayday of the season - and you know what that means? Fancy dress! Today, I'm heading to...
A local match - yippee! I'm getting quite exhausted with all these long-distance virtual trips (fun though they are). It's...
I took a gamble on Monday night and arranged a drink with a friend without making a booking in advance....
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...
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....
My latest guest blogger is Mikee Evans AKA @EvoBoozySaddler, who loves Walsall FC and has a great rule about not...
I know I'm not supposed to, but I like Yorkshire a lot. I particularly like Yorkshire beers and am looking...
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...
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...
You know the drill by now, dear reader. Away day = virtual pub crawl. After all, there's only so much...
Dear reader, things are getting busy again at LCTV Towers. This is what football does, you see - and why...
