I took a gamble on Monday night and arranged a drink with a friend without making a booking in advance....
Pubs
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...
I really enjoyed my visit to Gillingham last year. It had a micropub, a cat, a quest and dinosaurs. Who...
Plymouth away. The first game of the new season. The first awayday in six months. Right at the other end...
Dear reader, we lost 7-2. There’s only one thing for it: a virtual pub crawl of Liverpool. Now I’ve done...
Dear reader, I've been promising you a Blackpool pub review (actual, not virtual) for a while, so it's time for...
After five months without football, the fixtures are coming thick and fast. Blackpool's pre-season schedule has been announced - and...
It’s been a funny old close season. Frankly I was glad to see the back of 2019/20, which actually seemed...
So, what did you get up to this Valentines weekend? Lee and I spent the early part of Valentines evening...
Dear reader, you know I am a champion of Blackpool and want the world to know how wonderful the town...
What a treat it was to have a match on my doorstep this weekend! With Coventry playing their home matches...
