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Kidsgrove Athletic v Chasetown
I was giving the Blackpool game (away at Wycombe) a miss today. I have been struggling with Blackpool for many months now and so I decided it was time to return to Chase once again to see if they...
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Manchester Mission #9
Tonight was the launch of Matt Curtis’s new book, Manchester’s Best Beer Pubs & Bars, which sounded like a fine excuse to me (and Martin) for a night out in Manchester. Bundobust Brewery My crawls...
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Doncaster Pubs
I’m loving having the freedom to travel to places I actually want to go to these days. Looking for a destination to meet Sarah that resolutely wasn’t Shitby Whitby, I contemplated the map for...
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Best Blackpool Boozers #5: Cleveleys & Fleetwood
I’d been holding off my trip to Cleveleys for months, pending the opening of an exciting new pub. I’d heard whispers of it now being open, so Karen and I headed up there on the tram after Blackpool’s...
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City of Liverpool v Chasetown
As I’d had such a fab time on my train awayday watching Chase at Kidsgrove recently, I took the opportunity to watch them in the North West once again. Liverpool is somewhere I don’t visit often...
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A Football Tourist’s Guide to Portsmouth – Part One: Gosport Pubs
In the immediate lead up to this trip, I was asking myself what the fuck I was thinking when I booked myself on the 0535 train out of Blackpool on the Thursday morning ahead of the Pompey match on the...
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A Football Tourist’s Guide to Portsmouth – Part Two: Southsea
If you missed Part One: Gosport Pubs, you can find it here. After a pretty full on day yesterday, I made a conscious choice to take it easier today, to avoid the burnout that happened after two full...
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A Football Tourist’s Guide to Portsmouth – Part Three: Portsmouth v Blackpool
If you missed Part One (Gosport Pubs) and Part Two (Southsea), you can find them here and here. Dear reader, I had a dilemma to resolve this morning. I was required to vacate my AirBNB by 1000 but the...
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Birmingham Pubs
It’s been four years since I left Birmingham and a few friendships haven’t survived the move – which I’m fine with, as I’m always picking up new friends on my travels (as you’ll notice from reading my...
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Liverpool Pubs #1
On football-free Saturdays, I tend to find myself finding some football to go to; it’s simply what I do on a Saturday. But today I wasn’t sure if there WAS going to be any football. There was to be a...
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Preston Pubs
Preston?! What the fuck am I doing going to PRESTON?! Well, if I’m honest, I’ve wanted to go for a while. I’d been hearing good things about the pubs…but I’d been anxious about visiting. It is, after...
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Chasetown v Trafford
After a VERY messy day out in Preston the previous day, I was still pissed surprisingly chipper this morning and bounced out of the house early doors to board the 0722 train from Blackpool North. I...
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Bent n Bongs Beer Bash
A beer festival? In Wigan? With rave reviews and recommendations? Well I wasn’t going to miss that! The late kick off (doors 6pm) on a Thursday was less of a deterrent and more of an excuse (as if I...
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Chasetown v Kidsgrove Athletic
You may have noticed, dear reader, that, when Blackpool play away from home, I’ve started going to watch my old club Chasetown. The Scholars play in the West Division of the Northern Premier League,...
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Clitheroe v Chasetown
I was very excited to be heading to East Lancashire today to meet up with the Clitheroe massive. I appear to have collected a lot of friends from over this way and was looking forward to seeing them...
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Wigan Beer Festival
Wigan is my favourite town in the world and I need little excuse to visit. Wigan Beer Festival is now an annual fixture in my calendar and I always look forward to it. Northern decided they were going...
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Rochdale Pubs
Why Rochdale? Well, on my virtual travels during lockdown (remember when we weren’t allowed to go to pubs or football?), Rochdale came out top as my best virtual awayday. Why? Well you can read all...
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