Having risen to the challenge of the North-East’s best so well just 10 days ago, https://the-football-tourist.com/2024/12/09/the-fortress-stands/, I rushed for the train north thinking that a first away win of the season was on the cards, especially with a League Cup Semi-Final at Wembley on the line. I’m not sure anyone has been more wrong aboutContinue reading “The Geordie’s Revenge”
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Christmas Gifts
Just 10 days till Christmas and the powers that be at the Premier League decided to give a few lucky fanbases an early Christmas present… a battle with their local rivals for festive bragging rights. Annoyingly for me, the only home team to accept this gift were Brentford’s hosts for the day. By the timeContinue reading “Christmas Gifts”
The Fortress Stands
The scale of the challenge facing Brentford’s unbeaten home record became crystal clear when the Magpies clattered one off the bar less than 2 minutes after kick-off. Newcastle United are a Champions League level team now and they had come to our fortress to knock us down to size. They forgot one very important thingContinue reading “The Fortress Stands”
A Ruud Awakening
1,700 partisan fans in full voice cheering you on having travelled south for hours to support you and you new manager watching on, that would be enough motivation for most players to put in their best performance Leicester City missed that memo… Brentford played them off the park from minute 1 to minute 101, thereContinue reading “A Ruud Awakening”
Champions Capitulate
Having just finished the last of 6 days in a row at work I returned to my flat in dire need of a boost, so naturally I checked today’s football scores and damn did I find what I needed. Tonight the Etihad witnessed a new low in the history of it’s Guardiola era, throwing awayContinue reading “Champions Capitulate”
Predictably Passion-less
Logistics of my larger life outside this blog has required that I stay in Manchester for the last few weeks and I’ve been to two games in that time that looked intriguing on paper. Curzon Ashton of the National League North hosting the mighty Mansfield Town sitting in League One had all the markings ofContinue reading “Predictably Passion-less”
Indefensible
Since my last blog I’ve been to two more matches and yet this blog is going to be about neither of them. Instead I’m going to highlight a trend that is undermining the great ascent of my team. Thomas Frank was right to say, after Brentford’s 4-3 victory over Ipswich Town 10 days ago, thatContinue reading “Indefensible”
The Ultimate Poisoned Chalice
Whatever Erik Ten Hag said to his team 9 days ago at Old Trafford was more than enough to turn the tide of the match that seemed to be slipping through his team’s fingers, but that comeback was not enough to save his job. I was at work when a young lad broke the newsContinue reading “The Ultimate Poisoned Chalice”
De Ja Vu, Again!!
At half-time the home team were being booed down the tunnel, with chants of “you’re getting sacked in the morning” hounding the heels of Erik Ten Hag. At full-time the same team were riding a wave of euphoria down the tunnel, with Ten Hag being hailed as the second coming by the home faithful. IfContinue reading “De Ja Vu, Again!!”
Forget The Past
So apparently I’ve been living under a rock this week, I’d completely missed the huge England news till this morning!!! Just incase you’ve somehow missed it too, THOMAS TUCHEL IS ENGLAND MANAGER!!!! For the third time this century the FA have put their faith in a foreign coach to lead the national team. Sven GoranContinue reading “Forget The Past”
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