Saturday should have been a dreadful day for me. My alarm didn’t go off which left me sprinting for a train that was then delayed on it’s 2 and a half hour journey south. Then problems on the tube had me rushing to get in before kick-off. After the game I was already cutting itContinue reading “Remember This Feeling”
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Boring Brentford
When the away fans are chanting ‘Boring, Boring Brentford’ at full time and when you look around for someone to fight your team’s corner but everyone is just going “They’ve got a point” you know it’s been a dreadful game. As spectacles go it was 1,000 times worse than watching paint dry and certainly dullerContinue reading “Boring Brentford”
Bee Hopeful
The form is stark, the table looks ominous and yet here I am again on the long train to London to take my church pew for an evening match at the Gtech. Brentford are hovering just 5 points above the drop zone having taken just 8 points from a potential 36 this calendar year (2W,Continue reading “Bee Hopeful”
An Unbelievable Day
It’s not often I get the chance to cross off a ground that I’ve wanted to visit for more than 2 decades. Saturday 23rd March 2024 was my chance and Notts County’s Meadow Lane was my destination. As home ground to the oldest professional club in the world Meadow Lane holds a special draw forContinue reading “An Unbelievable Day”
The Nightmare Was Real
There are some blogs that never get written because of just how boring the game was, so reliving it to write about it makes the resultant blog mind-numbingly dull. Then there are those that don’t make it due to 60-70 hour work weeks leaving me too exhausted to write. This blog almost didn’t make itContinue reading “The Nightmare Was Real”
Luton Town’s Mufasa Moment
I know in my last blog I said that this one would chart my visit to Valley Parade, which is now more than a week ago, but yesterday was my first day off since that match and (after sleeping through most of it) I decided to listen to Luton Town’s visit to Bournemouth before startingContinue reading “Luton Town’s Mufasa Moment”
East London’s Finest
On Tuesday 27th March 2024 I stepped back in time 5 years to The Braemer Road Stand of Griffin Park, just 15.1 miles away from the original. Despite having seen Brentford handily humiliated in this area the day before (https://the-football-tourist.com/2024/02/27/smashed-to-pieces/) I went back to the east end for a second evening in a row, butContinue reading “East London’s Finest”
Smashed To Pieces
No beating around the bush on this one. Brentford were abysmal at the London Stadium last night as the Hammers carved through them with ease and were extremely unfortunate to only score 4. The final scoreline of 4-2 was extremely flattering on the visitors as they had no answer to the fast flowing football ofContinue reading “Smashed To Pieces”
Corporate Franchise Strikes Again
I really should have learnt better by now than to go to matches at the soulless warehouse belonging to the English franchise of the biggest corporate entity in global football. I have been to countless matches there and only enjoyed one due to a virtuoso performance from their employee of the year, Erling Haaland. YepContinue reading “Corporate Franchise Strikes Again”
Witnessing A Miracle
It was Saturday 10th February 2024 and in Wolverhampton a miracle was occurring… for the first time in 11 months Brentford won a match outside London!!!! Our victims back on 10th March 2023 were a Southampton team destined for relegation but this sunny afternoon we beat a comfortably mid-table team that had already beaten usContinue reading “Witnessing A Miracle”
The Football tourist 