With the Premier League becoming boring and predictable as Guardiola’s juggernaut strut their way to their 4th straight title and the 3 newly promoted teams drop straight back down to the championship, https://the-football-tourist.com/2024/05/13/straight-back-down/ ,it is to the lower leagues that those desperate to feel the magic of football send their soul soaring are increasingly turning.Continue reading “The Magic Of Football”
Tag Archives: premier-league
Straight Back Down
This weekend confirmed what many of us thought would happen all season, the 3 newly promoted teams are heading straight back down to the Championship. Sure there had been moments where it looked like one or more of them may survive, but even with points deductions galore above them and injury ravished runs of poorContinue reading “Straight Back Down”
Both Are Safe Now
As I took my front row seat at Goodison Park I was filled with the hope of back-to-back wins that had propelled us clear of the dotted line and the joy of knowing that Luton’s loss at Molineux had rubber stamped our Premier League status for another season. As the final whistle blew I wasContinue reading “Both Are Safe Now”
5-Star Bees!!
Having been unable to secure a ticket to Luton for Today’s match I’ve been a bag of nerves all day. Unable to even follow the match because of how crucial it’s result will be for our season. A win would mean a 10 point gap to the drop zone with just 12 left to playContinue reading “5-Star Bees!!”
Remember This Feeling
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”
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”
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”
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”
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 