So my fellow Bees, the day we knew would come is now upon us. The great Thomas Frank has left us for North London and the lure of Champions League football next season, taking his full coaching staff with him. Thomas will forever be a legend in our part of West London for not onlyContinue reading “Frankly… GOOD LUCK!”
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London Leading The Way
As a proud Londoner currently living up in the frozen wastes of the north, also known as Manchester, with an overwhelming passion for football that infuriates the friends I’ve made up here, there are few things in the universe that bring me greater joy than seeing a team from London smashing other teams off theContinue reading “London Leading The Way”
Cottagers Comeback
2025 has been one giant mess for me and because of that it had been 5 months since I last made it south to see my beloved Bees in action. Things are still a mess and may be for a while yet, but there was never any question of me missing the final home gameContinue reading “Cottagers Comeback”
3rd of May… Destiny Day
So the day we could see coming a thousand miles away finally arrived last Sunday as The Saints finally fell through the Premier League trapdoor after a 3-1 loss at White Hart Lane. Blimey Southampton, as if securing the earliest relegation in Premier League history wasn’t bad enough you had to have it confirmed atContinue reading “3rd of May… Destiny Day”
70 Years in 7 Minutes
No one will be sleeping on Tyneside tonight as the Toon Army takes over the North-East of England to celebrate their beloved Magpies pinching silverware out of the Scouser’s laps this afternoon at Wembley!!!! Newcastle United are League Cup Champions The Toon Army has been starved of success for far too long, their last silverwareContinue reading “70 Years in 7 Minutes”
The Great Form Flip
So Manchester City avoided yet another embarrassing collapse, Liverpool rebounded from their derby day disappointment to claw out a victory over Wolves, Everton held off Crystal Palace to become the Premier League’s form team, Chloe Kelly became happy again and AFC Wimbledon beat Salford City to move into the automatic play-off places in League 2,Continue reading “The Great Form Flip”
Collapse of a Dynasty
In May 2024, as last season drew to a close I published the following blog, https://the-football-tourist.com/2024/05/22/the-threat-of-dynasties/, warning of the threat that Man City posed to the competitive nature of football as they crowned a dynasty that looked unassailable. I needn’t have worried, it seems City are determined to destroy their dynasty all by themselves. TheContinue reading “Collapse of a Dynasty”
Double Sucker Punch
Some things in life just aren’t meant to be, like Manchester City holding onto a lead. Two late goals worked out really well for us last week as we came from 2-0 down to claim a draw against the 4-time defending champions who are currently in the worst crisis of their Guardiola era. Within thatContinue reading “Double Sucker Punch”
The Law of Manchester
Sometimes in great cities there exist great divides that can only ever be bridged by Great Men; Manchester is one such place, City-United one such divide and Denis Law was one of very few such men ever to have lived. Born is the northern suburbs of Aberdeen in February 1940, whilst the world was busyContinue reading “The Law of Manchester”
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 Football tourist 