January 2024. Accrington. For the benefit of our less culturally aware US readers, here’s the reference. Never gets old. Stanley have thrived since that cruel 1989 advert, but at the time of of my first visit years later still languishing in the Northern League. Back in 1995, we rejected a night in a £33 Blackburn… Continue reading SHOULD I HAVE STUCK TO THE MILK IN ACCRINGTON RATHER THAN CHASING PRE-EMPTIVE TICKS ?
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TICKING ACCRINGTON LIKE A TROOPER
January 2024. Accrington. A night in Preston, but still 5 hours till our gig. Exactly the wrong amount of time, really. Despite the station’s perfect positioning, there’s insufficient time to reach a place with more than a lone pub to tick (that would be Carlisle or Glasgow). It’s too late to get to a football… Continue reading TICKING ACCRINGTON LIKE A TROOPER
A NIGHT NEXT TO A GRAVEYARD IN OSWALDTWISTLE
April 2023. I had my Blackburn tick, I had my free bed for the night next to a graveyard in Oswaldtwistle*. To be fair, a very nice graveyard. But what to do now ? It’s only 20:45, the night is still young, even in greater Accrington. Oh look, there’s a pub. Last time here it… Continue reading A NIGHT NEXT TO A GRAVEYARD IN OSWALDTWISTLE
NO THWAITES IN OSWALDTWISTLE
Life After Football takes you in his chauffer-driven Merc* to the outer reaches of Tamworth, I drag you on foot to the foothills of Accrington. Only on pub blogs will you visit the REAL England. I assumed that Oswaldtwistle was named after the Accrington left back from the season they were expelled from the League,… Continue reading NO THWAITES IN OSWALDTWISTLE
RAINING CATS & DOGS IN ACCRINGTON
Inevitably, one must follow a morning in Blackburn with an afternoon in Accrington. My best Accy anecdote comes from their Premiership winning season (one more than Liverpool – FACT) when Mrs RM and I were looking for a B & B the night before their match against Forest (I used to tick League grounds). This… Continue reading RAINING CATS & DOGS IN ACCRINGTON
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