Tag Archives: Blackburn Rovers
Seeing a Game at Burton Albion FC
July 26, 2021
It seems to me the soul of English soccer is on the terraces. And it was in Burton-Upon-Trent that I was reminded not only of that fact, but also where the game has gone astray somehow. (Originally written February 2017 but updated for the 2021-22 season.) Stumbling around Birmingham New Street in the morning, waiting…
My Visit to Blackburn: Town and Football Club
January 11, 2018
(2020 Update: Blackburn Rovers were promoted to The Championship in 2018 and are still there for the 2020-21 season.) Before I tell you about my day in Blackburn, and the game I saw at Blackburn Rovers FC, allow me to introduce you to the Standard Northern English Town Story. I have seen this in every…