The Football Tourist Guide

What is the Football Tourist Guide? The Football Tourist Guide is a place‑based travel project that treats football towns as destinations in their own right – full of history, food, culture, quirks and stories you’d normally miss on a standard awayday. What if football could be a gateway to a cultural experience, introducing you to local history and culture, sampling local foods and beers, visiting famous landmarks you’ve driven past but never stopped to appreciate? What if you could make happy memories on away trips instead of dwelling on those defeats? What if every other weekend had the potential to be like Blackpool away? That, dear reader, is what the Football Tourist Guide is all about. How The Football Tourist Guide Was Born When the fixtures come out, Blackpool away is the one many football fans look for, to plan a weekend away. But I’m from Blackpool, so I always felt I was missing out. And then along came COVID – and no-one had any awaydays to look forward to. When…