Three years ago Nathan, my eldest son, and I headed off to the UK on the first Barlow bloke’s pilgrimage to the UK. In a couple of days Theo, my other son, and I jet off on the pilgrimage – part 2. Like last time our itinerary has been largely engineered around football and we’ve got several good games to look forward to. Before we go to those, however, we head out to Wembley to watch England host Slovenia in a FIFA...
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Thanks Chris Wood. You screwed my Monday. And you also made my Monday. Yesterday’s game between Spurs and Burnley should have finished 3-1 or 4-1. Spurs played okay – not brilliantly – but well enough and creatively enough to have comfortably dealt with a horrible Burnley side. After an awful first half, Dele scored the goal we needed then the game opened up. Good chances came and went. Harry Kane, who’s...
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It’s not long now until the 2017-18 English Premier League season kicks off (only a few hours , in fact). This season is extra special for me as I’ll be taking Theo to (hopefully) a couple of Spurs games at Wembley in October. That’s the plan, anyway. I’m sure we’ll be able to get tickets for the Bournemouth game. The Liverpool game may be a bit tougher. Obviously as a Spurs fan I’m all kinds of...
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What a bloody stupid title for a post. And an even stupider task. There is so much to do in London it’s almost impossible to know where to start. But I’m gonna try. Theo and I are heading to the UK for three weeks in October. It’s kind of The Pilgrimage, part 2. In 2014, I took Nathan up that way and now, finally, it’s Theo’s turn. For me, of course, a lot of the trip is about the football. Theo seems to...
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Yesterday was the final time we got to watch Tottenham Hotspur play at what can now be called the old White Hart Lane. It ended perfectly, which is not something that can often be said about a Spurs experience during my lifetime, with a win over Manchester United. The three points meant Spurs will now finish second – not the ideal spot but an improvement on last season. So, on the field, it was job done. Again, during my time as...
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