Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 18hwww.justgiving.com/page/100-km-... A really good cause! #utmpjustgiving.comZac’s 100km fundraiser for Mouth Cancer FoundationHelp Zachariah Bedding raise money to support Mouth Cancer Foundation 000
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 26/09/2026mclfoot.blogspot.com... I'm not really interested in Man City but, I've written far, far too much about it. The gist is, something like this was inevitable and what happens next might get very messy. Mainly though, we should remember what football is and it's not this shite. mclfoot.blogspot.comInevitable failings: Manchester City vs Stenhousemuir (sort of) I'm very tempted to just ignore Man City and *that story* completely. Nothing about the current City story is remotely as interesting as the... 011
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 20/09/2026mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Plymouth A really depressing afternoon. #UTMP #PAFC mclfoot.blogspot.comRethink needed - the Mighty vs Plymouth ArgyleI don't want to write this. Maybe I've done too many of these. Perhaps having to have 'a take' for every game is wearing thin. Maybe I shoul... 241
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If you've read my shite and not hated it, then this is next level shite and you might even like it. Genuinely. A compliment round our way obvs. Outstanding stuff 👍 210
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 13/09/2026mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Bromley I thought Bromley deserved a point and that's probably the frustration. We've played some good football this year, but again, we can't consistently find it in those games against teams of a particular style. #utmp mclfoot.blogspot.comTeams like... - the Mighty vs BromleyToday we're playing Bromley. I can't really accept that we're playing Bromley. It feels like I must have fallen asleep for a decade or so an... 052
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 30/08/2026mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Peterborough Utd Days like this don't happen every week. Sometimes they don't come along for several years. 3 games is nothing, but maybe, just maybe, we're not shite... #utmp #pufc 🍊🧡⚽mclfoot.blogspot.comWhere we going? - the Mighty vs Peterborough Utd Football can weigh on your shoulders. It can drag you down. It can be dismal, miserable and boring. It can leave you wondering why you both... 073
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 16/08/2026mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Wycombe Wanderers A home draw is nothing special - but I thought we finished the game really well and were playing some decent football at times. Some weaknesses yeah, but plenty to build on too. #utmp 🍊🧡⚽ mclfoot.blogspot.comFoundations laid? - The Mighty vs Wycombe WanderersHere we go again. Once more into the breach. After the light aperitif of a tasty cup game in glamorous Grimsby, it's time for the stodgy mai... 030
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 09/08/2026mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Grimsby Town vs Blackpool Some concerns, some positives. Curses and possible solutions, BPF having to make a few too many saves, Josh Bowler, the best Kylian in world football and basically, a good day out. #utmp #gtfc 🍊🧡⚽mclfoot.blogspot.comFun on the Cleethorpes Riveria - the Mighty vs Grimsby TownWhat are you doing this Saturday? I'm going to Grimsby. Why? I don't know... I like this unexpected promotion of the league cup to an exciti... 021
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 25/07/2026mclfoot.blogspot.com... Does pre-season mean anything? Probably not - but that still wasn't very good and leaves a sense that we're not really up to where we're going to need to be. #utmp 🍊 mclfoot.blogspot.comCumbrian collapse - Barrow AFC vs the MightyThe World Cup over, the season ahead. No better place to wash away the taste of corporate polish and celebrity glamour than Barrow. If the U... 030
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 20/07/2026mclfoot.blogspot.com... Why the World Cup final was (sort of) great. Bring on Grimsby.... mclfoot.blogspot.comFootball is shit - long live footballIt’s over. I find myself sighing in relief, the tournament had some joy to it for sure, but it was too long and the final, a four hour proce... 000
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 31/05/2026mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Midsummer thoughts on stuff and things. We've got some good players, we've got some big gaps. I hope we go into next season fit and ready and with some flexibility in our game plan. #utmp 🍊🧡⚽mclfoot.blogspot.comOnwards, Upwards... Tangerine 🍊Readers with decent memories may wish to point out that me writing an article dissecting the needs and actions required of the club over the... 010
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Left foot. Right foot. (King) Kenny Dougall : The Mighty vs Lincoln City mclfoot.blogspot.com... How is this FIVE years ago? I loved this day. It was something special. mclfoot.blogspot.comLeft foot. Right foot. (King) Kenny Dougall : The Mighty vs Lincoln CitySpoiler: We won (again)... As if by magic, the sunshine appears. We've been in darkness for months, locked away through winter and to compou... 001
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 06/05/2026NEW BLOG - Cheers Hubby! Is he the world's best left back? Maybe, maybe not. Is he my favourite left back? Not even a question. mclfoot.blogspot.com... #utmp 🍊🧡⚽mclfoot.blogspot.comCheers Hubby!Time doesn't stand still does it? One minute you've signed a lad on loan from Norwich, Simon Grayson is your manager, you're trying to work ... 241
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 12/04/2026NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Peterborough Utd A great performance with some real quality. It's been a long time coming but that was excellent. Karoy and Taylor were particularly good, but we played very well as a team. mclfoot.blogspot.com... #utmp #pufcmclfoot.blogspot.comTaylor-made - the Mighty vs Peterborough UtdHere we go again. I'm blinking back a hangover. The pain is gathered around my eyes and a plan to soften the edges with gentle walk and seve... 040
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Forgot to add the #utmp to this .. So #utmp 031
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 04/04/2026NEW BLOG - Blackpool vs Exeter City A deserved win - it might have been far more nervy than it should have been, but it was glorious nonetheless because again, we showed up on and off the pitch when we needed it most.mclfoot.blogspot.comBreathing Space? - the Mighty vs ExeterDon't get me wrong, I'd rather we weren't in a relegation battle - but I've quite enjoyed the ending of this season. I mean, yes, on balance... 040
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 29/03/2026NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Burton Albion mclfoot.blogspot.com... One truly terrible game of football with one absolutely glorious moment to it. Keep fighting as we have done recently and we'll make it. It is now in our own hands... #utmp #bafc 🧡🍊⚽mclfoot.blogspot.comOne moment is all it takes - the Mighty vs Burton Albion7 years and 19 days ago, as I walked up Bloomfield Road, I didn't know if I still cared. I didn't know if I'd really feel anything. Estrange... 010
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 18/03/2026mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG - Blackpool vs Port Vale All that matters is we won. We came back twice and we got it done and Josh Bowler was as good as he's been in a long time ⚡ 🍊🧡⚽ #utmp #pvfcmclfoot.blogspot.comElectric Dream - the Mighty vs Port Vale You forget what it's like when games matter. We've been drifting for so long that it feels like forever since a game really had anything s... 043
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 08/03/2026mclfoot.blogspot.com... New Blog: Blackpool vs Wigan Athletic A dreadful game, a point, tension, frustration, nerves. We are where we are and it's not pretty... #utmp #wafcmclfoot.blogspot.comNothing risked - little gained? - the Mighty vs Wigan Athletic I'm not a big fan of declaring games as 'must win' but all week, this game has lurked in my head as exactly that. We've spent all season wa... 010
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 18/02/2026NEW BLOG Blackpool vs Mansfield Town. It wasn't a classic, it wasn't full of quality, it wasn't a special atmosphere... ...and yet, it was exactly what we needed right now. A battling performance and 3 points. Much needed, much improved.mclfoot.blogspot.comScrapped. Won! - the Mighty vs Mansfield TownHere we go again. Am I ready for this? Yep. Of course I am. I've prepared by watching a 90 minute documentary about a massive disaster where... 040
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Would help if I posted the link ffs mclfoot.blogspot.com/2026/02/drif... Blackpool vs Plymouth #utmpmclfoot.blogspot.comDrifting dangerously - the Mighty vs Plymouth ArgyleRight... What to say... ? This isn't the easiest blog I've ever written. It's fine if you want to stop before it starts. I mean, at the b... 041
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 15/02/2026New BLOG - Blackpool vs Plymouth Argyle Trying to sum up this in some way has taken me a long time. There's both nothing and everything to say. I've done my best. #utmp 110
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 07/02/2026New Blog: Huddersfield Town vs Blackpool I thought we did really well for 65 minutes + then painfully badly as we ran out of legs. New lads all looked decent though + we took it to them (until we didn't) - I'd have taken 2-2 at the outset. #utmp #htfcmclfoot.blogspot.comPainful but still better - Huddersfield Town vs the MightyTo get from here to there you have to cross the tops. Great, dark yawning miles of nothing, obscured today by fog, a trail of disappearing b... 041
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 28/01/2026A pathetic performance, more injuries and very little that was any good. There's a trend if you look over time and it's downwards. We got it wrong, Evatt got it wrong - but that's just a game and managers make mistakes - real issues are deeper. mclfoot.blogspot.com... #utmpmclfoot.blogspot.comOne step forward, two steps back - the Mighty vs Stockport CountyI'm tired. This game has come too quickly. I want to bask in the (relative) glory of Saturday a little longer, feel a tiny bit of optimism i... 000
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Would help if I posted the blog... mclfoot.blogspot.com/2026/01/much... #utmp #ntfc #cobbles #blackpoolfcmclfoot.blogspot.comMuch Needed - the Mighty vs Northampton TownThe hangover of last night is becoming a little buzz fuelled by the hair of the dog. I'm early. I'm a bit spaced out. Joel Randall's legs lo... 151
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 25/01/2026NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Northampton Town: I have to say, I'd not be optimistic if I was a Northampton fan... I'd not be optimistic about us if we'd lost that either - we didn't. Signings fitted + plenty of effort. Not a pretty game, but I think, one we needed. #utmp #cobblers 030
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 04/01/2026New Blog: Blackpool vs Bradford City Whilst we did scrap, it was worrying that we look so threadbare, were so weak (in all senses) in certain positions + had so little creativity/threat. Need to address this as we've hit yet another injury disastermclfoot.blogspot.comFreezing, fragile, frustration - the Mighty vs Bradford CityThere is snow on the motorway. It's Sunday. This is weird. I don't mind the line up - I can see an idea - Bradford a big and rugged side so... 010
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 27/12/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Doncaster Rovers Not pretty, but 3 points are 3 points are 3 points. #utmp #drfc 🍊🧡⚽mclfoot.blogspot.comBoxing Day battlers - the Mighty vs Doncaster RoversIt's not quite snow lying deep and crisp and even, but it's cold and clear and I'm feeling remarkably festive as I set off. Optimism is back... 000
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 21/12/2025NEW BLOG: Wigan Athletic vs Blackpool mclfoot.blogspot.com... Another win, another much needed 3 points. For once we turn up with a decent away crowd. 100% concincing? No. Some signs of real hope? A lot of fun? Yes #utmp #wafc 🍊🧡⚽mclfoot.blogspot.comFestive fun - Wigan Athletic vs the MightyDriving in, down the hill into Wigan, a panorama of the town reveals itself. A solitary chimney stands inert, a silent and redundant memoria... 230
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 14/12/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Lincoln City Whilst there were negatives in that game, to me, showing a bit of resilience and some fight to get back into it is a really important thing. We are improving (we need to improve further too) #UTMP #LCFCmclfoot.blogspot.comFight back: the Mighty vs Lincoln City I don't know what we're going to get today. In an Ian Evatt world we've shown we can be good, but we're still very capable of being really ... 020
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 07/12/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... By no means perfect, but when you score four and your manager tells Mark Hughes to fuck off then it's not a bad night. That first Peacock save was fucking stunning as well. #utmp #cufcmclfoot.blogspot.comIn the hat! - the Mighty vs Carlisle UtdFucking winter. I mean the season, not the all action, super dynamic CEO of Blackpool Football Club, but I guess, you could read the opening... 000
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 09/11/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG - Blackpool vs Cardiff City The most fun I've had at Bloomfield Road in a long time. We looked reborn. A great game of football, a great performance. Savour it! #utmp #ccfc 🧡🍊⚽mclfoot.blogspot.comExactly what we want - the Mighty vs Cardiff CityThe sky is a splendid azure blue, and the bricks of Bloomfield Road are red, neat, their 90 degree angles offset by the gentle curve of bay ... 571
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 01/11/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... For all the flaws we have, we played some football, again looked committed, matched the opposition for effort and came out on top. A good cup tie and some good signs of progress however far there is yet to go... Wembley here we come! #utmp #utimclfoot.blogspot.comEvo-lution + Cup Fever - the Mighty vs Scunthorpe UnitedToday, I want to see a *good game of football* - that's a very old fashioned desire I know, but I yearn for the kind of thing that has some... 120
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 30/10/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... A 'preview' of Blackpool vs Scunthorpe Utd that contains almost zero analysis of anything relevant other than why the cup should be treasured, not ignored. We're going to win the thing. Obviously. #utmp #iron mclfoot.blogspot.comUp for the Cup? the Mighty vs Scunthorpe Utd (terrible preview) The FA Cup is a brilliant idea. You play a game. If you lose it, you're out and if you win you go through to the next round. There is nothin... 000
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 19/10/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG - Blackpool vs Wycombe Wanderers Sometimes you wonder, why do we do this to ourselves? Relive the horror. Pffffffffft... UP THE FUCKING POOL! mclfoot.blogspot.comCursed - the Mighty vs Wycombe WandersI'm starting to think that there's very little point or purpose to all this other than some kind of sick joke to amuse the unknown powers be... 000
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 05/10/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Wimbledon. One of the worst performances I've seen in a long time and the end of Bruceball. We're absolutely nowhere, so where next? #utmpmclfoot.blogspot.comNadir: the Mighty vs Wimbledon This was fucking awful... It's so bad that before they've even scored, I'm thinking of a list of things I could have done with my time inste... 131
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 01/10/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... New Blog - Blackpool vs Luton Town This season seems to be finding endless ways to disappoint and we seem to keep doing the same thing, over and over with similar results every time. #utmpmclfoot.blogspot.comCapitulation - the Mighty vs Luton Town I'm driving home (see how I've cunningly I've subverted your expectations, by starting, not just at the end but after the end. There are no... 000
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 21/09/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... New Blog: Blackpool vs Barnsley A hard fought win in a game that felt so much like 0-0 till the very last breath. Is it a turning point? Who knows?! *Rain, injuries, lumping it, but ultimately, relief, joy and release* #utmp 🍊🧡⚽mclfoot.blogspot.comWhat a difference a goal makes...: the Mighty vs BarnsleyThe sky is grey. The rain is endless. It's like being in Bladerunner only without as much neon and a few less flying cars. I love days like ... 010
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 17/09/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... New Blog: Blackpool vs Barrow A tinpot cup win against an out of form League 2 side's reserves is all it is - but did that show give us at least some hope that we're actually not doomed to be as bad as prior evidence might suggest? I hope so. #utmpmclfoot.blogspot.comSome straws to clutch? - the Mighty vs Barrow Lets be very clear - anything I write has to be consumed with a healthy side portion of 'it's only Barrow reserves in a glorified friendly'... 000
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 14/09/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... A review of where we are and what isn't working. I started this trying to look in the numbers for optimism, but there wasn't much to be found. I'm not sure what we do next. We've got to sort this quickly because the data is really quite bad. #utmp 🍊mclfoot.blogspot.comSteve Bruce's Tangerine Army? Football fans are fickle as fuck. I am a football fan. Therefore, I am fickle as fuck. You wouldn't have to very far back in the MCLF archiv... 010
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 12/09/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... Equations, overblown metaphors stretched to breaking point, optimism, Michelangelo, some statistics and *actual prayers* It's no normal blog. It's a 'pinch me, Josh Bowler is back' blog. Will this work? Fuck knows - but I want it to so much #utmp mclfoot.blogspot.com⚡ Is he still electric? - the Mighty vs high voltage expectations ⚡What AI? Painted this myself this morning. Honest. After a summer of begging for on the piss Jerry to come back, he fucked of to the kit ste... 000
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 31/08/2025NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Bolton Wanderers: It was 'better' - but from a very low base, I'm not sure how much to take from this game. It felt a strange match to me and it wasn't easy to write up but at least we weren't a total car crash today. #utmpmclfoot.blogspot.comInconclusive?: the Mighty vs 'orrible Horwich Sometimes these blogs write themselves. My fingers tap the keys in synchrony with a memory of the game. It is easy. I just sit there, sift t... 000
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 24/08/2025NEW BLOG: Huddersfield was a false dawn it seems. We look really poor overall and there are worrying traits in evidence. Why are we bad? Are there excuses? What should we do? + an absolutely TERRIFYING conclusion at the end.mclfoot.blogspot.comWorrying: the Mighty vs panic? The season has not gone to plan so far. Granted we're only 10.86% of the way through the league fixtures - but we're were already at a point... 010
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 16/08/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Huddersfield Town A game I enjoyed as much as any in a long time. A genuinely heroic display of team football with some exceptional individual performances within that. A massive step forward for us. #utmp🧡🍊⚽mclfoot.blogspot.comHoneyman's Heroes - the Mighty vs Huddersfield Town Imagine you'd woken up this morning and decided to write a blog where you tried to tell Steve Bruce how to manage a football team . Perhaps ... 030
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 16/08/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: Not sure what this is or why I wrote it but it's fucking matchday and I can't wait* + maybe we're shite or maybe we're not and maybe we turn a corner or maybe we don't - but today is hope + football so lets fucking do it! #utmp *sort ofmclfoot.blogspot.comC'mon you POOOOOOOL! This is what we are. We never make it easy, but we are fundamentally greater than anything and everything else in the entire universe and an... 010
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 02/08/2025NEW BLOG: Blackpool vs Stevenage Borough mclfoot.blogspot.com... Bar a few, we looked horribly disjointed and stupid mistakes cost, especially in games where we lack the flair and imagination to cancel them out. Bring on the new lads. Can't come quick enough! #utmpmclfoot.blogspot.comNew beginnings... familiar failings: the Mighty vs Stevenage BoroughI don't expect you to care about my memories, but the weather is striking a chord - This is the precisely same weather as a day from my pas... 130
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 30/07/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... NEW BLOG: The season is almost here. Metaphors, low level 'analysis', redacted names. Are we ready? I'm not sure we are yet - but bring it on regardless! Glory is inevitable* (*at some point in an infinite number of universes) #UTMP 🍊🧡⚽mclfoot.blogspot.comFive Steves go to war! - A terrible season previewCos, AI exists - It's time as expressed in oil painting with the theme of Blackpool FC. Obviously. Are we ready? Shall we look at it objecti... 010
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 18/07/2025NEW BLOG: Another one I didn't really want to write. I used to not mind Charlton - now I'm double locking my doors in case they come and nick my stereo and telly. Rob Apter was a lot of fun - I will miss the lad. Good luck to him! mclfoot.blogspot.com... #utmp #cafcmclfoot.blogspot.comCheers Rob! To begin with, Robbie Apter was merely a rumour. The few who witnessed youth team games spoke in reverential terms of some young kid who was... 020
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 06/07/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... Every close season comes with renewed optimism - but so far, this one seems to be giving us foundations for some genuine belief. There's plenty still to do - but what we've done so far isn't to be sniffed at. #utmp 🍊🧡⚽mclfoot.blogspot.comSo far... so good At this remove, football seems an abstract concept. It's something that happens on DAZN in another part of the world. Observing the slow pa... 011
Mitch Cook's Left Foot @cooksleft.bsky.social · 08/06/2025mclfoot.blogspot.com... Cheers Sonny: Sorrynotsorry. I know Sonny wasn't for everyone, but hey, he's gone, so you can crack on. Otherwise here's a piece that is about him and football and being a footballer being a fan watching footballers and all of that type of thing. mclfoot.blogspot.comCheers Sonny! 'A moment of brief joy in a dark season of relentless shit' - Medium - Grass and Knees - Artist: Carey, S (Hull, 26,12,22) This is a long pi... 120
