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Sussex recover

They say Melbourne has all 4 seasons in one day. Brighton gave a passable impersonation of the Australian city yesterday as we had high wind, driving rain and sunshine affecting play in the crucial bottom of the table clash with Somerset. After a jittery start in which we were at onestrage 172-6 , [...]

September 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

Brighton top, Sussex sharks bottom

When John Pargiter called for a betting tip on the Fulham v Brighton match, both Alan and I agreed that a draw was the likeliest result. After Chris Hughton took over as manager he was adept at grinding out 0-0 draws and the defence stayed tight. I was therefore surpised that we came out of the [...]

August 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard: la Fourchette , Hove

After the successfully enjoyable Van Gogh expedition, it seems that National Rusters all seem to want to plan trips. Henry Elkins called me the other day about a trip to the World War battlefields of Flanders in early May so could I mark his restaurant card? He said in previous trips he found a [...]

April 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

“Are we heading for oblivion?” and “I watched a horror movie …” were two of the messages I received after the Bournemouth debacle. Let me say straightaway that the Cherries were extremely good just as the last two teams to put five past us – Derby and Watford [...]

March 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

We Fulham fans have had such a rough time these past two seasons that this emphatic and deserved win over league leaders Derby was as much merited by us as our boys that delivered it. Sometimes injuries enforce changes that benefit the team. With his goal scoring record Rodallega was unlikely to be [...]

March 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

Highlights of the day

We asked a selection of our writers to nominate not the highlights of last year but the New Year i.e. yesterday. Tom Hollingworth: I still love every year writing into my diary from the Telegraph Sports Calender the  key events. This year it will be the Ashes though I am disappointed there are no [...]

January 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex cricket society meets

Last might I went to Hove Cricket Ground as a member of the Sussex Cricket Society to hear a talk by Brian Scovell. I know Brian who worked as sport journalist on the old Daily Sketch and then the Mail, covering cricket and football for many years, and has written biographies of Brian Lara, Bill [...]

December 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

One of the interesting aspects of Fulham’s meltdown (1 point in 7 games) is how the club deals with it. I still get offers of match day hospitality etc. There seems to ba parallel universe in which 2 relegations in 2 seasons are not part of the stratosphere. Traditionally the program was the [...]

September 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

Sussex sport update

I said to Alan Tanner that we two have much in common: no points, relegation positions but at least you have scored a goal. I did not go Birmingham where the Seagulls lost 1-0 but by all accounts we were pretty dire. Sami Hyppia has got in two midfielders Teixeira from his old stomping ground [...]

August 19, 2014 // 0 Comments

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