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Rex Mitchell is a Brentford supporter from childhood. This has not prevented him having a distinguished Fleet Street career as a sports reporter and later deputy football editor. A widower, Rex is a bit of a bandit golfer off his official handicap of 20 and is currently chairman of his local bowls club. More Posts

Euros: the Rust ratings & awards

We are now at the business end of the Euros and its time to assess and award. England have made few friends but qualified without conceding a goal. We have the tie of the next round against Germany though I’m looking forward to Belgium v Portugal too. Here are our awards:- Best team so far: Italy [...]

June 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

Euros: thoughts to date

One of the joys of writing for the Rust and reaching the age we have is that you can speak your mind free of fear of castigation on social media and the PC brigade. Frankly – to use a non-PC phrase – I do not give a monkey’s. First up, the Christian Eriksen incident. Guiseppe Wilson [...]

June 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

West London triumphant

I do hope that Chelsea’s victory in the Champions League does not overshadow the return to the top tier by Brentford after 74 years. Manchester United v Brentford was not a fixture that would have surprised my dad Stan in 1946. Peter Gelson Now it’s a reality for his son. After 1947 [...]

May 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Cup Final

The 2021 Cup Final may be remembered for many things but not for the quality of its football. Leicester City won the FA Cup at their fifth attempt and are no longer the only league winners yet to win the Cup. Thomas Tuchel the Chelsea manager has once again failed to win a final. Until  Yuri [...]

May 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

Liverpool… again

One again there was a disturbing outbreak of severe hooliganism at Anfield when on Wednesday night the Real Madrid coach was attacked by a mob of 400 Liverpool fans. A similar incident occurred when Liverpool beat Manchester City, whose coach was attacked, and for which Liverpool was fined [...]

April 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

Frank Worthington

It’s ironic that the passing of Frank Worthington coincided with the conscription of his beloved Elvis Presley. Worthington once delayed the start of his season because he visited the home of Elvis in Memphis. Frank Worthington was a great character and entertainer and played in that [...]

March 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

When football meets art theft…

There was an interesting article in the always excellent The Athletic on Pal Enger, a gifted young Norwegian footballer who had a second career as an art  thief. He played for Norway’s leading side Valerenga but shortly after the Winter Olympiad at Lillehammer he stole Edvard Munch’s The [...]

March 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

Colin Bell

I was truly saddened to hear of the passing of Colin Bell, one of the greatest players I was privileged to see. The amazing thing about Colin Bell was his strike record of a goal every three games. He was not a midfield striker like Lionel Messi or Roberto Baggio but an immensely hard-working box [...]

January 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

Reflections on the weekend’s football.

I have watched 3 games so far with varying degrees of enjoyment. First up was Leeds v West Ham on Friday night. John Pargiter called for my views which actually means he has decided his bet and wants my approval. He felt Marcel Bielsa and his side were overhyped whilst David Moyes, after a [...]

December 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Champions League

We are now in the home strait of the Champions League qualifiers  with two more rounds in December and most of the usual suspects will proceed to the round of 16. England and Spain should have four representatives, respectively Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool  and Chelsea and [...]

November 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

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