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The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Middlesbrough 1

In a sentence Fulham controlled 75% of this match but failed to convert that dominance into goals and might have even lost the game. True it was new coach Marco Silva’s first game, both in charge at Fulham and in the Championship, there were injuries to Tom Cairney and Harrison Reed and no [...]

August 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

My sporting weekend

It’s weekends like these that justify my £10 betting cap. Sunday was grey, windy and wet. A perfect day then for tv sport except we were denied by the weather an exciting finale to the Test and it was the finale too of the Olympics. The Racing Post felt that Fulham, whilst a better side than [...]

August 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

A cornucopia of tv sport

As I tucked into my Weetabix with The Times sport supplement I anticipated a wonderful array of sport on the television: the Olympics, the England v India Test, the Lions Test, the US PGA at St Jude and, although I was not disappointed, I feel obliged in true Rust tradition to criticise the [...]

August 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

Oh – so that was it, was it?

For my sins – to be honest, it felt as much a duty as an imperative – I duly watched the live Sky Sports TV coverage of the Third Test between the Springboks and the British & Irish Lions in Capetown yesterday (kick-off 5.00pm UK time) which ended in a 19-16 victory, and thereby an [...]

August 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

Championship review

It’s no coincidence that the two relegated clubs from the Premier – WBA and Fulham – were promoted the previous season and that Norwich and Watford, who were promoted from the Championship, were themselves relegated. It’s more to do more with money than prowess. So all the more [...]

August 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Hundred – a blessing for the women’s game.

The Rust has often been critical of The Hundred. However in his excellent Spectator sport column Roger Alton made the good point how much the woman’s game has benefited from it. He wrote in this week’s edition:- “It’s the perfect format to engage young girls… their game is more [...]

August 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

Joe Root’s woes

Joe Root must be wondering if he upset a Nottingham gypsy as he has been cursed by bad news. In the course of a week he has lost the services of his best player and invaluable lieutenant Ben Stokes, his side was dismissed cheaply by India and now Jofra Archer’s elbow injury adds him to the [...]

August 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

Fings ain’t what they used ter be …

There are those among the contributors to this organ – and probably also its readers – who are familiar with – and/or are even habitual visitors to – the Talking Pictures television channel whose particular raison d’etre is to broadcast popular British and other television [...]

August 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

IAN THOMSON RIP

There must be something in the Sussex air that inspires longevity as in 2018 five our of the last six surviving Test players wore the six martlet sweater of Sussex CCC: Don Smith, Hubert Doggart, Alan Oakman, Ian Thomson and Jim Parks. With the recent passing of Ian Thomson, only Jim Parks [...]

August 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

Thinking the unthinkable

Last week brought media reports of a new study undertaken by Professor Willie Stewart at the University of Glasgow which apparently demonstrates that professional footballers who play in defence for ten to fifteen years are five times more likely to suffer dementia that the general population, [...]

August 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

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