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Ipswich 2 Norwich 2

I have a few good friends who support Ipswich so I watched on Sky yesterday what is wittily known as “the Old Farm Derby”. There must be some clever copywriters out there composing names for derbies as Brighton v Southampton is called the El Coastico. Mind you, these derbies are serious [...]

December 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

Al la Colthard/both ends of the spectrum.

Last week I was in London which was hellish because of the crowds but had two meals that were memorable for different reasons. The first was in Chinatown at Haozhan with a girl friend of many years. I knew she would offer to pay her share but likes value and Haozhan ticked all the boxes. We had [...]

December 16, 2023 // 0 Comments

Brighton 1 Olympique Marseille 0 (Europa League qualifying)

This was not a great game – and one which Olympique Marseille could have won –  so, in true Rust fashion, I will provide not a match report, which you can read elsewhere in the papers and/or on other websites, but my opinion of what victory means to Brighton and why Brighton have [...]

December 15, 2023 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 31 Racing 28

Quins played out another thriller in this Heineken Cup victory over French aristocrats Racing.  Most of the best players in global rugby are to be found in France and Racing had World Cup skipper Siya Kolisi in their side. An interesting question in any elite sport team is whether the good club [...]

December 12, 2023 // 0 Comments

It happens to us all (eventually)!

I haven’t troubled the pages of this mighty organ a great deal in recent times, but some Rusters may know me best for my occasional reports upon the “stop/start” exercise regimes that I take up from time to time – motivated less by vanity than an effort to keep fit and thereby hopefully [...]

December 12, 2023 // 0 Comments

Dear England/James Graham

James Graham’s latest play has had an extended run from the National Theatre and we saw it yesterday at Cameron Mackintosh’s Prince Edward Theatre. I can see why as, whilst my theatre companion was a football fan and follower like myself, the play went beyond its central theme of how Gareth [...]

December 10, 2023 // 0 Comments

Sir Anthony Seldon talk

In the week I attended a talk by the headmaster and politician historian Sir Anthony Seldon, former head of Brighton College, Wellington and now Epsom College. One has to admire his energy as he has written and published many political works including a recent unflattering one of Boris Johnson. He [...]

December 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

A horrendous journey

Yesterday, because of the rail strike, I was forced to take the National Express coach from my native Brighton to London. Being a seasoned traveller and stickler for punctuality – on this occasion a lunch at 1-00pm – I did some preliminary planning. The 9-05am bus service was – on [...]

December 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

Football and Rugby Union – some random thoughts

Throughout its time the Rust’s sports coverage has consistently followed the progress of the sports of football and rugby union. It occurred to me recently that there are certain ironies and issues running through both these sports – some shared and some not. Recently England’s football [...]

December 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

Liverpool 4 Fulham 3

Although Fulham must feel disappointed in losing a game that we were winning with 3 minutes of regulation time left, there were positives to be drawn. The first was the performance against a Liverpool team unbeaten this season at Anfield. The second was scoring 6 goals in a week in a side that had [...]

December 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

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