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Sussex pride

On Pride weekend, which brings much money and even more chaos to our city, I was very proud that our two teams – Brighton HAFC and Sussex Sharks – recorded victories. With the departures of Yves Bissouma and Marc Cucurella – and Manchester United fired up by new manager ten Hag [...]

August 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 Liverpool 2

One vital question was resolved in this enthralling draw, namely that Alex Mitrovic can and will score in the Premier. The doubters pointed to his poor scoring record at the top table with Newcastle and Fulham under Scott Parker.  The contrary argument is that he is Serbia’s top scorer and was [...]

August 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sharks win and Cucurella departs

Sussex Sharks finally achieved a win by beating Gloucestershire by 51 runs at Hove. Delray Rawlins was the star of the show with 91 runs off 62 balls and 3 wickets with his leg spin. He is so often a frustrating player as the talent is clearly there but not the application. Gloucestershire ran out [...]

August 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

adieu Bob Rafelson

I was saddened to learn of the death of Bob Rafelson. His movie career as a director was probably more down than up but he can lay claim to be the originator of the Indie in Easy Rider and making the career of one of its then unknown stars, Jack Nicholson. My favourite Rafelson film was Five Easy [...]

August 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

Is it all black?

One of the interesting aspects of sports coverage is the decline of the great team. Liverpool in the 70s and AC Milan in the 1990s seemed invincible but both sides went into decline – from theirs, Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp have only re-emerged. Manchester United went into decline after [...]

August 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

A shopping incident

Mid-morning yesterday – after taking a dog to the vet – Christine, my better half, and I stopped off at our local example of a well-know supermarket store so that I could nip in to buy my preferred national newspaper, some pet food and lastly three loaves of a specialist sour dough bread [...]

August 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

It’s going to be Fulham’s year

The above title does not refer to the present but to an article I wrote some 40 years ago. Its theme was the perennial optimism of Fulham fans. Ironically, between Fulham’s relegation from the top tier in 1968 to their return in 2000, there was little to cheer save for promotion from the [...]

August 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

Soho House Brighton

Nick Jones has extended his Soho House Group to Brighton but, despite an attractive decor and a terrace with parasols overlooking the Pier, I am doubtful whether it will succeed. To go there you need to be a house member which costs a mere £2,000 annually. I opted for the Friends of Soho House for [...]

August 2, 2022 // 0 Comments

Reflections – Women’s Euros 2022, the Final

Yesterday, from approximately 4.20pm until its conclusion – joining millions of other Brits and television viewers all around the world – I watched the build-up and then the dramas of England’s epic 2-1 (after extra time) victory over Germany in the Final of the women’s Euros 2022 [...]

August 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

Arundel

Forget Glorious Goodwood, for me the place to be on a hot summer’s day was Arundel, the Castle Ground, which was hosting a 30 over match between the Duke of Norfolk’s XI and The Lords Taverners. The  Lords Taverners had assumed the organisation and the match was a charitable fund raiser. I [...]

July 31, 2022 // 0 Comments

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