Sport

Max Schmelling/ The Good German

In the unlikely event that I would be asked to nominate a Great Life on Matthew Parris ‘ show my choice would be the Black Uhlan Max Schmelling. In the 1930s thee heavyweight title was a revolving door with Maxie Baer , James J Braddock (. the Cinderella man) jack Sharkey , joe Louis and Max [...]

March 4, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Six Nations

The Six Nations continues to throw up surprises. England could not bounce back against Ireland , a resurgent Wales gave Scotland à close game with the Millennium Stadium in full song Excuses can be made for the poor showing by England at Murrayfield last week ( losing Arundel for 40 minutes, [...]

February 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

Brentford 0 Brighton 2

The heat is off Fabian Hürzeler with Brighton ‘s 1st win in 13 games. Club owner Tony Bloom was not at the G Tech stadium due to a long planned family engagement but had he been he would have sat amongst the Brighton faithful as it’s common knowledge that he and Brentford’s chairman [...]

February 23, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report Stoke City 1 Fulham 2

The match reflected the gap between a middle of the table Premier side and à championship equivalent. Marco Silva rang 10. changes and his side nearly came undone after Stoke took the lead. However Fulham now have strength in depth and as the game progressed wingers Kevin and àOscar Bobb made [...]

February 16, 2026 // 0 Comments

Rugby weekend tv

My rugby weekend fest began on Friday night with Harleqiins v Northsmpton Saints (24-40) in the Premiership Cup. Both sides had necessarily to field weakened teams because of the Six Nations. Northampton ‘s absentees were the more telling ( Coles, Poloick, Freeman, Fraser , Mitchell , Smith ) [...]

February 15, 2026 // 0 Comments

Managerial merry go round

Fabian Hürzeler is the latest Head Coach to feel the pressure. He was booed on Sunday after Brighton’s disappointing loss to arch-rivals Crystal Palace. I composed with Alan Tanner a list of possible sacking and resignations namely:- Eddie Howe Scott Parker Sean Dyche Thomas Frank [...]

February 10, 2026 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on the Six Nations

It was no surprise- ar least not to me-that France best Ireland 36-14 as ‘les blues’ have so many world class players ( Bielle Barrey, Dupont , Ramos ) and the men in green are past their sell by date. England yesterday put 48 points past a feckless, ill disciplined Welsh team – [...]

February 8, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Fulham 1 Everton 2

This was the classic game of 2 halves. Fulham dominated the first and should have gone into half time more than one goal up but David Moyes must have stirred his lads into action in his half time talk as in the second half Everton competed with greater resolve . As ever Fulham’s weakness was [...]

February 8, 2026 // 0 Comments

Sunday TV sport

Normally of a Sunday morning I take a bracing walk by the sea but, in the face of driving rain, I watched the final of the Australian tennis Open instead. Those who know more about Grand Slam tennis than me advise that the Australian Open is the best of the four. Wimbledon is too “up [...]

February 2, 2026 // 0 Comments

Fulham 2 Brighton 1

No doubt about it. Fulham have got the wood over us. Even Marvo Silva admitted a draw would be the fairer result. In Carlos Baleba we had the most effective player on the pitch – we had a goal chalked off and – Mituma was always a threat. Yet we lost. once again to a very late goal. [...]

January 25, 2026 // 0 Comments

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ITV COVERAGE OF CHELTENHAM

March 14, 2026 // 0 Comments

I am in the camp of watching on tv rather than attending for the 3 Cs: cost , convenience and comfort. With the cost of travelling and attending Cheltenham and last [...]
Max Schmelling/ The Good German

March 4, 2026 // 0 Comments

In the unlikely event that I would be asked to nominate a Great Life on Matthew Parris ‘ show my choice would be the Black Uhlan Max Schmelling. In the 1930s thee [...]
The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 spurs 1

March 3, 2026 // 0 Comments

Prior to Fulham ‘s comfortable win over Spurs (2-1) I watched the big match Revisited featuring Chelsea 1 Arsenal 2 i guess in the early 70s It would be foolish to [...]
The Six Nations

February 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Six Nations continues to throw up surprises. England could not bounce back against Ireland , a resurgent Wales gave Scotland à close game with the Millennium Stadium [...]
Brentford 0 Brighton 2

February 23, 2026 // 0 Comments

The heat is off Fabian Hürzeler with Brighton ‘s 1st win in 13 games. Club owner Tony Bloom was not at the G Tech stadium due to a long planned family engagement but had [...]