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Last night I watched Brighton HSFC draw 1-1 with south coast rivals Bournemouth in a game sometimes labelled El Coastico. The Seagulls started brightly but it was the visitors who took the lead after VAR overruled the referee’s decision to book the Cherries’ Adly for simulation. After the [...]

January 20, 2026 // 0 Comments

Manchester United 1 Brighton HAFC 2

Tom Hollingsworth called it right on giantkilling. . I’m old enough to remember Brighton in the old 4th division and buying Spurs double winner centre forward the burly Bobby Smith for £5000. Then à away victory for the seagulls over Man. United would be termed giantkilling but now it’s [...]

January 12, 2026 // 0 Comments

FA CUP LIVES ON

That strange British eccentricity’ hss allowed the FA Cup to live on despite weakened teams, moved kick off times and even days and overseas players and head coaches little understanding its traditions. even giant killing has survived with Macclesfield betraying Premiership Crystal Palace [...]

January 11, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Walham Green walloped

No victory means more to a Fulham supporter than beating their SW6 rivals aka Walham Green . Over the years we have lived in their shadow and in the Jose Mourinho era they would win 2-0 with Frank Lampard invariably scoring. We were unlucky to lose at Stamford Bridge earlier this season when [...]

January 8, 2026 // 0 Comments

Amorim & Maresca leave .

The ‘departure of Amor anf Maresca with their clubs lying in 6th and 5th place respectively is a game changer. Time was a manager/ head coach waited till a sacking then claimed compensation Then you were financially set up for life as 2 other Portuguese managers Mourinho and Villaboas attest. [...]

January 5, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 Liverpool 2

Although there were some Fulham fans disappointed by this draw I was not one of them. Marvo Silva had to set up with 7 absentees and came up with a 3-5-1-1 which worked well against à Liverpool side with far greater resources and anxious to achieve a Champions League finish. As against Manchester [...]

January 5, 2026 // 0 Comments

Man City to win the Premier

As there is not much to do during the so called festive period I studied the Premier league table and future fixtures of both Arsenal and Man City and my conclusion was that City will take the Premier title .. why so? Arsenal still have to play Spurs and Cty away and may not get many points from [...]

December 25, 2025 // 0 Comments

the Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Notttingham Forest 0

‘1-0 to the Arsenal’ was a chant that ringed out in the George Graham management era as his team ground out à result. It could have been applied to Fulham’s victory over Nottingham Forest which was a dull affaire. The main benefit for Fulham was that the 3 points achieved put clear blue [...]

December 23, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Burnley 2 Fulham 3

You would have to be a Fulham fan aged over 90 to be present the last time that Fulham won at Burnley at Turf Moor which happened in the early 1950s, 75 years ago. Fulham broke the hoodoo last night but there were many paradoxes. Fulham’s Harry Wilson is on hot form with 4 goals in our last 7 [...]

December 14, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Spurs 1 Fulham 2

To be two up after 6 minutes against Spurs at Spurs Stadium – how good is that? It moved my friend and Fulham nutter David Roodyn to verse: “Vicario likes to go à-wandering Outside his Tottenham box But when the ball drops to ‘Arry Boy (Harry Wilson) Opportunity knocked.“ [...]

November 30, 2025 // 0 Comments

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Sussex sport

January 20, 2026 // 0 Comments

Last night I watched Brighton HSFC draw 1-1 with south coast rivals Bournemouth in a game sometimes labelled El Coastico. The Seagulls started brightly but it was the [...]
THE ALFRISTON

January 19, 2026 // 0 Comments

In the many years (I know, I don’t look !!!) that I have been reviewing English country hotels I have seen a massive change in them. Twenty years ago they were little [...]
Biographies

January 17, 2026 // 0 Comments

I recently moved from reading fiction to biography. Why do readers like biographies? The obvious explanation is the desire to know more about the subject and the times in [...]
Manchester United 1 Brighton HAFC 2

January 12, 2026 // 0 Comments

Tom Hollingsworth called it right on giantkilling. . I’m old enough to remember Brighton in the old 4th division and buying Spurs double winner centre forward the burly [...]
FA CUP LIVES ON

January 11, 2026 // 0 Comments

That strange British eccentricity’ hss allowed the FA Cup to live on despite weakened teams, moved kick off times and even days and overseas players and head coaches [...]