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Seagulls and sharks

Brighton – aka ‘The Seagulls’ – have had an active summer. Joao Pedro has gone to Chelsea for big bucks, like Calcedo and Sanchez previously, and Pervis Estupian to AC Milan. Igor is rumoured to be going too. À crop of youngsters have been signed, so Fabian [...]

July 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

A great weekend of Sussex Sport

Brighton trounced Spurs 4-1 away and finished  in 8th spot with the very remote possibility of European competition (if so they might well meet Fiorentina) and Sussex are now second in the Championship after beating Hampshire. The win in 3 days was achieved without Ollie Robinson and Dan Hughes [...]

May 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Manchester City 2

For this game Fulham had rested Calvin Bassey, Sandor Berge, Ryan Sessegnon, Adama Trioré, whilst City had no starting places for Rodri, de Bruyne, Anke, Foden or Ederson (who were on the bench) or for Jack Grealish who did not even travel. Fulham could not afford the £100m paid for Grealish and [...]

May 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

Sporting Saturday

The best part of the Test Match between England and Zimbabwe was for me the former Zimbabwean cricketer Henry Olongo singing the (Les Miserables) song Take Me Home. Frankly, whilst Zimbabwe played with spirit they were outclassed. Henry and Andy Flower voiced publicly their criticism of the Mugabe [...]

May 25, 2025 // 0 Comments

Sporting Saturday

With the Cup Final and US PGA on ‘moving day’, I was embarrassed by riches and swerved a tight and exciting victory of Northampton Saints over Saracens. That the Cup Final has declined as “THE National Sporting Event”  is evidenced by it not even being the front page story in The [...]

May 18, 2025 // 0 Comments

Final day: Sussex beat Worcestershire

Sussex beat Worcestershire by 47 runs, making heavy weather of it. The morning was grey and dank but the moisture in the air assisted seam. Ollie Roberson bowled his heart out, beating the bat on several occasions, but took no wickets. His spell of 9 overs on the bounce belied his image of lack of [...]

May 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Everton 3

The walk alongside the Thames from Putney Bridge is often heralded as the loveliest way to à football stadium. Yesterday I walked in a different direction – along the towpath from Hammersmith – and it was no less lovely. Blocks of flats have been built where one flat must cost £1 [...]

May 11, 2025 // 0 Comments

Inter v PSG final

So it will be an Inter versus PSG final on May 31st in Munich. PSG 2 Arsenal 1 last night did not scale the heights of Inter v Barcelona, which will surely be celebrated as one of the great encounters. Arsenal scorned early chances and how they must rue failing to buy a striker in the January [...]

May 9, 2025 // 0 Comments

Barcelona 3 Inter 3/Champions League semi-final

Barca and Inter produced a classic that will live in the memories for some time. It was billed as a clash of styles: the Cavalier versus the Roundhead; the pragmatic versus the romantic; efficiency versus flair. Yet I felt this was not entirely fair as Inter led three times and were lethal on the [...]

May 1, 2025 // 0 Comments

Arsenal 0 PSG 1

This defeat came as no surprise. Indeed Pargie had bet against an Arsenal win. Arsenal had half a team absent – defender Gabriel; holding midfielders Jorginho and Party; and forwards Haivetz and Jesus – whilst PSG were at full strength. I have been at the Emirates for crucial games and [...]

April 30, 2025 // 0 Comments

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