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The gap between reality and ‘how things should be’

At the outset of this piece I wish to stress that it merely represents my opinion and gut instinct. You could argue that opening with a statement such as this is nothing but a slimy ‘get out’ device designed to avoid or deflect accusations that what I’m about to express has no basis in [...]

July 7, 2015 // 0 Comments

1966 and all that

I have been following Bernadette’s advice and watching The Professionals every Sunday morning. Yesterday I noticed there was a programme about Bobby Charlton before it and I became engrossed by it. I believe that 1966-70 was the golden period of British post war football. During it England [...]

June 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

Broadcasting – excellent and very, very average

Last night, after a fairly busy day culminating in making myself an evening meal, I decided on a whim to retire to bed just after 8.30pm for no other reason that I was weary and felt like it. It proved to be a happy move because, quite by chance, I had only just missed the beginning of what turned [...]

June 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

When sport disappoints

Sport is a life-enhancing part of life, or it ought to be. We spectators come to it every time expecting or hoping to be lifted out of our mundane existences and transported to a world in which magical things happens and we can marvel at the athletic skills of people more talented than ourselves. [...]

June 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Champions League Final

The Champions League final can often produce a bore where the result is all. The auguries were not good when a well organised side like Juventus play a more expressive team like Barcelona. I was even more apprehensive when Phil Neville, a mediocre analyist, predicted an exciting game. For once Phil [...]

June 7, 2015 // 0 Comments

Blatter’s demise: is the FA too triumphal?

Let me say right away I am no apologist for Sepp Blatter. Whilst recognising his achievement in transforming football into the biggest global sport, this was no legacy because the cost of corruption in achieving this was too high and unacceptable. Stanley Rous, a former English referee and football [...]

June 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Cup Final

The 2015 Cup Final between Arsenal and Aston Villa was too one-sided  a contest to be memorable so it’s worth considering the current status and presentation of this show piece of the sporting calendar … or is it?  In my lifetime it has reduced significantly in status. This is because [...]

May 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

FIFA

Our readers might be surprised that we at the National Rust have been slow to enter the affray after the arrest of 8 senior FIFA officials. Generally speaking we feel unless we can add value by contributing something not considered or a contrarian view that our readers’ appetite is satisfied [...]

May 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

Looking back and forward

BRIGHTON With play off places achieved in the previous two seasons, the highest gates in the division and a stadium fit for the premier, we did not expect to struggle at the other end. True our best players over the last two years -Bridcutt, Bridge, Barnes, Buckley, Ulloa and Upson – all went [...]

May 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

I had a very happy text from John Pargiter after the Juve win. He had backed them each way at 20-1 after the knock out stage on my advice. I could not bear  supporting a Juve win so I made no  bet myself. I do not think they will beat Barca in the final.  In the Champions League they abandoned [...]

May 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

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