Football

So the honours went to Alan Tanner who I have to say behaved most graciously and thought a draw would be a fairer result. The generous comments made about their former club by Alan Mullery, David Stockdale and Aaron Hughes in the programme epitomised the good spirit in which the game was played. I [...]

The two fixtures I was most looking forward to, Brentford and Brighton have come in successive weeks. Ivan Conway will be reporting on the game but I have been allowed to do the preview. With our old boys, Aaron Hughes, David Stockdale and Darren Bent in the Brighton side, it’s very much a [...]

Last night’s defeat by Brentford made it two unsatisfactory performances on the trot. Last night’s was all the more galling as the West London bragging rights were conceded rather gutlessly. We took a somewhat undeserved lead after a frenetic first half but the Bees pulled one back and [...]

As our readers know virtually all the sporting staff of the Rust enjoy a flutter and that is why we read the Racing Post. Aside from their ability as correct predictors I enjoy their analysis which is far more forensic than the  mainstream football writers’. The latter tend to fill their [...]

It was the same old, same old at Brighton and our league record says it all: three wins, eight draws, 6 defeats. 20 goals conceded is better than Brentford in sixth place, but 17 goals scored the fifth least in the league. Of those 17 goals, only three have been scored by forwards. We laboured [...]

We have yet to record a win under the permanent Kit Symons and for the second time in 4 days had to come back from behind to earn a point, this time against bottom of the table Blackpool. We fell behind in the first minute when our defence failed to deal with a cross and allowed the burly Blackpool [...]

We notched up our third win of the season beating Wigan 1-0 but it was much of the same. After scoring in the first minute and not through a striker but Craig Gardner we were hanging on by the end and were somewhat fortunate to get all 3 points. I know Hyppia has lost Ulloa, and the injuries to [...]