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The Tanner Report

We did not expect to be like this: 2 defeats, one goal, one place above relegation. Inevitably Magath is at the focus of the discussion. The body of opinion is that we should show patience in the investment and deployment of youth he has made. Against that, and I am in that camp, he does not know [...]

August 17, 2014 // 2 Comments

Brighton 2 Cheltenham 0

Firstly a brief introduction. My name is Ivan Conway and I live in Hove actually, where I retired after a modicum of success in business. I was thrilled when editor Miles Piper and sports editor Tom Hollingworth invited me to contribute for the National Rust on Brighton games. I have supported [...]

August 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

A tour of the Amex

Yesterday I went on a stadium tour of the Amex, the home of Brighton and Hove Albion FC. “Home” is the crucial word here as, after the bulldozing of the Goldstone Ground in 1997, the club and city was not to have a ground of its own until – 15 years to the very day – they [...]

August 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

You read it here first

As a leading British media organ, the National Rust has made a virtue of being a leader in world opinion, progressive thinking and initiatives in the cause of improving public health, tolerance and understanding of this island’s heritage and culture. It is therefore no surprise that, once again, [...]

August 6, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner report: what odds Fulham?

Like many of the staffers on the Rust I respect the judgment of the Racing Post, so I read their preview of the Championship with interest.  Of the five main pundits, four preferred Cardiff, Norwich, Derby and Wigan – though one favours Fulham as outright winner. The bookies have Fulham [...]

August 6, 2014 // 0 Comments

Assessing the season

A slick  season ticket pack has now arrived.  It reprised encounters of yore with teams we are facing this season in the championship. For Ipswich we went back to the 10-1 thrashing, except that Graham Leggat ‘s hat-trick was in four minutes, not three. As for the getting ‘nowhere [...]

July 29, 2014 // 3 Comments

A visit to the Amex stadium

I had already booked a stadium tour of the Amex stadium, the home of Brighton and Hove Albion. No – I have not deserted my beloved Fulham after 50 years but, now having a property nearby, they are my local side. If you take season tickets as the measuring stick, Brighton are the seventh [...]

July 24, 2014 // 1 Comment

Soccer suggestions

Having happily watched more of the soccer World Cup than I had expected, I was struck by a couple of differences between the rules applying to soccer and rugby. With the benefit of a general lack of understanding of soccer’s traditions and culture in my locker, it seemed to me that soccer might [...]

July 19, 2014 // 0 Comments

True to form

All four of the big international beasts qualified for the semi-finals of the World Cup, so no surprises here. It’s evident that the cavalier, expressive football of the qualifiers has been replaced by something more pragmatic, if not cynical. Brazil committed 54 fouls to oust Colombia [...]

July 6, 2014 // 3 Comments

For Cottage and Country

In the fifty-odd years I have followed Fulham I cannot recall a game in which two of our sons were skippers facing each other in a World Cup game, as happened last night when Bryan Ruiz’s Costa Rica put out Karagounis’ Greece. Before I get a comment, I am talking tournament stage as [...]

June 30, 2014 // 0 Comments

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