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Brighton 2 Ajax 0.

Were we to go back nearly 30 years, you would see Brighton struggling to survive and Ajax – with the likes of Dennis Bergkamp, Edwin van der Sar, Marco van Basten, Marc Overmars and Jan Lithanen – winning the European Cup. That very good Ajax team broke up whilst the then homeless [...]

October 27, 2023 // 0 Comments

Do Brighton Dezerb it?

No – the title of my post is not intended to criticise Roberto de Zerbi – nor even Brighton, currently sixth in the table – but the Press reaction. The penny dropped with the football press that Brighton are over-achieving and a number of glowing reports appeared. No soon had [...]

October 11, 2023 // 0 Comments

Marseilles 2 Brighton 2/Europa League

Brighton achieved their first-ever point in European competition last night against Marseilles with a draw in their febrile but impressive Stade Velodrome, a spirited performance after going two down. Brighton’s form has been impacted by the Europa League, sometimes involving 3 matches a week [...]

October 6, 2023 // 0 Comments

Brighton HAFC 2 AEKAthens 3

Brighton’s first-ever European game in the Europa League last night was in every sense a damp squib as they lost and the heavens opened. Surprisingly Roberto de Zerbi rested Lewis Dunk and Evan Ferguson. Dunk was particularly missed as the untried combo of Van der Hecke and Igor did not look [...]

September 22, 2023 // 0 Comments

Answered prayers/Duncan Hamilton

Duncan Hamilton is rightly acclaimed as one of our best – if not the best – sports biographer. It’s not a literary field crammed with talent. Most ghosted sports biographies are dull with some revelation for the serialisation in a newspaper. Duncan Hamilton writes on major but [...]

September 19, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Luton O

When in the season you play a team is key. Luton are just promoted, lost their first three games and – angered that Garth Crooks in midweek predicted their relegation by Xmas – brought many and raucous supporters. Fulham are regarded as soft, the sort of game from which you might come [...]

September 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

Brighton 3 Newcastle Utd 1 … and Sussex CCC

Brighton got back on track after the surprise 3-1 home defeat by West Ham and look to have the next £100m star in young Irishman Evan Ferguson who scored a hat trick. Ferguson is a burly striker in the style of Erling Haaland with a nice touch and eye for goal. He was acquired from Eire’s [...]

September 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Mohamed al Fayed and Manchester City 5 Fulham 1

When I posted in the week I was very much in two minds as to whether to comment on a move from Joao Pahlinha to Bayern Munich. There was much coverage that it would take place, with the Portuguese midfield colossus even going to Munich for a medical, but terms could not be agreed by the time of the [...]

September 3, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: a good week

This week Fulham earned a highly creditable point at the Emirates over high-flying Arsenal and on Tuesday deposited Spurs out of the Caribou Cup. After losing at home to Brentford there was some trepidation over the next two Premiership fixtures – namely Arsenal and Manchester City away. [...]

September 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Arsenal 2 Fulham 2

I clean the windows of a successful Fulham-supporting economist who, like many of that ilk, does like his projections and predictions. However football is not an exact science. After Brentford beat (and beat up) Fulham last week few gave us any chance at the Emirates against high-flying Arsenal. [...]

August 27, 2023 // 0 Comments

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