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The Tanner Report: Drawing a line in the sand

The Alex Mitrovic saga is now thankfully over with the Serb hitman taking Saudi lucre. He has served Fulham well but you feel he has served himself better. One of the reasons for the popularity of the Lionesses is they seem devoid of the greed of the modern day male footballer. One of the [...]

August 21, 2023 // 0 Comments

A curate’s egg of Brighton sport

Brighton HA FC opened their account with a thumping 4-1 victory over new boys Luton.  The Seagulls sit proudly on top of the Premiership.  Probably not for long as it’s the opening weekend. When I composed my post on their prospects, Moises Caicedo to Liverpool looked a done deal but Alan [...]

August 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

Football Prospects

We asked out football correspondents to provide their informed views on their clubs and prospects.   BRENTFORD Before I discuss Brentford it’s worth mentioning what we learned in the pre-season. Arsenal equalised in the 101st minute of the Community Shield match, confirming that extra time [...]

August 12, 2023 // 0 Comments

Great sporting duels

The Tour de France duel between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej  Pogacar – which the former is currently shading by a small lead – has made me recall and share great ones of the past. In boxing one thinks of Ali v Frazier – or before them – the brutal 3 bouts between Tony ‘Man [...]

July 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

Entertaining v Effective

The debate over entertaining versus winning performances is as old as the hills but has taken new life under the régime of Stokes and McCallum. There were real and genuine fears that Australia would be too good for England, but less so after Zak Crawley – one of England’s perceived [...]

June 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

Patriotic football allegiances

In the week I had a long lunch with an old friend of mine – an Arsenal fanatic. He told me once that he was the only English supporter of Benfica in the 1968 European Cup Final against Manchester United. He now said he was firmly behind Inter Milan and this time I believe he did not walk [...]

June 11, 2023 // 0 Comments

Brighton & Sussex CCC assessed

No doubt about it – this has been Brighton HAFC ‘s most successful season in our history finishing sixth and qualifying for the Europa League. The achievement is all the more remarkable for the departure of key personnel on and off the pitch. Much credit must go to owner Tony Bloom and his [...]

June 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Manchester United 2 Fulham 1

Fulham lost a cup tie to Manchester Utd in a game in which Fulham received 3 cards. For shoving the referee Chris Kavanagh, Alex Mitrovic was banned for 8 games. In this game Mitrovic was at the heart of the match-defining incident, this time after Fulham had taken the lead through a Kenny Teté [...]

May 29, 2023 // 0 Comments

Sussex v Glamorgan (1st day)

With the sun out and the icy wintry wind of late turning into a cooler breeze where better to be than at Hove for the first day of the county championship? It was that hot that sun burn warnings were broadcast with sun lotion stations. If the weather was not enticing enough, four classy Test class [...]

May 19, 2023 // 0 Comments

Arsenal 0 Brighton 3

Seven years ago – the year Brighton were promoted to the Premiership – Southampton played a pre-season friendly at the Amex and outplayed us. It was a strong Saints side managed by Ronald Koeman with the likes of Virgil van Dyck, Sadoi Mané, Luke Shaw, Morgan Schneiderlin, Nathaniel [...]

May 15, 2023 // 0 Comments

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