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The Tanner Report: Fulham 3 Brentford 2

Fulham were slightly fortunate to win this feisty, lively West London derby – Brentford having two goals disallowed. Fulham came out of the blocks the quicker with midfielder Andreas Pereira outstanding and third choice Jay Stansfield acquitting himself on the right, Manor Salomon and [...]

August 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

Good weekend for Brighton sport

Over the weekend I went to the Amex to watch Brighton play Newcastle and then on to see Sussex Surrey in the Royal London 50 over competition. I was apprehensive before Newcastle. Dan Ashworth has moved from Brighton to Newcastle as football director and would have intel on us. Newcastle under [...]

August 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

The greatest …

During the lockdown three friends of mine invited sports lovers to offer their suggestions on lists covering the greatest woman sportswoman/cricket side etc. It was intended as just a bit of fun but, reflecting the testiness and strain of confinement, not everyone saw it that way. To continue the [...]

August 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sussex pride

On Pride weekend, which brings much money and even more chaos to our city, I was very proud that our two teams – Brighton HAFC and Sussex Sharks – recorded victories. With the departures of Yves Bissouma and Marc Cucurella – and Manchester United fired up by new manager ten Hag [...]

August 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 Liverpool 2

One vital question was resolved in this enthralling draw, namely that Alex Mitrovic can and will score in the Premier. The doubters pointed to his poor scoring record at the top table with Newcastle and Fulham under Scott Parker.  The contrary argument is that he is Serbia’s top scorer and was [...]

August 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sharks win and Cucurella departs

Sussex Sharks finally achieved a win by beating Gloucestershire by 51 runs at Hove. Delray Rawlins was the star of the show with 91 runs off 62 balls and 3 wickets with his leg spin. He is so often a frustrating player as the talent is clearly there but not the application. Gloucestershire ran out [...]

August 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

It’s going to be Fulham’s year

The above title does not refer to the present but to an article I wrote some 40 years ago. Its theme was the perennial optimism of Fulham fans. Ironically, between Fulham’s relegation from the top tier in 1968 to their return in 2000, there was little to cheer save for promotion from the [...]

August 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

Reflections – Women’s Euros 2022, the Final

Yesterday, from approximately 4.20pm until its conclusion – joining millions of other Brits and television viewers all around the world – I watched the build-up and then the dramas of England’s epic 2-1 (after extra time) victory over Germany in the Final of the women’s Euros 2022 [...]

August 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Great Difference

Watching the Charity Shield between Liverpool and Manchester City I was struck by one big difference between the men and women’s game: pace. From the start Liverpool  maximised their pace on the right with Mo Salah and Trent Arnold. Conversely the movement is much slower in the women’s game [...]

July 31, 2022 // 0 Comments

Bravo Lionesses

Firstly contrition. I had not anticipated a glorious summer of sport with no major football competition. Well, we had the rejuvenation of England’s Test side under the captaincy of Ben Stokes and coach Brendan McCallum when they achieved seemingly impossible fourth innings targets to win; we had [...]

July 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

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