Football

Weekend sport

Once again sandwiched between two Premiership soccer matches of high fliers another Premiership match – the rugby variety – provided me with the best entertainment when Harlequins left Kingsholm with a narrow victory (20-17) over Gloucester. Winning at Kingsholm is never easy but all [...]

January 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

Chelsea 1 Brighton 1

The mantra under Chris Hughton was ‘Stay in the game’ and, though Brighton play better football under his successor Graham Potter, that very much was the theme of our resilient draw at Stamford Bridge. This was achieved with four key players not starting: Leandro Trossard, Lewis Dunk, Shane [...]

December 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

Klopptrap

I have always liked Jurgen Klopp. He gives the impression of being a first class manager without taking himself seriously. He has revived Liverpool and is a pathfinder of German managers and coaches at the highest Premier level such as Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea, Ralf Rangnick at Manchester United. [...]

December 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

The sporting day

My day starts in the early hours with the Test Match commentary. The written press is one day behind and if England did not have such a disastrous final hour – losing 4 wickets – their doom and gloom would have looked foolish. Jimmy Andersen has come in for lot of flak – [...]

December 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

Brighton 2 Brentford 0

Brighton achieved their first win since September after completing the double over Brentford. In the absence of central defenders Lewis Dunk, Shane Duffy and Joel Veltman, Adam Webster and Dan Burn took the central berths in a flat back-four flanked by exciting attacking full backs Qadir Lamptey [...]

December 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Sheffield United 1

Fulham’s winless run extended to 5 games as last night we deservedly lost to a spirited Sheffield United side that has revived under new manager Paul Heckingbottom. They scored in the third minute and Fulham could not muster one shot on target in the first half. In the second, in their best [...]

December 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina File: Fiorentina 2 Sassuolo 2

I do not follow rugby- our Italian team always seems to finish bottom in the Six Nations – but I did read the post yesterday about Harlequins with interest. Fiorentina do put winning before entertaining but you are normally assured a good game because they are so unpredictable. One person [...]

December 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

Saturday sport

My Saturday sport fest begins at 3-30am following the second Ashes Test match on the radio. I prefer the radio to BT sport as there are no adverts and – except for the curmudgeonly Ian Chappell who has taken over the Boycott (highly but boringly critical) mantle – enjoy the [...]

December 19, 2021 // 0 Comments

Brighton 0 Wolves 1

A few weeks ago I predicted that – if Brighton’s goal drought continued – the Seagulls would descend into mid-table. After this defeat Brighton extended their winless run to 12 matches and are in 13th place, closer to the bottom three than the top four. Graham Potter had severe [...]

December 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

Soccer journo allegiance and their ways

Yesterday I attended a football lunch where I sat next to a retired sports journalist who is a Fulham fan. I have no particular allegiance to any club but we rattled off names of journos that do. They generally come to journalism supporting a club. It can be an asset in building relationships and [...]

December 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

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ITV COVERAGE OF CHELTENHAM

March 14, 2026 // 0 Comments

I am in the camp of watching on tv rather than attending for the 3 Cs: cost , convenience and comfort. With the cost of travelling and attending Cheltenham and last [...]
Max Schmelling/ The Good German

March 4, 2026 // 0 Comments

In the unlikely event that I would be asked to nominate a Great Life on Matthew Parris ‘ show my choice would be the Black Uhlan Max Schmelling. In the 1930s thee [...]
The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 spurs 1

March 3, 2026 // 0 Comments

Prior to Fulham ‘s comfortable win over Spurs (2-1) I watched the big match Revisited featuring Chelsea 1 Arsenal 2 i guess in the early 70s It would be foolish to [...]
The Six Nations

February 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Six Nations continues to throw up surprises. England could not bounce back against Ireland , a resurgent Wales gave Scotland à close game with the Millennium Stadium [...]
Brentford 0 Brighton 2

February 23, 2026 // 0 Comments

The heat is off Fabian Hürzeler with Brighton ‘s 1st win in 13 games. Club owner Tony Bloom was not at the G Tech stadium due to a long planned family engagement but had [...]