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West London triumphant

I do hope that Chelsea’s victory in the Champions League does not overshadow the return to the top tier by Brentford after 74 years. Manchester United v Brentford was not a fixture that would have surprised my dad Stan in 1946. Peter Gelson Now it’s a reality for his son. After 1947 [...]

May 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

The insularity of English football

Recently I followed a discussion on Gareth Southgate’s selected squad for the forthcoming Euros presented on Radio 5  by Steve Grossman. For over an hour a panel of so-called experts – including Karen Carney who took the safe option of agreeing with everyone else, possibly in order to [...]

May 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Newcastle 2

I will confine my report to one incident that reflected our season. Fulham were a goal down and playing reasonably well without troubling the Newcastle keeper. After a defensive mix up by the away aside Ivan Cavalero was presented with a  one-on-one chance.  He skied it over the bar. Fulham did [...]

May 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

BHAFC 3 MANCHESTER CITY 2

In August 2017 Albion played their first game in the Premiership against future champions Manchester City and lost 0-2. I had feared yesterday’s game, their last home game of this season, against champions City would be marked by not just defeat but relegation. Neither happened and we are [...]

May 19, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Cup Final

The 2021 Cup Final may be remembered for many things but not for the quality of its football. Leicester City won the FA Cup at their fifth attempt and are no longer the only league winners yet to win the Cup. Thomas Tuchel the Chelsea manager has once again failed to win a final. Until  Yuri [...]

May 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Burnley 2.

So we had the last rites last night at Craven Cottage with Burnley easily disposing of Fulham with 2 goals late in the first half. There were three distinct phases to our season. In the first, it was clear the promoted team was not good enough for the Premier, especially the defence; in the second, [...]

May 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

It’s complicated (as they say) …

Being the Rust’s contributing editor on the sport of pugilism, I cannot not claim for myself the privilege of being a particular fan of football. However, it seems to me that one of the ironies highlighted by the recent “attempted breakaway” ESL debacle at the pinnacle of European [...]

May 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

Roger Alton/fan power

One of my favourite sporting columns is that of Roger Alton, the former editor of The Observer, in The Spectator. The Spectator has long had a sporting contribution from the more cerebral enthusiast whose view counters the popular grain. Below are Roger Alton’s comments  in this week’s [...]

May 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Chelsea 2 Fulham 0

No surprises here. Chelsea maintained their almost invincible record against us at Stamford Bridge. I can remember being in deep cover in a stand when we last won there and that was 1976. Even a few years ago, if a team played a semi-final against Real Madrid, there was a fair bet they would be [...]

May 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

Sussex CCC and Brighton HAFC

The availability of – and access to – watching county matches on the stream service of their websites has proved a great success particularly in lockdown. Yesterday I enjoyed the key game between Lancashire and Sussex. Due to problems with the Hove pitch the match had to be moved a few [...]

May 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

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