Football

Brighton played doggedly in this defeat last night at the new Spurs stadium. There were 2 surprise omissions in the line up: keeper Matt Ryan was on the bench and forward Neil Maupay not even in the eighteen. One can only think this was for disciplinary reasons. Skipper and centre back Lewis Dunk [...]

As with most who remember the only England team to win anything in our lifetime I was saddened when another of the ’66 boys passed away leaving now Bobby Charlton, George Cohen, Roger Hunt and Geoff Hurst. Henry Winter paid him eloquent tribute in The Times yesterday. However I disagreed with [...]

Two years and two months ago Fulham’s first game in the Premiership was at home to Crystal Palace and we were well beaten 3-0. I came across the programme. Our chairman in his column wrote: “We have worked hard this summer to build a squad that will not be satisfied by merely holding on [...]

Last night I had a serendipitous moment. It was 6-30 pm. I was neither hungry nor fancied a sundowner. It was one of those pandemic moments when it was necessary to while away the time. So I switched on the telly and the channel was BT Sport. They were showing Real Madrid v Shakhtar Donetsk. Given [...]

Fulham finally got their first point at Bramall Lane yesterday. Debuts were given  to recent signings Aina (right back) , Adarabioyo (centre back) and Reuben Loftus Cheek (midfield). It is most unfortunate that another signing – Joachim Andersen – looks like being out injured for [...]