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Michael Henderson, in The Times yesterday, thundered against the new look TMS. He observed that it tries too hard to be funny. He rued the absence of Christopher Martin Jenkins, I agree with Henderson the ultimate flag bearer of traditional cricket, to a certain extent. Brian Johnston laid down the [...]

August 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

Barcelona- the last rites?

Bayern Munich’s 8- 2 destruction of Barcelona was not so much the end of an era as the last rites of great club that is no longer performing at the highest European level. It set me wondering about the decline and revival of the great European clubs. It all started in the old European Cup – [...]

August 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

Champions League & regrettable comment on TMS

I am getting used to the new normal of crowdless football and looked forward to the business end of the Champions League being televised from Benfica’s stadium. The competition has already thrown up a few surprises with the elimination of Real Madrid and Juventus. Thursday we saw a thoroughly [...]

August 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

The play-off final/A Brentford view

One aspect of modern football coverage I don’t care for is the use of we by analysts in reference to the team they support. Reporting and analysis should always be objective. I try to be impartial but I make no secret that I’m a Brentford fan and in the build-up to the final there was much [...]

August 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Brentford 1

Any report must start and end with Scott Parker whose game management was superb. He confused Brentford pre-match by keeping alive the possibility of playing Alex Mitrovic. His post-match interview indicated that he could play at most for 10 minutes. He set up Fulham to nullify the vaunted [...]

August 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

My sporting weekend

Sam Horsfield won the European Tour event the second leg of the British swing at the Forest of Arden. When he was interviewed I was surprised to hear a distinct American twang. He had earned his trade on the U.S. College circuit. Time was when a young aspiring British golfer had a different career [...]

August 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

Sussex Sport

Both Brighton HAFC and Sussex CCC are in a period of transition. I can see some old faces departing and the younger ones taking their place. Brighton avoided relegation but gave us a few scares on the way. Expectedly, we were well beaten by Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool but [...]

August 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

On sport without spectators

The somewhat weird experience of watching televised sport being conducted behind locked doors and without spectators has become a leading symbol of the Covid-19 era as Governments the world over wrestle with the seemingly contradictory imperatives of protecting populations against the virus and [...]

August 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner report: Fulham 1 Cardiff 2

It was squeaky bum time as Fulham held onto the 2 goal lead they took to the Cottage to reach the play-off final against neighbours Brentford next Tuesday. I had to go back to a game against Lincoln in 1982 which was decisive for promotion from the old third division to recall being so nervous. The [...]

July 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Cardiff 0 Fulham 2

Alex Mitrovic has scored 26 of Fulham’s 64 goals this term and is top scorer in the Championship. So when it was announced that he would not be playing because of a minor hamstring injury I was most concerned then I remembered that in the 5 games in his absence we have won 4 and drawn one. His [...]

July 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

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