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Evaluating the day

I do not know how it is for you 39 readers but I like to take account of the day before turning  in, evaluating the high and low spots. Yesterday was very much a full on day of 3 meetings, 2 at banks and one at Sussex CCC as  a committee member of a fund-raising arm of the cricket club. However [...]

September 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file/ Fiorentina 2 Bologna 1 and like father like son

When I was approached to write for the Rust I did enquire how much interest Fiorentina would be to the British fan and should I try to find an angle that such a fan would find of interest. The sports editor replied that as with other contributors I can write what I like as interest to readers, [...]

September 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

Bad day and night for Sussex sport

Sussex CCC lost to Derbyshire by 45 runs , thereby all but  extinguishing our slim hopes of promotion from division 2, whilst the Seagulls lost 2-1 to Bournemouth.  We are 46 points behind Nottinghamshire with 48 available through we play them the last game of the season. Derbyshire paceman [...]

September 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Hull 1

This was a game where the result was all. We finally won before our own crowd and defended a lead successfully. To be fair we still have key players like Tom Cairney and Rui Fonte unavailable. But on the other hand we were prepared to deplete the squad by selling Scott Malone and Sone Aluko. Hull [...]

September 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Cardiff 1

One of the fascinations of football spectating is the vastly different takes on a match. I watched yesterday’s with 2 old friends, all three of us clocking up 150 years of Fulham support. Two of them tend to commentate and judge as it happens. I do not deride this – both picked up [...]

September 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

An Evening at the Komedia for Bob Booker and Mark McGhee

I have learned from Daffers that if you get off to a bad start at any event it’s hard to recover and this is what happened at the Komedia Brighton last night where the Albion Roar – a media duet of Brighton HAFC football fans – were hosting the former managerial team Mark McGhee [...]

September 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

My sporting weekend

One of the reasons why I restrict myself to a tenner is the sheer incompetence of my laying. I use the Betfair site as you can bet against as well as for. But inevitably and far too regularly make some error. Jeremy Chapman had recommended the South African Haydn Porteus  for the Czech Masters. [...]

September 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

Judging by the emails from fans in my inbox Fulham supporters are underwhelmed by our activity – or more accurate lack of it- in the transfer window. We have sold 2 integral players to our success last season, Scott Malone and Sone Aluko, and from  the money received  replaced them with 2 [...]

September 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

A close shave

Yesterday I had lunch at le Bistro Nantais, currently Daffer’s fave Brighton restaurant though situated in Hove. Who should walk in but Brighton’s most skilful player Anthony  Knockaert. He may be skilful, but he is yet to score, nor has anyone else in the team. Chris Hughton has [...]

August 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

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