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Reflections upon Ireland 27 England 22 (Six Nations)

Yesterday I tuned into ITV’s coverage of the Six Nations clash at Croke Park between last year’s champions Ireland and England – under the captaincy of decade-long “FEC” (future England captain) Maro Itoje (now 30) for the first time – which resulted in a 27-22 victory for the [...]

February 2, 2025 // 0 Comments

France 44 Wales 0 (Six Nations)

France opened the Six Nations with a resounding victory over Wales. The only negative in an impressive performance was the upgraded red card given to Romain Ntamack which might put the fly half – only recently returned from a long injury lay-off – out for a sizeable part of the rest of [...]

February 1, 2025 // 0 Comments

Brighton 0 Everton 1

Brighton’s run of poor home form continued – our last home win was in November. David Moyes, who has 700 managerial games under his belt, did a number over the considerably less experienced Fabian Hürzeler. Surprisingly Minteh was overlooked for Grouda, but the latter was ineffectual [...]

January 28, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Manchester Utd 1

The less said about this dreadful match the better. Fulham’s performance was dire: once again they sat back in the second half and, the longer it stayed 0-0, the more I thought the away team would score. Tactics tend to be impressionable and many sides – Fulham included – adopt [...]

January 27, 2025 // 0 Comments

HARLEQUINS 24 NORTHAMPTON SAINTS 19

Quins are quite often given the Friday evening slot as a televised apéritif for the weekend’s rugby and this match proved an excellent taster even though both teams were bereft of key players called up for international duty. Quins have depth – whether it is the evergreen Danny Care, the [...]

January 25, 2025 // 0 Comments

Smith or Smith

I followed the Radio London commentary of the Harlequins 24 Glasgow Warriors 7 match, being unwilling to lay out £25 monthly for broadcaster Premium Sports. So I cannot give a total report but – with the Six Nations looming – I thought I might offer my ha’porth on Fin Smith [...]

January 20, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Leicester City 0 Fulham 2

Though this was not the most exciting of games it was a vital one. Fulham had drawn 6 of their last 9 games and doubts existed why we fared so well against team above us – and so badly against teams below us. As for Leicester, they had lost 6 successive games and grave doubts surrounded the [...]

January 19, 2025 // 0 Comments

Match of the Day new presenters

Alex Jay-Kerski’s (BBC Director of Sport) garlanding of the three new Match Of The Day presenters (Kelly Cates, Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman) reminded me of the line in the John Betjeman poem The Village Inn. Here the virtues of the modernisation of the local pub are extolled by the Brewer’s [...]

January 18, 2025 // 0 Comments

Ipswich 0 Brighton 2

Brighton ended their 8 match Premier run without a win with a hard-fought but unattractive victory at Portman Road.  Brighton have been bedevilled by injuries: Igor, Danny Welbeck , James Milner and Jack Hinshelwood are still out but fortunately Joao Pedro was passed fit. The first half was [...]

January 17, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: West Ham 3 Fulham 2

You can lose a game because the opposition is superior or through bad luck (a deflection, an injury or a poor refereeing decision) or through sloppiness. This match was lost by sloppiness because Fulham were the better team but two grotesque defensive lapses gifted the game to the Hammers. Fulham [...]

January 15, 2025 // 0 Comments

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