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A report from the outer edge of fitness

I occasionally blog upon the travails of my fitness campaign – a bit of a misnomer in recent times after the gym I frequented burned to the ground about six months ago – and so those uninterested in the minutae of an individual’s life can now perhaps move on to more entertaining subjects [...]

September 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

Brighton HAFC, Sussex CC and Sussex Sharks

The jury is sill out on Graham Potter. His reign as Brighton Head Coach began with a victory away at Watford devalued by the latter only achieving their first point at Newcastle this weekend, a draw with West ham and losses to Southampton and Manchester City. Potter plays a more expansive style [...]

September 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Cardiff 1 Fulham 1

After two wins against Millwall and Huddersfield and two losses at home against Nottingham Forest and Southampton in the Caribou Cup, questions were being asked. Was it not so much that Fulham were good but Millwall and Huddersfield poor? Did the possession/passing mantra of Head Coach Scott Parker [...]

August 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

Adding to our ongoing series

Spotted on the website of The Independent: From Jonathan Liew, Cricket – THE THIRTY GREATEST CRICKET TEST INNINGS From Graeme Ross, Movies – THE TWENTY GREATEST BRITISH FILMS [...]

August 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

OGC NICE

Michel de Vacri The big news here is the takeover of OGC Nice by British businessmen James and Bob Ratcliffe. They seem to be better known here than in the UK. James lives in Cap Ferrat and owns the ILEOS pharmaceutical company that took over the SKY cycling team who are based in Monaco. Last night [...]

August 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

My weekend

Observant readers will note the omission of “Sporting” in the title. This was because “family” might be the better word. We had invited my brother and his family for the day to our coastal home. They number ten and with other guests this was 13 in all. I had agreed to this day as [...]

August 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

Stoking the fire

It occurred to me as I rose this morning that, for good or ill, Ben Stokes’ extraordinary match-winning performance at Headingley yesterday in the third Ashes Test raises a number of talking or debating points. First up, a positive (and to be honest unexpected) personal reaction to the demeanour [...]

August 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Nottingham Forest 2

All sort of excuses were made for this poor performance and home defeat: 2 matches in a week, yesterday’s conditions of sapping heat, a poor referee ignoring 3 handball penalty appeals, no plan B when the possession and elaborate passing game faltered. I saw it differently: Forest were the better [...]

August 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

From behind the sofa

Sport – at elite level or below – is a funny old game, isn’t it? At its best it is probably one of the human race’s most life-enhancing and positive experiences – either to participate in or watch – and yet, after all the complexities of emotion and hype potentially involved in the [...]

August 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

Once more unto the breach

On the Rust we are honest enough to make light of our mission and indeed pay tribute where tribute is due. In recent weeks, cricket has regularly been in the headlines – in the case of the male version of the game, in the context of the epic World Cup victory and now the happily tense and [...]

August 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

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