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One of the fears initially that Brighton HAFC might get relegated was a tough run-in featuring Manchester United, Manchester City – whom they play tonight and Liverpool away. However it was apparent that unless there was total meltdown the Seagulls would be safe long before then. We no longer [...]

May 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Birmingham 3 Fulham 1

Over the 50 years I have supported Fulham the one thing I could rely on is that Fulham would let you down: 2 cup finals, 1983 – when we missed out on promotion at the final game at Derby – whom we now face in the play-offs and now, when a win at Birmingham would have been sufficient we [...]

May 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

Yet more Brighton sport

Saturday I returned to Hove for the third day against Middlesex and went to the greyhound stadium in the evening. The day was memorable more for the people I met then the sport I watched. Cricket is very much a social game. Although I packed the morning papers, I had little expectation of reading [...]

May 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

Phew – that’s a relief …

Saturday 5th May 2018: Aviva Premiership, Round 22: Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs at the Stoop: Result – Harlequins 17 Exeter Chiefs 41: League points – Harlequins 0 Exeter Chiefs 5 (four for victory, plus 1 four-try bonus point); League positions – Harlequins 10th out of 12 on 36 points, Exeter [...]

May 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

A surfeit of Brighton sport

Yesterday I went first to Hove Cricket Ground and then the Amex where Brighton secured their status in the top flight. County cricket has rather slipped under the sporting radar with atrocious weather preventing any result then a draw. The big stars are in India for the  IPL. I hear the players [...]

May 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

The sale of Wembley

An awful lot of tosh has been written about the possibility sale of Wembley to Shahid Khan. You would have thought  we were losing  a national art treasure. Prejudice has got in the way of facts. The reality is that the FA is the only national football body that owns its own stadium and this only [...]

May 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

I’m adopting King Canute’s approach

Today I am prompted to resume my occasional role as chief Rust correspondent on the onward march of gender equality by two developments. First among these was the recent taking over of Radio Five Live, hitherto the haven of those of us who primary waking hours’ interest is dominated by news and [...]

May 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

The enigma of style and substance

Lewis Hamilton, a ‘Marmite’ figure for some, is undoubtedly a great Formula One driver and one of the global sports stars of the current era. He possesses a heart-warming back story featuring humble beginnings, an ambitious father whose life-gamble paid off, a disabled brother and a [...]

May 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

Visiting the past misty eyed

I often have a very early morning swim in the local gym. Invariably in the pool are 3 old jossers one of whom Michael I’m on chatty terms normally conversing about football. The other two,  John and Ian are also football fans supporting Burnley and Arsenal respectively. Yesterday for the first [...]

April 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

Hmmnn – what did I tell you?!

It never rains but it pours. After my despondent post yesterday upon Harlequins’ latest abject Premiership defeat, here’s a link to an article by Nik Simon that appeared yesterday upon the website of the – DAILY [...]

April 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

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