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Putting it in perspective

Our fresh-faced captain Joe Root hailed – but now criticised – by the press seems a forlorn figure both mentally and physically. You can make all the excuses but England were outplayed. Dear old Pargie had followed the Racing Post cricket guru and placed his tenner on a 4-0 win. The [...]

January 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

It’s all downhill from here …

Yesterday I knocked out a total of 25,637 steps (as per my Garmin fitness wristband) after deciding that simply going to the gym for a ‘session’ every two or three days was not enough. I’m not talking about having fallen prey to post-Christmas blues as regards how much I ate or drank over the [...]

January 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

Another loss on the road

Saturday 6th January 2018: Aviva Premiership, Round 13: Sale Sharks v Harlequins at the AJ Bell Stadium (attendance 7,242): Result – Sale Sharks 30 Harlequins 29: new league positions – Sale Sharks 6th on 33 points, Harlequins 9th on 32 points. This needn’t take long. I didn’t attend this [...]

January 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

Once upon a time …

Occasionally those of us over a certain age hark back to the great sporting times of yesteryear – when men wore mullet or permed haircuts, moustaches and shorts so tight you could tell the wearer’s religion. In footballing terms let us just name-check Nottingham Forest, Derby County and [...]

January 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report/ Fulham 4 Ipswich 1

Older fans will recall Boxing Day 1963 when Fulham laid waste 10-1 to Ipswich and lost 2-4  four days later. Graham Leggat scored a hat trick in 4 minutes. No such free scoring yesterday but we did manage 4 goals in 7 minutes. In fact we dominated play from the start but, for the umpteenth time, [...]

January 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

Sydney v Melbourne

You get the distinct  feeling in Melbourne that they do not like being regarded as Sydney’s poor relation. They counter it is the sporting capital. I have already listed its main sporting events but excluded the Melbourne Cup. They tell you what great food their restaurants  produce. They [...]

January 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

One that went off half-cock

Saturday 30th December 2017: Aviva Premiership, Round 12: Harlequins v Northampton Saints at Twickenham Stadium (Big Game 10), kick off 4.00pm: Result – Harlequins 50 (league points 5) Northampton Saints 21 (league points 0): new league table positions – Harlequins now 7th on 30 points, [...]

December 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

Walter Lindrum/Australia’s greatest sportsman

Many of our 3 million readers may be shocked by my choice and I would wager the Pargie tenner that many would not even have heard of him. If you take as your criterion mastery of your chosen sport then Wally Lindrum beats them all. The Kalgoorlie Cannon so dominated his sport of billiards from 1933 [...]

December 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sport in Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital of Aussie sport and a true sporting city. Much is centred around the MCG complex which has the Rod Laver and Margaret Court tennis arenas too. The G as it is known has superb statues of Australia’s sporting heroes and a museum which I intend to visit at a dull point [...]

December 28, 2017 // 1 Comment

THE TANNER REPORT/Cardiff 2 Fulham 4

Last season Fulham beat Newcastle home and away, Huddersfield too, with an aggregate of 9-1 and even the most fanatical Brighton is gobstruck that their team won all 6 points. We have maintained the excellent record against the top teams by winning at Bramall Lane against Sheffield United and over [...]

December 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

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