Sport

Day in Nice

Michel de Vacri It’s good to see Monsieur Robert back in Nice with his Godson and his mother. Yesterday I was their tour guide. We started in the Cours Saleya market and shopping for food and various other domestic chores. After a late breakfast a la francaise of a baguette and croissants we [...]

April 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

Watching the Masters

Unlike my distinguished co-writer I always intended to watch till the bitter end but this just like any pro’s preparation for the Masters requires attention to detail and experience. BBC were covering this year so no tedious ads breaks for betting but crucially no 2 minutes for comfort [...]

April 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

A credit to the sport of golf

Hats off to Sergio Garcia, one of the best-loved professional golfers in the world, for his ‘extra hole’ play-off victory in the US Masters, I make no pretension to be a golf expert but my hunch is is that Sergio probably also stands as one of the world’s most favourite Spaniards [...]

April 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 3 Ipswich 1

Fulham disposed of a poor Ipswich easily enough but we were not convincing and did not convince the faithful of our play-off credentials. There were some interesting features to the selection and play. Bettinelli, out of favour for the season, came in goal for David Button and Michael Madl for Tim [...]

April 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

One for the old man

Yesterday, having arrived on the south coast to spend the weekend with my aged father, we had an idyllic time of it. The early conditions were so-so – to clear the overnight condensation that bedecked my car windows I had to wipe them with a cloth before I could set off at 6.00am to collect [...]

April 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

Day One of the Masters.

As they say in conditions like these of blustery wind you cannot win ther Masters but you can lose them. The main thing was to stain your whih means anything better than -1. I have never been a great lover of statistics but having studied the chart of driving length, greens in regulation, putting, [...]

April 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Beginning and end of seasons.

Last Tuesday I was at the Amex to see Brighton beat Birmingham 3-1. It was hardly a vintage performance but 6 points were taken from Blackburn and a lowly Midland club whilst Fulham only managed 1 against Blackburn and a lowly midland club. Winning ugly is the name of the game or rather promotion. [...]

April 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Much ado about nothing (possibly)

The recent furore attending upon Sunderland football manager David Moyes’ inappropriate end-of-interview remark to female BBC sports reporter Vicki Sparks has not only highlighted several issues but launched a thousand newspaper columns and caused innumerable rent-a-mouths to bestride the [...]

April 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Houston Open and Masters

Russell Henry won the Shell Houston Open, the last place in the Masters, me a nice few quid as Jeremy Chapman had recommended him and the Pargie tenner was on that at 40-1. He is always a golfer I have liked. A lovely putter but not one of the robotic output of collegiate golf, there is something [...]

April 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

No grin on my boat … (cockney rhyming slang – ‘boat race’ = ‘face’, geddit?!)

It’s quite difficult to know how to begin this piece. We’re all familiar with the situation when someone taking part in a formal debate – or even just getting their turn to speak in a social conversation – begins his or her remarks with those two innocent-sounding little words “With [...]

April 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

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ITV COVERAGE OF CHELTENHAM

March 14, 2026 // 0 Comments

I am in the camp of watching on tv rather than attending for the 3 Cs: cost , convenience and comfort. With the cost of travelling and attending Cheltenham and last [...]
Max Schmelling/ The Good German

March 4, 2026 // 0 Comments

In the unlikely event that I would be asked to nominate a Great Life on Matthew Parris ‘ show my choice would be the Black Uhlan Max Schmelling. In the 1930s thee [...]
The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 spurs 1

March 3, 2026 // 0 Comments

Prior to Fulham ‘s comfortable win over Spurs (2-1) I watched the big match Revisited featuring Chelsea 1 Arsenal 2 i guess in the early 70s It would be foolish to [...]
The Six Nations

February 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Six Nations continues to throw up surprises. England could not bounce back against Ireland , a resurgent Wales gave Scotland à close game with the Millennium Stadium [...]
Brentford 0 Brighton 2

February 23, 2026 // 0 Comments

The heat is off Fabian Hürzeler with Brighton ‘s 1st win in 13 games. Club owner Tony Bloom was not at the G Tech stadium due to a long planned family engagement but had [...]