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Brighton 2 MK Dons 0

It speaks volumes for the demise of the FA Cup that the first 3 Brighton supporters I met all wanted the Seagulls to lose this cup tie so we could concentrate on the Championship. This is a view shared by most Premier sides who either have better fish to fry in European competition, or achieving [...]

January 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

In pursuit of the ‘ruby red’ …

My love of the Noble Art goes back a long way, probably to when I was about eight and (contrast this with today’s namby-pamby PC-ridden, ‘elf & safety-obsessed, world) and the year when my brother and I received pairs of boxing gloves for Christmas. I don’t know for sure – they may [...]

January 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

You could have knocked me down with a feather

Today I shall be venturing a little beyond my remit for my first post of the New Year. Perhaps due to the blizzard of family activities, the McDonnell household has been full of chaos in recent times and – with not least my own catering duties to the fore – I have necessarily been distracted [...]

January 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report/Fulham 1 Brighton 2

Once again a contrite Ivan Conway observed post-match “we mugged you again.” Brighton won a game which Fulham dominated. But, hey, if you miss a penalty (our 4th such miss at home) you don’t deserve to win. As galling was the fact that our penalty taker Chris Martin does not want [...]

January 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

Nothing to write home about

1st January 2017: Aviva Premiership: Worcester Warriors v Harlequins at Sixways: Result – Worcester Warriors 24 Harlequins 17. This season I made a commitment (on a personal level not as regards my editors on the Rust) to report on every Harlequins game. The truth is that I did not follow this [...]

January 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

Same old, same old (with sleigh bells on)

Tuesday 27th December: Aviva Premiership: Harlequins v Gloucester Rugby (Big Game 9) at Twickenham Stadium, kick-off 4.00pm (attendance 77,000); Result – Harlequins 28 Gloucester Rugby 24. Regular Rust readers will be aware that I gave up attending matches at Twickenham Stadium some eight years [...]

December 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Time to hang up your sports shoes?

The decision to retire is always an interesting one. Nico Rosberg retired after one successful season bur Roger Federer (22 grand slams) and Rafael Nadal (9 French Opens) drive their creaking bodies even harder to complete one more year on the circuit. Golfers like Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia [...]

December 23, 2016 // 0 Comments

Pub talk

After the Mickey Mouse mismatch-farces of the Timisoara Saracens European Challenge Cup matches over the past fortnight, we Harlequins fans are now preparing for the festive season and what in 2016 will be the supposed extravaganza of Big Game 9 at Twickenham Stadium next Tuesday, the day after [...]

December 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

One last trip to the Stoop before the New Year

Saturday 17th December: European Challenge Cup pool stage: Harlequins v Timisoara Saracens at the Stoop: Result – Harlequins 75 Timisoara Saracens 3. Quins tries: Wallace, Visser, Roberts 3, Brown 2, Yarde 2, Clifford, Swiel. Quins conversions: Jackson 5, Swiel 5. Having won the away leg 42-3 [...]

December 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Birmingham 1 Brighton 2

The Seagulls after this victory are now 8 points ahead of Reading in third place and set on the promotion so cruelly denied last season. Alan Tanner posed the question after we spoke after both our games last night why did I think Brighton are doing so well? I gave him two linked explanations: [...]

December 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

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