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At The Bernabeu

Alan Tanner and I can now reveal our reasons for being here: we have tickets to see Real Madrid. We thought Real Madrid v Athletic must mean Atletico Madrid but in fact it was another Athletic, Bilbao. The Athletic in Bilbao reflects its English origins. A Bilbao student was sent to London after [...]

October 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

Same old, same old …

Saturday 22nd October; European Rugby Challenge Cup group stage – Edinburgh Rugby v Harlequins at Murrayfield, kick-off 3.00pm. Result: Edinburgh 36 Harlequins 35. As it happens, I am happy to report that, due to family circumstances, while this game was taking place ‘north of the Border’ and [...]

October 23, 2016 // 0 Comments

The bookies always win

Having gone to bed exceptionally early last night – embarrassment prevents me revealing exactly when – I was inevitably up again at a near-record time. It was either in the twenty to thirty minutes in bed before falling into slumber, or in the similar period as I gradually ‘came [...]

October 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

A Celebration Dinner

Last night I attended a dinner to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1996 Fulham promotion side. This was a  pivotal season and achievement. Fulham were in the fourth tier, the weakest side in London and insecure at our home at Craven Cottage. The previous season Fulham looked at one stage to [...]

October 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton 1 Wolves 0

The Seagulls made heavy weather of defeating Wolves and the last 5 minutes were stressful as Wolves camped in our penalty area. Sam Baldock made light of my criticism that he is all hard running but no lethal striker with a powerful headed goal at the near post that ultimately separated the teams. [...]

October 19, 2016 // 0 Comments

Beating the market

There is always satisfaction in beating the market and that is as much my driver for a flutter as an  enhancement of watching tv sport.  The match between Liverpool and Manchester United had been hyped up all weekend . Klopp’s Liverpool were on the up with significant wins against the big [...]

October 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file : Fiorentina 0 Atalanta 0

I wish I could say something interesting about this goalless bore draw. Maybe it was the early start at 12-30 on a Sunday but the match never came to life. Fiorentina lie in the bottom half and there is widespread dissatisfaction that there has been little investment in new players especially as [...]

October 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

European rugby misgivings

I have blogged about this before, but the first weekend of the 2016/2017 European Rugby cup competitions has reinforced my impression that Northern Hemisphere rugby union is rapidly going the way of top flight football with bells on – and not necessarily in a good way. Let me list some of the [...]

October 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton 2 Preston 2

When I got my pre-match call from John Pargiter for a betting tip, I had to tell him I did not feel confident about this fixture. Preston had had 4 consecutive goalless draws with us, beaten Aston Villa and we are going to be without our most influential player Berem Kayal till December after an [...]

October 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

Reaction blues

Rape is a ghastly, sickening crime and one that many surveys and studies testify may be wildly under-reported not just in the UK but around the world. However, the recent acquittal of (now) Chesterfield professional footballer Ched Evans in his re-trial continues to produce a great deal of [...]

October 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

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