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Dealing with the media

Something that has always fascinated me is the relationship between people – of whatever status, be they ordinary members of the public, celebrities, agents, PR spokesmen, CEOs and/or chairman of public bodies or business organisations or (wash my mouth out) even politicians – and the media [...]

May 23, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Cup Final

The Cup Final as already observed by Gerald Ingolby was a dull affaire that did little to enhance a competition that has seen better days. The reasons for the decline of the FA Cup are well documented: the plethora of televised football; the lack of a Champions League place for the winner; the [...]

May 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

Another day before the mast …

I’m currently staying with my elderly father, primarily engaged upon combining mowing the lawn in between the rain showers and watching sport on television. On Friday we watched an hour or two of the first cricket Test Match between England and Sri Lanka at Headingley – with eight wickets down, [...]

May 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

No big deal

Last week a stink blew up over the decision by members of Muirfield Golf Club to reject the admission of women as members. As I understand it, they needed a 75% majority to accept the change to their ‘men only’ rule – the senior executives supported the move and did everything they reasonably [...]

May 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

Old Fulham Meets

Yesterday I had lunch with 2 fully paid up members of old Fulham. They soon established their Craven Cottage cred by stating they had skived off school to watch the 1958 semi final replay with Manchester United which, as it took place after Munich, the whole of the country  except our fans wanted [...]

May 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

Clear Day Light

Jason Day’s victory at Sawgrass, his 7th in 17th starts elevates him not just above his peers in age Rory McIlroy and Ricky Fowler but the rest of the world. Before Jordan Spieth messed up at Amen Corner one might have had him as a rival. As Sir Nick Faldo noted he is reminiscent of Ben Hogan [...]

May 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1

So for the third time in 4 years Brighton are eliminated in the semi-final of the play offs. It may sound like sour grapes but this time it was to a team that finished 3 places and 15 points beneath them. Put another way had Brighton lost 2-0 , not 3-0, at home to Middlesbrough they would have been [...]

May 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

Tour de Lyon

After a hard half-day’s travelling (leaving our hotel in Lyon at an eye-watering 0445 hours) I reached home yesterday and ‘flopped’ – pulling up the drawbridge, watching a bit of the Barcelona Formula One Grand Prix before retiring to my pit for a two-hour snooze. Some that sports fans [...]

May 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

A NIGHT OF WHITE COLLAR BOXING

Last night Ivan Conway kindly invited me to an evening of white collar boxing at the Hilton Brighton. White collar boxers are amateurs who train with accredited coaches to acquire fitness and learn the skills of the Noble Art. The evening was also to celebrate the 50th birthday of Tony Cottey, the [...]

May 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

Sheffield Wednesday 2 Brighton 0

That Brighton had 4 players seriously injured in one match compounds the injustice that a team 15 points higher than their opponents, and who missed out on automatic promotion by 2 goals difference, should be subject to the vagaries of two matches on level terms. The Seagulls lost Tomer Hemed, [...]

May 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

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