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Ernest Erbstein

Ii doubt if the name Ernest Erbstein, commonly known as Egri-Erbstein, strikes a chord with many football readers. Of our staffers only Stefano had heard of him and spoke of him in the reverential terms normally reserved for Fiorentina. He led a life that would have broken most and is the father of [...]

March 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton 4 Leeds 0

This Brighton side and performance were unrecognisable from the first half of the season in which we were unbeaten but only ever won by a margin of one goal and over December and January went 8 games without a win. Playing two goal-scoring wingers in Knockaert and Murphy and with Hemed recovering [...]

March 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

Sometimes life imitates art

Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was a Norwegian artist best known for his iconic work The Scream, which has become a staple of Western culture for the past 120 years for symbolising not only personal depression and horror, but – in a general sense – modern man’s angst at the direction in [...]

February 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

Some mothers do have them

For a couple of years now, great things have been predicted of – and for – the England rugby squad’s Maro Itoje, who will make his starting debut in the second row against Ireland tomorrow in the Six Nations match at Twickenham. He is lauded for everything from his size [six feet five [...]

February 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

One that both teams needed to win

On the Rust we rarely tend to post multiple reports on a sporting fixture and here’s a first from the sport of rugby union: Aviva Premiership Round 13 – Friday 19th February 2016, kick-off 7.45pm – The Stoop – Harlequins 25 Leicester Tigers 19. (Quins 4 league points: Leicester Tigers 1). [...]

February 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina 1 Spurs 1

I was discussing the game earlier in the week with John Pargiter. Both teams are going for a Champions League position and in the case of Spurs the FA Cup too, so I was unsure how seriously they would treat this Europa League competition. I liked the description of it by one Fiorentina blogger as [...]

February 19, 2016 // 0 Comments

Buying a greyhound

The debate on attendance v tv watching continues to rage over the columns of the Rust and I thought I might add my ha’pporth in a new dimension, namely ownership.  I suggested to the editor that the Rust might own a sporting animal as funds don’t run to a football club. He thought [...]

February 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Fiorentina beat Inter 2-1 and are fourth. It was an important victory to keep alive our aspirations to achieve a Champions League position. It reflects the decline of Italian football and that we only now have 3 Champions League places in serie a. Inter scored first, then Borja Valero equalised [...]

February 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

Drama at Pebble Beach

Pebble Beach is arguably the most beautiful course in the world and the ATT event was worthy of it. It went to the wire. Phil Mickelson led the field going into the final round but started poorly. He was 2 strokes behind leader in the clubhouse Vaughan Taylor and need two birdies in the last three [...]

February 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton and Fulham triumph

Whilst Alan, Stefano and I are fanatically loyal to our teams there is much support of each others’. Alan, having trekked up from the South Coast to attend the memorial service of Jimmy Hill, did not fancy another early morning trip to West London to see Fulham at QPR. I invited him to mine [...]

February 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

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