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Putting the world to rights

Yesterday, almost before dawn, I set off to play in what – if memory serves which it probably doesn’t – my brother’s thirty-first annual golf tournament in the wilds of southern England at one of my all-time favourite golf courses. There’s no doubt this is a unique event. For the most [...]

October 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

Some worthy reading

Here are links to two sporting articles spotted on the websites of respectively The Independent and The Guardian this morning (10th October 2015) that readers of the National Rust might enjoy and/or find rewarding. Not long ago a fellow Rust contributor noted that The Independent seemed to have [...]

October 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

A rain-affected rugby outing

Being a one-eyed Quins supporter who hates Twickenham Stadium as a venue with a vengeance, I deliberately bought no tickets for the Rugby World Cup on the basis that I would far prefer to watch the unfolding tournament – or such of it as was attractive to me – on the television, free from the [...]

October 7, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Fiorentina beat Atalanta 3-0 on Sunday to stay on top of a serie a. Much of the praise must go to manager Paolo Sousa. I spoke of him when he took the job to Rex, Alan and Ivan. They said that he had managed at Swansea with success, less so at QPR and even less at Leicester City. Just as some [...]

October 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Charlton 2 Fulham 2

Once again we were unable to close a game out and conceded two lateish goals to deprive us of a deserved win. Charlton, who had not won in 7 matches, looked a poor side and after Tunnicliffe and McCormack had put us two up I thought a win inevitable. We are always vulnerable to crosses and one from [...]

October 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard: Hotel du Vin/ England v Australia

For the England v Australia match husband Ollie had invited the chaps round for lagers and take-away pizza to watch and, not feeling like any of the last four, I organised a girls’ night. Ivan Conway called to say as he was going to the Amex and therefore not taking up his 4 places at the [...]

October 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

Dinner For Dennis Turner

Last night I went to a dinner to celebrate the contribution of the late Dennis  Turner to Fulham FC.  Dennis was programme editor, club historian, author of definitive and polished books on Fulham and in 2009 appointed a director.  In January 2014 he dropped dead in his kitchen. The evening was [...]

October 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

Well it’s game on now

It is the lot of all those who seek employment as specialist correspondents and/or venture into sports punditry to steer a tricky course between making bold predictions that subsequently fail spectacularly to come to pass; being wise after an event when previously they had been quite the opposite; [...]

September 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

The golfing weekend

Jordan Spieth trousered a cheque for $9m from FedEx by winning the U.S. PGA event at East Lake, Augusta. He and Jason Day with 5 wins respectively and 3 of the 4 Majors dominated the year. Day didn’t really feature on the  leaderboard but Henrik Stensen who always comes good this time of [...]

September 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina File: Inter 1 Fiorentina 4

It was a good weekend for the football group on the Rust. On Friday Fulham produced their best performance for many years in beating QPR, on Saturday Ivan’s Brighton are still top of the Championship and last night we beat Inter, the league leaders at San Siro 4-1. This is the first time that [...]

September 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

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