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The Tanner Report: Kit or not?

Saturday’s game against Norwich will be crucial for the appointment or not of Kit Symons. Should we beat high flying Norwich the the job is surely his; if we lose the deliberations will continue, but what happens if it’s a draw? The momentum is with Kit, very much the popular choice. [...]

October 17, 2014 // 1 Comment

Moore than enough

In another two years it will be 60 since England’s soccer World Cup victory. Here’s a review by Ian Herbert of a new book on the great Bobby Moore, written by the Daily Telegraph‘s Matt Dickinson, as seen on the website of THE [...]

October 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

Golf World Cup

With the poor displays of the US in recent Ryder Cups and the strength of golf outside the States and Europe, there is a  case for a golfing World Cup. With the Portugal Open reduced to 2 rounds because of bad weather and precious little other sport on offer I found myself speculating on the [...]

October 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

The way we were … and are

Spotted on media websites overnight, two pieces on professional boxing-related subjects worthy of recommendation to National Rust readers: Kevin Garside compares the potential future of new UK heavyweight sensation Anthony Joshua with how it used to be ‘way back when’ in – THE INDEPENDENT [...]

October 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

Keane and Pietersen

Mae West famously said “Keep a diary and then a diary will keep you.” The sporting week has been dominated by the books of Roy Keane and Kevin Pietersen. One can imagine the publisher/literary agent saying we want something  juicy for the serialisation and no one is interested in the [...]

October 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

Another snore-fest

Last night, at the end of a long and arduous day, I flopped onto my sofa with a large gin & tonic and a takeaway pizza, switched to BT Sports channel 2 on my cable box and settled in to watch the Leicester Tigers versus Harlequins Premiership clash at Welford Road. For a fan, hope springs [...]

October 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

God’s own country

Two rounds of golf in two days – if you’d asked me a week ago whether I could manage even one without a buggy, I’d have laughed at you. I guess you find out little about yourself until and unless you try. The Old Course at the Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club near Forest Row is one [...]

October 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

But how stiff will I be this morning?

Yesterday I drove to Petersham for a warm-up round of golf with my brother and a Canadian relation in advance of my brother’s annual tournament later today in the heart of the East Sussex countryside. Both outings are something of an annual tradition. With having to manage my ongoing hip [...]

October 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

The brave new world of sport

In recent years the UK has gained regular season NFL games at Wembley Stadium, as America Football attempts to break out from the inward-looking attitudes that make what are called its supposed ‘world finals’ seem risible. Today we learn that, not for the first time, the UK soccer’s Premier [...]

October 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

At least it’s better than watching telly

The Harlequins will not win the Premiership ‘A’ League [second team] title in 2014/2015. That is a statistical fact not a prediction. After last night’s game at the Stoop – a heavy defeat at the hands of Saracens Storm – we are languishing at the bottom of the Southern Conference group [...]

October 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

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