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Champagne Quins

It was pretty much a given that, once discarded from the England squad, Marcus Smith would showcase his talent in the Big Game 14 clash against Exeter Chiefs yesterday. He was man of the match in an emphatic Quins win of 40-5. Quins reversed their losing sequence of 5 defeats in some style. Danny [...]

March 5, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report/Fulham 2 Leeds 0

Fulham are in the draw for the FA Cup Sixth Round. It’s our best campaign for many years. Older fans will recall a long route of 6 replays and 12 games in all to reach the FA Cup Final in 1975. This is no longer possible with ties decided on the day/night. Upwardly-mobile Fulham, despite having 6 [...]

March 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

A Day At The Races

Yesterday I made my annual visit to Plumpton racecourse. I go with a sporting friend who is also involved in retail and yesterday it was his turn to entertain. He also invited a sportsman with whom he grew up locally Ian “Gunner” Gould. The latter had been in a Arsenal youth team (hence his [...]

February 28, 2023 // 0 Comments

Six Nations: Italy 20 Ireland 34

The non-UK countries in the Six Nations do not get too much coverage in the media and this year Italy have definitely slipped under the radar. Okay, they have lost all 3 games – but they play with brio and were unlucky to lose against France. Yesterday they more than competed against a very [...]

February 26, 2023 // 0 Comments

Six Nations: Wales 10 England 20

I suspect that when someone begins his tale with a line that – the day before – he had spent the day having a pub lunch and then watching the Six Nations clash between Wales and England on television together with a former England rugby player who made his international debut in Cardiff [...]

February 26, 2023 // 0 Comments

Motty R.I.P.

I cannot say Motty was a good friend but he was more than an acquaintance of mine. I do not know how many paying tribute to him actually knew him. The tributes did get one thing right: he had an encyclopaedic knowledge of football in an age where there was no internet resource. He kept rigorous [...]

February 24, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Brighton 0 Fulham 1

I went to this game as a guest of Ivan Conway. Although it did not affect our friendship we both had wildly different takes on this game. For Ivan Brighton totally dominated the game, Fulham feigned injury to disrupt the rhythm of and the referee had an atrocious game. My view was somewhat [...]

February 19, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Nottingham Forest 0

More than a few Cottager eyebrows were raised when Marco Silva signed 34 year old Willian. He had in fact played for Shaktar Donetsk against Fulham 13 years ago in our successful Europa League campaign under Roy Hodgson. He had 7 seasons at Chelsea and was particularly effective in midfield with [...]

February 12, 2023 // 0 Comments

Sideways/Radio 4

Yesterday Matthew Syed presented a programme on the chess player Jonathan Nunn. He was something of a prodigy as a mathematician – he was the youngest person to gain admission to Oxford since Cardinal Wolsey. He switched to chess and, although excellent, he was never world grandmaster class. [...]

February 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

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