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The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 Liverpool 2

One vital question was resolved in this enthralling draw, namely that Alex Mitrovic can and will score in the Premier. The doubters pointed to his poor scoring record at the top table with Newcastle and Fulham under Scott Parker.  The contrary argument is that he is Serbia’s top scorer and was [...]

August 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sharks win and Cucurella departs

Sussex Sharks finally achieved a win by beating Gloucestershire by 51 runs at Hove. Delray Rawlins was the star of the show with 91 runs off 62 balls and 3 wickets with his leg spin. He is so often a frustrating player as the talent is clearly there but not the application. Gloucestershire ran out [...]

August 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

Is it all black?

One of the interesting aspects of sports coverage is the decline of the great team. Liverpool in the 70s and AC Milan in the 1990s seemed invincible but both sides went into decline – from theirs, Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp have only re-emerged. Manchester United went into decline after [...]

August 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

It’s going to be Fulham’s year

The above title does not refer to the present but to an article I wrote some 40 years ago. Its theme was the perennial optimism of Fulham fans. Ironically, between Fulham’s relegation from the top tier in 1968 to their return in 2000, there was little to cheer save for promotion from the [...]

August 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

Reflections – Women’s Euros 2022, the Final

Yesterday, from approximately 4.20pm until its conclusion – joining millions of other Brits and television viewers all around the world – I watched the build-up and then the dramas of England’s epic 2-1 (after extra time) victory over Germany in the Final of the women’s Euros 2022 [...]

August 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

Arundel

Forget Glorious Goodwood, for me the place to be on a hot summer’s day was Arundel, the Castle Ground, which was hosting a 30 over match between the Duke of Norfolk’s XI and The Lords Taverners. The  Lords Taverners had assumed the organisation and the match was a charitable fund raiser. I [...]

July 31, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Great Difference

Watching the Charity Shield between Liverpool and Manchester City I was struck by one big difference between the men and women’s game: pace. From the start Liverpool  maximised their pace on the right with Mo Salah and Trent Arnold. Conversely the movement is much slower in the women’s game [...]

July 31, 2022 // 0 Comments

Bravo Lionesses

Firstly contrition. I had not anticipated a glorious summer of sport with no major football competition. Well, we had the rejuvenation of England’s Test side under the captaincy of Ben Stokes and coach Brendan McCallum when they achieved seemingly impossible fourth innings targets to win; we had [...]

July 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on the Tour de France

This was the triumph of the team over the individual. Tadej Pogacar simply did not have the back up to beat the superb Jonas Vaugigaard but the Dane’s Sigma team notably Wout van Aert supported him admirably. The tour began in Copenhagen  so it was appropriate that a Dane wore the yellow [...]

July 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

Gleneagles Hotel

Bob Tickler had it right. After the student accommodation, the Rust Group felt they were entitled to some pampering and where better to get it than the Gleneagles Hotel? It’s the place where the Gleneagles Agreement – effectively banning apartheid South Africa from sport – was [...]

July 23, 2022 // 0 Comments

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