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Cheltenham on TV and Brighton falter

I was very much a paid up member of the Tv-watching club yesterday. I watched Cheltenham races on the telly and was delighted to see that Brighton chairman Tony Bloom’s horse Energumene win the Queen Mother Stakes beating the favourite Shishkin. I believe Tony did not make it back for the [...]

March 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

A Day at Plumpton Races

There is one factor that is not taken into account in the Great Rust Debate of TV versus actual watching of an event, namely getting out of your home. This I feel all the more after essentially being locked up for two years and watching sport with no one there, plus those depressing images daily [...]

March 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on the Six Nations

An early sending off in any sporting encounter is always controversial. Some say it ruins the spectacle. Others say the referee has to enforce the law and – in the case of soccer – the first five minutes was once open warfare as players felt assured enough to commit horrendous fouls as [...]

March 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

The ironies of football success and fan devotion

Some of the most notable aspects of President Putin’s decision that Russia should invade Ukraine in furtherance of some ludicrous geo-political scheme to “restore” its supposed previous position in the scheme of things can be filed under the heading of “Unintended Consequences”. I won’t [...]

March 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Players Championship

The Players Championship at Sawgrass is known as the fifth Major. It has a larger prize money ($20 million) than some of the Majors. The Sawgrass course, designed by Pete Dye, has the signature 17th hole – a par three to an island green. Although Ricky Fowler has never won a Major he has won [...]

March 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Swansea 1 Fulham 5

After a sterile first half performance,  Fulham rediscovered their scoring mojo and for the 6th time this season scored more than four goals.  The crucial moment was the dismissal of Swansea’s skipper Ryan Manning.   Reduced to 10 men they could not counter Fulham’s attacking brio.   After [...]

March 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

The demise of Brighton FC

Brighton have now lost four games on the bounce and descended down the league. Our fans and supporters elsewhere seek an explanation as at one stage we were challenging for a Europa League spot. The simple explanation is that we over-achieved. Even when we dominated games, we failed to translate [...]

March 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

The. Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Blackburn 0

This wa a sound and satisfactory performance but not a spectacular one. Fulham’s recent cycle of victories is based upon a well-organised defence which has been returning clean sheets. Fulham’s first half goals were due to some inept goalkeeping by Thomas Kaminski, who first failed to get [...]

March 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 24 Newcastle Falcons 10

This was a comfortable victory at the Stoop in the Premiership against a foe who Quins customarily beat. The worry that the absence of internationals like Marcus Smith, Alex Dombrandt and Joe Marchant was dispelled by the presence of Joe Marler and more importantly Louis Lynagh and Cadan Murley [...]

March 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

Saturday sport – rugby and boxing

Yesterday was one for sports-following – in my case, the resumption of the Six Nations tournament and then, by chance, a boxing bout I joined via radio. For the rugby union internationals – Scotland against France at Murrayfield and then England against Wales at Twickenham – I made an [...]

February 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

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