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Praise to Dave Ryding

Dave Ryding – England’s greatest skier – is not a household name but he should be. Ryding, aged 35, recently won the gold at slalom in the Alpine World Cup on Kitzbuhel. Born in Bretherton, Lancashire – the son of a market trader and hairdresser – he had to learn his trade [...]

February 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

My sporting weekend.

The two hot favourites to win the Farmers at Torrey Pines San Diego and the DP event in Dubai – Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy – were off the pace and Luke List and Victor Novland emerged as winners. Jon Rahm had two poor final rounds. He now has a Major but doubts still remain about his [...]

January 31, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Blackpool 1

This was a match marred by the death from a heart attack of Fulham fan Paul Parish in the Hammersmith End. The players came off but treatment could not revive him. Inevitably and understandably this affects the game. Fulham were one up with a well-worked move, Fabio Carvalho finding Alex Mitrovic [...]

January 30, 2022 // 0 Comments

Bath 21 Harlequins 17

The come-back kings did not come back but were bested on a cold windy night by a superior dogged Bath side. Derek Williams sat with us and warned in advance that, whilst Bath may only have just the one win to date (v Worcester Warriors), they would fancy another against the London toffs. Because of [...]

January 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

Golfing weekend.

The DP World Tour – formerly the European Tour – produced two winners: Belgian Tom Pieters and me (!) as I backed the Belgian slugger at 33-1. It was held at Abu Dhabi and the course, particularly the pin placements, played trickily. Scott Jamieson set the early going but fell way. [...]

January 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

A chance viewing – and something of a conversion to MMA

There are some strange things that one can get up to in the dead of night. On Saturday evening – or to be precise, very early Sunday morning – in line with my normal practice, I awoke, rose, made myself a vat of black expresso coffee and toddled along to my office in order to fire up the [...]

January 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Stoke City 2 Fulham 3

There is a cliche in football that runs “A cold night in Stoke”. It is normally applied to the skilful, fancy Dan, footballer who may not fancy it in cold, harsh conditions. Stoke is certainly a hard place and a team that traditionally gives no quarter. To win there is never easy and for us [...]

January 23, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 36 Castres 33

The performance of Harlequins is getting so predictable that it’s almost becoming dull. I say ‘almost’ as dull and Harlequins are a contradiction in terms, an oxymoron. Castres took the inevitable lead but Quins fought back. Referee Mike Adamson was definitely whistle-happy and broke up the [...]

January 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

Rugby matters

One quote from Eddie Jones, after selecting his squad for the Six Nations, surprised me – namely, the reference that Marcus Smith needs Owen Farrell as the latter has ‘the big picture’ and can effectively play in the style of the All Black second 5/8th. In fact it’s Marcus Smith who has [...]

January 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 6 Birmingham 2

Fulham have scored 19 goals in their last three matches and now top the Championship by 5 points. Unless there is a collapse of Devon Loch proportions it looks like automatic promotion. If so, it means unlike the two previous promotions – which were via the play-offs – Fulham will have [...]

January 19, 2022 // 0 Comments

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