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The final : an Italian view

There  has always been a respect from Italians for f English football.  The word mister is often used to describe the Italian manager , the Juventus jersey of black and white stripes came from England ‘s oldest football club Notts. County and clubs Milan and Genoa have British not Italian [...]

July 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

In praise of Mark Cavendish

With all the hoopla of the Euros and Wimbledon Mark Cavendish’s win yesterday has rather slipped under the radar. The Manxman is now within one of Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins and he still has four more sprints to come including the finale at Paris. This is all the more praiseworthy as [...]

July 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

A day at Wimbledon

Uncle Bob (Robert Tickler) informed me that negotiations have broken down for the sale of his debenture ticket and would I like to go? Of course I would – though I have never accepted that Wimbledon is primus inter pares of the 4 Major tournaments. The staff were even more officious than [...]

July 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

Le Tour – so far

I watched Friday and Saturday’s stages in the company of a cycling aficionado and 2 wine experts – a  fruitful combination. Normally the first week of the Tour can be dull as the riders traverse the flatland of northern France before hitting the more demanding mountain stages. This week [...]

July 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on England 4 Ukraine 0

Let’s not get totally carried away. England played well against a poor side. Three of the four goals came from headers when the scorer was unmarked. Denmark – let alone Spain and especially Italy – are unlikely to concede such  goals. Once again at a crucial stage in the first half [...]

July 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

Funny how things can change, isn’t it?

Not being a football fanatic – and having declared myself a Euros 2020/2021-free zone for the duration – I had a hard time of it this morning upon rising at my usual unearthly hour and perusing the UK national newspaper websites in order to catch up with what has been happening in the world. [...]

July 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on England’s victory

I will leave the triumphalism to the Chief Football Writers – most of when had written off England and Gareth Southgate as dull. For me England’s best player so far is Jordan Pickford and the crucial moment was when he came out to narrow the angle for the normally lethal Thomas Muller. I [...]

June 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

Farewell Scott Parker

Opinion was divided amongst Fulham fans over Scott Parker’s three year tenure as Head Coach. Some say it marked 3 relegations in two seasons, others that he achieved promotion from the Championship in his first full season. The pandemic made management more difficult in many ways – fans do [...]

June 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

Pargie strikes again

For the second week running I napped the winner when Harris English won the play-off of the Travellers at the Highlands River Course in Connecticut over Kramer Hickok. Like all flutterers it’s never good enough, nor am I totally happy, as I was on Bubba Watson each way who bogeyed his last 5 [...]

June 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Euros: from an Italian perspective

It’s not just in The Rust that Italy are regarded as team of the tournament. The team, without a big name, have discovered the right mix under Robert Mancini and are unbeaten in 31 games. Last night’s performance against Austria (2-1 after extra time) was more – as you say – [...]

June 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

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