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Book review (a curate’s egg)

I bought Robert Colls’ new book This Sporting Life: Sport & Liberty in England, 1760-1960 about three months ago after both reading a review of it in one of the Sunday newspapers and having it recommended to me by a pal because of my general interest in boxing and its forebear – [...]

October 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Sheffield United 1 Fulham 1

Fulham finally got their first point at Bramall Lane yesterday. Debuts were given  to recent signings Aina (right back) , Adarabioyo (centre back) and Reuben Loftus Cheek (midfield). It is most unfortunate that another signing – Joachim Andersen – looks like being out injured for [...]

October 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

Tyrell Hatton wins …and so do I

I have been silent on the Rust these past few weeks largely because my golfing punts have been unsuccessful. I returned with a bang yesterday when Tyrell Hatton, whom I backed at 16-1, w0n the prestigious PGA European tour event at Wentworth. He more or less led from start to finish, Victor Perez [...]

October 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

A strange thing indeed

The sport of road racing version of professional cycling – absolute pinnacle in the minds of sports fans generally around the globe the Tour de France – has long had a relationship (or indeed a series of them) with the murky dark waters of performance-enhancing drug taking. The former [...]

October 7, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Wolves 1 Fulham 0

This was a far more encouraging performance but the table still shows Fulham at the bottom of it with no wins and no points. In particular the defence was more resolute with keeper Alphonse Areola giving his best performance to date. Areola was number three choice at PSG, ironically the number 2 [...]

October 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

Sporting interviews

There are three types of sporting interviews – those that promote a book, those that promote themselves and those that choose to reveal. The Times yesterday had examples of each. Jamie Redknapp is bringing about a book this week. Aged 47,  it is about his career. It’s familiar stuff [...]

October 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

Where we are now (again)

For those of us who love it, the world of sport as an industry and pastime that has been affected at least as badly as any other during the coronavirus pandemic crisis. In an universe of infinite amounts of unknows and uncertainty – like all species – the human race craves fixed points, [...]

October 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

Another update from the front line

Regular Rusters will be familiar with my particular life story whereby, after playing a lot of sport (to a very average standard I should add) in my youth, I took up playing rugby again just for the joy of it in my thirties … later ruptured an Achilles tendon in my official “retirement match” [...]

October 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Aston Villa 3

Where does Head Coach Scott Parker go from here? Fulham have lost their first three games each by a margin of 3 goals. The first against Arsenal was justifiable but the next two – against Leeds and last night Aston Villa – were defeats against sides likely to be in the bottom half of [...]

September 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

Brighton 2 Manchester United 3

The Seagulls can count themseves unlucky to lose this one. Leandro Trossard struck the frame of the United goal three times and the VAR decision that Neil Maupay handled the ball led to a winning United penalty after the final whistle. Still, the Seagulls, who have played well in every game this [...]

September 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

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