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George Cohen

Fulham are putting up a statue for George Cohen who will have the same sculptor Douglas Jennings as Johnny Haynes. We are all delighted for George. We can claim unlike Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs and Manchester City that we had a player in the only English team ever to have won anything. The World Cup [...]

March 12, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0

Atrocious weather does not always make for a dreadful game of football but it did here. In 94 minutes the Seagulls did not muster one direct effort on goal and the visitors only the odd speculative shot. Nor was there one piece of individual skill. I felt sorry for my neighbour Jack who produces a [...]

March 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

Going to the dogs

Last night I hosted a party at Hove Greyhound stadium with the primary aim of watching Guinness Run run as this is a target of the National Rust Sussex syndicate. Ivan, Nancy Bright Thompson and Bryony joined me. Dog nights provide an enjoyable fusion of a meal, socialising and sports-watching as [...]

February 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

They will never pay so much again

My sympathies lie with the Liverpool fans who demonstrated last Saturday against the £77 highest ticket price. That most of the tickets had not risen and this is the price of a best seat was significantly lower than London Premier prices was not so much the issue as the reluctance of clubs awash [...]

February 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Derby 1

Although Fulham have yet to record a win in their first three games under new head coach Slavisa Jokatovic there are encouraging signs of improvement. Only 3 goals have been conceded by a defence that was the worst in the divsion and could be relied on to concede two a game. Getting the central [...]

February 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton 3 Brentford 0

The fellow who collects and delivers our laundry, a keen Albion supporter, correctly predicted the 2-1 score against Huddersfield so last Thursday I asked him what he thought the score might be v Brentford. He said he was going to be outlandish as the Seagulls score few goals and never won by more [...]

February 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Qatar Masters

My late father, a keen club golfer of modest talent but much philosophising, used to say that golf was the only sport in the world where you were obliged through the handicap system to explain to your opponent how bad you are before the game began. He often compared golf to tennis a sport my mother [...]

January 31, 2016 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Like the Premier League the top of the sere a is tight with Napoli leading, Juve second, Fiorentina third and Inter fourth. After a couple of defeats to Lazio and Milan, Fiorentina put their season on track with a solid win over Torino last Sunday morning ( 2-0). We have strengthened the squad with [...]

January 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

Liverpool 3 Arsenal 3

I am not a huge fan of modern Premiership soccer. The analysis on tv and radio is poor and under informed, the coverage in the press has reached saturation point, the whole social media thing grates on me.  Every year teams change as if dealt a fresh deck of cards. I found that I could name the [...]

January 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

I can easily recall a conversation with a Fulham supporter some 22 years ago. There were only 2500 of us then, so we were all on first name terms. Justin, in assessing our chances in the forthcoming season, said ruefully but correctly: “Just like every other season. Out of every competition [...]

January 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

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