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A la Colthard Chateau de Beaulieu

Organising trips abroad is all the rage at the Rust these days. Yesterday Bob Tickler, Nancy Bright-Thompson and myself went on a jaunt to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passing of Ronnie Poulton Palmer, the Edwardian rugby player, organised by Henry Elkins. I was given the job of chef de [...]

May 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

Rory triumphs in World Matchplay

I always enjoy match play golf. It has has a sudden death element that strokeplay where one feels making the cut is all does not possess. The world match play has existed in various formats with different sponsors for many years. This year Cadillac has taken over from Accenture. I followed Steve [...]

May 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Tanner (financial) report

There was tucked away in the ‘Slicker’ financial section of Private Eye an article on Fulham’s finances. It reported that Shahid Khan bought Fulham for £121m (not the £150-200m bandied about). The net assets of the Bermuda Company Big Cat Holdings, that were the vehicle for al [...]

May 3, 2015 // 2 Comments

Test Match Special

One institution that has consistently maintained its reputation for commentary is Test Match Special. I am old enough to remember Norman Yardley, one of th last amateurs  to captain England, but grew up with John Arlott and Brian Johnston, though the two did not get on. Johnners and Aggers [...]

May 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

Cataract operation

I am typing this with a large bandage over my operated eye and will not know till later today if the operation has been successful but I have an intuitive feeling it will. Dr Daffers insisted on taking me to English’s for the pre-med. We had the grazing menu and, sitting alfresco in the sun, [...]

May 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Grudges and conspiracies live long in the Florentine soul. Perhaps it is to do with the historic rivalry of the Guelphs and Ghibellines. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the rivalry of Juventus who are derided as ” gobbi” (hunchbacks). This hatred is based on 3 factors: the sale to [...]

April 30, 2015 // 1 Comment

The Tanner Report: Well Done Bournemouth

Here is a fact. At roughly the same time that Bournemouth, with 17 points docked for going into administration and in the bottom division, Fulham were a Premier side about to launch a Europa League campaign that saw us overcome Juventus, Shaktar Donetsk and Hamburg. So why – seven years on [...]

April 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

Off the cuff v tactical

When I was a kid and became interested in football in the sixties, Charlie Buchan’s Football Monthly was required reading. It had big colour photos of our heroes but some interesting copy as well. Basil Easterbrook, a football writer for 35 years would recall great games he saw with a style [...]

April 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

English golfing triumphant

Justin Rose, who the Zurich Classic in Louisiana, and David Howell very nearly took the Volvo China Open at Shanghai where he finished second to Wu Ashan. Both Englishmen had been chosen by the Racing Post team and therefore backed by Pargiter. Steve Palmer I like to think was absent from duty [...]

April 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

Brighton beached

Brighton’s defeat by Watford followed predictable form. We scuffed an early chance, the game became an attritional midfield battle which we might have won if we had a goalscorer. Watford did and broke the deadlock. We had better chances in the second half which we did not convert and Watford [...]

April 26, 2015 // 0 Comments

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