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The Tanner Report: Brighton 2 Fulham 1

I was Ivan Conway’s guest for this match.  In 9 games Brighton have never beaten Fulham in the Premiership and did so yesterday with virtually the last kick of the match. The traffic was bad and the car parks full so we arrived late-ish. Necessarily I had to be ‘deep cover’, sitting amongst [...]

March 9, 2025 // 0 Comments

Eubank v McKenna

Last night was something of a rarity: live boxing on free-to -air television. The Noble Art has suffered from satellite coverage and pay-to-view and I cannot be the only disillusioned fan. There was not much sport to watch so I switched on at 9.00pm for the undercard of Belfast Boy Michael Conlon v [...]

March 8, 2025 // 0 Comments

You could not make this up!

We should have a new topic category on THE RUST called “YOU COULD NOT MAKE THIS UP“. I spoke to a colleague who mistakenly believed that organising the redirection of mail from his partner’s old address to her new one might be a simple matter. It was so badly mishandled by Royal Mail [...]

March 7, 2025 // 0 Comments

Bergerac – classic & new

On Thursday – as is my wont – I watched first classic Bergerac on US Drama and later the new version with Damien Molony playing the Jersey detective. Gone is Charlie Hungerford, necessarily so as Terence Alexander passed in 2009. The relationship between the detective and his [...]

March 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

Manchester Utd 1-1 Fulham (3 – 4 on penalties): FA Cup 6th Round

This was not a classic encounter in the great traditions of Manchester Utd v Fulham games but gosh it was exciting. The game went first to extra time, then penalties and Fulham emerged winners. Although Manchester Utd and their decline was the story, I thought Fulham deserved their win as they had [...]

March 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

On podcasts & history

Podcasts are all the rage now and seem to conform with the addiction to mobile phones. A friend of mine likened them to being caught by bores in the pub. The format is generally a duet who either agree with one another sycophantically or indeed disagree from different viewpoints. The dominant [...]

February 28, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Wolves 1 Fulham 2

Head cosch Marco Silva made wholesale changes after the Crystal Palace win last Saturday. Out went Calvin Bassey, Alex Iwobi, Raul Jimenez and Antonee Robinson – all relegated to the bench – whilst Issa Diop and Jorge Cuenca came into a back five and Rodrigo Muniz started up front. In [...]

February 26, 2025 // 0 Comments

The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic) – Mondays at 9-0pm)

We have now reached the second episode of the third series of The White Lotus. Some have criticised it at formulaic but I think it is watchable and possibly the best series HBO have produced since The Sopranos. The series is located in a high-end well being resort in Ko Samui, Thailand, It’s true [...]

February 25, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Crystal Palace 2

Once again Fulham followed a superb win – over high-flying Nottingham Forest – with a home defeat to a team below us. Palace got off to a bad start this season and Fulham were easy victors at Selhurst Park in the autumn. Since then they have rallied, garnering 27 points and winning [...]

February 23, 2025 // 0 Comments

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