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English public supportive despite loss
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/07/2018
» In the end it turned out to be all a bit too much for England. Even Gareth Southgate's waistcoat looked a bit tired as the manager tried to console his players after the heartbreaking final whistle at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
Football is still a funny old game, indeed
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/06/2018
» Well, who would have thought it?
Crunch time for Cottagers and Villans
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/05/2018
» While the big match in Kiev will rightly grab the limelight tonight, there is another important clash taking place a little earlier at Wembley as two teams battle it out to win promotion to the Premier League, their own Holy Grail.
Gloomy times at the Stadium of Light
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/04/2018
» For a football team once dubbed the "Bank of England Club", Sunderland have fallen on very hard times, suffering their second successive relegation last week and dropping to the third tier for only the second time in their 130-year history.
Well chaps, that's simply not cricket
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 31/03/2018
» For a country which loves sport so much and prides itself on its sense of fair play, the ball-tampering incident has left Australia in a state of shock.
Plenty going on in the lower leagues
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 24/03/2018
» While Premier League and Championship clubs take advantage of the international break with trips to Dubai and Spain for "warm weather camps", the lesser mortals in League One and Two are left to battle it out on England's frozen pitches. Although they don't normally make the limelight, there are some terrific scraps going on in the lower leagues, with clubs going for glory or simply praying for survival in the final run-in.
Regis a gifted pioneer and graceful icon
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/01/2018
» It was very sad to learn of the death of former West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City star Cyrille Regis who died earlier this week at the all too young age of 59. Regis was much more than just a talented footballer and became a symbol for the fight against racism in Britain at a time when things were in danger of getting out of hand. He had dignity and grace and he played a significant role in changing people's attitudes with his skills on the pitch and his dignified stance off it.