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4 minutes which changed football world
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/11/2020
» Just about everything has been said of Diego Maradona in thousands of tributes to the Argentine player who died on Wednesday.
The peculiarity of booing your own team
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 17/12/2016
» While Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini definitely has his limitations, it was rather sad to hear a section of the Old Trafford crowd booing him as he prepared to come on against Tottenham Hotspur last week.
Wales and N Ireland join the ‘big boys’
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/11/2015
» In the 54-year history of the European Championship, England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have never qualified for the finals at the same time.
Commentators who are never lost for words
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 13/10/2012
» At Wembley last night England played San Marino in a World Cup qualifier - not exactly the most compelling fixture on the international football calendar, one must admit.
A bull, but on occasions, bit of a lamb
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/05/2012
» On the pitch Didier Drogba has frequently shown a good sense of timing and he has done it again in deciding to leave Chelsea, even though at 34, he still has a couple more years left in him as a player.