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Mixed fortunes for Thai-owned clubs
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/05/2019
» Reports that Thaksin Shinawatra has been in talks with Crystal Palace concerning a takeover bid have been denied by the club, according to the Evening Standard.
EPL high-flyers suffer down days
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/04/2018
» For most clubs, winning the league title and the League Cup would constitute an extremely satisfying season. But one suspects that when Manchester City look back on recent events they might feel just a little deflated, despite being worthy Premier League champions, a title which they will surely clinch in the coming weeks.
Thai stakeholders spread their wings
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/02/2015
» It was admittedly hardly earth-shaking news, but a little piece of football history took place last Saturday when Reading beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 at the Madjeski stadium. It was the first time two Thai-owned teams have played one another in the English league.
When players face music from fans
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 17/01/2015
» Towards the end of last weekend’s Premier League match at the Emirates, as Arsenal cruised to a 3-0 victory over Stoke, an announcement came over the stadium loudspeakers that that there would major delays of trains leaving London.
Adkins joins Championship exodus
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/12/2014
» While the much anticipated sack race has not yet materialised in the Premier League, the Championship has been experiencing a major cull with the latest victim this week being Nigel Adkins at Reading.
Manchester City putting neighbours in their place
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/03/2014
» An excellent book was published in 1998, entitled Manchester United Ruined My Life, written by Colin Shindler, a long-suffering Manchester City supporter. In the book he bemoaned his club always living in the shadow of its neighbours at Old Trafford.
'Foxes' back in the hunt for the big time again
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 22/03/2014
» England’s second tier of football, the Championship, is currently celebrating its 10th season and over the years it has built itself a formidable reputation.