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Lampard joins exclusive club with 100th cap
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/09/2013
» One of the few positives to emerge from England's soporific performance against Ukraine during the week was Frank Lampard achieving his 100th cap.
Frenetic opening in Nottingham sets up series
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 13/07/2013
» Even by Ashes standards, it has been an amazing few days at Trent Bridge. What an extraordinary start to the series.
Changing of guard among bosses in top tier
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/05/2013
» Unless Chelsea slip up in their final game tomorrow, it looks like we will be in the highly unusual situation in which the top three teams in the Premiership will all begin next season with a brand new manager. Add sixth-placed Everton to the list and it's four out of the top half-dozen.
Bluebirds or Dragons, Cardiff City are flying high
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/04/2013
» Five years ago at Wembley, Premiership side Portsmouth edged Championship outfit Cardiff City in the FA Cup final. This week, as Cardiff celebrated promotion to the top flight for the first time in 51 years, Portsmouth nosedived into the basement League Two. Such are the vagaries of football.
So, who will be walking through the door next?
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 12/01/2013
» In English football, getting the sack has become a way of life for managers. We usually only take notice when the news is of a high-profile Premiership boss who is booted out but it's going on all the time in the lower leagues.
The good, the bad and the bubbly
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 22/12/2012
» Someone who probably breathed a huge sigh of relief this week was Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Not because of the results, although they were fine, but because, more importantly, his players survived their Christmas party without a whiff of scandal.
The struggle for the soul of the Dons continues
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 01/12/2012
» There are plenty of big football clashes this weekend, but none will match the intensity of tomorrow's game at the unlikely setting of Stadium MK in Milton Keynes.
Taking on the worst job in the world
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 05/05/2012
» When Graham Taylor was hounded out of the England job in 1993, Roy Hodgson, then successfully managing Switzerland, was asked by journalists whether he would be interested. Hodgson replied: "You must be joking. Even the Pope would think twice about taking the England job."