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Spare a thought for fallen Leyton Orient
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/04/2017
» It's always rather sad when a long-established club drops out of the Football League and particularly one that has fought against the odds for so many years. But after a 112-year stay, the small London club of Leyton Orient have finally dropped into the National League, formerly known as the Conference.
Well, that was embarrassingly awful
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/03/2015
» Coming from England, every couple years I find myself in the awkward situation of trying to explain away woeful performances by our national team in either the football or the cricket World Cup.
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."