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Hannah breaks new ground at Rovers
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 15/07/2023
» A headline in the English newspaper the Daily Mirror last week asked "Who is Hannah Dingley?" It was a fair question and few people were able to provide an answer.
Despair for Oldham and their loyal fans but joy for Forest Green
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/04/2022
» The murky depths of League Two was the unlikely setting for a significant piece of football history last weekend when Oldham Athletic became the first former Premier League club to drop out of the Football League.
Green, Robins brace for 'El Glosico'
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/10/2018
» Football local derbies are always a bit special and there are three in England this weekend, featuring clubs of contrasting sizes and fortunes. Two are in the Premier League -- West Ham v Tottenham and Bournemouth v Southampton -- but perhaps the most intriguing is the League Two clash in Gloucestershire, the heart of rugby playing country.
From Batman to the Galloping Major
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 17/03/2018
» When Chelsea loanee Michy Batshuayi, who calls himself 'Batsman', joined Borussia Dortmund recently, he was stepping into the shoes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who moved to Arsenal.
'Little club on the hill' hits the big time
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/05/2017
» It would be fair to say Forest Green Rovers are hardly a household word. Neither is Nailsworth, the small Gloucestershire town with a population of 5,974, which hosts the club. Probably few people could pick it out on a map, situated in the Cotswolds in a part of England better known for rugby.
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.