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Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/06/2022
» Exciting though the past football season was, it has also served as a reminder for Thai owners that it is definitely not all honey and roses running an English club.
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.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/04/2019
» At the 1996 Masters, when Tiger Woods was still an amateur, the great Jack Nicklaus commented: "If he can handle all the attention, all the pressure from you folks, Tiger can be as good or better than anyone who has played the game."
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 22/12/2018
» For Thailand, the year in sport was overshadowed by the tragic death in October of the owner of Leicester City, Vichai Srivadhanaprabha, in a helicopter crash adjacent to the club's King Power Stadium. Four others were also killed, including two assistants, Nusura Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare and the two pilots.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 27/05/2017
» For a moment there was a possibility that two Thai-owned clubs might be contesting Monday's highly lucrative Championship play-off final at Wembley, but alas it was not to be.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/12/2016
» It is that time of the year when Nobby hauls himself out of the armchair to honour the sportsmen and sportswomen who have acted above and beyond the call of duty over the past 12 months.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 12/12/2015
» Last Saturday there were three results in the Premier League that provided considerable joy for uncommitted spectators. It was definitely a day for the underdogs.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 08/08/2015
» As the football season kicks off in England, the three clubs with Thai owners — Leicester City, Reading and Sheffield Wednesday — face what could be a very demanding season.
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.
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.