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Can Hollywood stars reignite the Red Dragons of Wrexham?
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 21/11/2020
» What has already been a bizarre football season in Britain became even more extraordinary this week when it was announced that two American film stars had taken over the struggling Welsh club Wrexham AFC, currently in the fifth tier National League.
Kop joy: Local supporters on cloud nine
Sports, Published on 27/06/2020
» Liverpool fans from all walks of life in Thailand -- including controversial politicians -- celebrated the Reds' English Premier league title yesterday.
Football films can be a mixed bag
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 09/05/2020
» Last week I watched on TV a couple of half-decent films on American sports -- Moneyball (2011) starring Brad Pitt as a baseball manager and Any Given Sunday (1999) with Al Pacino as coach of an underperforming American gridiron team.
Blood, sweat, smiles, tears and cheers in 2019
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/12/2019
» It's that time of the year when Nobby drags himself out of his armchair to acknowledge assorted sporting heroes and villains that have graced our sports pages in 2019.
Toffees can't seem to escape Z Cars
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 09/02/2019
» When the Everton players walk out onto the Vicarage Road pitch at Watford today, for a moment they could be forgiven thinking they are playing at home. The Toffees will be greeted by the strains of the Z Cars theme tune, which also heralds their appearance at their home ground of Goodison Park.
When getting fired pays rich rewards
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 08/12/2018
» The departure of Mark Hughes from Southampton hardly came as a surprise. He now holds the unenviable record of being the first manager to be sacked by two different Premier League clubs in the same calendar year, having been axed by Stoke City in January.
Golden and some not so golden moments of the year
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/12/2017
» It is that time of the year when Nobby drags himself out of the armchair to honour assorted heroes and villains who have graced our sports pages in 2017. Admittedly, it is bit of a mixed bag.
Two arrested with smuggled football kit in Sa Kaeo
Published on 27/08/2017
» SA KAEO -- A Thai man and a Cambodian national were arrested late on Saturday night in Khok Sung district with a large quantity of untaxed football shorts and jerseys, of various brand names, bearing logos and names of well-known football clubs in Britain and Europe.
Man U, SCG Muang Thong most popular - poll
Online Reporters, Published on 14/05/2017
» Manchester United of the English Premier League (EPL) and SCG Muang Thong United of the Thai Premier League (TPL) are the favourite teams for Thai football fans this year, but neither league commands a mass following, according to a survey conducted by National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
Monk's lucky charms fire Leicester to title
Spectrum, Published on 25/12/2016
» Leicester City's English Premier League championship triumph is a fairytale of a small football club that manages to win big with a little help from mythical amulets ... sort of. Of course, the much coveted title was the product of the hard work of the players and manager Claudio Ranieri. But support from the three magic amulets given by a senior Thai monk might also have helped.