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Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 02/09/2023
» There has recently been lively debate on the standard of refereeing in the Premier League this season.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 10/06/2023
» Apart from the dominance of Manchester City, the spirited challenge of Arsenal and Newcastle's revival, the Premier League season was notable for the impressive showing by a number of "smaller" clubs.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 19/03/2022
» It is now the third season that the VAR (Video Assistant Referee) system has been operating in the Premier League but nearly every weekend it seems to create controversy.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 02/10/2021
» For decades, the Americans have looked far too strong on paper for the Europeans in the Ryder Cup.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 05/09/2020
» Something that seems to have crept up on us without warning are early rounds in the Uefa Nations League which have been taking place this week and continue until Tuesday.
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.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/09/2019
» There was a significant moment for Thai sport last week in the most unlikely of settings -- Forthill Cricket Club in Dundee, on the north bank of the Firth of Tay in Scotland.
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.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 08/07/2017
» The British and Irish Lions got the result they so desperately needed in Wellington last week in a nerve-jangling but thrilling game. They just about deserved it and preventing the All Blacks from scoring a try was a feat in itself. But they will be under no illusions about the task they face today... beware the wounded All Blacks.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 03/06/2017
» News that Arsene Wenger is staying on at Arsenal, to add to his 21 years already at the club, will probably bring sighs of envy amongst many of his contemporaries. During this past season alone, 59 managers from the 92 clubs in the top four divisions of the Football League have either been sacked or quit.