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English public supportive despite loss
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/07/2018
» In the end it turned out to be all a bit too much for England. Even Gareth Southgate's waistcoat looked a bit tired as the manager tried to console his players after the heartbreaking final whistle at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
A toast to the losers and a medal for the crowd
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 11/08/2012
» The lasting image Nobby will retain of the London Olympics is of the women's marathon. A full hour after the winner had raced across the line there was one solitary runner still to finish from the 118 starters, apart from the 11 who had, perhaps sensibly, dropped out.