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It's crunch time: Saints seek Cup inspiration from 50 years ago
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 04/04/2026
» It's time for the quarter-finals in the FA Cup with six Premier League teams in the mix joining Championship side Southampton and League One strugglers Port Vale in the battle to advance to the final four.
Wrexham make league history
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 03/05/2025
» While Liverpool were deservedly clinching their 20th top flight title last weekend, just 40km down the road across the Welsh border a less heralded club were making their own piece of history.
It's desperate times for Luton
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 01/03/2025
» In the Premier League there is a distinct possibility that the three newly promoted sides could be going straight back down, although Ipswich and Leicester fans might dispute that. Rather ominously the same thing happened the previous season.
When Spurs did the 'Double' in the remarkable 1960-61 season
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 01/02/2025
» Tottenham Hotspur's 2-1 home defeat to relegation-threatened Leicester City last weekend has understandably put a lot of pressure on Australian boss Ange Postecoglou. It was their sixth defeat in seven Premier League games and left Spurs in an embarrassing 15th place.
Club anthems play inspirational role
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/09/2024
» When the Leicester team came out onto the pitch at the King Power Stadium last Saturday it was good to hear they are still greeted by the stirring strains of the Post-Horn Gallop. It must be the most traditional piece of music to grace a football stadium in the English League and quite appropriate for a team nicknamed the Foxes.
Blazing Red Dragons producing plenty of fire in League One
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/09/2024
» The early international break can be a bit irritating for Premier League fans but football still carries on in the lower leagues in England where there have been some interesting developments as the season unfolds.
Can 'Mogga' succeed where Rooney failed?
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 13/01/2024
» After their disastrous experience with Wayne Rooney it seems Birmingham City's American bosses have come to their senses with what appears to be a wise appointment in Tony Mowbray a seasoned manager with a steady if not spectacular career.
Not an easy task for Rooney to create 'no fear' playing style
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/10/2023
» The October international break is a time when football managers in England, whose teams have been underperforming, look nervously over their shoulders.
Just ordinary! When 'Billy the Horse' saved Wembley match
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 03/06/2023
» Despite the two big Manchester clubs reaching the FA Cup final for a combined 31 times, this afternoon at Wembley will be the first time United and City have actually met in the final.
Red mist descends after rough handshake
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/08/2022
» Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte chose to mark the 30th anniversary of the Premier League in a rather unorthodox fashion by having an unseemly confrontation on the touchline at Stamford Bridge last Sunday, resulting in them both receiving red cards.