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The classy player who broke transfer barrier four decades ago
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/07/2023
» With football transfer fees going into orbit these days the sad death of England star Trevor Francis this week at the age of 69 is a reminder of how things have changed since the days he became Britain's first £1 million player four decades ago.
Difficult times for the Blades and the Owls
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 27/03/2021
» It has not been a good year for football fans in the city of Sheffield, with United almost certain to drop out of the Premier League and Sheffield Wednesday clinging on by their fingernails in the Championship relegation battle. So what's gone wrong for the teams in the City of Steel?
2020: Sport battles through a year like no other
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/12/2020
» Sport has experienced some difficult times over the years, but nothing has created so much havoc in the world's sporting calendar as the Covid-19 virus. No sport escaped the wrath of the pandemic. Little did we know back in March that the disruption would go on for so long and take such a toll.
Life goes on for 72 clubs in lower leagues
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 19/09/2020
» Although interest last weekend was understandably focused on the Premier League -- and what a cracking match Liverpool and Leeds United served up with the Reds winning 4-3 -- we must not overlook the remaining 72 clubs in the three lower divisions of the Football League which were also kicking off their 2020/21 campaigns.
RIP 'Big Jack': A true giant of the game
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/07/2020
» When a young Northumberland lad and son of a miner decided at an early age that making a living playing football would be more enjoyable than a life in the pits, he made a very smart decision.
Things that could have been better said by commentators
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 11/04/2020
» Following last week's column on the verbal gems football commentators have treated us to in the past, it seems only fair to acknowledge other sports in which commentators have performed heroically over the years.
Bielsa, Leeds receive unlikely award
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/09/2019
» It's not often that a football manager orders his team to allow their opponents to score a goal, but that's what happened at Elland Road last season when Marcelo Bielsa told his players to let Aston Villa score an equaliser in a crucial Championship game in April.
Embarrassing mutiny between the sticks
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 02/03/2019
» On what had been a stupefying "Super Sunday" which produced two high profile bore draws, Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga at least livened up proceedings at Wembley by refusing to be substituted in the League Cup final against Manchester City.
Gloomy times at the Stadium of Light
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/04/2018
» For a football team once dubbed the "Bank of England Club", Sunderland have fallen on very hard times, suffering their second successive relegation last week and dropping to the third tier for only the second time in their 130-year history.
Action heats up in Premier League race
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 17/02/2018
» Although Wolverhampton Wanderers appear to already have one hand on the Championship title, unless they suffer a major meltdown, there is a battle royal building up as to who will join them for a place in next season's Premier League.