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Terrific golf, pity about unruly crowd
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 04/10/2025
» Now that the dust has settled on the dramatic events at Bethpage last weekend, it is time to reflect on what was a most extraordinary Ryder Cup tournament that will long be remembered for both good and bad reasons.
Emotional scenes at EPL stadiums
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 24/05/2025
» It has been a rather curious season for the English Premier League which winds up its fixtures tomorrow. With Liverpool comfortably taking the league title and the relegation issue settled many weeks ago it could have been a rather tame end to the season.
From the Ammies to the Posh
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 12/10/2024
» While most football fans know the nicknames of clubs in the Premier League and Championship they are probably less familiar with those in the lower divisions. Some simply reflect a team's colours or a variation on the club name. But many provide an insight into the cultural and economic environment of towns and regions where the clubs first developed.
Referees pay the penalty for disputed decision at Old Trafford
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 19/08/2023
» Although there were no major upsets in the opening weekend of the Premier League, the action wasn't devoid of talking points.
Weather could hold key to Royal Liverpool
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 22/07/2023
» The definitive book on Royal Liverpool, Hoylake is entitled Mighty Winds ... Mighty Champions, reflecting the essence of the course. If the winds blow with vigour this weekend at the 151st Open Championship the eventual winner will indeed be a mighty champion.
It's back to the bread and butter football
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 24/12/2022
» The desert dust has yet to settle after that dramatic World Cup final in Qatar last Sunday.
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.
Hail Vardy! Silver Fox joins the 100 club
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 11/07/2020
» Last week, Leicester City's Jamie Vardy joined the elite group of players who have scored 100 goals or more in the Premier League and his achievement provides one of the more inspirational tales of recent years.
Picking up the remains of English season
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 13/06/2020
» It's been a long, frustrating wait but next week we will be able to see on television our first Premier League games since everything ground to a halt in March.
Forty gaffers gone, and still counting
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 06/04/2019
» When Steve McClaren was told he had been sacked by Queens Park Rangers on April 1, he could have been forgiven for thinking it was some kind of bad taste April Fools' joke. Unfortunately for him, it was not fake news.