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Law: A legend and icon of Scottish football
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 25/01/2025
» Tributes have poured in for Denis Law, who passed away last week at the age of 84. Sir Alex Ferguson called him "the greatest Scottish player of all time" and few would dispute that.
Palmer shines despite squabbling by Jackson, Madueke
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/04/2024
» All players and fans understand that each Premier League club has a designated player to take penalty kicks. It goes without saying that it is the one who is most reliable and at Chelsea that is definitely Cole Palmer who has a great record from the spot.
Dramatic scoring spree earns promotion for Pirates
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/05/2022
» One of the great things about football is its never-ending capacity to surprise as witnessed by Real Madrid's extraordinary injury-time comeback against Manchester City recently.
When even penguins couldn't play at snowbound Stamford Bridge
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 23/01/2021
» The heavy state of the pitch at Elland Road for the match between hosts Leeds United and Brighton last Saturday prompted widespread criticism, much of it unwarranted considering the weather.
From playing fields to the battlefields
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 02/05/2020
» The grim report read: "All sport in the country stopped because emergency regulations forbade the assembly of large crowds."
Blood, sweat, smiles, tears and cheers in 2019
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.