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Big day for manager Clough and the Stags
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/03/2026
» The fifth round of the FA Cup is serving up some tasty fixtures this weekend, particularly at One Call Stadium where League One side Mansfield Town host Premier League leaders Arsenal, who have won the Cup 14 times.
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.
Another big day at the Rodney Parade
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 27/01/2024
» Newport County may be a little-known League Two side from Wales but when it comes to the FA Cup the Exiles don't shy away from the big guns. In 2018 they almost beat Tottenham Hotspur and following year they took on league champions Manchester City. Tomorrow their fourth round opponents are Manchester United.
Mercurial Kyrgios is box office at Wimbledon
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 09/07/2022
» There is probably no one in tennis who polarises opinion more than the volatile Australian Nick Kyrgios.
Not a bad taster, now for the real thing at Euro 2020
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/06/2021
» The opening skirmishes of Euro 2020 are done and dusted without any major surprises but plenty of drama.
Tuchel takes on formidable task as Lampard bids sad farewell
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/01/2021
» There has been divided opinion on the sacking of Frank Lampard and only time will tell if Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has made the correct decision.
Alliss, the soothing sound of an English summer, will be missed
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 12/12/2020
» It was sad to learn of the passing of legendary BBC golf commentator Peter Alliss at the age of 89.
Happy days are here again
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 08/08/2020
» For three consecutive years, from 2013-15, the town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire was voted "the happiest place to live in Britain."
Football films can be a mixed bag
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 09/05/2020
» Last week I watched on TV a couple of half-decent films on American sports -- Moneyball (2011) starring Brad Pitt as a baseball manager and Any Given Sunday (1999) with Al Pacino as coach of an underperforming American gridiron team.
The real scrap is down at the bottom
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 01/02/2020
» With Juergen Klopp's Liverpool running away with the title in grand style, apart from the customary scramble for European places, the main interest in the Premier League for many fans has switched to the bottom half of the table and the battle to avoid relegation.