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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.
Stags put Clough back in the limelight after high scoring game
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 17/02/2024
» An English football result that caught the eye during the week came in League Two where Mansfield Town defeated Harrogate Town 9-2, an eyebrow-raising score even for fourth-tier football. It is the highest scoring Football League game since 2011.
Motty, the voice of football for five decades
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 04/03/2023
» The recent death of legendary English football commentator John Motson at the age of 77 prompted many tributes from fans, players and broadcasters alike.
Samurai Blue upset the apple cart as favourites go home early
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 03/12/2022
» No one could have predicted the extraordinary events Japan experienced in the opening fortnight in Qatar.
The Saint who became a Liverpool icon and television pundit
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 06/03/2021
» There was a lovely piece of graffiti that appeared on a church poster in Liverpool in the 1960s which posed the question: "What would you do if Jesus returned amongst us?" Underneath someone had scrawled: "Move St John to inside left."
Pettersen finds redemption in Cup
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 21/09/2019
» When captain Catriona Matthew announced Suzann Pettersen as a wildcard choice for the European team to play the US in last week's Solheim Cup it prompted many raised eyebrows amongst the golfing scene.
Mixed fortunes for Thai-owned clubs
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/05/2019
» Reports that Thaksin Shinawatra has been in talks with Crystal Palace concerning a takeover bid have been denied by the club, according to the Evening Standard.
Perfect scoreline finally becomes reality
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/07/2018
» The scoreline which long-time British football fans have yearned for finally happened last week -- sort of. In a Scottish League Cup match at the Bayview Stadium, the final score was East Fife 4, Forfar 5.
Samrith makes a move up the Thames
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 03/03/2018
» One of the more surprising news items of the week was the report that Thai businessman Samrith Thanakhamjanasuth has become the new owner of Oxford United, currently struggling in League One of the English Football League.