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Lesser lights dream as new season begins
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/07/2022
» The English football season kicks off this weekend as the 72 clubs that make up the Championship, League One and League Two launch their campaigns.
A non-conquering hero! Flitcroft: The Phantom of the Open
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 25/06/2022
» Last Sunday, 27-year-old Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick fulfilled a dream of winning his first major at the US Open, clinching the title in a thrilling finish.
Cherries ripe for the sweet life once again
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/05/2022
» When unfashionable Bournemouth won promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 2015, it felt a bit like a football fairy tale.
Changes imperative despite Big Picture snub
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 17/10/2020
» Although the controversial Project Big Picture has been firmly rejected by the Premier League, it is clear something radical needs to be done in English football to ensure clubs in the lower leagues do not go out of business in these coronavirus times.
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.
Good times for Birdman of Barlinnie
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 21/12/2019
» It has been a frustratingly fleeting glimpse of an Everton legend, but nonetheless good to see Duncan Ferguson in the thick of things at Goodson Park and Old Trafford recently.
Women cricketers do Thailand proud
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/09/2019
» There was a significant moment for Thai sport last week in the most unlikely of settings -- Forthill Cricket Club in Dundee, on the north bank of the Firth of Tay in Scotland.
Rays of hope laced with tinge of fear
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/09/2019
» The first international break is always the most irritating for Premier League clubs. They have barely got going -- just four games this time -- but have to stop and next week start the season all over again.
Thais should keep calm and carry on
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 15/06/2019
» I had been thoroughly enjoying the Fifa Women's World Cup in France. That is until the very last game of the opening round of fixtures.
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.