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Hughes hoping to save cellar dwellers Carlisle from relegation
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 08/03/2025
» As a player, former Manchester United, Chelsea and Wales striker Mark Hughes was never one to shy away from a challenge. But he has probably never faced a bigger test than his current task of trying to save Carlisle United from dropping out of the Football League.
Coach Tuchel pays price for Blues' poor start to season
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 10/09/2022
» While Chelsea have clearly suffered a disappointing start to their Premier League campaign, the sacking of manager Thomas Tuchel still came as something of a shock with it being so early in the season.
'New manager bounce' faces stiff Premier League test this week
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/11/2021
» It has been something of a managerial merry-go–round in the Premier League in recent weeks so it may be best to gently remind ourselves of which gaffers are in charge of which clubs for this weekend's fixtures.
Some bright spots in a season like no other in Premier League
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/05/2021
» The 2020-21 football season in England will certainly go down as one of the strangest in history.
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.
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.
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."
Sweet redemption for Southampton
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/01/2020
» It was a match that may not have particularly caught the eye, but one of the most significant results in the Premier League last weekend came at Leicester City's King Power stadium where visiting Southampton grabbed a 2-1 win over the hosts.
The gaffer who ruffled a few feathers
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 16/11/2019
» Whenever we read that a manager leaves a club by "mutual consent," it usually means he's been sacked, but Neil Warnock's departure from Cardiff City this week does appear to be a bit more consensual than most.
Pards joins managerial merry-go-round
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/04/2018
» News that West Bromwich Albion and Alan Pardew have parted ways by "mutual consent" hardly came as a surprise considering the club's dire situation, sitting rock bottom after eight straight defeats. 'Pards' lasted just 124 days.