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When 'Diamond' Venables played at Stamford Bridge
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 02/12/2023
» It was sad to learn of the death of one of English football's great personalities, Terry Venables, last week at the age of 80.
Without football, commentators at a loss for words
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 04/04/2020
» Everyone in football has been affected in some way by the coronavirus and this of course includes commentators who have had no games to report on in the past month.
Sporting heroes and villains of 2016
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/12/2016
» It is that time of the year when Nobby hauls himself out of the armchair to honour the sportsmen and sportswomen who have acted above and beyond the call of duty over the past 12 months.
Now comes the hard part for Thailand
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 02/04/2016
» Thailand coach Kiatisak “Zico” Senamuang has done remarkably well to take his team to the third and final qualifying round for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. They finished top of their group and have displayed a resolve away from home that has not been previously witnessed in Thai teams.
Brits quick to adopt 'tri-citizen' Konta
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/01/2016
» British tennis fans were in a state of shock this week — and not without reason. What prompted this reaction was that somehow a British female tennis player had reached the semi-final of a Grand Slam event for the first time in more than three decades.
Iceland fulfil dream of Euro tournament
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 12/09/2015
» While we still have to wait for British “minnows” Wales and Northern Ireland to officially clinch their places in Euro 2016, another unheralded team was able to pop the Champagne corks with unabandoned joy — Iceland.
After the hype, let's enjoy the football
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/06/2014
» After months of hype, promises and previews it will be something of a relief when the 2014 World Cup finally kicks off next Thursday in Sao Paulo.
Players struggle to cope in Melbourne cauldron
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/01/2014
» It was British novelist Jane Austen who wrote to a friend in 1796: "What dreadful hot weather we have. It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance."
And another manager bites the dust
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 08/06/2013
» In a depressingly familiar tale, it was confirmed earlier this week that Winfried Schaefer is no longer Thailand's national football coach.
Commentators who are never lost for words
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 13/10/2012
» At Wembley last night England played San Marino in a World Cup qualifier - not exactly the most compelling fixture on the international football calendar, one must admit.