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Impressive start for Cardiff custodian
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 25/08/2018
» There are not many goalkeepers who can say they saved a penalty in each of their first two games of the season, let alone in the Premier League, but that is the case of Cardiff City's goalie Neil Etheridge, the first player of Southeast Asian descent to perform in England's top flight.
Football is still a funny old game, indeed
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/06/2018
» Well, who would have thought it?
Regis a gifted pioneer and graceful icon
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/01/2018
» It was very sad to learn of the death of former West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City star Cyrille Regis who died earlier this week at the all too young age of 59. Regis was much more than just a talented footballer and became a symbol for the fight against racism in Britain at a time when things were in danger of getting out of hand. He had dignity and grace and he played a significant role in changing people's attitudes with his skills on the pitch and his dignified stance off it.
Royals hope to tame Yorkshire Terriers
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 27/05/2017
» For a moment there was a possibility that two Thai-owned clubs might be contesting Monday's highly lucrative Championship play-off final at Wembley, but alas it was not to be.
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.
Gripping rugby weekend on the cards
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 17/10/2015
» The Rugby World Cup seems to have been going on for ever and it still has a couple of weeks to go. Some might feel it is too long for a tournament, but the nature of the game means it is almost impossible to complete it in a shorter time frame.
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.
Big names in some pretty unlikely places
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 22/08/2015
» It was in the unlikely setting of Rodney Stadium, home of Welsh football club AFC Newport which play in England’s League Two, that two former England legends were reunited for 90 minutes last weekend.
Statues make their presence felt
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 23/05/2015
» It was a relief to see that earlier this month the statue of Blackpool footballing great, Stan Mortensen, had been restored to its rightful spot outside the club’s Bloomfield Road stadium. Mortensen scored a hat-trick in Blackpool’s remarkable FA Cup final win in 1953, somewhat ironically known as the “Matthews final”.
It helps when footballers use their heads
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 11/04/2015
» When Peter Crouch rose above the Hull defence to head home the winner for Stoke at the Britannia Stadium a couple of weeks ago, he was also heading himself into the record books.