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Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/12/2019
» It's that time of the year when Nobby drags himself out of his armchair to acknowledge assorted sporting heroes and villains that have graced our sports pages in 2019.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 02/11/2019
» The interminable Premier League debate about VAR is in danger of getting as boring as Brexit, although admittedly nothing could be quite as mind-numbing as that. But the VAR controversies are not going away until there is some consistency applied to what will hopefully evolve into a workable system.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 16/12/2017
» The fact that last Sunday's Manchester derby ended up in a "dust-up" in the tunnel should not come as a huge surprise given what was at stake. One team comes off the pitch at Old Trafford in an ecstatic mood, while the other is in a state of despair after being humbled at home by their bitter rivals. All you need is someone to light the fuse by saying something untoward and you've got an explosive situation.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 02/07/2016
» Over the years, England's national football team have contrived to make shambolic displays in international tournaments almost an art form -- and they didn't disappoint at Euro 16 when they were humbled by an inspired Iceland earlier this week.