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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."
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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.
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Jasmine blossoms amongst the gorse of Troon in British Open
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/08/2020
» Thailand's female golfers have regularly made their presence felt at the Women's British Open in recent years and last week at Royal Troon, it turned out to be no exception in a tournament that created tremendous excitement despite the absence of spectators.
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Winter break finally arrives in England
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 08/02/2020
» This is something of an historic weekend for the Premier League, which sees the enforcement of a winter break for the first time.
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Coming down to earth with Seagulls
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 11/05/2019
» If ever a t-shirt is a guaranteed best-seller it must surely be Mo Salah's "Never Give Up" which seemed to work a treat not only for his own team, Liverpool, but may have also served as an inspiration for Tottenham Hotspur in those two astonishing games this week.
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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.
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In EPL, it's a tale of three cities at the top
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 12/08/2017
» Having experienced nearly three months of transfer speculation and deals featuring absurd sums of money, ridiculous rumours and unashamed greed, it is almost a relief that the Premier League finally kicks off this weekend.
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Day of reckoning for Monkey Hangers
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 06/05/2017
» Hartlepool United are one of those strange clubs, a bit like Accrington Stanley, which have achieved a certain status in English football because of their consistent lack of success.
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Pigs fly as fans vent fury at the Valley
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 22/10/2016
» Last Saturday witnessed a most unusual protest in the League One game between Charlton Athletic and Coventry City when hundreds of plastic pink pigs were thrown onto the pitch at the Valley shortly after kick-off. Throwing things onto the pitch is nothing new in football protests, but this time it was both sets of supporters who joined forces to protest their respective owners.
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The humble plumber who became football icon
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 21/02/2014
» Supporters hold up a picture of Sir Tom Finney, who died at the age of 91, during a tribute to the former England player.
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