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Wrexham celebrate, but just don't forget The Dale
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/04/2023
» It is that nervy time of the year of promotions and relegations in the English Football League and a couple of contrasting stories in the lower divisions caught the eye last week.
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Football films can be a mixed bag
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 09/05/2020
» Last week I watched on TV a couple of half-decent films on American sports -- Moneyball (2011) starring Brad Pitt as a baseball manager and Any Given Sunday (1999) with Al Pacino as coach of an underperforming American gridiron team.
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English public supportive despite loss
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/07/2018
» In the end it turned out to be all a bit too much for England. Even Gareth Southgate's waistcoat looked a bit tired as the manager tried to console his players after the heartbreaking final whistle at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
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Alliss, the soothing sound of an English summer, will be missed
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 12/12/2020
» It was sad to learn of the passing of legendary BBC golf commentator Peter Alliss at the age of 89.
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Some people are not missing sport at all
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/03/2020
» Anyone reading these pages may well be suffering withdrawal symptoms of not being able to see live sport, or even read about it, because there simply isn't any.
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Blades look sharp in top flight return
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/10/2019
» Few would have predicted that at this stage of the season, after a 12-year absence from the Premier League, newly-promoted Sheffield United would be in the top half, in ninth place, let alone looking down the table to see Manchester United five places below them.
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Sad times, bad times and good times
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 22/12/2018
» For Thailand, the year in sport was overshadowed by the tragic death in October of the owner of Leicester City, Vichai Srivadhanaprabha, in a helicopter crash adjacent to the club's King Power Stadium. Four others were also killed, including two assistants, Nusura Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare and the two pilots.
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Blades look sharp in Steel City thriller
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/09/2017
» I switched on last Sunday's Sheffield derby in the Championship fully expecting a rather dour safety-first affair as is sometimes the case when two clubs are fighting for the bragging rights of their city. But the Steel City clash turned out to be one of the most entertaining games this season with Wednesday and United serving up a six- goal thriller which did Yorkshire proud.
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Thai stakeholders spread their wings
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/02/2015
» It was admittedly hardly earth-shaking news, but a little piece of football history took place last Saturday when Reading beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 at the Madjeski stadium. It was the first time two Thai-owned teams have played one another in the English league.
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Sporting heroes and villains of 2012
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/12/2012
» It's the time of the year when Nobby eases himself out of the armchair to acknowledge assorted sports men and women who acted above and beyond the call of duty over the past 12 months - and some that didn't.
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