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When getting fired pays rich rewards
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 08/12/2018
» The departure of Mark Hughes from Southampton hardly came as a surprise. He now holds the unenviable record of being the first manager to be sacked by two different Premier League clubs in the same calendar year, having been axed by Stoke City in January.
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Cherries ripe for the sweet life once again
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/05/2022
» When unfashionable Bournemouth won promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 2015, it felt a bit like a football fairy tale.
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Intriguing Premier League season comes down to final whistle
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 21/05/2022
» The Premier League has its fair share of critics but few could complain about a season in which the title race will not be decided until the final whistle tomorrow on the very last day.
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Gloomy times at the Stadium of Light
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/04/2018
» For a football team once dubbed the "Bank of England Club", Sunderland have fallen on very hard times, suffering their second successive relegation last week and dropping to the third tier for only the second time in their 130-year history.
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He's got red hair, will West Ham care?
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 11/11/2017
» It is probably fair to say that the appointment of David Moyes as West Ham manager has not exactly been greeted by Hammers' fans dancing in the streets. It would appear that the club's owners have made either a very brave decision or a very foolish one. Moyes himself called it a "good gamble". Only time will tell.
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Foxes ignite new hope for Owls, Royals
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 13/08/2016
» For more than two decades, English football fans had dreamed that an unfancied team would eventually make a run at the Premier League title, but for all those years it never looked even remotely likely. It was always the "usual suspects" led by Manchester United coming home with the silverware.
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It's back to the real deal this weekend
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/10/2014
» With all the international breaks, it has been a most unsatisfactory stop-start feeling to the domestic leagues in Europe this season. Although the English Premier League kicked off back in August, 10 weeks ago, the teams have only played seven matches, hardly enough to get any momentum going.
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Have Scottish managers had their moment?
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 03/05/2014
» Only a couple of years ago, in the 2011-12 season, the headline in this column read: “You can’t escape Scottish gaffers.”
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Robson provides glimmer of hope in wild week
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/06/2013
» Some years ago, Australian journalist Clive James wrote in the Observer: "A traditional fixture at Wimbledon is the way the BBC TV commentary box fills up with British players eliminated in the early rounds."
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Manager of the Month jinx strikes at Reading
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 16/02/2013
» Born and bred in Reading, I had been heartened, although not totally convinced, by the Royals' improved results in what has been a season-long battle against relegation. They even briefly popped up in third place in a recent Premiership form table, which admittedly doesn't say much for the other teams.
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