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A year that said farewell to legendary Sir Bobby
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/12/2023
» The year began with us mourning the loss of the great Brazilian footballer Pele who passed away in the final days of 2022.
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Historic day for Rebecca at the Cottage
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 23/12/2023
» Craven Cottage will be the unlikely setting for a significant slice of history today as Rebecca Welch becomes the first woman to referee a Premier League match when Fulham take on Burnley.
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The classy player who broke transfer barrier four decades ago
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/07/2023
» With football transfer fees going into orbit these days the sad death of England star Trevor Francis this week at the age of 69 is a reminder of how things have changed since the days he became Britain's first £1 million player four decades ago.
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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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Sport battles back to find a sense of normality
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 25/12/2021
» It is the time of the year to acknowledge the sporting heroes of the past 12 months.
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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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Toffees can't seem to escape Z Cars
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 09/02/2019
» When the Everton players walk out onto the Vicarage Road pitch at Watford today, for a moment they could be forgiven thinking they are playing at home. The Toffees will be greeted by the strains of the Z Cars theme tune, which also heralds their appearance at their home ground of Goodison Park.
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Golden and some not so golden moments of the year
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/12/2017
» It is that time of the year when Nobby drags himself out of the armchair to honour assorted heroes and villains who have graced our sports pages in 2017. Admittedly, it is bit of a mixed bag.
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5,000-1 longshot Leicester collects Premier League trophy
Published on 08/05/2016
» LEICESTER - In scenes that would have seemed absurd a year ago, Leicester captain Wes Morgan collected the English Premier League trophy on Saturday after one of the most improbable turnarounds by a sports team.
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Mud and glory at world mountain bike marathon
AFP, Published on 07/08/2023
» GLASGOW - Austria's Mona Mitterwallner and Brazil's Henrique Avancini won mud-splattered mountain bike cross-country marathon world titles in Scotland on Sunday.
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