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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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England hoping to avenge Iceland debacle in Nations League
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 05/09/2020
» Something that seems to have crept up on us without warning are early rounds in the Uefa Nations League which have been taking place this week and continue until Tuesday.
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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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VAR in focus as new EPL season starts
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 10/08/2019
» In possibly the biggest innovation since it kicked off 27 years ago, the English Premier League is this season using the VAR system -- and although its arrival is inevitable, not everybody is entirely enthused about it.
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Crouch had nice touch for big man
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/07/2019
» When Peter Crouch was on loan at Norwich City from Aston Villa in 2003, fans would sing: He's tall, he's mean, he's a freaky goal machine. Well, he wasn't exactly a goal machine, but it didn't matter, the song was fun to sing, especially the freaky bit.
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Impressive start for Cardiff custodian
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 25/08/2018
» There are not many goalkeepers who can say they saved a penalty in each of their first two games of the season, let alone in the Premier League, but that is the case of Cardiff City's goalie Neil Etheridge, the first player of Southeast Asian descent to perform in England's top flight.
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Glassboys, Spitfires chase Cup glory
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/01/2017
» Although the appeal of the English FA Cup has definitely waned over the years, the third round is still one of the more eagerly anticipated weekends in English football, especially for the smaller clubs who have already battled hard to make it this far.
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Well England, that wasn't very good
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.
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It helps when footballers use their heads
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 11/04/2015
» When Peter Crouch rose above the Hull defence to head home the winner for Stoke at the Britannia Stadium a couple of weeks ago, he was also heading himself into the record books.
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A keeper who played against legends
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/07/2014
» As reported in Wednesday’s paper, former professional goalkeeper Ray King, a frequent contributor to the Bangkok Post’s letters section, sadly passed away last weekend at the age of 89. Ray had been living in Bangkok for some years with his son Gary.
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