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A football fan's place is not on pitch
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 16/03/2019
» When I watched Reading at Elm Park as a kid back in pre-historic times, a few minutes before the final whistle, over the public address system would come the stern message: "Please don't run on the pitch after the match." Of course as soon as the final whistle sounded, dozens of kids would run onto the pitch, for the simple reason they had just been told not to.
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Green, Robins brace for 'El Glosico'
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/10/2018
» Football local derbies are always a bit special and there are three in England this weekend, featuring clubs of contrasting sizes and fortunes. Two are in the Premier League -- West Ham v Tottenham and Bournemouth v Southampton -- but perhaps the most intriguing is the League Two clash in Gloucestershire, the heart of rugby playing country.
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Bannister one of the last great amateurs
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 10/03/2018
» The death of Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to break the four-minute mile barrier, gave us a reminder of the days when a lot of the top sports men and women were amateurs, having regular occupations, and participated in sport in their spare time.
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Can Scots find that 'wee bit of magic'?
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 10/06/2017
» In his memoirs Shanks For the Memory, legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly wrote about the pride he felt while representing Scotland as a player, particularly against England. "Playing for Scotland is fantastic," he said. "You look at your dark blue shirt and the wee lion looks up at you and says 'get out there after those English bastards'."
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Spare a thought for fallen Leyton Orient
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/04/2017
» It's always rather sad when a long-established club drops out of the Football League and particularly one that has fought against the odds for so many years. But after a 112-year stay, the small London club of Leyton Orient have finally dropped into the National League, formerly known as the Conference.
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Sporting heroes and villains of 2016
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/12/2016
» It is that time of the year when Nobby hauls himself out of the armchair to honour the sportsmen and sportswomen who have acted above and beyond the call of duty over the past 12 months.
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When fans leave before final whistle
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/11/2015
» Juergen Klopp’s apparent dismay at seeing Liverpool fans leaving Anfield before the final whistle after his team had gone 2-1 down at home to Crystal Palace last Sunday has prompted considerable debate.
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The friendliest local derby in England
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/11/2015
» Last weekend saw one of the least acrimonious Premier League local derbies you could ever imagine in English football.
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Fifa film tends towards the fantastical
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 13/06/2015
» If Sepp Blatter and his mates at Fifa had hoped that the release of its bizarre feature film, United Passions, promoting the wonderful deeds of Fifa, might have eased the pressure on their organisation, they are sadly mistaken.
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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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