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Like shuffling deck chairs on Titanic
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 17/03/2012
» With just 10 matches to go in the Premiership, it seems an appropriate time to ponder who's going to be smiling and who will be weeping at the end of the season.
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Please leave the handcuffs at home
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/02/2012
» When Nobby watched Reading at Elm Park as a kid back in pre-historic times, a few minutes before the final whistle, over the tannoy would come the stern message: "Please don't run on the pitch after the match."
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Spare us these soporific sagas
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 25/02/2012
» For all the excitement the Premier League serves up in terms of football, it can also get bogged down in interminable sagas that simply won't go away.
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A flawed genius, or simply nuts?
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/01/2012
» It is probably safe to say that just about everyone has an opinion on Mario Balotelli, the eccentric Manchester City striker. He's one of those love him or hate him characters.
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The Swans are ruffling a few feathers
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 21/01/2012
» The least-known Premier League club amongst Thai readers, and probably most overseas football fans, is arguably Swansea City. But that may change after last week's performance at the Liberty Stadium in which the Swans outplayed Arsenal 3-2 in one of the most entertaining games of the season.
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Minnows swallowed by big fish
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/01/2012
» Although the appeal of the FA Cup may have waned a little over the years, the third round is still one of the most eagerly anticipated weekends in English football.
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Will we get to hear Sweet Chariot?
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 04/02/2012
» During the Rugby World Cup last year a Thai colleague asked me why England rugby fans had adopted Swing Low Sweet Chariot - an American spiritual hymn - as their theme song.
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Is tackling becoming a dirty word?
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/01/2012
» Much has been written about the controversial red card for Vincent Kompany in the FA Cup match last weekend against Manchester United.
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