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Bromley Boys enjoying life in top flight
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/03/2026
» The international break at least creates an opportunity to examine what's going on in the lower divisions of the Football League where clubs will still be battling it out today. There have been some intriguing developments particularly in the League Two promotion race.
Nervous times for underfire managers in English top 4 divisions
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/01/2022
» The January international break is traditionally a perilous period for football managers whose teams have not been performing well.
Supporting cast make a welcome comeback to the English game
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 05/12/2020
» For the first time in nine months, we will be seeing a limited number of fans at five of the English Premier League football stadiums this weekend.
League Cup is not worthless for all
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/02/2020
» In its early days the English League Cup was dismissed by a senior sports journalist as a "mammoth irrelevance" and some would still agree with that assessment. For all the efforts of the different sponsors -- and they have changed with regular frequency -- the tournament has always been regarded as a poor relation to the League championship and the FA Cup, which itself has lost much of its former aura.
When a goalie's dream comes true
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/12/2019
» When you see a goalkeeper in tears at the end of a football match, the odds are that he has had a horror and let in a hatful of goals. But this was not the case at Stamford Bridge last weekend where West Ham's third choice keeper David Martin kept a clean sheet and played an important role in his team's shock victory over Chelsea.
Man Utd survive League Cup shoot-out, West Ham crash out
AFP, Published on 26/09/2019
» LONDON: Manchester United survived a League Cup scare against third tier Rochdale as they won 5-3 on penalties, while West Ham suffered a shock 4-0 defeat at Oxford on Wednesday.
Canaries, Hatters and Imps looking good
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 13/04/2019
» While most attention is on the Premier League, we must not forget it is also squeaky bum time for teams in the lower leagues as they face the final approach to the end of the season.
NBA fines Warriors' Durant, Curry and Green for ref rants
AFP, Published on 03/04/2019
» NEW YORK: Golden State Warriors stars Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green were issued fines Tuesday for comments criticizing the integrity of NBA officials during and after a loss at Minnesota.
West Ham survive scare, three Premier League sides exit League Cup
AFP, Published on 29/08/2018
» LONDON: West Ham survived a scare from League One Wimbledon to register Manuel Pellegrini's first win in charge and progress to the third round of the League Cup as Premier League sides Cardiff, Huddersfield and Brighton bowed out on Tuesday.
The Dale are on their way to Wembley
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 24/02/2018
» Although Wigan Athletic ending Manchester City's bid for the quadruple understandably grabbed all the headlines in last week's FA Cup action, it was Rochdale's battling effort against Tottenham that caught my attention.