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It's a big day for Preston's Lillywhites
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 29/03/2025
» Outside Preston North End's Deepdale Stadium there is an eye-catching statue of the club's greatest-ever player, the late Sir Tom Finney. The statue is known as "The Splash" as it was inspired by a dramatic photograph of Finney aqua-planing while playing against Chelsea on a waterlogged Stamford Bridge pitch in 1956.
Can Zerbi's Seagulls prevent a Manchester sweep?
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 22/04/2023
» While many are predicting an all-Manchester FA Cup Final on June 3, both Sheffield United and Brighton will be doing their utmost in this weekend's semi-finals at Wembley to ensure that does not happen.
A huge sigh of relief at 'Theatre of Dreams'
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 27/08/2022
» The Premier League rarely fails to surprise. Who would have thought that after the last round of matches much-maligned Manchester United would be sitting above highly fancied arch-rivals Liverpool in the standings, albeit in 14th place?
Plenty of banana skins in FA Cup
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 04/01/2020
» Although the appeal of the English FA Cup is definitely not what it used to be, the third round is still one of the more eagerly anticipated weekends in English football.
When Tiger thrilled the Thai galleries
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/04/2019
» At the 1996 Masters, when Tiger Woods was still an amateur, the great Jack Nicklaus commented: "If he can handle all the attention, all the pressure from you folks, Tiger can be as good or better than anyone who has played the game."
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.
The Hive ready for Battle of the Bees
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/01/2019
» The third round of the FA Cup earlier this month witnessed more than the usual number of upsets with six Premier League sides falling by the wayside, including league leaders Liverpool. There are unlikely to be as many upsets in this weekend's fourth round action, but there are potential banana-skins facing some of the more fancied teams.
Warm-up loss 'a blessing in disguise'
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 04/01/2019
» Thailand midfielder Sanrawat Dechmitr says the War Elephants' 2-0 loss to Oman in a warm-up game late on Wednesday night will help coach Milovan Rajevac iron out the team's frailties ahead of their 2019 AFC Asian Cup opener on Sunday.
No minnows, but plenty of banana skins
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 06/01/2018
» Many football fans will be disappointed that for the first time since the 1950-51 season, there are no non-league clubs in the third round fixtures of this weekend's FA Cup.