Ref review 2012/13: Chris Foy – very poor on cards and fouls, great on goals.

By Walter Broeckx This article is part of the series of the Referee Review 2013. You can find links to earlier articles on the bottom of this article. __________________________ Next ref in our series that are done in alphabetical order we have ref Chris Foy. A few seasons ago he was confused with Chris Hoy …

A new under 21 cup, plus 8 other competitions, and Arsenal’s “25”

By Tony Attwood Because of my little trip to Guernsey I missed doing Arsenal’s nominated 25 player list for the first half of the season which at first sight is looking a bit thin.  In that it only contains 21 players Arteta Amatriain, Mikel  Bendtner, Nicklas (English) Cazorla, Santiago  Diaby, Vassiriki Abou  Fabianski, Lukasz  Flamini, …

How Arsenal and Real Madrid took the media and their allies for a ride this summer – part 2

By Tony Attwood Sorry there was a slip in the first publishing of this, and then a computer glitch as I tried to correct it, over the Cavani story.  Hopefully my brain and the technology are now at one.  Too many notes on the desk, too much typing at 6.30am. This is part two of …