Spotting the April Fools – sometimes it is hard to tell

By Tony Attwood I tried my best with a silly April Fools gag today, and then looked around at what the rest of the world was doing in terms of April Fools in football.  (I should explain it is a day when one is supposed to tell stories that are really silly but are dressed …

Ref Review: Crystal Palace – Arsenal

Ref for this match was Mark Clattenburg A bad start for the assistant when he ruled Özil offside when he was clearly not. Özil scored but we don’t know really if this was because of the CP defender stopping after the whistle or not. So will not take the goal decision as a wrong itself. …

Spanish clubs exposed as involved in “artificial footballers” project

The intensity of the battle between Real Madrid and Barcelona to find the very best youngsters and nurture them in their academies can never be underestimated. And for those of us who thought that the depths that Barcelona had sunk to with the importation of children from outside the EU without their parents, in violation …