If you live and work in the UK, you pay for West Ham United, no matter who you support.

By Tony Attwood In my recent article on state aid for West Ham United, I made the point that not all the awful details of how the state (which means all of us who live in the UK and pay tax) is paying for West Ham’s ground had yet come out, although those that had, …

New guidance for referees on offside decisions

In the last couple of weeks we have published four articles about referees…  The Referees’ accuracy 2014-15. When it’s important you might as well toss a coin. A FRIGHTFUL REALITY: the world of Premier League refs is not all it should be 2015/16: An introduction to the Referees. Do not read this standing up. How …

How Arsenal will do this season and why there is no “winning mentality”.

The 10 key factors that seem to me to be of prime influence as we enter another season. by Tony Attwood 1: Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott Last season Thierry Henry was reported by part of the media to have said that Arsenal needed a “top, top striker” to win the league.  The newspapers chimed …