Arsenal sign their first player of the window, and it is quite a surprise.

By Sir Hardly Anyone Big news, we have just done a transfer.  Or so we are told. We are signing Cohen Bramall who is a 20-year-old defender from non-league side Hednesford Town who play in the Evo Stick Northern Premier League.   Newsbreak has this story: “Arsenal have almost completed the signing of Hednesford Town left-back, Cohen …

How the FA, PL and PGMO backtracked on the promises made by the National Review Board.

By Walter Broeckx In 2001 the news was made public that referees would become professional in the PL. In an article on the BBC website from 13 June 2001, we found these bits and pieces and we will only highlight the things that relate to the current working of the PGMO and the referees. It …

Referees are becoming more brazen, but the media is waking up at last to the fact that something is seriously wrong

By Tony Attwood 10 years ago Alan Green on Radio 5 would criticise referees regularly – not ever suggesting bias but rather their incompetence. 5 years ago Alan Green was silenced on the subject, and even the Wiki page about him now has no mention of his numerous run-ins with refs nor the controversy surrounding …