Chelsea v Arsenal in the League Cup. Is anyone fit and not in disgrace?

By Bulldog Drummond Although all attention will be on the referee’s assistants back in the PGMO Bunker there is also a football match on tomorrow – the first leg of the league cup semifinal. My guess is that having put the kiddies out in front of Nottingham Forest Mr Wenger will return to the mainstream. …

Chelsea v Arsenal Carabao Cup Semi-Final 1st leg Wed 10 January – Dawn of a new PGMO era?

by Andrew Crawshaw As you may have seen, our two matches against Chelsea have been chosen by the FA to trial their Video Assistant Referee system. The first match of the trial was last night’s third round FA Cup Tie between Brighton and Crystal Palace, a game that usually can be trusted to be a …

Referees will be over 100% accurate in matches with VAR according to PGMO figures

By Tony Attwood On 13 August 2013 the Daily Mail ran a piece on referees which says, “According to the Premier League, 99 per cent of offside decisions are correct, for the third season running.   They also claim that 98.6 per cent of decisions made in the penalty area are accurate. “The assistant referee makes …