Mike Dean: the referee, the man, the history, the scandals

Below we print an open letter to Mike Dean, referee, from Walter Broeckx, referee. But just before that, here’s a quick summary of Mr Dean’s career… In 2005 he was suspended from being a ref because he was involved with a betting company.  His official crime was “breaching the terms of his contract”.  He was …

UEFA: corrupt, criminal, incompetent or deluded?

The trouble with the UEFA vs Eduardo story is that the number of strands within it keeps getting bigger. It is a bit like trying to grasp the nature of the universe.   Just when you have got your head around the fact that space and time are all part of the same entity, along comes …