Untold Ref Review: Swansea City 1 – 0 Manchester City

This article is part of a series stretching over several seasons in which a team of referees analyse the work of refs in Premier League matches. Our figures show that when we analyse the errors made by refs there are consistent trends which do not “even out” through the season, as some commentators would have …

Match fixing: the police move in a surprise dawn raid

By Tony Attwood Would you believe it.   A week or so ago, while I was staying in Antwerp with Walter, we sat down together to look at an article which would outline just how one would go about fixing football matches.  There was no allegation that match fixing was taking place, but rather, if you …

How to fix the Premier League in 10 simple steps

By Tony Attwood Let’s imagine that you wanted to fix the Premier League so that your favourite team won.  What would you do? 1.  The most obvious approach would be to get someone else to suggest to certain referees that if they saw their way clear to helping your team then that lovely villa you …