Gambling, ref fixing, money laundering, homophobia… all part of the rich mix of English football.

By Tony Attwood The press made a fuss, radio made a fuss, TV made a fuss.  The big deal was that as all good English people know, you can’t trust these foreigners.   Not only do they fix matches in their own countries but they fix a game on English soil too.   [Just in case you …

The politics of refereeing; it is not just what you know, it is who you know

——————————– The books… Woolwich Arsenal: The club that changed football – Arsenal’s early years Making the Arsenal – how the modern Arsenal was born in 1910 The Crowd at Woolwich Arsenal FC: crowd behaviour at the early matches The sites… Referee Decisions – just what are the refs up to this season? The Arsenal History …