The Referee Reviews: Neil Swarbrick. Every goal was right, but oh, the bias!

By Walter Broeckx This article is part of the series of the Referee Review 2013. You can find links to earlier articles on the bottom of this article…… __________________________ For the next ref in our series we have ref Neil Swarbrick.  Neil Swarbrick is 47 years old and is one of the refs that started …

The Long View: how many trophies in the next eight years?

The Long View By Pete Further to my previous articles on how match assessments are unfairly influenced by the result of the game (links to the earlier articles below), the other related major issue I see is that of completely over the top responses to a single result. One defeat after a series of wins …

Referees: When errors becomes bias, when bias becomes calciopoli. It’s not looking good in the PL.

By Walter Broeckx On a regular basis people play word games. As in our referee reports we often use the word bias they want us to say that we should use the word errors. Or mistakes. And I can imagine the reasoning behind this. Bias is something that clearly indicates that something is wrong. While …