Ref Review 2012/13: Roger East. A short term solution

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 and last ref in our series we have ref Roger East. Roger East, born in 1965 and so he is around 48 years …

Untold lightyears ahead of the real world as cracks appear in PGMOL

By Walter Broeckx Slowly, very slowly the truth is coming out about the PGMOL. Very, very slowly. And much too slow for my liking.  But still, there is progress. For a few years now we have been pointing at the things that are wrong in the referee world. I have written (apart from the reviews) …

England leads the world in sporting self-delusion.

By Tony Attwood English football is all a-flutter.  Our very own Smoking Jack has declared that only real Englishmen should play for England.  Mr Wenger has said that the rules indeed need sorting as otherwise the international matches become just another club type tournament. And just for a laugh, Greg Dyke, the Football Association chair, …