Ref Review 2012/13: Who was Tottenham’s bogey ref?

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. __________________________ After having dealt with the different teams and after having examined all the Premier League refs (leading to the best ref of the season according to …

Referees are increasingly ignoring the laws of the game. One wonders why they are there.

THE SUBTLEST TOUCH By Don McMahon As you may know, if you’ve read any of my pieces on Untold in the past, I’m a retired professional referee whose observations and viewpoints about officiating do not always coincide with what the UA espouses but who also acknowledges that something is not quite right with the PGMOL …

At the moment of the last report, I was wet

By Tony Attwood Towards the end of last night’s match it started to rain.  And I really mean rain.  Rain so heavy and unremitting that one rarely sees in England. Yes it rains in England, but not rain that within minutes swamps your shoes which are designed for dodgy weather, makes your jeans weigh 20 …