Ref Review 2012/13: Newcastle Utd. One ref utterly pro, one ref utterly against

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. __________________________ 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 the …

Be careful what you wish for in an era of endless change

By Tony Attwood At the Arsenal AGM Arsene Wenger made the point that “‘Our world is changing quickly. Europe as a continent is becoming poorer, the rest of the world is becoming richer, especially Asia, and these people invest in football in Europe.’   As many commentators noted, this coincidence with the news that Erck …

If not doom now, then doom soon. Or maybe not…

By Tony Attwood That first part of the title line is the basic message from the media and the disbelievers.   The squad is too thin and one injury could cause us to tumble through the floor. Now we’ve lost Gibbs and Wilshere from the squad (at least so it seems at the moment) everything is …