Southampton v Arsenal. It’s penalty area fever againicials

Southampton v Arsenal 28 January 2014 – The Match Officials Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Lee Mason Assistants – J Collin, S Long Fourth Official – I Williamson   Second time this year for Mr Mason to be in charge for Southampton and third time for Arsenal.  He was at Southampton for Southampton’s 1-1 draw with …

41% of players have joined their club in the last year

By Tony Attwood A recent report gives concern to the fact that a record number of transfers took place in 2013 with players recruited in Europe in the year 2013 making up just over 41% of all squads.  That makes it about 10 signings per club. Now that is silly, because a turnover of players …