BT Sport reformed, good pre-season game and Arsenal’s 17?

By Tony Attwood Well that was fun.  BT Sport behaved in the way that one would expect a mainstream station to behave and the AAA were not to be heard. I can only hope Arsenal have saved a few goals for me to see on Sunday. So what happened?  It would be pretentious to suggest …

“A day when there is no football to report” TalkSport. 12.30pm 2 August

By Tony Attwood So off we go again.  We’ve had the preliminary warm-ups, now for the warm up.   And of course we had to have the boorish gibberish from the broadcasters – it is part of the tradition.  Today’s highlight as shown in the headline was said by a show host at around 12.30pm …

Why some refs rise to the top, and what they lick on the way

THE LOT OF TOP REFEREES…….Don McMahon Walter recently wrote an excellent piece about the PGMOL and the imbalances seen in that organizations’ handling of their members. As you may know, I am a retired professional referee who spent his career trying to be the best referee he could be and also hoping to make the …