Beşiktaş JK preview: the media’s universal desire to moan and the issue of accents

By Bulldog Drummond Success and achievement are boring – at least if you are a journalist.  If you have to write about success then personalise it, and make the person you write about be eccentric, self-centred, opinionated and if possible abusive. But most of all follow failure – especially if it involves someone who is …

Why don’t the refs call “obvious” penalties?

WHY DON’T THE REFS CALL ¨OBVIOUS¨ PENALTIES?   By Don McMahon While watching the Arsenal struggle to dominate Crystal Palace on Saturday, there were at least 2-3 incidents against Arsenal players where many supporters claimed we should have had a penalty awarded.  Having officiated for many years and been the target of such complaints from both …