By Tony Attwood Ever since the opening match of the season in which I pointed out that, what to me seemed the biggest problem with the game, (the persistent time wasting) was not picked up either by TV or by the press, I have been wondering why. I can see why the TV directors don’t …
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Everton v Arsenal 23 August 2014 – The Match Officials By Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Kevin Friend Assistants – A Garratt & M McDonough Fourth Official – M Oliver Kevin Friend was born in 1971. His home county FA is Leicester and Rutland. He started refereeing as a 14 year old in local football …
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By Tony Attwood Football matches are a matter of tactics, psychology and ability. In the novel by Robert Rankin, “Knees up mother earth” Brentford Utd beat Arsenal in the FA Cup by playing a bunch of circus performers instead of trained footballers in their team. That’s psychology – although not of this world. In effect …
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