Why newspapers follow TV in not reporting time wasting

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 …

Everton v Arsenal 23 August 2014 – The Match Officials

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 …

Forget home advantage, the world of football is changing.

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 …