Ref Review: Arsenal – Southampton; Mason doing the PGMO job and doing worse than if he had given decisions at random

By Usama & Walter ARSENAL vs. SOUTHAMPTON COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 24 DATE: 2nd February 2016 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Lee Mason 1st LINESMAN: Andy Halliday 2nd LINESMAN: Matthew Wilkes 4th OFFICIAL: Craig Pawson First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision …

Anderlecht – The Travel and Catering Report; and all you need to know about Brussels

By Andrew Crawshaw Travel was by Eurostar which was trouble free.  I had booked about three weeks in advance via the Eurostar website and got my tickets for £29.00 each way. Walter was impressed as he said he could never get them for anything like that.  The only delay I had was on my local …

European Super League now a real possibility thanks to declining TV numbers and the rise of China

by Tony Attwood There is not too much talk of it on TV, for the simple reason that when TV discusses football it is never neutral.   TV buys in football, and anything that threatens its position as the dominant distributor of football is an absolute no-go area. Thus discussion of something being wrong with …