By Tony Attwood A recent article by Harry Pearson in When Saturday Comes came with the headline “If you think referees can ‘ruin’ matches, perhaps you’re not watching them right”. Much of the article isn’t about referees or refereeing as such but towards the end it does get there, and asks, “Why everybody in English professional …
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By Tony Attwood I didn’t intend to cover the end of the court case relating to the Hillsborough tragedy on Untold, not out of any lack of compassion or respect but rather because I couldn’t think of anything to say that hadn’t been said a thousand times, and said much better, by others. But then …
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By Tony Attwood Last week I was doing some research on an Arsenal player from the 19th century – Stanley Briggs. It turned out he was an amateur player who played for Tottenham, then for Woolwich Arsenal in the League, then for Tottenham. Several Tottenham web sites mention the player and speak of him as …
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