Football as Opera, tears all round

Football as Opera, tears all round By Tim Charlesworth Last weekend provided us with the moment that posterity might deem to be the iconic moment of the season.  Leicester’s triumph is remarkable in so many ways, but its not easy to pick an on-pitch moment that sums it all up.  There have been a few …

Afterthoughts on Chelsea – Tottenham. What would have happened to Arsenal, if they’d played like this?

By Walter Broeckx As you have probably seen the special on request ref review of the match between Chelsea and Tottenham was published earlier today. Looking back at this all some questions can be asked. Questions about the standard of the PGMO refereeing in the PL but also about being consistent. This really is a …

Special referee review: Chelsea – Tottenham

By Usama & Walter If you are a regular reader you will know that we normally only undertake reviews of Arsenal games – although for one season we did have referees who supported other teams across England undertake reviews of numerous non-Arsenal matches, in order to get some comparisons with our figures.  Those reviews remain …