Germany is facing its own refereeing scandal, by taking action, not hiding behind silence

by Tony Attwood The big problem in Premier League refereeing is silence.  The silence engineered by PGMO, and only just, after years of missed opportunities, occasionally broken by the normally obsequious national media in England. It is this silence that reveals why we are still struggling to show something is fundamentally wrong with refereeing in the …

Our one hope: the media is suddenly realising there is something wrong with refereeing

By Tony Attwood We first knew something was up when Alan Green, the BBC commentator, suddenly started laying off referees.  He’d never suggested there was anything wrong in terms of bias, but constantly reported that they were making mistakes.  Lots of mistakes.  Lots and lots of mistakes.  Lots and lots and… well you get the …

13 years on: the match that has never stopped. Referee influence on match results

For many years Walter Broeckx has headed a team of experts writing for Untold on refereeing.  In 2017 he took a long overdue sabbatical… until yesterday, events forced him to return to his subject… 13 Year On By Walter Broeckx In my match reports I promised myself at the start of the season that I …