Where next for football on TV? More of the same, more of the same.

by Tony Attwood In the UK we get most of our football on TV via four channels: the BBC, which is free to air and covers occasional live games but mostly focusses on highlights after the match, ITV which at the moment focuses on international games, Sky and BT Sport – these last two being …

Reffymandering: the new football word to describe the game in the third decade

By Tony Attwood What is in a word? Quite a lot sometimes if it allows us to express something complex in a simple way. The word gerrymander (originally written Gerry-mander) was invented by a writer on the Boston Gazette in 1812.   It was used when the electoral boundaries in Massachusetts were redrawn to help the …