How the impression refs have of certain clubs influences how they are treated

By Tony Attwood In my last article I suggested that there were numerous issues we had discovered with regards to refereeing in the Premier League.  In summary these are 1: The LSE research which shows how crowds influence referees.   This destroyed the PGMO assertion that referees are getting 99% of their calls right. 2: The …

Revealed: How clubs have evolved their “referee handling” tactics with such success

By Tony Attwood In my recent articles about the bias of referees in terms of favouring the home team when there is a crowd present, I have moved away from earlier commentaries on this site which have sought to show that there is persistent bias by referees in the Premier League. Now I want to …