£24000 a game offered by the Mafia to Uefa referees to fix matches

30’000 francs offers from the mafia to UEFA referees That is the headline in the Swiss paper 20min, and normally at this point I’d be saying “Why do the Europeans cover these stories but not the English papers?” But in fact this time it is the other way around, because the story broke in the …

It’s not the transfer window that’s the issue it is AFCON

By Sir Hardly Anyone Players have started to pack their bags, as tomorrow, 3 January is the day by which they are obliged to turn up at their national training camp for the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.    The government’s official website on travelling abroad refers readers thinking about being in Cameroon to …

Arsenal match Man City, but can’t beat the ref. But why do refs behave like this?

By Tony Attwood In our pre-game article we used the home/away analysis that is regularly included before a match, this time to suggest that the result might be closer than was generally considered by the pro-Mancunian punidts… Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts 2 Arsenal home 9 7 1 1 17 …

Manchester City v Arsenal: The Team

by Bulldog Drummond According to the BBC website Arsenal don’t have a chance as they suggest, “As much as Arsenal have improved, and as good as their home record is – only Manchester City’s is better this season – there is still a huge gulf between these two sides. “The difference is not going to be …