The movement to overthrow the Court of Arbitration for Sport is growing

By Tony Attwood Many of us have for many years been worried about CAS (the Court of Arbitration for Sport), the Supreme Court of all the sports, because of its bizarre history of rulings.  There has been a feeling for a long time that CAS is remote, and of course, as the final arbiter, it …

How the media promotes violence among football supporters

By Sir Hardly Anyone There is a growing concern among our friends in the Toppled Bollard public house – favoured watering hole of the journalistic elite, that there is not enough antagonism and divisiveness in football at the moment.   Indeed, ever anxious to stoke up more nastiness, aggression, and ultimately violence Football.London, the website of …

Is Arsenal on the brink of trouble with such a tiny squad?

By Tony Attwood It is a story that has often been pushed around: Arsenal are in trouble because they have such a small squad.    Give me Sport for example on 1 February this year led with the headline Arsenal’s squad depth is seriously concerning, continuing with the sarcastic note that “Perhaps the only saving …