Should Manchester City have had fewer than 11 men on the pitch by the end?

    The forgotten issue of the power exerted by club owners on referees Eight games in, how are Arsenal doing compared to last year and the unbeaten season? By Sir Hardly Anyone It is not that often that there is a whole series of events in which the referee disagrees with most of the …

The forgotten issue of the power exerted by club owners on referees

      Eight games in, how are Arsenal doing compared to last year and the unbeaten season? Everyone knows that referees have clubs that they support.  That’s not a secret: PGMO referees have to declare who they support to their employer.  They are then not given any games involving that club, or their local …