We now know the top 4 for the end of the season: or do we? Moving on from the WHAM game and thinking positively about Newcastle away By Tony Attwood Suggesting that referees overseeing Premier League matches exhibit bias is not the same as suggesting they are corrupt, and to be completely …
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Moving on from the WHAM game and thinking positively about Newcastle away By Tony Attwood In a piece in The Athletic there is a rather interesting sentence: “Since the inaugural 20-team Premier League season in 1995-96, the vast majority of teams (38 percent) have shifted by just one place — or stayed …
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Why do Liverpool get so few yellow cards for tackling, and why can’t other clubs try the same approach? Is VAR favouring certain clubs? Do players need more of a rest between seasons? By Tony Attwood Arsenal last won the League Cup in 1993 – the season in which the club won the …
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