Arsenal are the New Stoke (according to an article in Talk Sport)

    Arsenal see off Man U with a greater understanding of how the game works Football in England is policed by football clubs and a secret cabal. by Tony Attwood Between 2007 and 2014, an average of 32 direct free-kicks were turned into goals each season, “but in 2023/24 only 11 direct free-kicks found …

Arsenal see off Man U with a greater understanding of how the game works

  Football in England is policed by football clubs and a secret cabal. Is that such a bad thing? By Tony Attwood So Arsenal survived and overturned the referee’s propensities.  Maybe our little piece on the referee showed him he’d been rumbled, or maybe he is a totally fair referee and each game is overseen …