How the Premier League table will look by the end of the season

      The majority of PL teams end the season within two places of where they were after 12 games.   Refereeing in the League is out of control, and things are getting worse Foreign owners of clubs blocks Premier League reform at league meeting By Tony Attwood We have wondered what the league table …

Refereeing in the League is out of control, and things are getting worse

    Foreign owners of clubs block Premier League reform at league meeting Which clubs get yellow cards for their managers as well as their players? By Tony Attwood PGMO is at the moment very much on the attack against clubs and players – most recently with a new directive “to penalise dissent in the …

Foreign owners of clubs blocks Premier League reform at league meeting

  Which clubs get yellow cards for their managers as well as their players? The effects of Manchester City and Chelsea’s possible transgressions on Arsenal By Tony Attwood Ever since it emerged that Everton, Chelsea and Manchester City were each being pursued by the Premier League over breaches of the League’s financial regulations, we’ve been …

Which clubs get yellow cards for their managers as well as their players?

      The effects of Manchester City and Chelsea’s possible transgressions on Arsenal The finance scandal: conclusion. Win or lose, Man City will bring about turmoil by Tony Attwood It suddenly struck me that I’d never looked into the issue of the number of yellow and red cards that various managers get from referees.  …

The effects of Manchester City and Chelsea’s possible transgressions on Arsenal

    How the media’s hypocrisy over VAR is both astonishing and shameful. After the Everton case what happens to Chelsea and Manchester City? By Nitram When it comes to the possible transgressions of both Chelsea and Manchester City, there is a lot of talk about the possible sanctions that could be imposed upon them.  …

The finance scandal: conclusion. Win or lose, Man City will bring about turmoil

    Girona and Manchester City: two clubs, two brothers and…. something strange in Spain After the Everton case what happens to Chelsea and Manchester City? The real problem that faces Manchester City By Tony Attwood Now we come to the postscript of my ramblings about the Everton, Chelsea and Manchester City cases in the …

Girona and Manchester City: two clubs, two brothers and…. something strange in Spain

      How the media’s hypocrisy over VAR is both astonishing and shameful. After the Everton case what happens to Chelsea and Manchester City? Girona, way out at the top of the Spanish League has a Guardiola in charge and the City Group owning the business By Tony Attwood It is not unknown for …

How the media’s hypocrisy over VAR is both astonishing and shameful.

    After the Everton case what happens to Chelsea and Manchester City? The football sin of “failing to co-operate” and why the League went after Everton By Nitram and Tony Attwood A recent headline in the Sun read, “DISGRACED: Mikel Faces Ban Over Ref Rant.”  It was a clear case of judging first and …

After the Everton case what happens to Chelsea and Manchester City?

      The football sin of “failing to co-operate” and why the League went after Everton Why has Everton been hit so hard and what if the rest of the gang just say “no”? Everton deducted 10 points, next the legal cases, then Chelsea, then Man C, then… By Tony Attwood First, where have …

The football sin of “failing to co-operate” and why the League went after Everton

      Why has Everton been hit so hard and what if the rest of the gang just say “no”? Everton deducted 10 points, next the legal cases, then Chelsea, then Man C, then… It has been suggested in the comments to the last piece that “Everton were the easy target” for the League …

Why has Everton been hit so hard and what if the rest of the gang just say “no”?

    The implications of the Everton ruling are earth-shattering Everton deducted 10 points, next the legal cases, then Chelsea, then Man C, then… The proof of a bias among Premier League referees against southern teams By Tony Attwood So now we have two giant stories running at once.  First there is the attempt by …

Everton deducted 10 points, next the legal cases, then Chelsea, then Man C, then…

    The proof of a bias among Premier League referees against southern teams First the verdict, then the charge. Arteta has not the slightest chance of a fair hearing By Tony Attwood Everton have had their league total of points cut from 14 to four for breaching financial fair play rules.The Telegraph has immediate …

The proof of a bias among Premier League referees against southern teams

    First the verdict, then the charge. Arteta has not the slightest chance of a fair hearing Arsenal players on international call-up. Who might be returned injured? By Tony Attwood (with the help of a map) 61% of all active PL referees come from the north: none come from London and the home counties. …

First the verdict, then the charge. Arteta has not the slightest chance of a fair hearing

    The Chelsea Papers mean we now have two PL clubs under investigation The Premier League – the world’s most incompetent sports league By Tony Attwood As anticipated Mikel Arteta has been charged by the FA concerning his behaviour in describing the issue of the Newcastle goal.    Now in most circumstances, the media …

Arsenal players on international call-up. Who might be returned injured?

    The Chelsea Papers mean we now have two PL clubs under investigation The Premier League – the world’s most incompetent sports league By Tony Attwood Arsenal has players in a wide range of international matches that are being played in the coming days.   And indeed one such game has already been played: Belgium …

The Chelsea Papers mean we now have two PL clubs under investigation

    The Premier League – the world’s most incompetent sports league Arsenal are now the second most valuable football club in the world The crises affecting football By Tony Attwood I suspect that if any other part of British industry or culture was in the same state as football in England at the moment …

The Premier League – the world’s most incompetent sports league

      Arsenal are now the second most valuable football club in the world When will the government finally act over the safety and well being of young footballers? By Christophe Jost The Premier League’s refereeing could be in a dreadful mess for either of two reasons.  It could be incompetence or it could …

Arsenal are now the second most valuable football club in the world

    When will the government finally act over the safety and well being of young footballers? The Premier League clubs that are progressing and those that are slipping away Arsenal will be joint top of the league by Christmas: the Untold predictions By Tony Attwood Meandering around the multiplicity of figures that appear day …

When will the government finally act over the safety and well being of young footballers?

        The Premier League clubs that are progressing and those that are slipping away Arsenal will be joint top of the league by Christmas: the Untold predictions By Tony Attwood I have written a number of times about the way in which football is allowed to go its own way and do …

The Premier League clubs that are progressing and those that are slipping away

    Arsenal will be joint top of the league by Christmas: the Untold predictions Arsenal 2023 compared to the unbeaten campaign: you might be surprised By Tony Attwood International breaks are frustrating – at least in my house, given that the focus here is on league and cup football, and not international games.   But …

Arsenal will be joint top of the league by Christmas: the Untold predictions

    Arsenal 2023 compared to the unbeaten campaign: you might be surprised Arsenal Women – Continental Tyres Cup update and match report By Tony Attwood We have been looking at the current football season, off and on, through the notion that there are seven “big” clubs in the league, each of whom might at …

Arsenal 2023 compared to the unbeaten campaign: you might be surprised

    Arsenal Women – Continental Tyres Cup update and match report Arsenal rise, referee as expected, bonkers journalist, last six games triumph By Tony Attwood A quick glance at the league table might appear disappointing, after all that this stage last season we were top.   And yet a little bit more study will in …

Arsenal Women – Continental Tyres Cup update and match report

    Arsenal rise, referee as expected, bonkers journalist, last six games triumph Arsenal Women WSL Week 6 – Preview By Andrew Crawshaw On Thursday evening we played the first of our Continental Tyres Cup group stage games.  Definitely not what we wanted to be doing at this stage of the competition, but it is …

Arsenal rise, referee as expected, bonkers journalist, last six games triumph

    Arsenal Women WSL Week 6 – Preview Arsenal v Burnley: the referee, the fouls, the team and the result Arsenal continues to fail to excite the newspaper columnists and bloggers.  Today it is “sleepy Arsenal” and notes about how useless Burnley were.   Arsenal obviously can’t be responsible for the quality of the opposition, …