THE FA have axed World Cup final linesman Darren Cann from officiating a Crystal Palace game FOR THE SECOND TIME after forgetting he used to play for the Eagles’ reserve team. Despite the 47-year-old having run the line in the planet’s biggest football match at Brazil 2014 – and the 2010 Champions League final between Inter Milan […]
HIGHER standards in football refereeing have brought about an unexpected change… the end of the home advantage. According to new research, football in the UK has changed beyond recognition in the last few decades and home advantage has been steadily eroded. Dr Tom Webb, a sports scientist at the University of Portsmouth, said referees at […]
PREMIER LEAGUE players that were one booking away on New years eve from suspension were happy to see 2017 roll in. It will now take 10 bookings for a player to receive a match ban before April 2, so those with just one booking remaining before having to miss a match now have six more […]
THE Greek FA have suspended all matches in a drastic response to a suspected arson attack on referee chief Georgios Bikas’ house. It comes just four days after another bombshell hit the country’s sport, with all three members of its new ref commission quitting due to threats from unidentified thugs. Neither Bikas nor any of his […]
POLICE are hunting an amateur footballer accused of killing a referee by headbutting him after he was red-carded. Fans thought the official had fainted after being knocked unconscious in the assault. Keep up to date with ALL the Premier League news, gossip, transfers and goals on our club page plus fixtures, results and live match commentary But […]