Let’s regain Eusebio’s spirit of the game
One of the perks of being a referee years ago was that you had the opportunity …
Author: Dick Sawdon Smith
Diving must be stopped says Sepp Blatter – but is it that easy?
Once again I am prompted to return to what the law book describes as ‘attempting to …
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Players’ mistakes can cost games so why always blame the referee?
Brendan Rogers has progressed well since his painfully short term as Reading Manager and is now …
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Did Lloris need to scramble to save goal from drop ball?
The League Cup seems to be well down the pecking order when it comes to clubs’ …
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Fifty years of instant replay torture
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the anniversary of the founding of the Football …
Can Platini introduce the sin bin into football?
For many years, Michel Platini, the renowned French ex-footballer, was the right-hand man of Fifa President …
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A book that changed the world
One hundred and fifty years ago this week, 8th December 1863, a meeting of ex public …
Is football seen as the cheating game?
Reading Prison closed its doors to wrongdoers for the last time last Friday, after 170 years. …
Technology is already helping with decisions
For many years now there have been calls to use technology in football in order to …
Players don’t always have to leave the pitch after injury treatment
A very unusual incident happened at the Reading v Queens Park Rangers match at the Madejski …
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