What happened in the Tottenham v Liverpool game at the weekend was truly extraordinary. I’m not even talking about the shambolic refereeing or the team with 9 men only losing to an own goal in injury time. Yet again, it’s about VAR. But this time, we’ve reached a whole new lowpoint in the (mis)use ofContinue reading “Not just another dodgy VAR call”
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Confessions of an armchair football fan
When I was young, I was convinced that in later life, I’d live in Liverpool and have a season ticket for Anfield. As a boy, my Dad would take me to games, but money being tight, it was nowhere near as often as I wanted to go. When I’m grown up, I told myself againContinue reading “Confessions of an armchair football fan”
VAR: the epitome of joyless officialdom
I am deliberately writing this ahead of the biggest Premier League game in a couple of years, with Liverpool going to Manchester City on Sunday in a much-vaunted ‘title decider’. (I don’t think it will decide the title, but it will certainly have an impact.) I might or might not anticipate Anthony Taylor making aContinue reading “VAR: the epitome of joyless officialdom”
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