Archive for the ‘Interesting’ Category

Do we need more officials?

As your aware UEFA have been experimenting with goal line officials as an alternative to goal line technology.  There’s a really good piece of the BBC site today about how this works and the benefits.  I’m not sure its the way to go, but hey if they need more officials then there may be a [...]

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FA Respect

There has been a lot of talk in the media regards the FA’s respect campaign.  While its had its critics (it seems all the ex pros’s that moan about anything as it was all good back in the old days).   Something has to be tried.
There has been a lot of talk regards the campaign, and [...]

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How far?

I always remember reading when i first started out that  Referee could cover up to 6 miles during a game.  Ive always wondered how accurate this is.  It cant be the easiest thing to measure as you dont run in straight lines, the same distance or laps of a pitch.
However the PGMOL with the power [...]

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What is a red card worth

So apparently the Premier League Chairman will meet tomorrow and one of the things they are discussing is a proposal to review the suspension received for a red card.   The proposal is to sit after each game and discuss what they feel is fair.   The current system roughly gives you a game ban for a [...]

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Google Earth – Weird Pitch

Ive just been told about this from a work colleague.  If you type in to goggle earth or map Brook Street, Stoneclough and move to the north east of the map you see this wonderful pitch.  I wonder who marked it out.
Id love to know if its still like this and if anyone has every [...]

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