Driving home yesterday from work, I couldnt help but think it was the start of the Football World going mad with the decision of the Premier League to become a traveling circus. It makes me laugh they want a winter break, dont want to play in the league cup, but give them £10m for going [...]
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The worlds gone mad!!
Posted in Africa Cup of Nations, Football, Premier League, Uefa, Video, soccer, youtube on February 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Referee’s to get extra eye’s
Posted in Football, News, Uefa, soccer on January 18, 2008 | No Comments »
That was the headline that greeted me earlier when I was reading theoffside.com.   Uefa are looking to experiment with 2 extra assistants.  These though wont be looking at offsides etc, but will manage the penalty area and look at goal lines decisions.
Ref Microphones
Posted in Football, Misc, Premier League, Uefa, Video, soccer, youtube on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
As you will notice now in the Premiership etc the Officials are all mic’d up.  Ive clearly never used this system but think that this must be a great addition to the existing communication channels.  To be able to talk to one another without have to go across must be useful.
I came across this video [...]
Euro 2008 Officials
Posted in Appointments, Euro 2008, Football, Uefa, soccer on December 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Despite the fact that England made a cock up of the qualification to Euro 2008. Its excellent news that there will be an Englishman going to the finals and who probably has a better chance that the England team of getting to the final.
Howard Webb, Darren Cann, and Mike Mullarky have all been named as [...]
