Watching your team play on a cold Tuesday night in January to watch your team really tests the mettle of even the most ardent football fan. An unwanted record that is likely never to be beaten happened on this day in 1993 as a meagre crowd of 3,039 turned up to watch Wimbledon host Everton […]
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Referee Appointments – Week 20 (Midweek) Premier League
Tuesday 26th January CRYSTAL PALACE V WEST HAM UNITED KO 18.00 BTReferee: Stuart Attwell. Assistants: Dan Cook, Peter Kirkup. Fourth official: Simon Hooper. VAR: Graham Scott. Assistant VAR: Derek Eaton. NEWCASTLE UNITED V LEEDS UNITED KO 18.00 BTReferee: Anthony Taylor. Assistants: Gary Beswick, James Mainwaring. Fourth official: Peter Bankes. VAR: Jared Gillett. Assistant VAR: Constantine […]
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Football’s Greatest Goals No.46
This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ was scored by Gary McAllister for Leeds United against Liverpool on 29th August 1992. Leeds were the reigning league champions and Liverpool had won the FA Cup the previous season. The two clubs had played out a thrilling seven-goal thriller in the Charity Shield three weeks earlier, with Leeds winning 4-3. […]
Premier League Referee Appointments 19th-21st January (Midweek)
TUESDAY 19TH JANUARY WEST HAM UNITED V WEST BROMWICH ALBION KO 18:00Referee: Graham Scott. Assistants: Neil Davies, Simon Long. Fourth official: Gavin Ward. VAR: Darren England. Assistant VAR: Stephen Child. LEICESTER CITY V CHELSEA KO 20.15 SKYReferee: Craig Pawson. Assistants: Ian Hussin, Sian Massey-Ellis. Fourth official: Jonathan Moss. VAR: Andre Marriner. Assistant VAR: Stephen Child. […]
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Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
REFEREE PERFORMANCE REVIEW PREMIER LEAGUE WEEK 19 Saturday 16 January WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS VS WEST BROMWICH ALBION Result: 2-3Referee: Michael Oliver Assistants: Stuart Burt, Simon Bennett Fourth official: Andy Madley VAR: David Coote Assistant VAR: Nick HoptonWest Brom opened the scoring from the penalty mark in the eighth minute of the game after Referee Oliver had been in a good position to judge that the […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.71
Referee Andy D’Urso became a Football League referee in 1994 before getting promoted to the Premier League in 1999. He made front and back page news in his first season in England’s top flight in an incident that features as this week’s ‘Iconic Moment’. D’Urso was appointed as the man in charge of the Premier […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
REFEREE PERFORMANCE REVIEW PREMIER LEAGUE WEEK 17 Before I commence my review, I want to highlight the performance of a young referee in the Sheffield Wednesday vs Derby County game.Matthew Donohue, a young referee from the North West, delivered a terrific performance, his movement and positioning was excellent, His management of players through good communication […]
On This Day – 1st January
Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny’s year started badly on this day back in 2015. His Arsenal side lost 2-0 and he was at fault for both Southampton’s goals and picked up a £20,000 fine! Sadio Mane opened the scoring after 34 minutes. The Senegalese forward chased after a long ball down the right wing and managed […]
On This Day – 30th December
There was a Premier League first on this day back in 2009 in the match played between Portsmouth and Arsenal. It was the first time ever that a game was played in the top flight where both starting line-ups hadn’t got a single Englishman! In all, seven French players started the match and there were […]
Officially Speaking – with Keith Hackett
PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE PERFORMANCE REVIEW WEEK 15SATURDAY 26TH DECEMBER 2020 LEICESTER CITY V MANCHESTER UNITED Result 2-2Referee: Mike Dean. Assistants: Ian Hussin, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Robert Jones. VAR: Graham Scott. Assistant VAR: Neil Davies. Manchester United’s Rashford should have opened the scoring with an open goal but he put his header over the bar. […]