Posts by Tony Robinson
VAR – What Is It Good For? The Premier League’s Video Replay Problem
After watching the three Premier League matches on July 9/20 the 1969 Edwin Starr song “War – What is it good for?” popped into me head followed by the line “Absolutely nothing” and then it became “VAR – What is it good for?” well you get the rest. Ask Dean Smith, Eddie Howe, Carlo Ancelotti…
Read MoreSmoke Bombs Away As Blackpool Invades the Wham Stadium
When there’s smoke there’s usually fire but in the case of Blackpool F.C.’s match against Accrington Stanley F.C. on a beautiful sunny warm afternoon in East Lancashire there wasn’t a fire but rather two smoke bombs thrown only minutes apart early in the second half. In the same fixture last season a few “numpties” from…
Read MoreCanadian Premier League: Introduction To Professional Soccer In Canada
By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, Wikipedia In this day and age you don’t often hear of a new Professional Football league starting up but that has happened in 2019 here in Canada. Starting any new professional sports league is not an easy task as we see every few years in the United States, almost every…
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