Filling the void
Summer is meant to be a happy time isn’t it?, with holidays and barbecues and the like.
But if, like 2009, there’s no top-level international football tournament on, then it’s a season of doubt, anxiety and confusion.
In all honesty, when the domestic fixture calendar is in full swing, at least 50 per cent of my thinking [...]
‘But where do they stand?’
After UEFA announced fifth and sixth officials, or ‘goal referees’ would be used in the Europa League next season, we asked resident UK referee Andy Telford, a level seven Cheshire FA official, for his thoughts.
“This is a real interesting one.
The extra officials would cause problems due to lack of officials already. Many games at my [...]
PROFILE: Esteban Granero
Who?: A young Getafe midfielder and one of the stacks of players who start off through the Real Madrid system and end up at less glamorous clubs, then explode back into the limelight.
Has recently been showing fine form in La Liga which could see Real exercise a buy-back option on him, or attract the interest [...]