FROM THE MIDDLE: Mike Dean’s VAR tale
Mike Dean was one of my favourite Premier League referees, perhaps because he was so different from the rest. He ...
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FROM THE MIDDLE: Why all the yellow cards?
If you were at Reading Football Club's first League One's match, you may have thought that the referee was perhaps ...
FROM THE MIDDLE: Women’s World Cup brings welcome to new season
Readers of this column in previous years will know that I have long supported women's football, having refereed it in ...
FROM THE MIDDLE: Women’s football World Cup on the horizon
Last week I wrote that May signified the end of the footballing season, which is how we see it in ...
FROM THE MIDDLE: Disallowed goal ignites Reading FC comeback against Watford
At Reading Football Club's home match against promotion seeking Watford last weekend there was one incident, a denied goal for ...
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FROM THE MIDDLE: Controversial World Cup comes to an end
So it's over. What was probably the most talked about and controversial of FIFA World Cups, has come to an ...
FROM THE MIDDLE: Referees at the 2022 Qatar World Cup
At the beginning of the FIFA World Cup, I was asked a couple of questions. The first one was 'are ...
FROM THE MIDDLE: The flip of a coin
The International Football Association Board, guardian of the Laws of the Game, announced a few months ago this seasons changes ...
FROM THE MIDDLE: Referee mic’d up for Reading v Chelsea in Women’s Super League
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