penalties

No Question of Bias

Umpiring and refereeing can be a thankless task. When you have a good game very few even notice your existence, and praise is rarely forthcoming. Make one decision that people don’t like, whether it is right or wrong and you

The Price of Conceding Late

Penalties have been around in a number of sports almost since the first rules were formalised. While penalties to decide the outcome of drawn fixtures have been in place for almost half a century in most sports. The penalty in

The Deadend

Sometimes in sport being talented is not enough. As we frequently hear in football today players are rejected because they are too small; they didn’t say that to Maradona or Lionel Messi! Then there are players with a bad attitude,

This Sporting Life

If current players influence the players of the future, and the top coaches of the past and today influence many coaching and planning to coach, who influences sports administrators? This may seem a strange question, but personally I am greatly

An evening with Paul Parker

An evening with Paul Parker

Former Manchester United and England defender Paul Parker will be in Perth for “An Evening with Paul Parker” hosted by Not the Footy Show’s Ashley Morrison at the Theatre in the State Library in Northbridge, Perth. Parker grew up watching