Graham Poll | The Transfer Tavern

Olympic Spirit Sadly Absent From The Modern Premier League

It wasn’t too long ago that the whole world was marveling at the displays of great sportsmanship and dignity at the London Olympic and...

Referees, the bane of every supporter at least once during the season. Consistency, fairness, and general intelligence seem to be beyond the...

When refs make a bad decision it is usually the talk of the pub for years. Baz will tell Daz that “If...

Who’d be a referee? Take the unpopularity of Piers Morgan, Heather Mills and Catholic Priests and multiply them by any corrupt 20th...

Ali Bin Nasser 1986 Never has two goals so fitfully defined the football culture of a nation. Diego Maradona’s second goal against...

Ah, Graham Poll. The most experienced English referee of all time. He was supposed to be the one ref in this country...

This weekend’s FA Cup tie between Portsmouth and Birmingham had its fair share of refereeing controversy. Did Liam Ridgewell’s header cross the...

There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding referees recently – when isn’t there? – with the debate about diving having been brought...