Brighton are going through an incredibly dodgy patch of late, having won none of their last seven Premier League games. Fives have been draws and two have been defeats. The goal tally is seven for ...

Put these figures together and we find that Mr Coote gives out 37% more cards than Mr Taylor which means how many cards a club gets depends on which referees that club sees. It also makes it worth ...

Arsenal are now back to within a point of where we were last season after 19 games, although still a considerable way off where the club was two seasons ago at the 19 game point. But then we haven’t ...

Is Brentford’s tiny stadium a benefit to them? Probably yes when we have, as we do on this occasion, a home-biased referee who has seen 80% of his matches end as home wins. As a result Arenal are ...

From the Premier League referee who almost never sees a home win, to a referee who hardly ever sees an away win… The Premier League has appointed Peter Bankes as the referee for the trip to Brentford ...

But it was only 26 days ago that they were being dismissed by the pundits following a run of three defeats and one win (over Ipwich Town) that they were being talked of as anything but top four having ...

Brentford v Arsenal, 1 January 5.30pm Live on TNT and Discovery Plus. Obviously TNT costs quite a lot for a subscription but it would appear from its on site advertising that Discover Plus allows one ...

OK if you have stayed with me this far you are possibly thinking, “Tony’s really lost it this time – he’s posted a political commentary on the wrong blog.” But now, if you think of the points raised ...

To psychologists, this phenomenon of drawing conclusions from limited information is well-known and widespread but this fact seems to be persistently ignored by football journalists, who often have ...