The Death of the Political Referee
Institutional Trust and the New British Cynicism I recently found myself thinking about a controversial refereeing decision in a football match. A defender was quite clearly shoved to the ground in his own penalty box by an attacking forward. Yet the attacker was not penalised. Even allowing for the fact that the ball was not in play, this seemed to me to be a clear and deliberate attempt to bring another player down. I can’t claim to be knowledgeable about the rules of football, so I set about finding out what they actually say.
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