Author: Ben Briggs
Frustration among football fans is nothing new – but the Premier League’s financial sustainability rules have driven it to new heights on Tyneside. Ben Briggs explores why and whether financial freedom might be on the horizon. Last Tuesday marked four years since the the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia spent £300million to acquire […]
Last weekend’s Premier League fixtures yet again sparked debate over the state of officiating in football and whether, despite the introduction of VAR, things have taken a turn for the worse or not. VAR was, of course, involved in a number of these contentious decisions: firstly overturning a first-half penalty initially awarded to Arsenal […]
Football fans have questioned whether the game’s most prestigious awards are more about celebrity than talent, after none of the trophy-winning England Lionesses – including North East star Lucy Bronze – were named top individual player in this year’s Ballon d’Or. The usual storm of controversy among fans erupted again this year, in the wake […]
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