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A screen displays a VAR result during the League Two play-off final at Wembley Stadium, London, May 19, 2024
THE Premier League is “in denial” about fans’ concerns around VAR, the Football Supporters Association (FSA) has said.
An independent survey commissioned by the league has found that 77 per cent — almost four in five — of those questioned support keeping VAR with improvements to the way it is used, in stark contrast to an FSA survey of almost 10,000 supporters from last summer.
That survey found almost two-thirds (63.3 per cent) wanted to scrap the use of the technology, and only one in 20 who had experienced VAR in stadiums rated their experience of it as good or very good.
As football grapples with overloaded calendars and commercial pressure, the Mariners’ triumph reminds us why the game’s soul lives far from the spotlight, writes JAMES NALTON
