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Football needs fixing, not VAR
Former England Footballer Stuart Pearce sits at a VAR station and is given a demonstration of how the system works during the VAR Media Briefing at Premier League Productions, Stockley Park, London
In a town shaped by hardship and history, a grassroots boxing club led by Andrew McFarlane gives purpose to the next generation — including a rising champion, writes JOHN WIGHT
THE uproar over such refereeing errors as we saw at the weekend is as crazy as the mad finances of many top teams, writes Neil Jenkin.
Not that I’m fond of this set-up, but it’s the way that the money-grabbing football authorities chose to go. They decided something hi-tech would sustain the credibility of their shiny product and set up Stockley Park.
There’s no hint of corruption in the air there: these VAR errors may or may not prove hugely costly for the clubs involved, but they are down to simple human error, not dastardly scheming.
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