Tag: VAR

  • The most controversial VAR moments of the 2019/20 Premier League season

    The most controversial VAR moments of the 2019/20 Premier League season

    As we now look ahead to the 2020/21 Premier League season and what that may look like in the current climate with all the schedule changes that are coming, now makes for a good time to reflect on Year One of VAR. Having been brought into the Premier League this past season after successful trials […]

  • Which teams have benefitted the most from VAR in the Premier League this season?

    Which teams have benefitted the most from VAR in the Premier League this season?

    With the return of the Premier League now under a week away, the sense of anticipation for the run-in is at an all-time high nationwide. While Liverpool have all-but sewn up the Premier League title, both the race for European football and the battle to avoid relegation remain in the balance.  One of the biggest […]

  • Ask The Ref: Q&A Week 3

    Ask The Ref: Q&A Week 3

    Hi, from me, Dermot Gallagher, and welcome to another week’s football, albeit through my blog and with the aid of your questions. With football returning in The Bundesliga last weekend, what better place to start. Although the round of fixtures did not overwork the VAR it certainly reminded one reader of a few incidents in […]

  • Ask The Ref : VAR – The Decisions That Caused Debate

    Ask The Ref : VAR – The Decisions That Caused Debate

    From the outset it was always known that decisions judged by the VAR wouldn’t bring universal agreement – it was never there to bring utopia but as a tool to supplement referee’s onfield decisions that would right a clear and obvious error involving a match changing decision. Since August I’ve seen numerous cases of the […]