Dale Johnson@DaleJohnsonBBC

Football Issues Correspondent @BBCSport. Lots of VAR, plus regulations, coefficients and permutations. Views my own. Ex-ESPN.

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How much did Man City's rule breaking cost your team? Assessment of the financial impact on the 35 clubs who played in the Premier League 2009-2018. 📌 League placing prize money 📌 Champions League earnings 📌 Europa League payments 📌 Relegation 👇 bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…

Manchester City charges: How much did their rule breaking cost your team?

The potential impact of Manchester City's rule breaking runs deep, including missed Champions League qualification, relegation and Premier League prize money.

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The double drop from the Premier League to League One seems to be becoming more common. This year, Burnley could be the third club in successive seasons to double drop. With parachute payments set to be reconfigured, could it happen more? 👇 bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…

Premier League to League One - is double drop becoming more common?

Back-to-back relegations to the third tier of English football are becoming more common and this season Burnley could make it a hat-trick after Luton Town and Leicester.

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The first tentative steps to end the 3pm TV blackout have been taken by Scottish football as it seeks offers for the next broadcast cycle. This cycle provides a unique opportunity as rights deals for the Premier League, EFL and SPFL all end in 2028-29. bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…

Scottish football could pave way for 3pm TV blackout to end

The first tentative steps to end the 3pm television blackout in the UK have been taken by Scottish football as it seeks offers for the next broadcast cycle.

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Arsene Wenger's "daylight" offside trial is unlikely to be extended after receiving a lack of support at the International Football Association Board's (Ifab) assessment panels on Tuesday. All the details of today's meeting. 👇 bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…

Arsene Wenger's 'daylight' offside goal trial unlikely to be extended over lack of Ifab support

Arsene Wenger's "daylight" offside trial is unlikely to be extended after receiving a lack of support at the Ifab assessment panels.

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No player will need to go off here because two teammates have collided and both required treatment.
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The KMI Panel results create the merit table which contributes to 50% of each referee's pay.
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Prob 3-2, or 4-1. Either way 🤷 What are we doing here? BTW if the panel judges a red card is incorrect, does that lead to sanctions on the ref? Or is it just a bit of a review type thing, for the sake of it?
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Referee Thomas Bramall. Also the referee for Sunderland v Brighton who gave a red card for DOGSO through VAR. That was overturned on appeal by the FA because there was clear doubt whether keeper or striker gets there first. Same situation here. #IPSFOR
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I think the referee has made the correct decision to reject the red card and give a yellow. The speed the ball moves suggests it was a possible scoring chance rather than obvious. Close call though and more a red than Struijk.
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I reckon that if Bramall had shown a red card there, Ipswich would not have won the appeal. Which shows the slight randomness of the appeal process.
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The VAR got involved for a red. The referee rejected the red card and decided it was only worthy of a yellow. Once at the monitor the referee can do whatever he wants.
Lee@leesb1977
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Didn’t think VAR got involved with yellow cards,shouldn’t he have just looked at the screen and if he decided it wasn’t a red then just play on.
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Crazy stat. Up until this year, no team in English football had EVER gone a full year without a home win. In 2026, TWO teams have done it. Sheffield Wednesday set the record at 376 days in May. Burnley will surpass it, reaching 378 days when they are next at home on 31 Oct.
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It appears to be over. If all of Asia, Africa and Conmebol - and 10 of the 11 members of Oceania - vote for Gianni Infantino he has 120 votes. He needs 106 to win. Unless Uefa can find a candidate, and uncover something to move the dial. Time was always on Infantino's side.
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Aug 10: Asian football chief Sheikh Salman signs letter with UEFA & Concacaf condemning Infantino for “profound failure of judgement” & “deception” over WC sell-off plot Oct 23: Salman endorses Infantino for FIFA re-election, vowing “full commitment” bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…
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Aug 10: Asian football chief Sheikh Salman signs letter with UEFA & Concacaf condemning Infantino for “profound failure of judgement” & “deception” over WC sell-off plot Oct 23: Salman endorses Infantino for FIFA re-election, vowing “full commitment” bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…

Gianni Infantino: Asian football chief gives Fifa president re-election lift

Gianni Infantino's hopes of being re-elected Fifa president are enhanced by an endorsement from the Asian Football Confederation.

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Howard Webb the foul by Newcastle's Sven Botman's on Aston Villa's Nicolas Jackson was a "high-end reckless challenge". He backed the VAR's decision not to intervene for a red card on referee's call. NB: A reckless challenge is a yellow card. 👇 bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…

Howard Webb backs VAR over Botman challenge on Jackson

Premier League referees' chief Howard Webb says Sven Botman's challenge on Nicolas Jackson was a "high-end reckless challenge" but backed the video assistant referee's decision not to intervene for a...

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Uefa has given Fifa and Gianni Infantino a two-week deadline to release documents relating to its governance, covering issues like FFE and the Peace Prize. In a letter seen by BBC Sport, Uefa says "a number of fundamental questions" remain unanswered. 👇 bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…

Gianni Infantino: Uefa gives Fifa deadline to release key documents

Uefa's letter contained 42 questions, covering Fifa's failed private investment proposals, its Peace Prize and the fallout from Folarin Balogun's World Cup red card.

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ICYMI A few weeks ago I sat down with Brighton's sporting director. He talked through how Brighton identify, attract and nurture young players around the world. Turning them from rough diamonds in to transfer gold. 👇
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EXCL: Brighton sporting director Mike Cave on the data-led recruitment and player development strategy. 🔷 Smart use of buy-to-loan market 🔷 Clear development pathways 🔷 Key examples past, present + future 🔷 Positive net spend ➕ Loads more 👇 bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…
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As it stands Manchester City are guilty of all charges related to the Premier League financial rules. But the club continue to insist they are innocent. Do City have any grounds to win their appeal? 👇 bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…

Man City charges: Do Premier League club have grounds for their appeal?

Manchester City face "substantial hurdles" to overcome if they are to have any chance of winning their appeal after being found guilty of breaking the Premier League's financial rules, a leading...

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