Fifa announced the list of referees for the World Cup today and for the first time since 1938 there is not one British name on the list.
Is it just me that sees the irony in this, or am I making up the irony? The International Football Association Board which determines the laws of football and any changes is made up of representatives of the football associations of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, together with Fifa. This goes backs to the days when football started and it was the British who wrote the rules. The referees enforce these rules but not one of them at football's showcase event are from England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
The IFAB recently recommended the use of the controversial video assistant referee (VAR) in at Russia 2018. But again, none of the referees from the associations that introduced VAR to the World Cup are going to be a part of its' introduction to the World Cup.
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