Recent content by Reggie Tappolski

I watched the Lewis incident live at the time and he took an absolute age to leave the pitch after his extended protests of innocence. I thought at the time he'll be in trouble for that.

The same. I thought there must be something wrong with me but remember reading Alan Hansen gave up MOTD due to the nerves which made me more comfortable with mine. And to the OP, you'll be learning to drive in a year; you won't be a perfect driver after one lesson. It's the same with...

2002 was when I ruptured my achilles. It was 18 months later until I was back on the football field. If that sounds like bad news then the good news is I am still refereeing 22 years later and have never had a problem with that achilles since.

Making mistakes is part of learning. It's only when you make the same mistake on multiple occasions that you need to beat yourself up.

It did seem like karma was at work when Ruiz had his penalty saved having laid prone for an age after the slightest contact from the England defender. Only slow motion would deem that a penalty. My breath was held in case Trafford's feet had strayed an inch off his line before making the penalty...

It's probably wishful thinking but I'd like to see the lawmakers delegitimise the tactic of keeping the ball in the corner quadrant. Say, once the ball has been in the quadrant for more than 3 seconds, active play is then considered at a stalemate and a goal kick is awarded. This would prevent...

I have just finished watching C4's showing of the '66 World Cup Final in colour - anyone else see it? First time I've seen it. I wonder what the perception of the officials' performance was back in 1966. I suppose no one cared too much as we won but it certainly seemed quirky to me. One example...