MillionMilesAway
Well-Known Member
Cheers mate.
The Halsey accusations are new to me - I've read a few articles about his accusations because of your post. For the most part - it seems that his accusations are that FA management has pressured refs to toe the line - to not object - and I guess to call more fouls (for whatever reason).
This sort of management misbehavior is extremely undesirable and if Halsey is to be believed - FA management should be fired.
On the other hand - corruption in terms of throwing matches in favor of one team or another - did Halsey make such claims? I can't find anything along these lines.
It's all a bit complicated, but the PL pay for PGMOL - which is hardly ideal.
I don't think the FA have anything to do with it, having sold their power to the PL 30 years ago to spite the Football League.
I think Halsey was told to not mention some incidents or say he'd seen/not seen them:
if he saw them and acted, then it was dealt with
if he hadn't seen it, it could be reviewed after the match