I Can't Stop Thinking About VAR: Forward by Jonathan Wilson
SHORTLISTED IN THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2025
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR
Is it football any more?
'Fascinating and persuasive' The Herald
āEveryone involved in the VAR controversy should read this short, beautifully-written book and think againā Sir Michael Barber
In 2019, the English Premier League introduced the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), a way of using technology to review and correct the on-field refereeās decisions. Itās been a disaster: players hate it, managers hate it, pundits line up to pour scorn on its decisions, and fans have coined the chant āitās not football any moreā to describe its effect on the game.
Almost every other sport in the world has managed to integrate technology into its decision-making process. Why is football failing so badly? Is it a special case, or have the gameās authorities got something wrong? And what does the controversy about VAR tell us about the nature of authority, rationality and technology in the 21st century?
I Can't Stop Thinking About VAR: Forward by Jonathan Wilson
SHORTLISTED IN THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2025
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR
Is it football any more?
'Fascinating and persuasive' The Herald
āEveryone involved in the VAR controversy should read this short, beautifully-written book and think againā Sir Michael Barber
In 2019, the English Premier League introduced the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), a way of using technology to review and correct the on-field refereeās decisions. Itās been a disaster: players hate it, managers hate it, pundits line up to pour scorn on its decisions, and fans have coined the chant āitās not football any moreā to describe its effect on the game.
Almost every other sport in the world has managed to integrate technology into its decision-making process. Why is football failing so badly? Is it a special case, or have the gameās authorities got something wrong? And what does the controversy about VAR tell us about the nature of authority, rationality and technology in the 21st century?
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SHORTLISTED IN THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2025
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR
Is it football any more?
'Fascinating and persuasive' The Herald
āEveryone involved in the VAR controversy should read this short, beautifully-written book and think againā Sir Michael Barber
In 2019, the English Premier League introduced the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), a way of using technology to review and correct the on-field refereeās decisions. Itās been a disaster: players hate it, managers hate it, pundits line up to pour scorn on its decisions, and fans have coined the chant āitās not football any moreā to describe its effect on the game.
Almost every other sport in the world has managed to integrate technology into its decision-making process. Why is football failing so badly? Is it a special case, or have the gameās authorities got something wrong? And what does the controversy about VAR tell us about the nature of authority, rationality and technology in the 21st century?
