The traditional caricature of a British traffic warden is not a pleasant one. Indeed, in the TV series George & Mildred, the serial loser George Roper find himself in a position of unprecedented power when he discovers that his innate pedantry and generally bigoted outlook give him a distinct advantage.
Yesterday, we saw Brighton lose a game, by a penalty being given AFTER the final whistle was blown. This afternoon, Spurs dropped 2 points, thanks to VAR revisiting an alleged ‘handball’ that Eric Dier obviously didn’t know anything about.