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Effects of crowd size on referee decisions: Analysis of the FA Cup

Paul Downward School of Sport and Exercise Science, Loughborough University, LoughboroughCorrespondence[email protected]
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Marc Jones Centre for Sport and Exercise Research, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Pages 1541-1545 | Accepted 12 Feb 2007, Published online: 04 Oct 2007

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