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VAR Efficacy Citations:
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13066177/var-premier-league-claims-96-per-cent-of-referee-decisions-are-correct-so-what-is-future-of-technology-in-football
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/45340176/every-premier-league-var-error-ranking-winners-losers-referee-stats-2024-25
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S3050544526000174
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17479541251391395
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0345704
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-referee-decisions-soccer-frequently-overturned.html
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1769008/full
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24748668.2024.2340195
Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misguided/202506/why-people-believe-conspiracy-theories
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"So close yet so VAR" is an episode of Poddenham Podspur (Spurs Podcast). Runtime 45 min. Published May 15, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.