Referee Appointments and Results Matchweek #11 complete with video evidence

by the Referee Review Team

1: Referee Appointments and Results Matchweek #11

 

Bournemouth vs. Sunderland [1-2] Referee – Mike Dean 1st Assistant Referee – Simon Long 2nd Assistant Referee – Ian Hussin Fourth Official – Lee Mason	Manchester City vs. Middlesbrough [1-1] Referee – Kevin Friend 1st Assistant Referee – Richard West 2nd Assistant Referee – Adrian Holmes Fourth Official – Mike Jones
West Ham United vs. Stoke City [1-1] Referee – Andre Marriner 1st Assistant Referee – Simon Beck 2nd Assistant Referee – Andy Garratt Fourth Official – James Adcock	Burnley vs. Crystal Palace [3-2] Referee – Anthony Taylor 1st Assistant Referee – Gary Beswick 2nd Assistant Referee – Edward Smart Fourth Official – Jon Moss
Chelsea vs. Everton [5-0] Referee – Robert Madley 1st Assistant Referee – Marc Perry 2nd Assistant Referee – Mick McDonough Fourth Official – Stuart Attwell	Arsenal vs. Tottenham [1-1] Referee – Mark Clattenburg 1st Assistant Referee – Jake Collin 2nd Assistant Referee – Simon Bennett Fourth Official – Andre Marriner
Liverpool vs. Watford [6-1] Referee – Michael Oliver 1st Assistant Referee – Stuart Burt 2nd Assistant Referee – Adam Nunn Fourth Official – Jon Moss	Hull City vs. Southampton [2-1] Referee – Graham Scott 1st Assistant Referee – Peter Kirkup 2nd Assistant Referee – David Bryan Fourth Official – Mike Jones
Swansea City vs. Manchester United [1-3] Referee – Neil Swarbrick 1st Assistant Referee – Scott Ledger 2nd Assistant Referee – Matthew Wilkes Fourth Official – Roger East	Leicester City vs. West Bromwich Albion [1-2] Referee – Craig Pawson 1st Assistant Referee – Stephen Child 2nd Assistant Referee – Harry Lennard Fourth Official – Martin Atkinson

2: Matchweek 11 Summary

A somewhat better week in terms of the total number of wrong Important Decisions with 22 across the 10 games, but that is still an average of two per game which is simply not good enough.  Three were for not given second yellow cards, 13 were for not given straight red cards, 5 were penalty incidents and the last was an incorrect goal.

Once again the incorrect decisions outnumber the correct ones by a ratio of two to one.

Referee of the Week with no wrong Important Decision – All referees made at least one wrong Important Decision so there is no award this week, however honourable mentions should go to Neil Swarbrick who only got one Important Decision wrong.  Anthony Taylor, Craig Pawson, Graham Scott and Mark Clattenburg each got two Important Decisions Correct but also two Wrong.

Worst Referee of the Week with four wrong Important Decisions was Michael Oliver (two straight red cards and two penalties).

3: Games where the referee arguably affected the result of the game

Mark Clattenburg – Arsenal v Tottenham  The match finished as a one all draw but we feel that Tottenham should have been reduced to 10 men in Min 44 with Wanyama dismissed for a second yellow card for an off the ball assault on Walcott.  At the time Arsenal were ahead by one goal to nil and we feel it highly probable that Arsenal would have made their player advantage count in the second half.

4: Lucky Players who should have been sent off but weren’t

• Straight Red Cards (should be missing the next three games) Kone (Sunderland), King (Bournemouth), Arfield (Burnley), Navas (Man City), Noble (West Ham), Amrabat (Watford), Holebas (Watford), Ibrahimović (United), Dawson (West Brom), Coleman (Everton), Bolasie (Everton) and Tadic (Southampton)
• Two Yellow Cards (should be missing the next game) Pineaar (Sunderland), Allen (Stoke) and Wanyama (Tottenham)
• Villain of the Week – This week there are a number of serious contenders for this award – frankly they all should be banned for far more than three games.  Zlatan Ibrahimović for a cowardly assault on Fer;  Nordin Amrabat for a studs up challenge on Firminho; Dusan Tadic for an awful challenge on the Hull No 25 and Wanyama for two deliberate elbows and a series of poor and late challenges.  Really you can take your pick but for me the prize should go to Ibrahimović

5: List of Major Errors on Matchweek #11

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1: No Red Card Against Lamine Kone (Min 36) – Kone has the attack in front of him and jumps above and elbows King in the front of his face. [Ref – Mike Dean]

Bournempouh v Sunderland Kone red card

2. No Red Card Against Steven Pienaar (Min 59) – Pienaar was already on a yellow card for a reckless foul earlier. In Min 59 he went lunging in, high foot above shin, studs up and stamped on Stanislas. The ref gave a second yellow card. But it should have been a direct red card. [Ref – Mike Dean]

Bournemouth v Sunderland Pienaar Yellow card

Bournemouth c Sunderland Pienaar second yellow or red card

Bournemouth v Sunderland Pienaar second yellow or red card 02

3. No Red Card Against Joshua King (Min 79) – King stepped on the ankle of Anichebe with his studs who was already down on the ground. [Ref – Mike Dean]

Bournemouth v Sunderland King red card

4. No Red Card Against Scott Arfield (Min 46) – Arfield stamps on the foot of Zaha even after the ball was played. [Ref – Anthony Taylor]

Burnley v Palace Arfield red

5. Wrong Goal Against Burnley (Min 60) – Wickham was in an offside position when he scored the goal. [Ref – Anthony Taylor]

Burnley v Palace Wickham offside goal

6. No Red Card Against Jesus Navas (Min 39) – Navas came in with his studs showing and made contact with the keeper and cut open his leg and left a bleeding wound. Serious foul play. [Ref – Kevin Friend]

Man City v Boro Navas red card 01

Man City v Boro Navas red card 02

Man City v Boro Navas red card 03

7. No Penalty For Man City (Min 81) – Boro No 3 made a push in the back of De Bruyne inside the box. [Ref – Kevin Friend]

Man City v Boro De Bruyne penalty 01

Man City v Boro De Bruyne penalty 02

8. No Second Yellow Card Against Joe Allen (Min 93) – Allen committed two reckless challenges but was only booked for one. [Ref – Andre Marriner]

West Ham v Stoke Allen Yellow card

West Ham v Stoke Allen second yellow card 01

West Ham v Stoke Allen second yellow 02

9. No Red Card Against Mark Noble (Min 88) – Noble made a late challenge with both feet and fouling Adams on both of his feet. [Ref – Andre Marriner]

West Ham v Stoke Noble red

10. No Penalty For Liverpool (Min 10) – Behrami was pulling Firmino’s shirt inside the box. [Ref – Michael Oliver]

Liverpool v Watford Firmino penalty

11. No Red Card Against Nordin Amrabat (Min 12) – the player was in front of him and still went in with his studs towards the stomach of the player: dangerous action and can cause serious internal injury. [Ref – Michael Oliver]

Liverpool v Watford Amrabat red

12. No Red Card Against Jose Holebas (Min 56) – Holebas kicked his studs of one foot on the ankle and the studs of his other foot on the knee of Mane. Serious foul play. [Ref – Michael Oliver]

Liverpool v Watford Holebas red

13. No Penalty For Liverpool (Min 80) – Firmino was pushed in the back by Kaboul inside the box. [Ref – Michael Oliver]

Liverpool v Watford Firmino second penalty

14. No Red Card Against Zlatan Ibrahimović (Min 76) – Ibrahimović kicks Fer in the face when on the ground, no need to make a kicking movement as there was no ball even near. [Ref – Neil Swarbrick]

Swansea v United Ibra red card

15. No Red Card Against Craig Dawson (Min 11) – Dawson swung an elbow in the face of Fuchs. [Ref – Craig Pawson]

Leicester v West Brom Dawson red

16. No Penalty For West Bromwich (Min 51) – Morgan fouled Dawson in a rugby like takedown inside the box. [Ref – Craig Pawson]

Leicester v West Brom Dawson penalty

17. No Red Card Against Seamus Coleman (Min 8) – Coleman fouled with his studs on the shin on Costa. [Ref – Robert Madley]

Chelsea v Everton Coleman red 01

Chelsea v Everton Coleman red 02

18. No Red Card Against Yannick Bolasie (Min 15) – Bolasie fouled with his studs on the shin on Moses. [Ref – Robert Madley]

Chelsea v Everton Bolasie red

19. No Red Card Against Dusan Tadic (Min 29) – Tadic studs planted in the player in front of him, serious foul play. [Ref – Graham Scott]

Hull v Saints Tadic red

20. No Penalty For Hull City (Min 96) – The Southampton player ran in to the Hull player from behind and bumped and brought him down in the box. [Ref – Graham Scott]

Hull v Saints Hull Penalty

21.  No Second Yellow Card Against Wanyama (Min 44) – Wanyama committed two reckless elbow challenges on Walcott and was not booked for any of them. [Ref – Mark Clattenburg]

Arsenal v Spurs Wanyama 1st elbow

Arsenal v SpursWanyama 1st elbow 02

Arsenal v Spurs Wabyama 2nd elbow

Arsenal v Spurs Wnyama 2nd elbow 02

23. No Second Yellow Card Against Wanyama (Min 90) – Wanyama committed four more fouls in the second half, without any warning or yellow card from the ref for each successive foul. This was a clear act of persistent fouling. [Ref – Mark Clattenburg]

Arsenal v Spurs Wanyama 3rd foul

Arsenal v Spurs Wanyama 4th foul

Arsenal v Spurs wanyama 4th foul 02

Arsenal v Spurs Wanyama 5th foul

Arsenal v Spurs Wanyama 6th foul

6: List of Major Correct Decisions on Matchweek #11

1: Correct Penalty For Sunderland (Min 73) – Smith was pulling the arm of Anichebe and prevented him from getting to the ball in the box. [Ref – Mike Dean]

Bournemouth v Sunderland Anichebe penalty 01

Bournemouth v Sunderland Anichebe penalty 02

2. Correct Penalty For Crystal Palace (Min 80) – Lowton blocked the ball with his hand. The ball came from a fair distance, and Lowton made himself bigger with a stretched arm. [Ref – Anthony Taylor]

Burnley v Palace Lowton Penalty 01

Burnley v Palace Lowton Penalty 02

Burnley v Palace Lowton Penalty 03

3. Correct Non-Penalty For Burnley (Min 90) – The ball struck the stretched arm of the defender outside the box. [Ref – Anthony Taylor]

Burnley v Palace second handball penalty 01

Burnley v Palace second handball penalty 02

4. Correct Non-Penalty For Middlesbrough (Min 16) – Gundogan who missed the ball and kicked the defender, so a foul in favour of Middlesbrough should have been given. [Ref – Kevin Friend]

Man City v Boro Gundogan penalty

5. Correct Penalty Advantage For Goal For Stoke (Min 75) – Adrian fouled Pieters inside the box when a second later Bojan scored. [Ref – Andre Marriner]

West Ham v Stoke correct advantage

6. Correct Non-Penalty For West Bromwich (Min 79) – McAuley did not look to have made any foul contact. Even with doubt over the contact the ref’s decision stands. [Ref – Craig Pawson]

Leicester v west Brom Gray penalty

7. Correct Non-Penalty For Leicester (Min 85) – Drinkwater looked to have committed an obstruction foul on Morrison. Should have been an indirect free kick. [Ref – Craig Pawson]

Leicester v West Brom Morrison penalty

8. Correct Penalty For Southampton (Min 6) – Defender tries to play the ball but misses it and then brings down Yoshida who was stopped in his run. [Ref – Graham Scott]

Hull v Southampton Yoshida penalty

9. Correct Non-Penalty For Southampton (Min 52) – It looked like a soft attempt to make something out of nothing. Ball was out of reach and not really a push could be seen. [Ref – Graham Scott]

Hull v Southampton Mbokani penalty

10. Correct Non-Penalty For Tottenham (Min 35) – Xhaka and Vertonghen both had hold of each other’s shirts inside the box. [Ref – Mark Clattenburg]

Arsenal v Spurs Xhaka penalty 01

Arsenal v Spurs Xhaka penalty 02

11. Correct Penalty For Tottenham (Min 50) – Koscienly missed the ball and tripped Dembele just inside the box. [Ref – Mark Clattenburg]

Arsenal v Spurs Dembele penalty 01

Arsenal v Spurs Dembele penalty 02

7: Major Wrong Decisions Made by Referees

	This Week					Season to date
Referee	2nd Yellow	Red	Pens	Goals	Total	Games	2nd Yellow	Red	Pens	Goals	Total	Avg
Roger East						4	2	2	7	1	12	3.0
Robert Madley	0	2	0	0	2	8	4	9	6	1	20	2.5
Craig Pawson	0	1	1	0	2	7	2	8	7	0	17	2.4
Mike Dean	0	3	0	0	3	9	2	8	7	4	21	2.3
Mark Clattenburg	2	0	0	0	2	7	7	3	4	1	15	2.1
Anthony Taylor	0	1	0	1	2	10	4	5	8	3	20	2.0
Graham Scott	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	4	2.0
Michael Oliver	0	2	2	0	4	10	5	6	7	2	20	2.0
Jon Moss						8	6	3	4	2	15	1.9
Andre Marriner	1	1	0	0	2	8	5	4	4	1	14	1.8
Kevin Friend	0	1	1	0	2	6	1	6	3	0	10	1.7
Martin Atkinson						9	4	9	2	0	15	1.7
Lee Mason						5	2	2	2	2	8	1.6
Paul Tierney						2	0	2	1	0	3	1.5
Stuart Attwell						3	1	1	2	0	4	1.3
Mike Jones						6	3	2	1	1	7	1.2
Neil Swarbrick	0	1	0	0	1	6	1	2	3	1	7	1.2

As last time this table is ordered in descending order of the average number of wrong decisions made.  Thus the referees most likely to make mistakes at the top and the most reliable are at the bottom.  Neil Swarbrick has joined Mike Jones continues to show as the pick of the bunch.  The usual suspects remain at the top.

8: Major Correct Major Decisions Made by Referees

	This Week				Season to Date
Referee	2nd Yellow	Red Cards	Penalties	Total	Matches	2nd Yellow	Red Cards	Penalties	Total
Andre Marriner	0	0	1	1	8	0	1	12	13
Anthony Taylor	0	0	2	2	10	0	0	6	6
Craig Pawson	0	0	2	2	7	0	0	10	10
Graham Scott	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	3+1*	4
Jon Moss					8	0	2	5+1*	8
Kevin Friend	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	5	5
Lee Mason					5	0	0	3+1*	4
Mark Clattenburg	0	0	2	2	7	1	0	18+1*	20
Martin Atkinson					9	0	0	7	7
Michael Oliver	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	11	11
Mike Dean	0	0	1	1	9	0	0	11	11
Mike Jones					6	0	0	4	4
Neil Swarbrick	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	7	7
Paul Tierney					2	0	0	4	4
Robert Madley	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	12	12
Roger East					4	0	2	5	7
Stuart Attwell					3	0	0	4+1*	5

NOTE – THE *(ASTERISK) IS USED TO SHOW A DECISION OF HIGH DOUBT, WITH THE BENEFIT BEING GIVEN TO THE REFEREE. 

9: Major Wrong Decisions Against Teams

This table is sorted so that the teams with the most wrong decisions are at the top and those with the least are at the bottom.  Arsenal remain at the top and Sunderland, United and Leicester are at the bottom showing that they have suffered the least from wrong decisions.

Liverpool and Bournemouth are also at the top of the table showing that they are also not being treated leniently by the PGMO.

Team	Second Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Penalties	Goals	Total
Arsenal	7	6	7	1	21
Liverpool	2	7	8	1	18
Bournemouth	4	8	5	0	17
West Ham United	4	4	6	0	14
Chelsea	5	2	5	1	13
Crystal Palace	1	4	5	3	13
Everton	5	3	2	2	12
Manchester City	4	3	4	1	12
Stoke City	2	8	2	0	12
Middlesbrough	0	5	5	1	11
Southampton	0	6	2	3	11
Swansea City	3	3	2	1	9
Tottenham	2	3	3	1	9
West Bromwich	1	4	3	1	9
Watford	5	0	3	0	8
Hull City	1	2	3	1	7
Burnley	1	1	2	2	6
Leicester City	1	2	2	0	5
Manchester United	1	1	1	0	3
Sunderland	0	2	0	0	2

10: Major Wrong Decisions in Favour of Teams

This is the converse of the table in section 9 and shows where the largesse of the PGMO has fallen.

Man United remain top of this table but are joined by Watford and Tottenham

The bottom three teams are the same as those at the top of the previous table showing that the PGMO really have it in for Arsenal, Bournemouth and Liverpool.  Taking both tables Arsenal have a net 20 decisions against them, Bournemouth have 13 against and Liverpool have 12 against.

In Contrast United have a net 16 decisions in their favour, Watford have 11 in their favour and Tottenham have 8 in their favour

Team	Second Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Penalties	Goals	Total
Manchester United	8	7	3	1	19
Watford	4	7	8	0	19
Tottenham	7	8	2	0	17
Sunderland	4	7	4	1	16
West Bromwich	2	6	5	1	14
Everton	0	7	3	3	13
Southampton	3	2	6	1	12
Chelsea	4	6	1	0	11
Leicester City	2	0	7	2	11
Stoke City	3	3	3	1	10
Burnley	3	2	3	1	9
Crystal Palace	3	3	2	1	9
Manchester City	1	7	1	0	9
Middlesbrough	3	0	5	1	9
West Ham United	0	3	5	1	9
Swansea City	0	3	3	2	8
Hull City	1	1	4	0	6
Liverpool	1	0	3	2	6
Bournemouth	0	2	2	0	4
Arsenal	0	0	0	1	1

11: Possible Change in Points Week-by-Week Due To Wrong Major Decisions

NOTE – THE PLUS SIGN MEANS THESE TEAMS WERE DENIED THIS MANY POINTS AND IT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THEM.

THE MINUS SIGN MEANS THAT THESE TEAMS WERE AWARDED THESE EXTRA POINTS AND THE NUMBER SHOULD BE SUBTRACTED FROM THEM.

Team	Week #1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	#11	Total
Arsenal	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	+4
Bournemouth	0	0	+2	0	0	0	+2	0	+2	+1	0	+7
Burnley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	-2	+2	0	+1
Chelsea	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
Crystal Palace	0	+1	-1	-3	0	0	+2	+3	0	0	0	+2
Everton	+2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	+1	-2	0	-1
Hull City	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1
Leicester City	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0	+1
Liverpool	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	+1
Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	-1	0	0	+1
Manchester United	0	0	-2	0	0	0	-1	-1	0	-1	0	-5
Middlesbrough	+2	0	0	+3	0	0	0	+3	0	-2	0	+6
Southampton	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	+2	0	0	+2
Stoke City	-1	0	0	0	0	+2	+2	0	0	0	0	+3
Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swansea City	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	+2	0	0	+4
Tottenham	-1	-2	+2	0	0	0	0	+2	-1	-1	-1	-2
Watford	-1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-3	-1	0	0	-6
West Bromwich	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	-1	0	0	0	-2
West Ham United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	+1	0	-2

Bournemouth have now overtaken Middlesbrough as the most robbed by the PGMO in terms of points with 7 and 6 points respectively, Watford and United have gained the most with 6 and 5 points respectively.

12: English Premier League Table Official

Rank	Team	Points
1	Liverpool	26
2	Chelsea	25
3	Manchester City	24
4	Arsenal	24
5	Tottenham	21
6	Manchester United	18
7	Everton	18
8	Watford	15
9	Burnley	14
10	Southampton	13
11	West Bromwich	13
12	Stoke City	13
13	Bournemouth	12
14	Leicester City	12
15	Middlesbrough	11
16	Crystal Palace	11
17	West Ham United	11
18	Hull City	10
19	Swansea City	5
20	Sunderland	5

13: English Premier League Table Adjusted to Change in Points due to Major Wrong Decisions.

Here is how we feel the League Table should look with the corrections in paragraph 11 applied.

Arsenal should be top with 28 points from Liverpool on 27, City on 25 and Chelsea on 24 points.  Bournemouth and Tottenham should be in joint 5th place on 19 and Everton and Middlesbrough both with 17.  United should be much lower than they are with 13 points and in the relegation places should be Sunderland on 5 points with West Ham, Watford and Swansea all on 9.

Rank	Team	Total Change in Points	Points
1	Arsenal	+4	28
2	Liverpool	+1	27
3	Manchester City	+1	25
4	Chelsea	-1	24
5	Bournemouth	+7	19
6	Tottenham	-2	19
7	Everton	-1	17
8	Middlesbrough	+6	17
9	Stoke City	+3	16
10	Burnley	+1	15
11	Southampton	+2	15
12	Crystal Palace	+2	13
13	Leicester City	+1	13
14	Manchester United	-5	13
15	Hull City	+1	11
16	West Bromwich	-2	11
17	Swansea City	+4	9
18	Watford	-6	9
19	West Ham United	-2	9
20	Sunderland	0	5

 

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