Arsenal v Swansea City Saturday October 28 – The Match officials – a ref who makes a fool of himself

by Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Lee Mason  age 45 from Lancashire Assistant Referee 1 – Harry Lennard  from East Sussex Assistant Referee 2 – Derek Eaton  from Gloucestershire Fourth Official – Lee Probert  age 44 from Wiltshire and FIFA accredited This week marks the quarter way point in the League season and so far so …

Unlike in the Premier League, in Germany the media is not muzzled whhen talking about referees

by Tony Attwood In the Leipzig match against Bayern in the Cup, the referee was Felix Zwayer.  The sporting director of RB Leipzig is Ralf Rangnick. Coming up to half time Mats Hummels and Ralf Rangnick come together on the pitch.  The ref givs a penalty and then apparently on consulting with the linesmen in the far distance, …

Arsenal I v Swansea. Should Xhaka be dropped because of misdirected passes?

by Bulldog Drummond “There remains a sense of gloom around the Emirates but the Gunners have lost just once in their last 11 matches in all competitions and beat Norwich 2-1 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night.” So says the Metro picking up on our bit of maths as it gives us the latest …