Untold Ref Review: Newcastle United 2 – 2 Tottenham Hotspur. Ref: V. Good.

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Today’s referee is Lee Probert –

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Lee Probert (2011-10-16)
Period 1
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
2	OTHER	R Taylor	Adebayor	C	Trip	1
5	OTHER	Parker	Ba	C	Trip	1
6	OFFSIDE	VDV		C		1
8	OTHER	Kaboul	Ba	NC	“Held ground, not a foul”	1
8	OTHER	Tiote	Bale	C	Late in challenge	1
9	OFFSIDE	VDV		C	Correctly onside	1
9	OTHER	Modric	Jonas	NC	“Little Shove, not given”	1
12	OTHER	Walker	R Taylor	C	Slid in dangerously	1
13	OTHER	Tiote	Modric	C	Late trip	1
15	OFFSIDE	Obertan		NC	“Was yard off, poor call by linesman”	1
17	OTHER	Obertan	Assou-Ekotto	C	“Foul, adv. Played”	1
19	OFFSIDE	Best		C	Assumed correct	1
21	OTHER	Tiote	VDV	NC	“Push, possession doesn’t equal advantage”	1
24	OTHER	Cabaye	Parker	C	Slight trip	1
25	OTHER	Livermore	Obertan	C	Trip	1
25	OFFSIDE	S Taylor		C		1
27	OFFSIDE	Ba		C	Assumed correct	1
31	OTHER	Adebayor	Ba	NC	“Raised boot, not given”	1
32	OFFSIDE	Jonas		C		1
35	OTHER	Adebayor		C	Handball	1
36	OTHER	VDV	Tiote	C	Trip	1
39	PENALTY	S Taylor	Adebayor	C	Tripped in area	3
40	GOAL	VDV		C	“Spot kick, goal okay”	3
42	OTHER	Ba	Parker	NC	“hip check, not given”	1
43	OTHER	Walker	Jonas	C	Obstruction	1
Period 2
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
46	OFFSIDE	Adebayor		C	Assumed correct	1
46	OFFSIDE	Adebayor		C	Adv. Played	1
47	OTHER	VDV	S Taylor	C	Shove	1
48	GOAL	Ba		C	Goal okay	0
48	OTHER	Cabaye	Livermore	C	“Little kick, trip”	1
53	OTHER	Bassong	Best	C	Shove	1
54	OTHER	Modric	Jonas	C	“Little kick, trip”	1
56	OTHER	Walker	Jonas	C	“Grabbed, pulled arm”	1
58	OTHER	Obertan	Assou-Ekotto	NC	“Defender ran in front of Obertan and fell, Obertan did nothing wrong”	1
59	OTHER	Walker	R Taylor	C	“Ran into defender, adv. Played”	1
62	OTHER	Bassong	Ba	NC	“Held, not given”	1
67	OTHER	R Taylor	Modric	C	Trip	1
67	OTHER	Cabaye	Parker	NC	“Only 5 yards from quickly taken free kick, stepped on Parker’s boot”	1
68	GOAL	Defoe		C	Close to offside but Defoe appeared level with last defender	3
71	OFFSIDE	Defoe		C		1
72	OTHER	Cabaye	Livermore	C	Trip	1
73	OTHER	Cabaye	Defoe	C	Pulling	1
75	OTHER	Parker	Ameobi	C	Trip from behind	1
75	YELLOW	Parker		C	1st booking of the match	2
76	OTHER	Modric		C	Handball	1
78	OTHER	Tiote	Modric	C	Cynical trip to stop Modric	1
79	YELLOW	Tiote		C	Unsporting behaviour	2
82	OTHER	Parker	Tiote	C	“Trip from behind, kicked away ball, Parker should be more cautious”	1
84	OFFSIDE	Adebayor		C	Assumed correct	1
85	OTHER	Walker	Jonas	NC	“Shove, not given”	1
86	GOAL	Ameobi		C	Goal okay	3
91	OTHER	Modric	Jonas	C	Trip from behind	1
91	YELLOW	Modric		C	Unsporting behaviour	2
93	OTHER	Defoe	Tiote	NC	“Pulled defender, not given”	1
95	PENALTY			C	“Livermore had arm tucked tightly to body, ref right not to give it”	3

 

Lee Probert was the ref at the Tyneside and managed a very good score of 81.82%.  The match was played relatively cleanly without much dirty play or dangerous tackles.  Wrong calls were rather evenly distributed with 6 going against the home side Newcastle and 5 going against the visitors Tottenham and none of them were major calls, although Tottenham did create a scoring opportunity after a Kyle Walker shove that went unpunished.

Tottenham received a penalty in the first half when S. Taylor tried to poke the ball away from Adebayor who had just got a touch to it.  The end result was that Taylor knocked Adebayor off stride and he fell to ground.  Probert didn’t give the call right away but after about 5 seconds he pointed to the spot which was the correct decision.

There were three yellow cards in the 2nd half, all of which involved trips from behind.  In addition to those bookings, Newcastle’s midfielder Cabaye possibly might have gone into the books for persistent fouling in the 2nd half, and Tottenham’s Scott Parker was treading a dangerous line when he had already been booked and then tripped Tiote from behind and then quickly kicked the ball away just after the whistle.  Sending off Parker with a 2nd yellow would have been harsh especially considering the match had been played rather cleanly.  It can therefore be considered that the ref was correct in not giving out further cards.

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Lee Probert (2011-10-16)
Period 1	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	1	1	100.00
OFFSIDE	6	7	85.71
OTHER	11	16	68.75
PENALTY	1	1	100.00
TOTAL	19	25	76.00
WEIGHTED	23	29	79.31
Period 2	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	3	3	100.00
OFFSIDE	4	4	100.00
OTHER	14	19	73.68
PENALTY	1	1	100.00
YELLOW	3	3	100.00
TOTAL	25	30	83.33
WEIGHTED	36	41	87.80
Totals	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	4	4	100.00
OFFSIDE	10	11	90.91
OTHER	25	35	71.43
PENALTY	2	2	100.00
YELLOW	3	3	100.00
TOTAL	44	55	80.00
WEIGHTED	59	70	84.29

A rather good score from the ref in this game.

BIAS SUMMARY – Lee Probert (2011-10-16)
Period 1	Newcastle United	%	Tottenham Hotspur	%	Total
Correct For	7	36.84	12	63.16	19
Correct For Weighted	7	30.43	16	69.57	23
Incorrect Against	2	33.33	4	66.67	6
Incorrect Against Weighted	2	33.33	4	66.67	6
Fouls Committed	13	56.52	10	43.48	23
Fouls Penalised	10	76.92	8	80.00	18
Period 2	Newcastle United	%	Tottenham Hotspur	%	Total
Correct For	16	66.67	8	33.33	24
Correct For Weighted	20	60.61	13	39.39	33
Incorrect Against	4	80.00	1	20.00	5
Incorrect Against Weighted	4	80.00	1	20.00	5
Fouls Committed	6	27.27	16	72.73	22
Fouls Penalised	5	83.33	13	81.25	18
Totals	Newcastle United	%	Tottenham Hotspur	%	Total
Correct For	23	53.49	20	46.51	43
Correct For Weighted	27	48.21	29	51.79	56
Incorrect Against	6	54.55	5	45.45	11
Incorrect Against Weighted	6	54.55	5	45.45	11
Fouls Committed	19	42.22	26	57.78	45
Fouls Penalised	15	78.95	21	80.77	36

 

At the end of the day, Probert put in a good unbiased performance, and Newcastle and Tottenham finished honours even with 2 goals each.

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