Match Review: Neil Swarbrick – Arsenal Vs Everton (0 – 0) [16/04/2013]

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Match Review: Neil Swarbrick – Arsenal Vs Everton (0 – 0) [16/04/2013]

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Today’s referee is Neil Swarbrick

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Neil Swarbrick (2013-04-16)
Period 1
Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer Comment Weight
0 THROW IN ARS C Bacary Sagna concedes a throw in. 1
1 THROW IN EVE C Darron Gibson concedes a throw in. 1
1 THROW IN ARS C Laurent Koscielny concedes a throw in. 1
1 FOUL EVE C Marouane Fellaini Commits a Regular foul. 1
2 FREE KICK ARS C Aaron Ramsey takes a direct free kick. 1
2 GOAL KICK ARS C Aaron Ramsey concedes a goal kick. 1
3 OFFSIDE ARS C Olivier Giroud is played offside by Phil Jagielka from a ball by Kieran Gibbs 1
4 THROW IN EVE C Steven Pienaar concedes a throw in. 1
4 FOUL ARS EVE NC Held him back, was a foul but not given 3
4 FREE KICK EVE NC for the previous foul 3
4 FOUL EVE C Victor Anichebe Commits a Regular foul. 1
4 FREE KICK ARS C Wojciech Szczesny takes a direct free kick. 1
5 THROW IN ARS C Kieran Gibbs concedes a throw in. 1
6 GOAL KICK EVE C Steven Pienaar concedes a goal kick. 1
6 THROW IN EVE C Steven Pienaar concedes a throw in. 1
7 FOUL EVE C Darron Gibson Commits a Regular foul. 1
7 FREE KICK ARS C Mikel Arteta takes a direct free kick. 1
9 FOUL EVE C Marouane Fellaini Commits a Regular foul. 1
9 FREE KICK ARS C Mikel Arteta takes a direct free kick. 1
10 GOAL KICK ARS C Aaron Ramsey concedes a goal kick. 1
12 FOUL ARS C Aaron Ramsey Commits a Regular foul. 1
12 FREE KICK EVE C Darron Gibson takes a direct free kick. 1
13 THROW IN EVE C Seamus Coleman concedes a throw in. 1
13 FOUL EVE ARS NC trip not given 3
13 FREE KICK ARS NC for the foul on Walcott 3
14 FOUL EVE ARS NC Blocks the ball, then throws himself to Cazorla and blocks his leg on the ground 3
14 FREE KICK ARS NC 3
15 THROW IN ARS C Wojciech Szczesny concedes a throw in. 1
15 THROW IN ARS C Olivier Giroud concedes a throw in. 1
16 FOUL EVE ARS NC Arteta tries to recover a loose ball and is pulled back by Pienaar but ref gives nothing 3
16 FREE KICK ARS NC 3
17 THROW IN ARS C Aaron Ramsey concedes a throw in. 1
18 THROW IN ARS C Santiago Cazorla concedes a throw in. 1
19 FOUL ARS C Olivier Giroud Commits a Regular foul. 1
20 FREE KICK EVE C Seamus Coleman takes a direct free kick. 1
20 FOUL EVE ARS NC Jagielka runs in the back of Giroud and the latter then cannot head the ball properly, no foul given 3
20 FREE KICK ARS NC 3
20 THROW IN ARS C Olivier Giroud concedes a throw in. 1
20 THROW IN ARS C Kieran Gibbs concedes a throw in. 1
22 FOUL EVE ARS NC Mirallas comes in late, should have been given as a foul 3
22 FREE KICK ARS NC 3
22 THROW IN EVE C Leighton Baines concedes a throw in. 1
22 THROW IN EVE C Marouane Fellaini concedes a throw in. 1
23 THROW IN EVE C Marouane Fellaini concedes a throw in. 1
24 GOAL KICK EVE C Marouane Fellaini concedes a goal kick. 1
24 THROW IN ARS C Kieran Gibbs concedes a throw in. 1
24 THROW IN ARS C Jack Wilshere concedes a throw in. 1
25 YELLOW EVE NC What happened to the good old respect campaign? Open dissent against the assistant and the ref lets it go. 3
25 THROW IN EVE C Victor Anichebe concedes a throw in. 1
26 THROW IN ARS C Theo Walcott concedes a throw in. 1
26 FOUL EVE C Darron Gibson Commits a Regular foul. 1
27 YELLOW EVE C Darron Gibson recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul. 1
27 FREE KICK ARS C 1
28 FOUL ARS C Laurent Koscielny Commits a Regular foul. It looked as if Koscielny played the ball but give the benefit of the doubt to the ref 1
28 FREE KICK EVE C Phil Jagielka takes a direct free kick. 1
29 THROW IN EVE C Kevin Mirallas concedes a throw in. 1
30 OFFSIDE EVE C Kevin Mirallas is played offside by Laurent Koscielny from a ball by Steven Pienaar 1
32 THROW IN ARS C Aaron Ramsey concedes a throw in. 1
32 THROW IN ARS C Kieran Gibbs concedes a throw in. 1
32 FOUL EVE C Darron Gibson Commits a Regular foul. 1
32 2ND YELLOW EVE NC That was the most deliberate body check you can get. How the ref doesn’t pull out a yellow card is beyond me. It should have been his second. 4
33 FREE KICK ARS C Bacary Sagna takes a direct free kick. 1
34 THROW IN EVE C Leighton Baines concedes a throw in. 1
34 FOUL EVE C Steven Pienaar Commits a Regular foul. 1
34 YELLOW EVE C Steven Pienaar recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul. Pienaar takes the yellow card for Gibson. Poor from the ref. 1
35 FREE KICK ARS C 1
35 THROW IN EVE C Marouane Fellaini concedes a throw in. 1
35 THROW IN ARS C Kieran Gibbs concedes a throw in. 1
36 FOUL ARS NC Sliding tackle from behind, ball goes out but ref should give a foul 3
36 FREE KICK EVE NC 3
37 GOAL KICK EVE C Seamus Coleman concedes a goal kick. 1
37 FOUL ARS C Bacary Sagna Commits a Regular foul. 1
37 FREE KICK EVE C Leighton Baines takes a direct free kick. 1
38 FOUL ARS C Kieran Gibbs Commits a Regular foul. 1
39 FREE KICK EVE C Phil Jagielka takes a direct free kick. 1
41 GOAL KICK ARS C Olivier Giroud concedes a goal kick. 1
42 THROW IN ARS C Laurent Koscielny concedes a throw in. 1
43 THROW IN ARS C Santiago Cazorla concedes a throw in. 1
43 THROW IN EVE C Sylvain Distin concedes a throw in. 1
45 FOUL ARS C Mikel Arteta Commits a Regular foul. 1
45 FREE KICK EVE C Darron Gibson takes a direct free kick. 1
Period 2
Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer Comment Weight
45 THROW IN EVE C Seamus Coleman concedes a throw in. 1
45 THROW IN EVE C Phil Jagielka concedes a throw in. 1
46 FOUL EVE ARS NC First a little trip, Gibbs can stay on his feet, then a push and still no foul given 3
46 FREE KICK ARS NC 3
48 CORNER EVE C Tim Howard concedes a corner kick. 1
49 THROW IN EVE C Ross Barkley concedes a throw in. 1
51 GOAL KICK ARS C Olivier Giroud concedes a goal kick. 1
51 CORNER EVE C Sylvain Distin concedes a corner kick. 1
52 THROW IN ARS C Per Mertesacker concedes a throw in. 1
52 FOUL ARS C Jack Wilshere Commits a Regular foul. 1
53 FREE KICK EVE C 1
53 FOUL EVE ARS NC a high ball comes down but Fellaini was putting his body in the back of Giroud long before the ball came down preventing Giroud to control the ball. Foul but not given 3
53 FREE KICK ARS NC 3
53 GOAL KICK EVE C Victor Anichebe concedes a goal kick. 1
55 FOUL ARS C Mikel Arteta Commits a Regular foul. 1
55 YELLOW ARS C Mikel Arteta recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul. 1
56 FREE KICK EVE C Leighton Baines takes a direct free kick. 1
56 CORNER EVE C Phil Jagielka concedes a corner kick. 1
57 GOAL KICK ARS NC Barkley hits the ball as the last person should have been another corner 1
57 CORNER EVE NC Barkley hits the ball as the last person should have been another corner 2
57 FOUL EVE ARS NC high foot, not given 3
57 FREE KICK ARS NC 3
58 GOAL KICK EVE C Ross Barkley concedes a goal kick. 1
59 THROW IN ARS C Wojciech Szczesny concedes a throw in. 1
59 THROW IN EVE C Seamus Coleman concedes a throw in. 1
59 THROW IN EVE C Seamus Coleman concedes a throw in. 1
60 GOAL KICK EVE C Seamus Coleman concedes a goal kick. 1
62 THROW IN EVE C Tim Howard concedes a throw in. 1
62 FOUL EVE C Victor Anichebe Commits a Regular foul. 1
62 FREE KICK ARS C Kieran Gibbs takes a direct free kick. 1
63 CORNER ARS C Bacary Sagna concedes a corner kick. 1
65 GOAL KICK EVE C Ross Barkley concedes a goal kick. 1
65 THROW IN ARS C Wojciech Szczesny concedes a throw in. 1
67 FOUL EVE ARS NC Anichebe comes in late in the back of Mertesacker, foul not given 3
67 FREE KICK ARS NC 3
68 THROW IN ARS C Theo Walcott concedes a throw in. 1
68 THROW IN EVE C Phil Jagielka concedes a throw in. 1
69 FOUL EVE C Ross Barkley Commits a Regular foul. 1
69 YELLOW EVE C Ross Barkley recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul. 1
69 FREE KICK ARS C Aaron Ramsey takes a direct free kick. 1
70 THROW IN EVE C Leighton Baines concedes a throw in. 1
71 THROW IN EVE C Kevin Mirallas concedes a throw in. 1
71 FOUL EVE C Steven Pienaar Commits a Regular foul. 1
72 FREE KICK ARS C 1
72 THROW IN EVE C Darron Gibson concedes a throw in. 1
72 CORNER EVE C Marouane Fellaini concedes a corner kick. 1
73 CORNER EVE C Ross Barkley concedes a corner kick. 1
74 FOUL EVE C Leighton Baines Commits a Regular foul. 1
74 YELLOW EVE NC Taking out the man at full speed, stopping a promising attack on the flank. Should have been booked 3
74 FREE KICK ARS C Bacary Sagna takes a direct free kick. 1
75 CORNER EVE C Sylvain Distin concedes a corner kick. 1
78 THROW IN EVE C Kevin Mirallas concedes a throw in. 1
79 GOAL KICK ARS C Olivier Giroud concedes a goal kick. 1
80 THROW IN ARS C Wojciech Szczesny concedes a throw in. 1
80 THROW IN EVE C Leighton Baines concedes a throw in. 1
81 CORNER EVE C Seamus Coleman concedes a corner kick. 1
82 GOAL KICK ARS C Per Mertesacker concedes a goal kick. 1
82 THROW IN EVE C Phil Jagielka concedes a throw in. 1
83 FOUL ARS C Aaron Ramsey Commits a Regular foul. 1
83 FREE KICK EVE C 1
83 OFFSIDE EVE C Victor Anichebe is played offside by Laurent Koscielny from a ball by Tim Howard 1
85 CORNER EVE C Phil Jagielka concedes a corner kick. 1
85 THROW IN EVE C Kevin Mirallas concedes a throw in. 1
86 FOUL ARS NC Laurent Koscielny is penalised for a foul but I didn’t see anything wrong 3
87 FREE KICK EVE NC No foul so no free kick. 3
87 FOUL EVE ARS NC trip not given 3
87 FREE KICK ARS NC 3
88 THROW IN EVE C Darron Gibson concedes a throw in. 1
89 FOUL EVE C Leighton Baines Commits a Regular foul. 1
90 FREE KICK ARS C 1
90 THROW IN EVE C Marouane Fellaini concedes a throw in. 1
91 GOAL KICK EVE C Steven Naismith concedes a goal kick. 1
92 THROW IN EVE C Leighton Baines concedes a throw in. 1
92 FOUL ARS C Nacho Monreal Commits a Regular foul. 1
93 YELLOW ARS C Nacho Monreal recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul. this time the ref remembers the rules. Correct card but inconsistent applied during the game. 1
93 FREE KICK EVE C 1
93 FOUL EVE C Steven Pienaar Commits a Regular foul. 1
94 FREE KICK ARS C Wojciech Szczesny takes a direct free kick. 1

Let us have a look at his competence numbers in this game

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Neil Swarbrick (2013-04-16)
Period 1 Called Total Correct %
2ND YELLOW 0 1 0.00
FOUL 13 20 65.00
FREE KICK 13 20 65.00
GOAL KICK 6 6 100.00
OFFSIDE 2 2 100.00
THROW IN 29 29 100.00
YELLOW 2 3 66.67
TOTAL 65 81 80.25
WEIGHTED 65 114 57.02
Period 2 Called Total Correct %
CORNER 9 10 90.00
FOUL 10 16 62.50
FREE KICK 10 16 62.50
GOAL KICK 8 9 88.89
OFFSIDE 1 1 100.00
THROW IN 22 22 100.00
YELLOW 3 4 75.00
TOTAL 63 78 80.77
WEIGHTED 63 105 60.00
Totals Called Total Correct %
2ND YELLOW 0 1 0.00
CORNER 9 10 90.00
FOUL 23 36 63.89
FREE KICK 23 36 63.89
GOAL KICK 14 15 93.33
OFFSIDE 3 3 100.00
THROW IN 51 51 100.00
YELLOW 5 7 71.43
TOTAL 128 159 80.50
WEIGHTED 128 219 58.45

Let us see if it evens out in this game and have a look at the bias numbers

BIAS SUMMARY – Neil Swarbrick (2013-04-16)
Period 1 Arsenal % Everton % Total
Correct For 32 49.23 33 50.77 65
Correct For Weighted 32 49.23 33 50.77 65
Incorrect Against 12 75.00 4 25.00 16
Incorrect Against Weighted 37 75.51 12 24.49 49
Fouls Commited 8 40.00 12 60.00 20
Fouls Penalised 6 75.00 7 58.33 13
Period 2 Arsenal % Everton % Total
Correct For 44 69.84 19 30.16 63
Correct For Weighted 44 69.84 19 30.16 63
Incorrect Against 14 93.33 1 6.67 15
Incorrect Against Weighted 39 92.86 3 7.14 42
Fouls Commited 5 31.25 11 68.75 16
Fouls Penalised 4 80.00 6 54.55 10
Totals Arsenal % Everton % Total
Correct For 76 59.38 52 40.63 128
Correct For Weighted 76 59.38 52 40.63 128
Incorrect Against 26 83.87 5 16.13 31
Incorrect Against Weighted 76 83.52 15 16.48 91
Fouls Commited 13 36.11 23 63.89 36
Fouls Penalised 10 76.92 13 56.52 23

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18 Replies to “Match Review: Neil Swarbrick – Arsenal Vs Everton (0 – 0) [16/04/2013]”

  1. My own point of view after having seen the game live and after reading the numbers in this review:

    A bad day at the office for ref Swarbrick. Well I hope it was just that.

    Lots of missed fouls. Okay it can happen. But the balance was somehow missing in this game. He missed the first foul from Arsenal but then it was almost one way traffic in favour of Everton.

    After some 26 minutes he finally realised that he had to give a card to keep things in hand. But then 5 minutes later he refused to give the second yellow card against the same Everton player. The ref was ducking away from his responsibility. A bit cowardly I thought.

    Everton players going down was almost certainly resulting in a free kick, while Arsenal players going down led to not much at times.

    Would Everton playing for one hour with one player less resulted in another final score? We don’t know of course but we know it was a bad performance from the ref not only in calling the fouls but also in consistency and showing a very high bias in favour of Everton.

  2. At best a grossly incompentant performance and not fit for purpose (I’m trying to be generous!)
    Thanks for the review.
    –
    Walter can you please confirm if this review was by an AFC fan or not.

  3. Finsbury

    Sorry to bring this up off topic, but you had a few days earlier said that the panel which decided on Giroud’s red card was chaired by John Alexander, the ManU club secretary. Could you tell me where you found out this information? I’ve tried to find it online but couldn’t. If there’s a source to back that up, it’ll help me spread the word. Thanks.

  5. Finsbury,
    against the house rules but we had no other option this time: it was an Arsenal supporting ref.

  6. Walter, playing 60 minutes against ten men should result in a goal being scored, we managed it against Fulham away from home (OK maybe only just). From my seat and in real time it looked as clear cut a second yellow as it is possible to get. Both the number of wrong calls and the bias AT&T staggeringly bad. A really bad day at the office, but not an equal opportunities one.

    Moss for the weekend, Beck and Richards, Assistants and Linnington as fourth man. Dowd for Spurs and Webb for United v Chelsea. Dean for the Chelsea midweek against Spurs.

  7. Walter

    I must have missed where Dogface said it, but finsbury did leave a comment saying the same thing. Does anyone know where I can find validation for this information? I would like to highlight this fact to the larger blog world, but need to have some ‘proof’ in that regard.

  8. Shard,
    dogface said it on twitter that I know for sure but don’t know how to find that back…

  9. Thanks Walter. I went looking and found that Dogface’s source is a tweet from a fellow calling himself The twelfth man.. I also found something interesting on doping and something called blood spinning. It’s not often mentioned with regards to ManU, but I’m starting to really think they are among those who use those unfair means too. I thought of this a few days ago when someone on another blog made a comment about how ManU are the hardest working team this season if not the most talented. Then there were the Bebe/Nani rumours, as well as Rio’s ban. It wouldn’t surprise me, and if true, Van Persie might have some much worse karma bite him in the future than Arsenal fans’ ire.

  10. Sorry Shard can’t remember. Note to self: Always leave a link…
    –
    Thanks Walter.

  11. We just see these performances time after time…..do not think the pgmol have had their final say on us yet this season either

  12. Shard – my son noted the comment that Alexander chaired the appeal panel – I will check with him tomorrow to see if he can relocate the source.

    As for Swarbrick – appalling! – deliberately biased – looked as if he was sent to ensure we did not win.

  15. @Shard

    This was his source: –

    “The Twelfth Man‏@_The12thMan20m
    Would Arsenal fans like to know who chaired the FA Disciplinary Committee today? It’s the Manchester United club secretary. John Alexander.”

    Same source as Dogface.

  16. ok..Thanks bjtgooner. Any idea which team this twelfth man supports? I read through some of his tweets but couldn’t really figure it out..Except he’s not a Liverpool fan

  17. Steve

    I think the judicial panels and the independent panels are different. That’s the thing though. It’s such an opaque system, we have no idea how things are done.

  18. @Shard

    I know nothing about the 12th man – my son picked up the comment from “Arsenal Mania”.

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