by Walter Broeckx
In our series to find out with which ref some teams perform better than average we have referee Lee Mason next.
But first let me explain in short the average, under and over thing you see in the last row. This is for new readers of course. Regular readers can skip this text and go to the table.
When you see “average” it means that the results of the team in general are not that far away with the results when the ref is in charge. It is in fact what one should hope to see most.
When we see “over” it means that the team in question is doing much better and in some cases much much better than they usual do.
And when you see “under” it means that the team is doing bad compared to their usual win percentage.
So let us see the results of the teams under referee Mason
| Total | won | draw | lost | won | draw | lost | Achieving | |
| Arsenal |
797 |
426 |
212 |
159 |
53,45% |
26,60% |
19,95% |
|
| Mason |
13 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
53,85% |
30,77% |
15,38% |
Average |
| Aston Villa |
797 |
287 |
249 |
261 |
36,01% |
31,24% |
32,75% |
|
| Mason |
19 |
7 |
10 |
2 |
36,84% |
52,63% |
10,53% |
Average |
| Chelsea |
797 |
414 |
206 |
177 |
51,94% |
25,85% |
22,21% |
|
| Mason |
15 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
66,67% |
26,67% |
6,67% |
Over |
| Everton |
797 |
282 |
230 |
285 |
35,38% |
28,86% |
35,76% |
|
| Mason |
22 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
40,91% |
27,27% |
31,82% |
Average |
| Fulham |
443 |
137 |
128 |
178 |
30,93% |
28,89% |
40,18% |
|
| Mason |
20 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
35,00% |
25,00% |
40,00% |
Average |
| Liverpool |
797 |
389 |
203 |
205 |
48,81% |
25,47% |
25,72% |
|
| Mason |
16 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
37,50% |
37,50% |
25,00% |
Under |
| Man City |
607 |
226 |
159 |
222 |
37,23% |
26,19% |
36,57% |
|
| Mason |
11 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
54,55% |
18,18% |
27,27% |
Over |
| MU |
797 |
520 |
165 |
112 |
65,24% |
20,70% |
14,05% |
|
| Mason |
10 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
80,00% |
10,00% |
10,00% |
Over |
| Newcastle |
717 |
284 |
192 |
241 |
39,61% |
26,78% |
33,61% |
|
| Mason |
12 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
25,00% |
33,33% |
41,67% |
Under |
| Norwich |
227 |
68 |
72 |
87 |
29,96% |
31,72% |
38,33% |
|
| Mason |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
20,00% |
20,00% |
60,00% |
Average |
| QPR |
227 |
71 |
57 |
99 |
31,28% |
25,11% |
43,61% |
|
| Mason |
10 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
20,00% |
40,00% |
40,00% |
Under |
| Reading |
101 |
31 |
21 |
49 |
30,69% |
20,79% |
48,51% |
|
| Mason |
11 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
63,64% |
9,09% |
27,27% |
Over |
| Southampton |
531 |
155 |
146 |
230 |
29,19% |
27,50% |
43,31% |
|
| Mason |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0,00% |
40,00% |
60,00% |
Under |
| Stoke |
177 |
53 |
54 |
70 |
29,94% |
30,51% |
39,55% |
|
| Mason |
22 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
31,82% |
40,91% |
27,27% |
Average |
| Sunderland |
443 |
119 |
112 |
212 |
26,86% |
25,28% |
47,86% |
|
| Mason |
17 |
8 |
3 |
6 |
47,06% |
17,65% |
35,29% |
Over |
| Swansea |
63 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
31,75% |
33,33% |
34,92% |
|
| Mason |
10 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
40,00% |
30,00% |
30,00% |
Over |
| Tottenham |
797 |
307 |
210 |
280 |
38,52% |
26,35% |
35,13% |
|
| Mason |
10 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
60,00% |
20,00% |
20,00% |
Over |
| WBA |
253 |
62 |
64 |
127 |
24,51% |
25,30% |
50,20% |
|
| Mason |
14 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
14,29% |
35,71% |
50,00% |
Under |
| West Ham |
641 |
210 |
164 |
267 |
32,76% |
25,59% |
41,65% |
|
| Mason |
9 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
11,11% |
44,44% |
44,44% |
Under |
| Wigan |
291 |
81 |
73 |
137 |
27,84% |
25,09% |
47,08% |
|
| Mason |
10 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
40,00% |
10,00% |
50,00% |
Over |
First remark we have to make is that Mason does games of all the current teams in the PL. So that gives us 20 teams to look at.
Let us start with the teams who over achieve when he is around. Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Reading, Sunderland, Swansea, Tottenham and Wigan are the teams who do much better when he is the ref in charge than can be expected. Some of those teams are teams close to the top or the top so is rather something that can be understood. The only missing team to say that he is favourable for the top teams is Arsenal in fact. But Reading is the most amazing team he does. A very high win % for a team going down I think. By the way that is 8 teams who over perform when Mason is around.
Let us move to the teams who perform close to their overall league average win %. We have Arsenal, Aston Villa, Everton, Fulham, Norwich and Stoke. That is 6 teams who perform rather normal when he is around.
So who are the teams who under perform and can we see rather worrying numbers for one of those teams? We find Liverpool, Newcastle, QPR, Southampton, WBA and West Ham as the teams who perform not as could be expected. The score from Southampton looks rather against all odds. No wins at all when he is around. Compare this with the score of Reading who go down and then well where would you put your money on when Mason would do Southampton – Reading? Well I would know now.
Of course this isn’t a guide that you can follow with 100 % certainty. The bounce of the ball on a knee on the wrong moment can change the outcome of any game. A bad day at the office from one of the players can make a certain win turn in to a surprise loss. But the same can be said of the ref of course. A wrong call, a missed foul or an invented foul and the outcome of the game is turned upside down.
Ah, the joy of football… or the despair at times depending on which team you support.
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I wonder could you do a map of UK showing where refs are from please
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Select_Group_Referees
archwaygunner, Hows life in Archway? follow the wiki link and you will get where there from. Halsey isn’t from where they state, He is the only southern referee but is now based in Manchester, go figure? He is actually from Welwyn garden city.
Kevin friend is based out of Leicester but is from Bristol?
The rest are pretty much accurate, the closest referee to you would have been Halsey of Hertfordshire but like I stated earlier he was moved to Manchester.
Refs to look out for next season.
Robert Madley
Craig Pawson
Roger East
Keep the good work.
Do your stats cover or consider games like today in which web will have evened his man u stats without it damaging them. I was so sure utd would have a player sent off. Back them to concede their first pen in in 18 or so months before the season is out.
More convinced than ever that the pgmol is fixed.
I suppose really what is needed is a look into how many minutes per season each team goes wrongly punished for an incorrect decision ie, how many minutes are we and others affected by an incorrect red card, an incorrect yellow. The team with the lowest number of minutes is certainly benefiting compared to the rest. Might look into it myself for next season if I am not too busy by then.
I was just wondering – what with Untold’s obsession with refereeing decisions, have any of the people putting all the stats together and generally criticising every referee in the EPL ever refereed a professional football match? Are any of you fully qualified referees? It’s easy to sit in your armchair and criticise but without ever experiencing the decision making processes that a professional referee has to go through you’re not really gonna understand how or why incorrect decisions are made, or maybe even why some decisions you deem incorrect after watching them on TV may actually be correct.
Alan,
I suspect you are new to the site. I am a qualified referee for more than 10 years (in fact I think for some 14 years I recently discovered).
The other people who do reviews are also qualified referees.
So we are not armchair referees.
And to clarify these articles: this has in fact nothing to do with the decisions on the field if they are correct or not. But more about the statistics as they are
@Alan,
Oh dear, yes all the referee’s that review the matches are all fully qualified referee’s.
Oh dear.
Alan, I was just wondering, have you ever bothered to read this thoroughly?
And Alan did you know that last season our reviews were read by some PL referees? And they loved our end of the season review. Well some did. Not all I can imagine. I know this from a very very very reliable source.
Walter @ May 5, 2013 at 10:22 pm
Do, please, tell us more.
Walter,
Very intrigued.
Walter,
I don’t suppose you can say toomuch on your last comment however, are you able to say whether there has been a noticeable (for you) change in that particular refs stats?
Adam, maybe I will one day 😉
Well you have my e-mail, I promise I won’t tell.
I’d like to point out some of your results here are biased, particularly Man City. Over all PL seasons they have a fairly low Win %, since they only became a rich team a few years ago. This means that their Win % is obviously going to be higher in recent years, which is the only time Mason has been able to referee their matches (he has been a PL referee since 2006, missing perhaps half of Man City’s time in the PL).
Perhaps you should only look at a team’s statistics during the seasons that the referee in question has been officiating in the PL.
Nick,
in the articles where we looked at each team we have done this taking in account from when the $$$$$ came flooding in
Riley is still picking his randomly chosen refs for the next weekend….He is taking his time.
One thing is for sure it cannot be Probert against Wigan
@WalterBroeckx
May 5, 2013 at 10:22 pm
Whoa, Walter. Bombshells, eh?
@ Walter, Riley is still picking his randomly chosen refs for the next weekend….He is taking his time.
It was a Bank Holiday in England yesterday which is probably why they haven’t been ‘chosen’ yet.
I see that Manu have finally had someone sent off this season now that they have already won the League !
Should also be good for Howard Webb’s figures.