Referee Appointments and Results Matchweek #05 – with video evidence

By the Referee team

1 : Details of the Match Referees and Assistants

Chelsea vs. Liverpool [1-2] Referee – Martin Atkinson 1st Assistant Referee – Stephen Child 2nd Assistant Referee – Stuart Burt Fourth Official – Robert Madley	Hull City vs. Arsenal [1-4] Referee – Roger East 1st Assistant Referee – Darren Cann 2nd Assistant Referee – Matthew Wilkes Fourth Official – Paul Tierney
Leicester City vs. Burnley [3-0] Referee – Anthony Taylor 1st Assistant Referee – Gary Beswick 2nd Assistant Referee – Peter Kirkup Fourth Official – Craig Pawson	Manchester City vs. Bournemouth [4-0] Referee – Jon Moss 1st Assistant Referee – Andy Halliday 2nd Assistant Referee – Marc Perry Fourth Official – Jeremey Simpson
West Bromwich vs. West Ham United [4-2] Referee – Mark Clattenburg 1st Assistant Referee – Jake Collin 2nd Assistant Referee – Simon Bennett Fourth Official – Kevin Friend	Everton vs. Middlesbrough [3-0] Referee – Lee Mason 1st Assistant Referee – Simon Beck 2nd Assistant Referee – Adrian Holmes Fourth Official – Robert Madley
Watford vs. Manchester United [3-1] Referee – Michael Oliver 1st Assistant Referee – Adam Nunn 2nd Assistant Referee – Mick McDonough Fourth Official – Stuart Attwell	Crystal Palace vs. Stoke City [4-1] Referee – Craig Pawson 1st Assistant Referee – Scott Ledger 2nd Assistant Referee – Andy Garratt Fourth Official – Kevin Friend
Southampton vs. Swansea City [1-0] Referee – Mike Jones 1st Assistant Referee – Richard West 2nd Assistant Referee – Mark Scholes Fourth Official – Graham Scott	Tottenham vs. Sunderland [1-0] Referee – Mike Dean 1st Assistant Referee – Simon Long 2nd Assistant Referee – Ian Hussin Fourth Official – Andre Marriner

2 : Matchweek 4 Summary

This week there were 16 wrong Important Decisions (second yellow cards, red cards, penalties and goals).  They were split almost exactly evenly between the four categories.  Worryingly there were 5 wrong decisions over goals which is the one category where there really shouldn’t be any excuse for errors and the main reason why we must all keep up the pressure for the urgent introduction of video refereeing.

Referees of the Week (with no wrong Important Decisions) – Anthony Taylor and Jon Moss, there is an argument that Mark Clattenberg should have Referee of the Week for three correct Important Decisions but, as he also made three wrong decisions he cannot be considered

Worst Referee of the week with four wrong Important Decisions – Michael Oliver but honourable mentions go as well to Lee Mason with three wrong decisions.  Mark Clattenberg also had three but he also had three correct decisions to counterbalance those he got wrong.

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

For the first time this season – None

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

• Straight red cards (should be missing the next three games) – Ivanovic (Chelsea), Januzaj (Sunderland) NB – he was given a second yellow card for this incident and sent off but in our opinion it should have been a straight red card with a three match ban, poor from Mr Dean, Djilobodji (Sunderland),
• Yellow cards (should be missing the next match) – Fellaini (Man United), Pogba (Man United), Britos (Watford), Ayala (
• Villain of the Week – Ivanovic (Chelsea) for his triple stamp on Lallana the third after Lallana had protested to the referee after the first two.

5 : List of Major Errors on Match Day #05 (with links to video clips)

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1. No Penalty-Retake For Arsenal (Min 41) – Livermore had not left the pitch before the match restarted from the penalty kick. [Ref – Roger East] Arsenal Penalty Retake

2. No Red Card Against Ivanovic (Min 9) – Ivanovic stamps Lallana’s foot twice and does it again when the ball goes out of play. [Ref – Martin Atkinson] Chelsea vs Liverpool Ivanovic Yellow Red

3. No Penalty For Watford (Min 10) – Fellaini clearly pull Deeney from the shirt in the box. [Ref – Michael Oliver] Watford vs Man Utd Deeney Fellaini Penalty , Watford vs Man Utd Deeney Fellaini Penalty_0002

4. No Second Yellow Card Against Fellaini (Min 49) – Fellaini committed one deliberate shirt pulling offence and one reckless challenge to the head and was not booked for both. [Ref – Michael Oliver] Watford vs Man Utd Fellaini Again Yellow

5. No Second Yellow Card Against Pogba (Min 74) – Pogba committed one clear dissent offence and one unsporting behaviour+dissent offence, but was only booked for the latter. [Ref – Michael Oliver] Watford vs Man Utd Pogba Dissent Yellow, Watford vs Man Utd Pogba Dissent and Unsporting Behaviour

6. No Second Yellow Card Against Britos (Min 80) – Britos committed one attack breaking foul and one reckless foul, but was only booked for the former. [Ref – Michael Oliver] Watford vs Man Utd Britos Yellow

7. No Red Card Against Januzaj (Min 90) – Januzaj made a studs showing challenge on Davies, and was very late. Should have been a straight red card, but was only shown a second yellow. [Ref – Mike Dean] Spurs vs Sunderland Januzaj Red

8. No Red Card Against Djilobodji (Min 90) – Djilobodji made last foul on Janssen by pulling him down. [Ref – Mike Dean] Spurs vs Sunderland Last Man foul , Spurs vs Sunderland Last Man foul002

9. No Penalty For Crystal Palace (Min 67) – Cameron wraps his arms around Benteke and brings him down in the box. [Ref – Craig Pawson] Palace vs Stoke Benteke Penalty , Palace vs Stoke Benteke Penalty002

10. Wrong Goal Against Everton (Min 21) – Negredo headed the hands of the keeper instead of heading the ball, which the keeper had caught firmly in his hands. [Ref – Lee Mason] Everton vs Boro Wrong Goal , Everton vs Boro Wrong Goal002

11. Wrong Goal Against Middlesbrough (Min 25) – Williams come in with a very high foot on Valdes and fouls him, from which Everton manage to score. [Ref – Lee Mason] Everton vs Boro Barry Wrong goal , Everton vs Boro Barry Wrong goal002

12. No Second Yellow Card Against Ayala (Min 37) – Ayala committed one reckless foul and one attack breaking foul but was only booked for the latter. [Ref – Lee Mason] Everton vs Boro Ayala yellow or not , Everton vs Boro Ayala Yellow foul

13. No Goal For Southampton (Min 49) – Redmond was in an onside position and passed to Long who scored the goal. Linesman Richard West wrongly cancelled the goal. [Ref – Mike Jones] Saints vs Swansea Clean goal cancelled

14. No Penalty For West Ham (Min 60) – Phillips raised his arms to an unnatural position and blocked the ball in the box. [Ref – Mark Clattenburg] West Brom vs West Ham Phillips Penalty

1. Wrong Penalty Against West Brom (Min 64) – The defender just nudges the ball away from Payet, and Payet misses his shot thereby kicking himself to the ground. [Ref – Mark Clattenburg] West Brom vs West Ham Payet Penalty , West Brom vs West Ham Payet Penalty002
2. Wrong Goal Against West Brom (Min 65) – Due to the wrong penalty given in Incident 15, the goal scored was invalid. [Ref – Mark Clattenburg]

6 : List of Major Correct Decisions on Match Day #05

1. Correct Penalty For Arsenal (Min 40) – Livermore used his hand to stop Arsenal from a goal scoring opportunity. [Ref – Roger East]

2. Correct Red Card Against Livermore (Min 40) – Livermore used his hand to stop Arsenal from a goal scoring opportunity. [Ref – Roger East]

3. Correct Penalty For Hull City (Min 78) – Cech brought down Mbokani late in the box. [Ref – Roger East]

4. Correct Non-Penalty For Liverpool (Min 57) – There was minimal contact on Ivanovic outside the penalty area and then he slips inside the penalty box.

5. Correct Penalty For Watford (Min 93) – Fellaini clipped the left foot of Zuniga in the box. [Ref – Michael Oliver]

6. Correct Non-Penalty For Spurs (Min 44) – No clear angle or replay shown to review. Decision of the ref stands. [Ref – Mike Dean]

7. Correct Non-Penalty For Sunderland (Min 52) – Foul was being made just outside the box on Alli. [Ref – Mike Dean]

8. Correct Non-Penalty For Stoke (Min 67) – Bojan slips down and tries to avoid Ledley getting from behind. Ledley falls down, no penalty because Bojan did not make a foul. [Ref – Craig Pawson]

9. Correct Red Card Against Nolito (Min 85) – Nolito made a clear attempt to head-butt the Bournemouth player. [Ref – Jon Moss]

10. Correct Penalty For West Brom (Min 7) – Masaku clearly the handled the ball away in the box. [Ref – Mark Clattenburg]

11. Correct Non-Penalty For West Brom (Min 49) – Forster made a clear attempt to clear the ball away first. [Ref – Mark Clattenburg]

12. Correct Non-Penalty For West Brom (Min 85) – No visible foul in the footage shown. Refs decision stands. [Ref – Mark Clattenburg]

7 : Major Wrong Decisions Made by Referees

	Matchweek 5					Season to Date
Referee	2nd Yellow	Red	Penalties	Goals	Total	Total Games	2nd Yellow	Red	Penalties	Goals	Total
Andre Marriner						3	1	1	1	1	4
Anthony Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	3	1	8
Craig Pawson	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	2	3	0	5
Jon Moss	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	8
Kevin Friend						3	1	3	1	0	5
Lee Mason	1	0	0	2	3	3	1	0	0	2	3
Mark Clattenburg	0	0	2	1	3	4	3	0	4	1	8
Martin Atkinson	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	2
Michael Oliver	3	0	0	1	4	4	4	1	1	2	8
Mike Dean	0	2	0	0	2	4	2	4	3	2	11
Mike Jones	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1
Neil Swarbrick						2	1	1	2	1	5
Paul Tierney						1	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Madley						3	2	1	2	1	6
Roger East	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	2	1	4
Stuart Attwell						1	0	0	0	0	0

8: Major Correct Major Decisions Made by Referees

	Matchweek 5				Season to Date
Referee	Second Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Penalties	Total	Matches	Second Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Penalties	Total
Andre Marriner					3	0	0	2	2
Anthony Taylor	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	4
Craig Pawson	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	4	4
Jon Moss	0	1	0	1	4	0	1	2+1*	4
Kevin Friend					3	0	0	1	1
Lee Mason	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1+1*	2
Mark Clattenburg	0	0	3	3	4	0	0	11+1*	12
Martin Atkinson	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	2
Michael Oliver	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	4	4
Mike Dean	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	6	6
Mike Jones	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1
Neil Swarbrick					2	0	0	3	3
Paul Tierney					1	0	0	3	3
Robert Madley					3	0	0	6	6
Roger East	0	1	2	3	3	0	2	4	6
Stuart Attwell					1	0	0	2+1*	3

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.

Sunderland and Burnley have still to have a wrong Important Decision against them, unfortunately Arsenal are still occupying our customary position at the top of the table but it is important to note that had the referees been working to their level of performance from last year we could have expected to have 15 wrong decisions against us in 5 games so for those who think you have noticed an improvement in refereeing for Arsenal matches your eyes haven’t been deceiving you!

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

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 have now leapfrogged Leicester and Chelsea to the top of this table, largely due to the continued ability of their players to commit fouls and exhibit dissent without being punished, clearly the ‘moaning one’ is being thrown crumbs of comfort by the PGMO.

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

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

With no changes being made this week, Middlesbrough remain the worst hit by poor refereeing, they should be five points better off than they are, Palace represent the other end of the spectrum and should be three points worse off than they are.  Every other team is within two points of their correct total

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

12: English Premier League Table Official

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

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

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

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