by Andrew Crawshaw The mainstream media and blogettas have joined us this year in mentioning referees in advance of Premier League games. Our Officials are :- Referee – Michael Oliver Age 32 from Northumberland and FIFA accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Simon Bennett from Staffordshire and FIFA accredited Assistant Referee 2 – Stuart Burt from …
by Andrew Crawshaw This is a headline I didn’t think I would be able to use and mean it seriously but this week it came true for the Manager of the Women’s team who has left the club with immediate effect. Pedro Martinez Losa joined the club in September 2014 and was released from his …
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 …
by Andrew Crawshaw For this Sunday our Officials are :- Referee – Craig Pawson 38 years old from South Yorkshire and FIFA accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Lee Betts From Norfolk and FIFA accredited Assistant Referee 2 – Eddie Smart From the West Midlands Fourth Official – Robert (Bobby) Madley 31 years old from West …
by Andrew Crawshaw From the start of the 2018 season, the FA intend to make radical changes to the makeup of Women’s Football. Currently there are 20 clubs in the the Women’s Super League, 10 in each of the two divisions. Eight of the clubs in WSL1 are fully professional, Sunderland and Yeovil are not, …
by Andrew Crawshaw For our first post-interlul game our officials are :- Referee – Neil Swarbrick Age 50 from Lancashire Assistant Referee 1 – Scott Ledger from South Yorkshire Assistant Referee 2 – Adrian Holmes from West Yorkshire Fourth Official – Graham Scott Age 48 from Oxfordshire So for the first time in a long …
by Andrew Crawshaw The Continental Tyres Cup is the Women’s equivalent of the League Cup. It is a competition that has seen a change in makeup this season moving from a straight knockout to four mini-leagues with the top two in each moving to a knockout phase. The teams in the top two tiers of …
by Andrew Crawshaw As you may know Arsenal Holdings PLC is the Parent Company of Arsenal football Club. The Company is owned by a number of shareholders, Stan Kronke and Alisher Usamov having the largest shareholdings (between them they own about 97% of all of the club shares). Angry of Islington yesterday carried an article …
by Andrew Crawshaw Our last two games, WBA in the League and BATE in the Europa League show that we are still on the wrong end of more decisions than we get in our favour. Last weekend Mr Madley had four penalty decisions to make and only managed to get one of them right and …
by Andrew Crawshaw I thought I would look at the squad values of the clubs in the Europa League just to see how big the differences are between Arsenal (most valuable) and the others Arsenal are in group H along with FC Köln, bate Borisov and Red Star Belgrade. Using the figures from Transfermarket.com to …
by Andrew Crawshaw There is something supremely satisfying about a 90th minute goal to win a match, particularly when the opposition have been wasting time throughout the second half. Arsenal started their WSL season with a hard fought win against a side that always seem to cause us problems. On a sunny afternoon at Borehamwood …
by Andrew Crawshaw Just a quick one this week – our officials for tonight’s gamet are :- Referee – Robert (Bobby) Madley – age 30 from West Yorkshire and FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Lee Betts, From Norfolk and FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 2 – Marc Perry – from the West Midlands Fourth Official …
by Andrew Crawshaw There are a number of very significant changes this season for Arsenal Women. The WSL starts this weekend having reverted back to a winter league. The Club’s name has changed from Arsenal Ladies to Arsenal (with Women added when necessary to distinguish from the Men’s team) There have been significant personnel changes …
by Andrew Crawshaw Our officials for Sunday Afternoon are :- Referee – Michael Oliver Age 32 from Northumberland FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Simon Bennett from Staffordshire and FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 2 – Stuart Burt from Northamptonshire and FIFA Accredited Fourth Official – Neil Swarbrick Age 51 from Lancashire So a FIFA Accredited …
by Andrew Crawshaw The U18s This season has seen a number of changes forced on Kwame Ampadu’s team as several of last year’s starters have moved upwards to the U23s. Injuries to other players have given opportunities for a number of schoolboys to step up, something unexpected at this time in the season. Game 1 …
By Andrew Crawshaw and Tony Attwood We recently published our complete database of players associated with Arsenal – which is of course awash with numbers and data. So to round the whole thing off, we prepared a simplified list as a reference point for the future. And then we found a problem. The headline …
by Andrew Crawshaw Additional commentary by Tony Attwood This list is, I hope, correct as at 15:27 on Wednesday before the transfer window shuts tomorrow Player Position Homegrown 1 Mathieu Debuchy RB N 2 Per Mertesacker CB N 3 Laurent Koscielny CB N 4 Alexis Sanchez Forward N 5 Andre Lacazette Striker N 6 Lucas …
by Andrew Crawshaw If we were in any doubt about the direction of refereeing for the season last week’s exhibition reminded us of the state of play regarding the PGMO. How an experienced referee can look at an incident with an uninterrupted view from less than 15 yards away and not award a penalty for …
by Andrew Crawshaw It is a big week in terms of games for the U23s, They faced Manchester City last night at the Emirates, followed by a game on Friday evening at their normal home of Borehamwood against Liverpool. Both matches 19:00 kick-off. The first game of the season saw Arsenal coming back from a …
by Andrew Crawshaw Following the widely reported promotions to the Arsenal First Team Squad here is a breakdown of the players we are likely to see more of as the season progresses. I have listed them in order of their birthdates. Cohen Bramall – 2 April 1996 (not 1995 as the official Arsenal web site …
by Andrew Crawshaw Well last week’s game was a fairly pleasant surprise – a game with Mike Dean in charge and at the end of the match we weren’t all fuming about him having totally screwed us over. Of course some of the pundits were incensed about what they saw as a handball by Özil, …
Facts by Andrew Crawshaw Wild speculation by Tony Attwood First, Andrew’s section: As I write this (lunchtime on Thursday) we currently have 34 players over the age of 21 who are vying for inclusion in our 25 man senior squad which has to be named on 1st September. All but four are currently listed as …
by Andrew Crawshaw The ‘million dollar’ quote is from the Borehamwood FC Chairman following the completion of the installation of the ‘Desso’ pitch at the ground Arsenal will be using for its PL2 and Ladies fixtures for at least the next 10 years. In this article, as a preview to both the opening of the …
by Andrew Crawshaw The annual pre-season friendly match between (non-league) Borehamwood FC and Arsenal takes place on Thursday evening with a 19:30 kick-off. It is expected that the Arsenal team will comprise a mixture of U18 and U23 players, but with the Emirates Cup matches at the weekend, I suspect the team sheet will probably …
by Andrew Crawshaw Arsenal have too many goalkeepers. Every year we have new ones who can no longer play for the U18s and have to move up to the U23s, also one (or more) have to be included in our senior 25 man squad once they are over 21 if they are to be retained …
