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by Andrew Crawshaw It seems a long time since I did the last referee preview but we are back to talking about first team football this weekend. On a general note, I read that following the announcement of Mr Clattenburg’s defection to Saudi Arabia (and a tax-free £500k per year) that Chris Kavanagh, David Coote …
Read More “Liverpool v Arsenal 4 March 2017 (Matchweek 27) – The Match Officials”
by Andrew Crawshaw Yesterday morning 27/2/17 Arsenal FC announced that their Academy Manager – Andries Jonker was leaving with immediate effect to take over as manager at Bundesliga club VFL Wolfsburg. It has also been reported that Freddie Lungberg who has been managing our U15 team this year and assisting with the U19s in their …
Read More “Changes to the Academy required as Wolfsburg appoint new Coach and Assistants”
by Andrew Crawshaw On Sunday 19 February Arsenal Ladies held a special game at their Home Ground Borehamwood as a tribute to one of the finest players ever to pull on an Arsenal Shirt. She was shortlisted for FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 The game featured the …
The trip of a lifetime for the only Canadian who supports both Arsenal and Sutton by H Mark Bodwell I met a bloke at the train station after the Kelly Smith tribute match and we got to talking. He turned out to be one of the contributors to Untold Arsenal, and he was fascinated that I …
by Andrew Crawshaw The U18s have now played 19 of their 22 League games and sit in third place in the Southern Group table. Chelsea have already won the Group but second is still ‘up for grabs’ with Reading, Ourselves and West Ham in the fight. Pos Team P W D L +/- Pts 1 …
by Andrew Crawshaw If you thought that the PGMO would relax a bit now that we are 12 points behind Chelsea then think again. Our Officials for Saturday are :- Referee – Mark Clattenburg 41 years old from Durham FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Jake Collin FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 2 – Adrian Holmes …
Read More “Arsenal v Hull – Saturday 11 February 2017 – The Match Officials”
by Andrew Crawshaw I have been looking at the TransferMarket squad values in the European Leagues and how the various teams are performing against their positions (ranked in terms of their squad values). I last did this a couple of years ago and found that, by and large, there was a reasonably good correlation between …
Read More “A Ramble through Europe – Which Managers should we keep an eye on?”
Borehamwood FC Sunday 19 February 14:00 by Andrew Crawshaw At the end of last season Kelly Smith MBE announced that she was retiring from playing professional football. She was however taking up a permanent coaching position with Arsenal Ladies so the club will continue to be able to call on her experience and expertise. Kelly …
by Andrew Crawshaw As Tony reported in his article What the top teams did in the transfer window and how deep fake news has seeped. there have been a large number of loan moves for some of the players who we would expect to see in the U23 squad. There have also been a number …
Read More “The U23 Team – Who’s left and who is joining the Academy for next Season?”
by Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Martin Atkinson 45 years old from West Yorkshire FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Stuart Burt Northamptonshire FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 2 – Stephen Child Kent FIFA Accredited Fourth Official – Stuart Attwell 33 years old from Warwickshire Well it’s finally happened Martin Atkinson appointed as referee for his first …
Read More “Atkinson (and Chelsea) v Arsenal Saturday Feb 4 2017 – the Match Officials”
by the Referee review team 1: Referee Appointments and Results matchweek 16 Bournemouth vs. Leicester City [1-0] Referee – Paul Tierney 1st Assistant Referee – Andy Garratt 2nd Assistant Referee – Scott Ledger Fourth Official – Andre Marriner Everton vs. Arsenal [2-1] Referee – Mark Clattenburg 1st Assistant Referee – Simon Bennett 2nd Assistant Referee …
Read More “Referee Appointments and Results Matchweek #16 complete with video evidence”
by the Referee Team Just in case you find the full weekly referee review too long – here is a quick summary in bullet point form. The full analysis will follow. Matchweek 16 included these games Tuesday 13 December 2016 Everton 2 – 1 Arsenal West Ham 1 – 0 Burnley Sunderland 0 – 1 …
Read More “Referee Appointments and Results Matchweek 16 – The bullet points”
by Andrew Crawshaw Firstly an apology for the inadequacy of my preview of Jon Moss. In essence I got things right but failed to predict the scale of his ‘crimes’. My predictions for his performance are in blue italic script, post match comments are in black Mr Moss is really not a terribly good referee …
Read More “Arsenal v Watford Tuesday 31 January 2017 – The Match Officials”
by Andrew Crawshaw It has been some time since I did an update of the progress of our U23 team this season and with their game against Chelsea being shown live on Arsenal Player at 13:00 on Friday this seems like an appropriate moment to do so. The league is split into two groups with …
Read More “Arsenal U23s: an update plus preview and team prediction of Arsenal v Chelsea”
by Andrew Crawshaw Firstly some news Mike Dean has demoted himself this week after being heavily criticised in the press following so-called errors in his decision making over the last few weeks, most notably his sending off of Feghouli which was overturned on appeal and failing to send off Barclay for a foul on Henderson …
Read More “Arsenal v Burnley Sunday 22 January 2017 – The Match Officials, and news of a promotion”
by the Referee Review Team If you find our ever growing referee analysis too much, we’re now publishing a quick summary version. You’ll the summary for this matchweek on Untold here. But of course we would be very critical of anyone who just published such a summary without the details, so if you like the …
Read More “Referee Appointments and Results Matchweek #15 complete with video evidence”
by The Referee Team Just in case you find the full weekly referee review to long – here is a quick summary in bullet point form. The full analysis will follow later today. Matchweek 15 included these games Saturday 10th December 2016 Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City Burnley 3-2 Bournemouth Hull City 3-3 Crystal Palace Leicester …
Read More “Referee Appointments and Results Matchweek 15 – The bullet points”
by Andrew Crawshaw Before I start on the match Officials for our game on Saturday I want to bring to your attention the latest piece of game management by the PGMO. This coming week is matchweek 21 and Michael Oliver has been appointed to the Manchester United v Liverpool game on Sunday afternoon. This will …
by Andrew Crawshaw After 19 games Arsenal had 40 points and sat in third place in the table behind Chelsea and Liverpool and with City and the Tinies close behind, Team Points Goals W L D For Against +/- 1 Chelsea 16 1 2 49 42 13 +29 2 Liverpool 13 4 2 43 46 …
Read More “2016-17 Season: The half time review of referees and players, and the top 6 table.”
by the Referee Review Team 1: Referee Appointments and Results matchweek13 Manchester City vs. Chelsea [1-3] Referee – Anthony Taylor 1st Assistant Referee – Stuart Burt 2nd Assistant Referee – Adam Nunn Fourth Official – Mike Dean Crystal Palace vs. Southampton [3-0] Referee – Neil Swarbrick 1st Assistant Referee – Scott Ledger 2nd Assistant Referee …
Read More “Referee Appointments and Results Matchweek #14 complete with video evidence”
by The Referee Team In case you find the full weekly referee review to long/complicated/boring – or indeed in case you are about to leave home in order to buy fish and chips for the evening supper, here is a quick summary in bullet point form. The full detailed analysis will appear tomorrow. In Match …
Read More “Referee Appointments and Results Matchweek 14 – The bullet points”
by Andrew Crawshaw We start the second half of the season with a trip to sunny Bournemouth on the South Coast. Our officials for the game are :- Referee – Michael Oliver 31 years old from Northumberland and FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Stuart Burt From Northamptonshire and FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 2 – …
by Andrew Crawshaw This match marks the halfway point of the season it is the 19th with another 19 to go. Referee – Andre Marriner 45 from West Yorkshire and FIFA Accredited First assistant – Simon Beck From Bedfordshire and FIFA Accredited Second Assistant -Andy Garratt from the West Midlands Fourth Official – Michael Oliver …
by Andrew Crawshaw The PGMO have announced all of the referee appointments for the festive season – that’s matchweeks, 18, 19 and 20. I have them entered into my spreadsheet and have the following comments. There are two teams who will have seen a referee four times in the first half of the season. Hull …
Read More “Arsenal v West Brom 26 December – The Match Officials”
by Andrew Crawshaw This weekend we have Referee – Martin Atkinson. Age 45 from West Yorkshire and FIFA Accredited Assistant 1 – Gary Beswick. From Durham and FIFA Accredited Assistant 2 – Adam Nunn. From Wiltshire Fourth Official – Robert Madley. Age 30 from West Yorkshire and FIFA Accredited Second time this year for both …
