Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger
by Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Roger East Assistants – Simon Bennett and Marc Perry Fourth Official – Frederic Graham Roger East is from Wiltshire and this will be only the third time he has refereed in an Arsenal game. This Season His only appearance this season was at the end of December in our 2 …
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by Andrew Crawshaw Here is the Table of Shame updated following the Liverpool game. Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 1 24 Red Cards 1 10 Penalties 2 16 Goals 0 8 Total 4 58 Possible Cost in Points 0 13 I count the not given penalty to Arsenal in Min …
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by Andrew Crawshaw Here is the Table of Shame updated following the Newcastle review Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 1 23 Red Cards 1 10 Penalties 2 15 Goals 0 8 Total 4 56 Possible Cost in Points 0 11 Plenty of mistakes by Anthony Taylor, virtually all in Newcastle’s …
by Andrew Crawshaw Here is the Table of Shame updated to Matchweek 19 so the first half of the season. Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 1 22 Red Cards 1 10 Penalties 2 15 Goals 0 8 Total 4 55 Possible Cost in Points 0 11 So in the first …
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by Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Martin Atkinson Assistants – Mark Scholes and Matthew Wilkes Fourth Official – Lee Collins Martin Atkinson is probably the second most distrusted referee that Arsenal have to cope with in the Premier League, regularly twisting his decisions to ensure that the outcome of the game suits his agenda. This is …
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by Andrew Crawshaw The statistics – all in one place In the first half of the season the PGMO have used 19 referees in the Premier League. There have been 190 games in total so, if all referees had been given an equal workload, one would expect the an average of about 10 games per …
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by Andrew Crawshaw Despite the Ladies Football season not starting competitive football until March, the Club have made three announcements this week, not least because the transfer window in now open and will close before the season starts in March. Katie McCabe has joined the club from Shelbourne FC in Dublin. Katie is 20 and already …
