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 Walter Broeckx Some pundits couldn’t understand the rather high level of celebration that could be seen amongst Gooners and Gunners after the final game, with even the manager joining in, in his own laid back way. I do think that had more to do with the fact that they couldn’t believe we did it …
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By Walter Broeckx With the season over I would love to try to put the season in perspective when looking at the numbers. Where things went wrong and where things went right. What to do to improve for next season and other stuff like that. Our start was rather disastrous, one could say. Just look …
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By Walter Broeckx Sometimes, at the end of the season, there are so many things you want to say. Yet it is sometimes too difficult to start writing at all. Even when we endure the most terrible losses I can usually, after swallowing the painful defeat, put myself behind my computer (actually it is sitting …
By Walter Broeckx Last summer was a bad summer. Well that is kicking in an already open door as they say in my mother language. We lost our top scorer. And we lost our main assist provider. And because of the European championship a few of our players couldn’t join in pre-season from the start. …
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by Walter Broeckx In our series to find out with which ref some teams perform better than average we have referee Howard Webb next. And this is the final article in this series. We have talked about teams and then showed how each team did with each ref. And then we did the ref articles …
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By Walter Broeckx In our series to find out with which ref some teams perform better than average we have referee Anthony Taylor 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 …
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By Walter Broeckx So what do I know? I wrote about bad omens and bad signs. And there the Arsenal proved me wrong. Thanks guys. Don’t mind feeling a bit stupid with my predictions being so wrong. In fact the most important thing I tried to do was try to make us all aware that …
By Walter Broeckx Most of the time I am of the more optimistic kind of Gooners one could say. But there are a few reasons why I want to warn you that our game against Wigan will not be an easy ride. If we look at the omens, the calendar and, well, you know, the …
by Walter Broeckx In our series to find out with which ref some teams perform better than average, we have referee Swarbrick 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 …
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by Walter Broeckx In our series to find out with which ref some teams perform better than average we have referee Lee Probert next. But first let me explain in short the average, under and over thing you see in the last row of the table below. This is for new readers of course. Regular …
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Match Review: Phil Dowd – Arsenal Vs Manchester United (1 – 1) [28/04/2013] If you are new to this site and this is your first visit then please: Read this to fully understand our reviews. Today’s referee is Phil Dowd MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Phil Dowd (2013-04-28) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer …
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By Walter Broeckx In the past when the website of the PGMOL was still alive and whistling we found a few things over there that told us the criteria that are used to appoint referees. Lucky we did some copy and pasting in those days. I quote from the previous information we could find on …
By Stephen Queen PGMOL Headquarters, may 7, 2013; in the head man’s office Mike Riley is sitting behind his desk. So what is still to be decided in the PL? Ah the battle for 3rd and 4th spot. The battle between Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham. And then Mike Riley dreams away. Dreams of his “heroic” …
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by Walter Broeckx In our series to find out with which ref some teams perform better than average we have referee Michael Oliver next. But first let me explain in short the average, under and over thing that you will see in the last row. This is for new readers of course. Regular readers can …
By Walter Broeckx I was planning to write an article about the death of the referee in the US but then I saw that Don McMahon had already written a great article about this. I then was starting to write a comment but found out that it was something that was both involving the un-red …
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by Walter Broeckx In our series to find out with which ref some teams perform better than average we have referee John Moss 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 …
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By Walter Broeckx I don’t know when I first started writing about referees on Untold Arsenal. I remember trying to write a few educational articles about some decisions and about the rules. And also add the perspective on why a ref could make mistakes. But then came the questions from oh so many readers about …
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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 …
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By Walter Broeckx Sometimes you think in a game after some 40 seconds: this is going to be a walk in the park. A Queens Park even. And then some 90 minutes later you give a big sigh in relieve and are glad you got the 3 points. It is the difficult time of the …
by Walter Broeckx If you have not been here before, you might like to look at… The most detailed study of Premier League Refs ever:The referees 2013. Now onwards: for in our series to find out with which ref some teams perform better than average we have referee Marriner next. One of the top refs …
by Walter Broeckx In our series to find out with which ref some teams perform better than average we have referee Halsey next. One of the older refs and so lots of numbers on him. More than on some other more youthful refs. So I will be curious, just like you I think to find …
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by Walter Broeckx I’m waiting eagerly the moment when we have a referee Smith in the PL. Reminds me of an old series on TV. But for now we have to do with ref Jones. Let us take a look at how the teams do when he is in charge of their games. Again a …
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Match Review: Neil Swarbrick – Arsenal Vs Everton (0 – 0) [16/04/2013] If you are new to this site and this is your first visit then please: Read this to fully understand our reviews. Today’s referee is Neil Swarbrick MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Neil Swarbrick (2013-04-16) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer Comment …
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by Walter Broeckx Next in our attempt to bring some statistic line in the referee world we will have a closer look at referee Friend and how the teams are doing in general and when he is around. First let me explain in short the average, under and over thing you see in the last …
Match Review: Andre Marriner – Fulham Vs Arsenal (0 – 1) [20/04/2013] If you are new to this site and this is your first visit then please: Read this to fully understand our reviews. Today’s referee is Andre Marriner MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Andre Marriner (2013-04-20) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer Comment …
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