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By Walter Broeckx One of our readers asked the following question after one of my ref articles. I will try to answer the parts in bold. Ref Reviewer #? It would be kind and instructive and de-mystifying to readers hear to have you weigh in on some questions. Refreshingly, you write: there are “moments when …
—————————- Untold Ref Reviews is a series that runs throughout the season, through which our referee’s panel reviews different games, based on the same agreed approach across all our reviewers. You can find details of all our past reviews at http://blog.emiratesstadium.info/referees —————————– Today’s referee is Mike Dean – What can we say about him …
————————————————————– Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” We’re on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ———————————————- By Walter Broeckx After almost every article I write about the refs …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” ———————————————————- By Walter Broeckx As was asked by a reader I will give you the league …
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————————————— Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here Follow us on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Follow Arsenal’s History here By Tony Attwood About four years ago a number of Arsenal supporters began to be concerned about what we saw as poor refereeing in the …
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Today’s referee is Andre Marriner – MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Andre Marriner (2012-01-31) Period 1 Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment Weight 3 OTHER Mereiles Allen C Pull 1 4 OTHER Allen Mereiles C Trip 1 4 OTHER Allen Mereiles C Mereiles was clearly unhappy with the fact that Allen kicked the ball in …
Today’s referee is Martin Atkinson – How did the ref do in this game MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Martin Atkinson (2012-01-16) Period 1 Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment Weight 2 OTHER Milner Moses C Trip 1 3 PENALTY Wigan14 C The Wigan player blocked the defender 3 4 OTHER Rodallega Hart C Prevents …
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By Walter Broeckx Today the news came out that ref Stuart Atwell has been demoted from the PL referees and has been put back to the Football league. He was only 25 when he did his first game in the EPL, the youngest ref ever and now at 29 years he is put back down …
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Today’s referee is Peter Walton – In some parts of the world they say that Walton is a United ref. Is there anything to see in this review that might point at it? Just read on. MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Peter Walton (2012-01-31) Period 1 Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment Weight 1 OTHER …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here Today’s referee is Neil Swarbrick – How did he do in his maiden match for Arsenal? MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Neil Swarbrick (2012-02-11) Period 1 Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment Weight 4 OTHER …
Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here Today’s referee is Mark Clattenburg – Would this be a game to remember for any reason? MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Mark Clattenburg (2012-01-21) Period 1 Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment Weight 6 OTHER …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here Today’s referee is Kevin Friend – This review can also bring some perspective to our goalless draw this week as one of our competitors for the 4th spot went under at Bolton. But we are …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here Today’s referee is Howard Webb – How was his score at the end of the day? MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Howard Webb (2012-01-22) Period 1 Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment Weight 7 OTHER …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here Today’s referee is Chris Foy – A scoreless goal at the Reebok stadium between Bolton Wanderers and Arsenal. Only one person scored but was it the ref? MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Chris Foy (2012-02-01) Period …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here Today’s referee is Phil Dowd and on this side of the fence we had ref reviewer 04. And in our continuing quest for the Holy Grail (= a higher standard in refereeing) we adapted our model …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here By Ref Reviewer 04 For the game at Norwich between the local side and Tottenham Hotspur we had the youngest ref in the EPL in charge. How did Michael Oliver score in this game? MATCH …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here By ref Reviewer 04 Howard Webb was the ref for the game between Liverpool and Stoke. Was it a memorable game? Well a game that will not last in my memory for ever. The only …
Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here By Ref Reviewer 02 The game between Liverpool and Newcastle was under the supervision of ref Lee Probert. How was his score? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 1 Offside Bellamy C …
Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here By Ref Reviewer 04 Mike Dean was in charge of the game between Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers. Did he had an as shocking final score as the game? Min Type Foul from On C/NC …
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Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here By Ref Reviewer 03 Game Arsenal –ManchesterUnited. Ref in charge was Mike Dean. What was his score on the day? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 2 OTHER Vermaelen Valencia C …
Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here By Ref Reviewer 02 For the game Newcastle – Manchester United we had ref Webb. A normal day at the office? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 1 Foul Berbatov Colocini N/C …
By L. M. On this site there has been often referred to the Calciopoli scandal in Italy. In short this was the system where a few top clubs like Juventus had a system where they conspired with the people who decided which ref would get which game. The reasoning was that they knew/hoped which ref …
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By Ref Reviewer 02 For the game Swansea – Arsenal we had ref Michael Oliver leading the teams out. What was the verdict of the ref reviewer? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 4 Goal Arsenal C Good goal 1 3 5 Other Augustein Ramsey C 1 1 6 Offside …
By Ref Reviewer 04 For the boxing day game at Stamford Bridge we had ref Friend who did the derby between Chelsea and Fulham. Was he anybody’s friend after the game? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 5 OTHER Murphy Torres C Came in with a high foot, ref tried to play …
By Ref Reviewer 04 For the game between Chelsea and Aston Villla we had ref Mark Halsey at the whistle. Was his game as surprising as the final result? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 3 OTHER Ramirez Dunne NC Push on defender not given 0 0 3 OTHER Dunne Ramirez NC …
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