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The final ref review of the season – Part 1 By Walter Broeckx First of all I will start to give you all the results the refs have had this season on the important decisions. For the new and not regular readers this is a score on 100 when it comes to Cards, Penalties, Goals …
By Walter Broeckx, the Untold ref goes on his holidays soon Well we had ref Atkinson for our final game of the season. And guess what we had him in our opening game also and then he had a score of 83% in total. Let us see what he had this time? And notice yet …
By Laundry Ender The problem with untold and moving things on Credibility, that is the problem. At least it is as far as the assertion that there is a systemic bias in referees towards some teams, or players in the Premier League. And that the bias has an impact on the outcome of games, and …
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Arsenal under ref Atkinson get a booking every 4.4 fouls… some 30.6 fouls less than Fulham. RefWatch – Fulham v Arsenal (22/05/2011 16:00) By DogFace Referee: Martin Atkinson Assistant 1: Jake Collin Assistant 2: Adam Watts 4th Official: Michael Oliver Good morning stat-fans and welcome to the last EVER RefWatch (this season)… and it’s Sunday …
By Walter Broeckx Another day another ref article. And I had promised myself not to write one before next week. But thanks to one of our readers I had to do it. People who have been following my ref reviews and my articles during the season in which I explained how and what can go …
Untold Arsenal and Arsenal History on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Untold Arsenal Index History of Arsenal with a new series on the Rioch year, and onto the Wenger years. Making the Arsenal – the book of Arsenal death and rebirth By Walter Broeckx, the Untold ref with a new plaything It has …
By Walter Broeckx Regular readers on Untold know that we have been focusing on the refs from the start of the season. Prior to that we did cover refereeing but not as comprehensively as we do now. The in-depth coverage started when I felt the need to highlight mistakes by the ref and as a …
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RefWatch – Arsenal v Aston Villa (15/05/2011 16:00) By DogFace Referee: Michael Oliver Assistant 1: Ron Ganfield Assistant 2: Bob Pollock 4th Official: Andy D’Urso Good morning stat-fans and welcome to the penultimate RefWatch [of the 2010/2011 season]! But before we get started on Michael Oliver (of which we don’t have a lot of data …
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A co-production by Johnny and Walter Broeckx This time we went to Old Trafford to have a look at how Howard Webb did the Utd-Chelsea game. I must say that I intended to do the review myself. Johnny did it and as I just couldn’t find the time this week and could only make it …
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By Walter Broeckx, the Untold ref So today we had Mike Halsey. Let us check his numbers. Min Type Decision correct points weight on 1 OTHER Push on Ramsey no foul given NC 0 0 1 1 OTHER Foul on Van Persie not given NC 0 0 1 2 OFFSIDE Offside against Stoke not given …
RefWatch – Stoke City v Arsenal (08/05/2011 14:05) By DogFace Referee: Mark Halsey Assistant 1: Ceri Richards Assistant 2: Glenn Turner 4th Official: Michael Oliver Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch. Let’s have a look at Referee: Full name: Mark R Halsey Date of birth: 8 July 1961 (1961-07-08) (age 49) Place of birth: …
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By Walter Broeckx One of our readers gave me a link to http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/mls-suspends-mullan-additional-nine-games and ask me to give my comment. And it couldn’t come on a better time than this week. Because on Sunday we have seen what good a player Aaron Ramsey was and still looks to be. Last season in the cold winter …
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By Walter Broeckx, the Untold ref So we had ref Foy yesterday. For Arsenal the result was great. Will Foy also have a great result? Only one way to find out. Just read on. Min Type Text C/NC pts weight on 1 OTHER Foul on Nani given C 1 1 1 2 OFFSIDE Offside against …
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RefWatch – Arsenal v Manchester United (01/05/2011 14:05) By DogFace Referee: Chris Foy Assistant 1: John Flynn Assistant 2: Andy Garratt 4th Official: Lee Mason Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch. Let’s have a look at Referee: Full name: Christopher J Foy Date of birth: 20 November 1962 (1962-11-20) (age 48) Place of birth: …
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Quantifying the Bias of Arsenal’s Referees vs. The Rest of the League’s Clubs By Zach Slaton and DogFace This post can also be found at http://numbersgameblog.blogspot.com/ Author’s Note: Special thanks to DogFace for his co-authorship on this post. His voluminous data set, unending patience, invaluable insight and contribution, and constant editorial feedback throughout the creation of …
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By Walter Broeckx, the untold ref who is fed up with refs in the EPL by now The person executing the orders of whoever is doing the calls was Mike Jones. (Oh if you wonder: I wrote this line after I found out what he has done and after the review). Min Type Decision correct points weight …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here RefWatch – Bolton Wanderers v Arsenal (24/04/2011 16:00) By DogFace Referee: Mike Jones Assistant 1: Dave Bryan Assistant 2: Patrick Keane 4th Official: Chris Foy Good afternoon stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch. [Actually the …
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Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the Untold ref So we had ref Atkinson for this game and I think the final score will have pleased him. But does his own score pleases him? Or you? Just take …
By Walter Broeckx, the Untold ref with a watch. We had ref Marriner yesterday and well he had a rather good game. That is IF we forget the last 5 minutes of Fergie time and if we forget some decisions earlier in the game. Just take a look if you still can stand it. Min …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the ref who tells it how he sees it So we had ref Mason this week at Blackpool. Did he have a good game? Let us try to find out. Min Type Decision correct points weight On 4 OFFSIDE Offside against Blackpool C …
By Walter Broeckx Won’t you please, please help me. This was the honest reaction of Bernie “Kevin” Blom after the game Twente – PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie. What happened in this game between the number 2 and 1 at the start of the game and where the number 2 Twente could overtake PSV …
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By Tony Attwood Even Sir Alex F Word wasn’t impressed by what the referees have been saying as they have tried to deflect attention away from the growing mountain of evidence that the Premier League is fixed. At least I think he wasn’t impressed. As with many of the commentaries of Sir F Word it …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the one and only unbiased ref at Untold So Dowd we got and what did he get? Let us see how he did his game from my point of view. Min Type Decision C/NC points weight on 1 OTHER Foul on Walcott C …
RefWatch – Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers (02/04/2011 17:30) By DogFace Referee: Phil Dowd Assistant 1: Dean Mohareb Assistant 2: Ceri Richards 4th Official: Anthony Taylor Good morning stat-fans and welcome to another RefWatch! I would like to say first that I try to approach these articles with an open mind, I research, I investigate and …
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By Walter Broeckx As someone asked me to give a more complete picture of the refs so far this season I will be happy to provide this. If we only take the league games we get the following refs and results. Because for some strange reason the refs do a better job in the cup …
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