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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Editorial what-not. The series that we have been running on referees and corruption takes a breather for a moment as we focus on the forthcoming game with Birmingham. The next article in the series will follow in a day or two. Meanwhile we are still on …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Part 2 of our series on refereeing. (If you have not seen the previous article it might be a good idea to have a read through, to see where these statistics are going). By Walter Broeckx, the ref detective When I was doing my ref review …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the ref review-reviewer Blaming the ref when your side doesn’t win is part of football. It is what many supporters do. Indeed it is so common that anyone who starts to make such an argument seriously is just laughed at by the media, …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, your un-enigmatic ref Lee Probert was the ref in Wigan today and let’s not waste any time and have a look at his game. OTHER/CARD: A cross goes to the second post and the Wigan striker tries to score with his hand. The …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the happy ref. For the third time we had Clattenburg this year and the last one hardly a month ago. A very bad situation for the ref. In fact it is shameful for the FA to always have to send the same refs over …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here RefWatch – Arsenal v Chelsea (27/12/2010 20:00) By DogFace Referee: Mark Clattenburg Assistant 1: Scott Ledger Assistant 2: Martin Yerby 4th Official: Lee Probert Good morning stat-fans. I have dog-flu… Christmas has not been relaxing; it’s a time for children (especially if you have them) and …
RefWatch – Arsenal v Stoke City (18/12/2010 15:00) By DogFace Referee: Lee Mason Assistant 1: Mick McDonough Assistant 2: Patrick Keane 4th Official: Keith Stroud Good morning stat-fans and welcome to what is a rather threadbare RefWatch. The reason being that we have on our hands a couple of new(ish) boys – the up’n’comers and …
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By Walter Broeckx Now that the group stage of the Champions league is behind us I thought it would be nice to see how the refs have done in total and how they compare to the refs in the EPL in global. So I took my table and tried to get an average percentage in …
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by Walter Broeckx, the blind ref’s reviewer Howard Webb was the ref at Old Trafford. If I had to make a choice before the game between Dean and Webb it would be like choosing between the plague and cholera. Webb also has his own facebook group under the name: Howard Webb, United best player (or …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here RefWatch – Manchester United v Arsenal (13/12/2010 20:00) By DogFace Referee: Howard Webb Assistant 1: Dave Bryan Assistant 2: Darren Cann 4th Official: Phil Dowd Good afternoon stat-fans and welcome to an all new stat-tastic RefWatch. Today we have the pleasure of Howard Webb (again) and, …
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By Walter Broeckx As I am on my normal computer now I will try to give a short view on how it works with offences against goalkeepers which came up in the last Ref’s Review. So again I start with the laws of the game. Offences committed against goalkeepers • It is an offence for a player …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the delighted ref. According to my match commentator our ref for today’s game was a débutante in the Champions League. So what more could we say at the start of the game at our ref from Italy besides: welcome. Or benvenuti as it …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the Untold ref with a sick note Today we had ref Chris Foy at the Emirates and we just have to see how he did this game. GOAL: Nothing wrong in the rule book and what a beauty. 1/1 OTHER: Offside given against …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here RefWatch – Arsenal v Fulham (04/12/2010 15:00) By DogFace Referee: Chris Foy Assistant 1: Darren Cann Assistant 2: Bob Pollock 4th Official: Mark Halsey Greetings pop pickers – and welcome to another all-new RefWatch… now – first of all; I know I’m in danger of being …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the no bear drinking ref. Another Carling cup game in a snow cold London and the ref today was Rowan Atikinson, sorry Martin. I couldn’t let this one go. Was he as funny as the one who has the same name? We have to …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the untold ref So for our visit to Birmingham and to Aston Villa we had ref Clattenburg and he leads the ref table so far with his performance when we played at Manchester City. Could he have the same almost faultless game? Let …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here RefWatch – Aston Villa v Arsenal (27/11/2010 – 12:45) By DogFace • Referee: Mark Clattenburg • Assistant 1: Ron Ganfield • Assistant 2: Adam Watts • 4th Official: Phil Dowd Good morning (afternoon) all… Can I first just say what a horrible …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx The ref for this game in the stone pit of Braga was from Hungary. His name was Viktor Kassai. And when you pronounce his name in my local tongue you can translate this in to a cobblestone. So was the ref rock solid? …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here by Walter Broeckx, the SM ref Sometimes I love doing the refs reviews. And sometimes I hate it. But if a dirty jobs needs to be done, someone has to do it. So I try to switch off my Arsenal heart and try to switch my …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here ——————— RefWatch – Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur (20/11/2010 12:45) By DogFace Referee: Phil Dowd Assistant 1: Darren Cann Assistant 2: Simon Long 4th Official: Andre Marriner Just a quick one today I’m afraid… so apologies, it’s been a busy week! Phil Dowd, in my opinion, is …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx So here we are after about 1/3 of the season in the EPL and maybe a good time, with the (f*****g) international break this week to take a look at how the refs have done so far. To start with I give you …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx and Tony Attwood Mr P Neville, a footballer, has been reported in the UK press as saying that Everton’s game plan was to get a trifle rough with Arsenal on Sunday. He also said the strategy had worked in the past but didn’t …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx, the untold ref, not the world cup ref. So for the first time this season we had the honour to have a game from the ref that has done the Champions league and the world cup final. Did he perform at this level? …
by Walter Broeckx Oh, how long they have been waiting for this one to come. And now they can finally have a go at Arsenal again. Yes I am talking about the Cesc tackle right at the end of the game against Wolverhampton. Like flies on a fresh shit they can flying in and all …
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We’re twitting. @UntoldArsenal ————————— RefWatch – Everton v Arsenal – Sunday, 14/11/2010 (14:00) By DogFace Referee: Howard Webb Assistant 1: Andy Madley Assistant 2: David Richardson 4th Official: Anthony Taylor OK – so where do we start with Howard Webb… well (how about a bit of de-ja-vu) – If the PGMOB were a Masonic …
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