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Arsenal History on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here ————– By Walter Broeckx, the ref When I heard the news that Mike Dean would be our ref I got a bad feeling. But on the other hand this was a chance for me to see how he would do when I don’t have to …
RefWatch – Arsenal v Newcastle United – (Sunday 07/11/2010) By DogFace Referee: Mike Dean Assistant 1: Simon Beck Assistant 2: Simon Long 4th Official: Peter Walton This RefWatch is a tough one for me – how do I, as an Arsenal fan, possibly write up an article on Mike Dean in an …
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By Walter Broeckx Today we got a ref from Switzerland and one of the big names in Europe. Did Mr. Busacca live up to his reputation? Well why don’t we just try to find out? GOAL : Walcott gives Arsenal the lead and nothing wrong with that goal when I look at my rule book. …
Walter Broeckx, who is himself a referee in Belgium and who writes the post match referee report on Untold, recently met up with a fellow-referee who recently retired from the game, having been a Fifa ref for 10 years and who handled many Champions League games. How does it work when you get a CL …
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By Walter Broeckx, the ref No beach ball to see with ref Micheal Jones today so he couldn’t mess it up with that. But how did he do for the rest with the other decisions? CARD: Ilunga gets the first yellow card. The ref let play continue first for an advantage but then comes back …
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RefWatch: Mike Jones – Arsenal Vs West Ham 30/Oct/2010 By DogFace Referee: Mike Jones Assistant 1: Dave Bryan Assistant 2: John Flynn 4th Official: Keith Hill This weekend we entertain Western side of the provincial hamlet of Ham in what promises to be a cracking encounter… probably. But enough of all that – the build …
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By Walter Broeckx, the ref Another great result from the Gooners at St. James Park with a comfortable 4-0 win against the home side. So let us take a look at ref. Marinner who was the ref on the day. A warning before you start reading: In Belgium we had to see the game on …
by Walter Broeckx, the ref Before the game it was as if we went back in a time machine one year. The same clubs on the field, the same ref (that is the ref who last season wasn’t exactly the best man on the pitch as he missed a few things like Adebayor trying to …
Ref Watch – Manchester City v Arsenal – 24/10/2010 By DogFace I’d like, if you good people of the Arsenal blogosphere are willing, to drop in occasionally to bring to your attention some Arsenal news of the ‘Untold’ variety. I warn you I’m an old cynic… but please bear with me as I mean well. …
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By Walter Broeckx One of our readers said that the problem with time wasting is not the rules but the refs who for some reason don’t enforce the rules on the field. And I could only agree with this. I must say that I sometimes feel like doing a crusade against dangerous tackles on my …
By Walter Broeckx, the ref. The ref in our CL game against Shaktar Donetsk was Mr. Moen from Norway. Well let us just see how he did. OTHER: Wilshere comes in late and hits his opponent. The ref gives him a lecture. He could have given a yellow there but later on it turned out …
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by Walter Broeckx We all have seen the time wasting performed by Birmingham City last weekend at the Emirates. Well those who were in the stadium saw it, that is, because for us at home sitting in front of our TV or PC it’s much more difficult to follow this. Because mostly the director uses …
By Walter Broeckx, referee With the visit of Birmingham came also ref Atkinson to the Emirates. Since the Eduardo incident a very tricky game and with from Arsenal’s point of view games where the casualty list was high in the past seasons: Eduardo, Walcott, Cesc…just to name a few. Just take a look at the …
By Walter Broeckx, ashamed of being a ref For many years we have seen horrible challenges on our players. We have seen the terrible image of Eduardo who’s foot was almost separated from his leg. We have seen the “he is not that kind of guy-Shawcross” flying in like a madmen on Ramsey to chop …
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by Walter Broeckx, the untold ref When I looked at my TV seconds before the game I saw a to me unknown ref. It turned out to be one of the assistants and when I saw the smiling face of Mike Dean I was thinking this could be an interesting game for the ref review. …
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By Walter Broeckx, the untold ref For our CL game against Belgrade we got the company of ref Stark from Germany. Did he have a “stark” (strong in English) performance? A first point of attention is the fact that I cannot remember a game that was televised in such a bad way. Sometimes you got …
by Walter Broeckx, the referee Together with West Bromwich Albion came ref Michael Oliver. A young ref with some kind of reputation. Let us see how his match was. Could it be worse than ours? OTHER/CARD: the ref blows a foul against Eboue at the moment the foul is given. The ball runs to Nasri …
By Walter Broeckx For the trip to the Lane we got ref Lee Probert in charge. The result was great but how was the ref? We just will find out. PENALTY: Lansbury runs in the area and falls down. There was a hand of a defender on his back, but I think the ref is …
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By Walter Broeckx Watching MOTD is one of the highlights in my life. I must say that from the days of Jimmy Hill it was always a joy for me to hear the tune at the start of the program. My wife knew that at that moment she could run around naked in the house and …
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By Walter Broeckx, the ref A visit to Sunderland and the home referee for Sunderland was Mr. Phil Dowd OTHER: From the start Sunderland can’t commit any fouls it seems. The moment we come near a player who falls down ref Dowd blows his whistle. 0/1 GOAL: A lucky goal but they all count. 1/1 …
by Walter Broeckx At first I only planned to do this series on refs in the EPL. But after the game I thought it could be nice to do this also for the Champions League so that at the end of the season we also could make a comparison between the refs in both competitions. Who …
by Walter Broeckx, the ref from Belgium, the Worldwide man Our Second home game brought us not only the visit of Bolton but also ref Stuart Atwell, the youngest ref in the EPL. CARDS: tackle Davies from behind on Rosciky. Ref gives advantage which goes to nothing. But with a tackle on a defensive player so …
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by Walter Broeckx So let us have a look at the ref from the game against Airburn Rovers – Arsenal. Ref in charge was Mr. Foy who had received a fair deal of criticism after the game Stoke City – Tottenham H. And he deserved that criticism as he was truly bad in the Stoke …
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Managerial Ping-Pong! By Steven Hebert Why is it that Managers can be sacked and replaced at any time of the year? The acquisition and selling of players is, as we all know, restricted to two windows. This makes perfect sense as it brings certain stability to the season and benefits the players as much as …
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by Walter Broeckx It all evens itself out at the end of the season is a much used line in football. The same phrase is used if we are talking about having luck or not, about injuries in comparison with our opponents, and off course on bad or good decisions from the refs. Last season …
