Watch out for the lightning in Manchester when Dowd is around

“Making the Arsenal”:  In case you didn’t get given it for Christmas it is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site, and in the Arsenal store. Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal By Walter Broeckx 60 games done. 60 games reviewed by our team of reviewers. And I would like to thank …

Untold Injury Index – The Festive Round-up Part 1 – Gameweeks 17 & 18

Untold Injury Index – The Festive Round-up Part 1 – Gameweeks 17 & 18   By Dale Higginbottom Happy New Year everyone, I wish you all the best for 2012. After a good Christmas break it’s time to catch up a bit on all the injury news over the festive period. We had four league …

Referees and locality, 3. What did Mr Wenger mean when he said “We know what we expect here in London”

“Making the Arsenal” – is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site, and in the Arsenal store. Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal By Walter Broeckx In this new series about the refs I have so far published two articles: London people are unfit to referee according to the referees’ association The …

Are London people unfit to referee… yes according to the PGMO

By Walter Broeckx In my earlier article about the Professional Game Match Officials I commented on how the referees’ web site had been shut down and how the referees’ association has taken on some new referees for the Premier League.  Not many but at least a (very) small step in the right direction. But then …

Corruption in the Premier League: Poor-Bert, the next head of the PGMOL?

By Walter Broeckx What on earth is wrong with ref Probert? Last year I wrote an article after the Wigan game which was also a Christmas game only 2 days after a previous game. He then screwed us over with not giving a blatant penalty for handball in the last minute. And that after he …

Untold Ref Review : Fulham 2 – Arsenal 1

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Ref Reviewer 04 Sit down and relax (if you can) for a long ref review. Ref Probert did the game Fulham-Arsenal. Before you start reading a warning: this review is based on the images shown from the live screening. And as our regular readers now we only change the …

Untold Ref Review: Arsenal 1 – QPR 0. Our growing level of stats are proving accurate predictors

By Ref Reviewer 03   For the battle between Arsenal and Queens Park Rangers we had ref Atkinson in the Emirates. How did he score? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 2 OTHER Mackie Koscielny NC Backed into defender preventing Kos from cleanly heading ball 0 0 3 OTHER SWP Arshavin NC …

Van Persie in goal scoring drought shock: no goals in 2012

By Billy the Dog McGraw It is 10am on the second day of 2012 and the sheer size of the horror is just bursting upon Arsenal fans – Van Persie has scored no goals this year.  After the triumphs of 2011 when he got over 2,864 goals per game on average, this season is a …

RefWatch – Fulham Vs Arsenal (02/01/2012 – 17:30)

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By DogFace Referee: Lee Probert Assistant 1: Stuart Burt Assistant 2: Adam Watts 4th Official: Kevin Friend Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch… another super quick one as I forgot there was a game today – well, I didn’t forget, it just sort of crept up on me. Asian …

Untold Ref Review: Stoke 2 – Tottenham 1; one of the worst ref performances all season

By Ref Reviewer 03 For the game between Stoke and Tottenham we had ref Chris Foy coming out of his bed. How did he do this game? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 5 OTHER Shotton Bale NC Shove/Trip – not given 0 0 7 OFFSIDE Adebayor C Assumed correct 1 1 …

Untold Ref Review: Tottenham 1 – Chelsea 1. Did the ref fancy the draw? Perhaps so.

  By Ref Reviewer 04 Top game at White Hart Lane where Tottenham took on Chelsea. The PGMOL send a top ref. Did ref Webb get a top score? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 1 OTHER Parker Mereiles NC Got the ball but also caught the leg of Mereiles 0 0 …

Untold Ref Review: Man C 3 – Stoke 0; is Yaya Toure untouchable?

By Ref Reviewer 04 For the game Manchester City – Stoke City we had ref Dean in charge. Let us see what the final score was we could give him. Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 2 OFFSIDE MC C 1 1 7 OTHER Walters Lescott C Push 1 1 9 OTHER …