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West Ham is a diminutive principality on the eastern fringes of London two stops from Barking. They pride themselves on flowing exciting attacking football, but are managed by Sam The Slug. Quite how they balance these two I have no idea. Or rather, given the nasty things the Slug said about WHU supporters I presume …
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By Tony Attwood If you want to know something strange about football then all you have to do is study the life and times of Peter Ridsdale, a man who has been associated with Leeds United, Plymouth Argyle, Cardiff City, Barnsley and currently Preston North End. The latter is particularly interesting since he has also …
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By Phil Gregory Unfortunately it was not “that” kind of Arsenal Champions League debut, but I was lucky enough to be at the Emirates for my first Champions League game on Wednesday night. Having only been living in London for a matter of weeks, my previous experience of live Arsenal games was either weekend games …
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Greater Manchester Police officers have apprehended Dean Mohareb, the national referee development manager of the FA. This follows a complaint by Janie Frampton who was dismissed from her FA post for professional misconduct earlier this year. Ms Frampton’s case followed an FA ruling that she had offered FA Cup semi-final tickets to British Airways staff in …
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By Walter Broeckx Well it was another interesting moment involving referees in the PL the last days. People often wonder why it is that referees fall for so many dives of United players and award penalties whenever they can. Or give decisions the United way. I will give you an answer at the …
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Match Review: Kevin Friend – Arsenal Vs Southampton (6 – 1) [15/09/2012] If you are new to this site and this is your first visit then please: Read this to fully understand our reviews. Today’s referee is Kevin Friend MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Kevin Friend (2012-09-15) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer Comment …
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Arsenal to play in red and blue stripped shirts with blue shorts. Err? Really. Arsenal in red and blue stripped shirts? Yes, really, that is the story that did the rounds of the local newspapers that concerned themselves with Arsenal affairs towards the end of the 19th century. The colour of the Arsenal shirt has …
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By Walter Broeckx Games in the CL are never easy. I know we have the exceptional high score when we beat a relative new or unknown team. But I don’t think that we really have any real easy teams in our group this year. We have two champions in our group (Montpellier and Olympicacos) and …
The club that changed football Making the Arsenal ————————————————– By Billy the Dog McGraw Olympiakos are top of the 16 team Greek Super League. Played five won five. Goal difference +10. Latest result Atromitos 0-1 Olympiakos In Europe however the Oly’s lost at home to Schalke in the Champs League first round of games. As …
By Walter Broeckx For some of you the waiting on the new reviews might have been too long. Don’t worry it was true for me also. Nothing more frustrating than making reviews that don’t appear on line. But since yesterday afternoon the site Referee Decisions has started publishing new reviews. At last. Finally. A big …
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By Billy the Dog As you will have noticed, we don’t have a betting odds column this season, since Walter and Dogface have migrated across to the Referee Decisions web site. So it is down to me to guide you on the issue of Premier League betting odds. Dogface, I know, used to draw pretty …
By Tony England players get privilege’s from refs that foreign players don’t get. That is the essence of Sergio Agüero’s case of the bias when playing in England. I am not at all sure this has been analysed by our referees working on Referee Decisions – and previously here – but it adds another dimension …
@Blacksheep63 Hope springs eternal on the Holloway Road – the catering tour continues First a disclaimer: this is not a match report (although it may comment on the team’s performance at some stage) this is about food and drink, so you have been warned… This week, two separate venues, plus the usual update on the …
By Phil Gregory Arsenal’s latest numbers are out and, while I won’t write up an extensive analysis of them here (I’m sure the excellent Swiss Ramble will do that much better than I would), I will pick out a couple of things that I think are the key things to note going forwards. Starting off, the …
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