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By Walter Broeckx I don’t know when I first started writing about referees on Untold Arsenal. I remember trying to write a few educational articles about some decisions and about the rules. And also add the perspective on why a ref could make mistakes. But then came the questions from oh so many readers about …
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By Tony Attwood This site has covered the collapses of and problems at various clubs, since we first started out. Not because we want to say, “Nah nah nah nah nah” or words to that effect, but rather to point out that when the AAA call for change at the top of the club, such …
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The big five, is it fair. Written by Adam Brogden. The 2013 demographic study into football will be published sometime in June, in case you are unfamiliar with these sorts of studies, I’ll explain. They are basically a look at world football as a whole, and they highlight the movements of individuals from one area …
by Walter Broeckx In our series to find out with which ref some teams perform better than average we have referee Lee Mason next. But first let me explain in short the average, under and over thing you see in the last row. This is for new readers of course. Regular readers can skip this …
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By Tony Attwood Here’s the league table – you probably know if off by heart anyway, but just so we have it on the page while considering the final games, here it is… # Team GP W D L GF GA PTS 1 Man Untidy 35 27 4 4 79 36 85 2 Mancty 35 …
By Walter Broeckx Sometimes you think in a game after some 40 seconds: this is going to be a walk in the park. A Queens Park even. And then some 90 minutes later you give a big sigh in relieve and are glad you got the 3 points. It is the difficult time of the …
By Billy the Dog McGraw It’s Theo Walcott Day today. But more on that later. Because we are off to play Arry – the man whose reputation precedes him, as the headline says. Twice relegated, twice sacked, twice leaving behind him a club in such dire straits there was serious doubt if it could continue. …
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by Walter Broeckx If you have not been here before, you might like to look at… The most detailed study of Premier League Refs ever:The referees 2013. Now onwards: for in our series to find out with which ref some teams perform better than average we have referee Marriner next. One of the top refs …
By Tony Attwood They do things differently in Women’s Football. Or do they? Arsenal have just been knocked out of the Champions League, but have reached the FA Cup Final. Rather oddly Arsenal (the team that wins most everything in Women’s Football in England) lie sixth in the league – but then they have achieved …
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By Tony Attwood Being ahead of the game we’ve already done one piece on Mr Wenger leaving, but the story won’t go away. According to various paper reports (Le Parisien is one example) the top men at PSG have been saying Arsene Wenger will definitely be coming to PSG this summer. Failing that he will …
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By Tony Attwood It is fairly common for the AAA to claim that Arsenal’s directors and management are incompetent or greedy or both. But if it is incompetence you are looking for, it is there to be seen among many other clubs. I have already written about Blackburn’s case in which they managed to put …
by Walter Broeckx In our series to find out with which ref some teams perform better than average we have referee Halsey next. One of the older refs and so lots of numbers on him. More than on some other more youthful refs. So I will be curious, just like you I think to find …
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By Tony Attwood Few could have doubted when Manchester City were purchased and an awfully large amount of money was put in that they were going to turn football upside down. We have seen bits and pieces of this adventure. The development of the area around their ground. The way their ground has been turned …
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St George and The Suarez: The Dragon who came to represent everything ‘Un-English’ By Dominic Sanchez-Cabello A week has passed since St George’s Day came and left with the understated swiftness we’ve come to expect of it. No fuss, no celebrations with funny hats,no increase in the consumption of Boddingtons and I expect no one …
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