REf Review 2012/13 : The bias that teams can get playing at home

By Walter Broeckx This article is part of the series of the Referee Review 2013. You can find links to earlier articles on the bottom of this article.  __________________________ On this site we have published all kinds of reports over the season 2012-2013. We have dealt with the different teams. We have looked  closely at …

Ref Preview: Arsenal v Tottenham

Arsenal v Tottenham FA Cup Third Round 4th January 2014 The match Officials Andrew Crawshaw   Referee – Mark Clattenburg Assistant Referees – Peter Kirkup & Simon Bennett Fourth Official – Martin Atkinson I’m not sure how the referee performance in a FA Cup game will compare with that in a league game but on …

TV wins as Arsenal/Tottenham fails to sell out

By Tony Attwood Whether its the constant storms, the fact that it is on TV, the really daft kick off time, the worries about being stuck at the station yet again because the trains aren’t running, or just because it is the cup and hence not as good as the league, Arsenal v Tottenham is …