By Tony Attwood On 24 November 1996 Arsène Wenger took charge of his first derby. It ended Arsenal 3 Tottenham 1. It was a victory those of us there celebrated at considerable length as I recall, because Arsenal had not beaten Tottenham in over 3 years and Tottenham were unbeaten at Highbury in the league since …
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by Andrew Crawshaw Before I start on the preview for this week a quick look at how the refereeing compares this year with previous years. In our six games this year the basic figures are :- Wk Game Score Referee Link to Referee review Overall weighted score Bias H/A 1 Arsenal Liverpool 3 …
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By the referee team Danny Makkelie of Netherlands was the referee. Incident 1 – Minute 5 Foul on Sanhcez A possible trip by the Basel player ignored by the ref. Very difficult to see on this replay. I give the benefit of the doubt to the ref. If he played the ball first there is …
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