A reminder of how things have changed and why top four finishes are not to be decried

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 …

Burnley v Arsenal Sun 02 October 2016 – The Match Officials. Which Mr Pawson will turn up – Jekyll or Hyde?

    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 …

UEFA Champions League – Arsenal v Basel key incidents, plus the under 19 Arsenal/Basel game

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 …