Ref Review : Sunderland – Arsenal: Was this not knowing the laws? Or just plain bias? The latter looks more probable

SUNDERLAND vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 10 DATE: 29th October 2016 VENUE: Stadium of Light (Sunderland, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Martin Atkinson 1st LINESMAN: Stephen Child 2nd LINESMAN: Stuart Burt 4th OFFICIAL: Craig Pawson First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points 00:05 John …

The moment that proves “our destiny is in the minds of our players”. Watch again and again and again.

By Tony Attwood If you want to skip my chit-chat and usual rambling just scroll down the page, the video is below. But if you have a moment to spare, do consider this…. Driving home from Heathrow Airport last night I heard someone on BBC Radio 5 announce that his “worry” was that Arsenal treated …

CL Ludogorets – Arsenal 2-3: a Liège comeback as predicted after 15 minutes

By Walter Broeckx A few changes as we already knew as some players had to stay at home. Walcott, Bellerin, Monreal and Santi amongst them. So we had Jenkinson at right back and Gibbs came on at left back but he did that in the last matches also.  Xhaka also came back in the team …

Ludogorets Razgrad v Arsenal. “Our destiny lies in the minds of the players”

By Bulldog Drummond Seems there is a bit of a debate going on about Arsenal’s line up today with Mr Wenger being at his most enigmatic. We know that Monreal, Cazorla, Bellerin and Walcott did not travel.   Mr Wenger said of the two last named players “both are ‘more or less’ injuries”.  I’m not …

Here comes November: a time of horror or success for Arsenal?

By Tim Charlesworth So here it is – November.  Halloween brings genuine horror for Arsenal fans, because the day after Halloween is November 1st and that is something for us all to be scared of.  Every year I convince myself that November is an absurd irrational superstition, and every year it delivers on the horror.  …

Referee Appointments and Results Matchweek #08 complete with video evidence. The worst week yet.

by the Referee Review Team 1: Details of Match Referees and Assistants Chelsea vs. Leicester City [3-0] Referee – Andre Marriner 1st Assistant Referee – Simon Beck 2nd Assistant Referee – Andy Garratt Fourth Official – Stuart Attwell Bournemouth vs. Hull City [6-1] Referee – Lee Mason 1st Assistant Referee – Mick McDonough 2nd Assistant …