By Walter Broeckx I have to come back to the first goal from Chelsea. A lof of things have been said about the Alonso-Bellerin assault that went unpunished by the ref. And a lot of rubbish has been said. Now before I come to the point of this article I will start with a few …
By Tony Attwood in Australia I have seen Arsenal on TV in all sorts of somewhat unusual places – including I recall watching the 1971 Cup Final in Algiers – but I don’t think I ever anticipated watching a live Arsenal game eight miles above ground level. But that is what happened with the Chelsea …
By Walter Broeckx In trying to ignore the Atkinson antics people said it didn’t matter because we were played off the pitch. Now I must say that I had the impression that it was a more balanced match. But hey, what do I know I could be wrong. I thought it started as a more …
By Bulldog Drummond Chelsea, as we will all remember, were thumped by Arsenal 3-0 at the Ems, and although that was good news for us it was pretty bad news for the rest of football as they then went on a whirlwind of winning. Date Venue Opposition Score (h-t) Result 24/09/2016 A Arsenal 0:3 (0:3) …
by Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Martin Atkinson 45 years old from West Yorkshire FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Stuart Burt Northamptonshire FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 2 – Stephen Child Kent FIFA Accredited Fourth Official – Stuart Attwell 33 years old from Warwickshire Well it’s finally happened Martin Atkinson appointed as referee for his first …
by Tony Attwood I seem of late to have annoyed more people than usual with my occasional ramblings on this site, so I guess there might be a little bit of pleasure dished into the lives of one or two people when I report that tomorrow (Friday) I am toddling off to foreign parts; to …
By Tony Attwood There is something delightful about watching the nation’s media writers making total idiots of themselves as they respond to an Arsenal defeat – and something inevitable about the way the anti-Wengerian camp followers will pick up on the theme. But the way in which they overtly seek to mislead the public is …
by Tony Attwood In terms of what we did in the transfer window the answer was not a lot although given the general hysteria of who we were going to sign, that might come as a surprise. But jut to check you didn’t miss anything here’s the list… In Cohen Bramall (Hednesford Town) – …
by the Referee review team 1: Referee Appointments and Results matchweek 16 Bournemouth vs. Leicester City [1-0] Referee – Paul Tierney 1st Assistant Referee – Andy Garratt 2nd Assistant Referee – Scott Ledger Fourth Official – Andre Marriner Everton vs. Arsenal [2-1] Referee – Mark Clattenburg 1st Assistant Referee – Simon Bennett 2nd Assistant Referee …
By Tony Attwood What to make of that? Well, block 110 front row had enough humour to keep us sane, and remove life-threatening situations from any cats that might be lurking at home. But maybe that was because a) none of us owns a cat and b) we had seen it before – just as …