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Posted on January 8th, 2012 | No Comments

Untold Ref Review: Fulham 0 – MU 5

By Ref Reviewer 02 For the game between Fulham and Manchester United we had ref Halsey in charge. An easy game to ref ? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 1 Foul Dempsey Evans N/C Dempsey threw his elbow into face of Jones ref gave nothin…



Posted on January 8th, 2012 | No Comments

Untold Media: After Fulham. All the things the press reported but which Arsène did not say

The Fulham v Arsenal press conference – what was said and what was reported. (Guess what, they are not the same thing). By: Anne The basic media line on Arsene’s post-Fulham comments regarding referee Lee Probert is best summed up by the Guardi…



Posted on January 7th, 2012 | No Comments

So what if…. Where would Arsenal be if technology had been used to correct ref errors this season?

By Walter Broeckx So what if…. How much of progress did humanity make just by someone, somewhere thinking these 3 words? Many good invention started just by these 3 magical words. So I was thinking: So what if Fifa/Uefa/FA started with a way to cance…



Posted on January 7th, 2012 | No Comments

Arsenal History Society at the House of Commons

By Tony Attwood If you are a member of AISA, you are also a member of the Arsenal History Society, and you will have received an invite a while back to attend our Winter Social at the House of Commons on Thursday this week. We received far too many app…



Posted on January 7th, 2012 | No Comments

The FA and League has only themselves (and the police, and Tottenham) to blame for the racism mess

By Tony Attwood According to reports Tom Adeyemi who plays for Oldham, on loan from Norwich City, was racially abused by one or more Liverpool fans at the Anfield ground last night. He gave a statement to Merseyside Police in which it is understood he …



Posted on January 6th, 2012 | No Comments

Untold ref Review : Wolverhampton 1 – Chelsea 2; a novelty and some sh*t

“Making the Arsenal”: In case you didn’t get given it for Christmas it is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site, and in the Arsenal store. Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal By Ref Reviewer 02 For the game between …



Posted on January 6th, 2012 | No Comments

Watch out for the lightning in Manchester when Dowd is around

“Making the Arsenal”: In case you didn’t get given it for Christmas it is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site, and in the Arsenal store. Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal By Walter Broeckx 60 games done. 60 game…



Posted on January 5th, 2012 | No Comments

Untold Injury Index – The Festive Round-up Part 1 – Gameweeks 17 & 18

Untold Injury Index – The Festive Round-up Part 1 – Gameweeks 17 & 18 By Dale Higginbottom Happy New Year everyone, I wish you all the best for 2012. After a good Christmas break it’s time to catch up a bit on all the injury news o…



Posted on January 5th, 2012 | No Comments

Referees and locality, 3. What did Mr Wenger mean when he said “We know what we expect here in London”

“Making the Arsenal” – is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site, and in the Arsenal store. Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal By Walter Broeckx In this new series about the refs I have so far published two articles: Lo…



Posted on January 4th, 2012 | No Comments

Are London people unfit to referee… yes according to the PGMO

By Walter Broeckx In my earlier article about the Professional Game Match Officials I commented on how the referees’ web site had been shut down and how the referees’ association has taken on some new referees for the Premier League. Not ma…



Posted on January 4th, 2012 | No Comments

Corruption in the Premier League: Poor-Bert, the next head of the PGMOL?

By Walter Broeckx What on earth is wrong with ref Probert? Last year I wrote an article after the Wigan game which was also a Christmas game only 2 days after a previous game. He then screwed us over with not giving a blatant penalty for handball in th…



Posted on January 3rd, 2012 | No Comments

Untold Ref Review : Fulham 2 – Arsenal 1

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Ref Reviewer 04 Sit down and relax (if you can) for a long ref review. Ref Probert did the game Fulham-Arsenal. Before you start reading a warning: this review is based on the images shown from the live scree…



Posted on January 2nd, 2012 | No Comments

Untold Ref Review: Arsenal 1 – QPR 0. Our growing level of stats are proving accurate predictors

By Ref Reviewer 03   For the battle between Arsenal and Queens Park Rangers we had ref Atkinson in the Emirates. How did he score? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 2 OTHER Mackie Koscielny NC Backed into defender preventing Kos fro…



Posted on January 2nd, 2012 | No Comments

Van Persie in goal scoring drought shock: no goals in 2012

By Billy the Dog McGraw It is 10am on the second day of 2012 and the sheer size of the horror is just bursting upon Arsenal fans – Van Persie has scored no goals this year. After the triumphs of 2011 when he got over 2,864 goals per game on avera…



Posted on January 1st, 2012 | No Comments

RefWatch – Fulham Vs Arsenal (02/01/2012 – 17:30)

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By DogFace Referee: Lee Probert Assistant 1: Stuart Burt Assistant 2: Adam Watts 4th Official: Kevin Friend Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch… another super quick one as I forgot there was…



Posted on January 1st, 2012 | No Comments

Untold Ref Review: Stoke 2 – Tottenham 1; one of the worst ref performances all season

By Ref Reviewer 03 For the game between Stoke and Tottenham we had ref Chris Foy coming out of his bed. How did he do this game? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 5 OTHER Shotton Bale NC Shove/Trip – not given 0 0 7 OFFSIDE Adebayor C …



Posted on January 1st, 2012 | No Comments

Untold Ref Review: Tottenham 1 – Chelsea 1. Did the ref fancy the draw? Perhaps so.

  By Ref Reviewer 04 Top game at White Hart Lane where Tottenham took on Chelsea. The PGMOL send a top ref. Did ref Webb get a top score? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 1 OTHER Parker Mereiles NC Got the ball but also caught the …



Posted on January 1st, 2012 | No Comments

Untold Ref Review: Man C 3 – Stoke 0; is Yaya Toure untouchable?

By Ref Reviewer 04 For the game Manchester City – Stoke City we had ref Dean in charge. Let us see what the final score was we could give him. Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 2 OFFSIDE MC C 1 1 7 OTHER Walters Lescott C Push 1 1 9 OT…



Posted on December 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Hands up if you thought we would be fourth at year’s end

By Tony Attwood I will make this quick. As I have mentioned in passing before, I live in the Midlands, and have a season ticket in the North Bank, so going to Arsenal is something of a day trip for me. I am just back, and need to change for the evening…



Posted on December 30th, 2011 | No Comments

RefWatch – Arsenal Vs Queens Park Rangers (31/12/2011 – 15:00)

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By DogFace Referee: Martin Atkinson Assistant 1: Simon Beck Assistant 2: Stephen Child 4th Official: Lee Mason Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch… Another quick one today – but all stats…



Posted on December 30th, 2011 | No Comments

Untold Ref Review: Wigan 1 – Chelsea 1. A dreary non-event.

By Ref Reviewer 02 The game Wigan – Chelsae was under the guidance of ref Atkinson. Let us see how he has done this game. Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 2 Foul Meireles Gomez C 1 1 3 Foul Jones Cole C 1



Posted on December 30th, 2011 | No Comments

Untold Ref Review : Man City 3 – Newcastle 1 – an excellent game from the ref

By Ref Reviewer 04 The game Manchester City – Newcastle was under the guidance of ref Foy. How was his game? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 5 OTHER R. Taylor Richards C Trip 1 1 6 OTHER Aguero C Handball 1 1 14 OTHER Lescot Simpson …



Posted on December 30th, 2011 | No Comments

The refs’ association has closed its web site, and made a change. Have they been reading Untold?

By Walter Broeckx As if I had not enough to do with all the reviewing of the games, trying to put the reviews on line, writing some other articles I just decided to have a look at the referee world in the EPL. First I started to have a look at the old …



Posted on December 30th, 2011 | No Comments

Money Laundering in Football – are the crooks really running the show? Part 2 of our investigation

Money laundering, football and the press – part 2 (with added Lassana Diara) By Anne In our first article in this series exposing corruption in football we took a quick look at the situation at Tottenham and the minor matter of how a set of phone…



Posted on December 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Money Laundering, Premier League football, Operation Apprentice, and a little more on Portsmouth FC (again)

  By: Anne   You know, it’s amazing how quiet the football media can be when they want to… Leading into our upcoming series on the transfer market, transfer rumours, and (here’s the big one) possible money laundering in the EPL, I t…



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