Venue: Craven Cottage, London. Date: Sat 21st Jan, 2011. Kick-Off: 3:00 pm. Referee: Lee Mason (Lancs). If ever you want to see a textbook example of "a game of two halves", get the DVD of this game. though personally, it's a video horror show I'll be steering clear of. United went into this game sitting [.

Have you ever seen anything like it?

One of the worst first half performances in memory. Newcastle were very impressive, well drilled, pressurising perfectly, timing their confrontations and ganging up on our players relentlessly. We couldn't keep the ball. They could, spraying it around and running us ragged.

Venue: Craven Cottage, London. Date:: Sat 21st Jan, 2011. Kick-Off: 3:00 pm. Referee: Lee Mason (Lancs). Good afternoon Geordies and welcome to our regular "match banter" feature for today's away visit to Craven Cottage, the home of "Cottagers" of Fulham. As usual, if you're looking for a detailed look forward to the game, I would [.

The FA will not be taking any action against Glen Johnson for his challenge on Joleon Lescott in the first leg of Wednesday night's League Cup semi-final.
After all the controversy that surrounded Vincent Kompany's red card against Manchester United for a two-footed tackle on Nani in the FA Cup third round last weekend, there have been calls for Johnson to face severe punishment.

Manchester City slumped to their second home defeat in four days as Steven Gerrard's early penalty moved Liverpool to within 90 minutes of their first Wembley appearance since 1996.
Lacking key men, including skipper Vincent Kompany who sat forlornly in the stands as he began a four-match ban, and drained by the energy exerted at having to play for 78 minutes with 10 men against Manchester United at the weekend, City were a shadow of their usual selves.

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Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Saturday 17th Dec, 2011. Kick-off: 3.00pm. Referee: Lee Mason. With the Magpies still lickng their wounds after a 4-2 mauling by some powerful Canaries, they return to their nest at St James' Park to face another bird attack, this time from the Swans of Swansea.

Craig Bellamy and Joey Barton were involved in a X-rated tunnel bust-up at Anfield on Saturday.
The controversial pair had a heated exchange of words during the closing stages of Liverpool's slender 1-0 weekend win.
Queens Park Rangers boss Neil Warnock tried to brush the on-pitch feud under the carpet in the post-match press conference.

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Last three matches:
Liverpool: 0-1 Fulham (a); 2-0 Chelsea (a); 1-1 City (a)
QPR: 1-1 West Brom (h); 1-2 Norwich (a); 3-2 Stoke (a)
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Liverpool: Suarez 4; Own Goal 3; Adam, Carroll 2; Bellamy, Gerrard, Henderson, Johnson, Maxi, Skrtel 1
QPR: Helguson 6; Bothroyd, Young 2; Barton, Campbell.

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John Terry and controversy are old friends at this stage, aren't they? His Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has now denied that his captain got booked on purpose against Wolves at the weekend.

JT was on four bookings and therefore just one away from suspension, when he was cautioned by referee Lee Mason for taking way too long over a throw late on in the game.

By Alan Duffy

John Terry and controversy are old friends at this stage, aren't they? His Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has now denied that his captain got booked on purpose against Wolves at the weekend.

JT was on four bookings and therefore just one away from suspension, when he was cautioned by referee Lee Mason for taking way too long over a throw late on in the game.

• Kop That: Graham Poll: Lee Mason should explain Old Trafford penalty reversal and card shark Luis Suarez http://t.co/zJG8x0VL 23:52:57, 2011-11-06
• Kop That: Who can replace Wayne Rooney for England http://t.co/YAiXxlw6 23:35:40, 2011-11-06
• Kop That: 'Sometimes we looked like headless chickens' Daniel Agger bemoans 'really, really bad' Liverpool perfor.

Graham Poll: Lee Mason should explain Old Trafford penalty reversal and card shark Luis Suarez

It takes courage to give a penalty against Manchester United at Old Trafford and assistant referee Jake Collin did just that on Saturday afternoon.

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Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland Premier League 5th November 2011

United's 1-0 victory against Sunderland won't go down as one of their better performances during Fergie's 25-year reign, as the home side failed to match the occasion with a big performance.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson recently contended that Luis Suarez 'dives all over the place', and this was followed up by Paul Scharner hinting that Suarez dived to win a penalty in Liverpool's game with West Brom. With increased media attention on Suarez as a result of these accusations, Liverpool legend Ray Houghton worries that it might start to affect the judgment of referees.

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Jerome Thomas claims Lee Mason was wrong to award Liverpool an early penalty in West Brom's 2-0 defeat.

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West Brom midfielder Paul Scharner has lambasted Luis Suarez for the "nice dive" that earned the penalty to set Liverpool on the way to a 2-0 victory at the Hawthorns.
Suarez was adjudged to have been fouled by Jerome Thomas inside the area after just nine minutes of Saturday's Premier League clash and Charlie Adam stepped up to score from the spot.

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West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Liverpool Premier League 29th October

Liverpool were by far the better side at the Hawthorns on Saturday with goals from Charlie Adam (via the penalty spot) and Andy Carroll sealing a comfortable win for the visitors.

Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez showed more signs of forging a potent strike partnership as Liverpool strolled to victory over West Brom - and former Reds manager Roy Hodgson - at the Hawthorns.
A Charlie Adam penalty and Carroll's third goal of the campaign confirmed Liverpool's superiority as they climbed into fifth spot in the Barclays Premier League.

West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Liverpool: Carroll on Target in Reds' stroll

Goals from Charlie Adam and Andy Carroll gave Liverpool a comfortable 2-0 win at the Hawthorns. This time last year, West Brom manager Roy Hodgson was in the middle of a torrid six month spell as Liverpool manager.

Goals:
Adam 9' (pen)
Carroll 45+1'
A thorough, comfortable win, never in doubt after notching a second on the stroke of halftime, a clean sheet easily kept away from Anfield.
Had Liverpool scored so early in their last league match, converting just one of the chances from their fast start, we could have seen a similar result.

West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Liverpool | Premier League Match report

He is a magnet to controversy and probably always will be but it is impossible not to admire Luis Suárez's mercurial talent. The Uruguayan took centre stage here in an accomplished Liverpool performance that proved there is life after Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher.

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So, three goals, three points, another masterclass by Robin van Persie and Stoke go home unhappy. All in all that was a pretty satisfactory day at the office, even if it did look a little bit unsure at certain times.

Arsene Wenger rested Robin van Persie, a decision arrived at after consultation between player and manager apparently, meaning Marouane Chamakh started a league game for the first time since the final game of last season, when everything was academic.

Only person to be involved in all the goals

Crisis talk? What crisis talk? Slowly but surely we're inching up the table. Just when I was getting used to read about Arsenal being involve in relegation six pointers battle. Too bad our win over Stoke yesterday would be overshadowed by the incredible result in the Manchester derby.

Venue: City Ground, Nottingham Date: Tuesday, Sept 20th, 2011 Kick-off: 7:45pm Referee: Lee Mason Hello, good evening and welcome to NUFC Blog's match banter feature for this evening's League Cup encounter with Nottingham Forest at their place. Forest have been struggling of late under former England manager and Dutch accent specialist, Steve "Wally with the [.

Venue: City Ground, Nottingham Date: Tuesday, Sept 20th, 2011 Kick-off: 7:45pm Referee: Lee Mason Newcastle United are in action this Tuesday night, with a visit to see Dutch impressionist, Steve McClaren, and his struggling Nottingham Forest side. The Magpies defeated a spirited Scunthorpe United team 2-1 in extra-time to earn a visit to the City [.

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By DogFace Referee: Howard Webb Assistant 1: Darren Cann Assistant 2: Micael McDonough 4th Official: Lee Mason Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch... It seems that the PGMOL's official website is now officially defunct – it has been replaced with a message saying: "Content is being developed with premierleague.

Liverpool ruthlessly sweep aside Fulham at Craven Cottage and moved above Spurs into fifth place and the final Europa League spot. The style that Liverpool showed was a message to the rest of the Premier League that Liverpool will be aiming to regain their mantle as most successful English side next season.

Liverpool ruthlessly sweep aside Fulham at Craven Cottage and moved above Spurs into fifth place and the final Europa League spot. The style that Liverpool showed was a message to the rest of the Premier League that Liverpool will be aiming to regain their mantle as most successful English side next season.

RefWatch Arsenal v Manchester United (01/05/2011 14:05) By DogFace Referee: Chris Foy Assistant 1: John Flynn Assistant 2: Andy Garratt 4th Official: Lee Mason Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch. Let's have a look at Referee: Full name: Christopher J Foy Date of birth: 20 November 1962 (1962-11-20) (age 48) Place of birth: [.

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Neil Warnock admitted that he's 'ever-so proud' of his R's charges, who twice came from behind thanks to an Adel Taarabt double in their 2-2 draw at Cardiff City.

On April 5th, the FA charged Wayne Rooney with breaking Law 12 after he swore following scoring his third goal.

A Sky Sports camera came on to the field of play and Rooney shouted "what? Fucking what?" at it.

"The FA has today charged Manchester United's Wayne Rooney for the use of offensive, insulting and/or abusive language relating to an incident during his side's fixture with West Ham United," the FA statement read.

Dear Scott,

Thank you for contacting the Football Association.

The FA takes a dim view of any foul and abusive language used at football matches. The clear distinction to be made in the Wayne Rooney case is that the language used was directed specifically at a television camera lens, whilst clearly audible to the viewing public.

It was just what the doctor ordered. A trip to the seaside to pick up an ailing team. Today's 3-1 win at Blackpool, pulled the Gunners back into the title race, 7 point back with 7 games to go.

By the time Man United travel to Newcastle on 19 April, Arsenal will have played Liverpool at home, so the Gunners could be only four points back by this time next week.

April 10th 2011
1. Player: Charlie Adam
Game: Blackpool vs Arsenal
Time: 57 minutes

After being fouled, Adam was clearly seen on the TV screen saying "fuck off". The referee is Lee Mason who claimed in his match report from West Ham vs Manchester United that if he had heard Wayne Rooney swearing, he would have sent him off.

April 9th 2011
1. Player: Jermaine Beckford
Game: Wolves vs Everton
Time: 73 minutes

After being substituted, Beckford was clearly seen on the TV screen saying "fuck me" before rowing with David Moyes.

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RoM is launching "Swear Watch" this weekend following the two match ban for Wayne Rooney. He was charged with using "offensive, insulting and/or abusive language" in our 4-2 win over West Ham.

Referee Lee Mason did not hear the swearing and did not see the swearing but in his match report claimed he would have sent Rooney off if he had.

"I don't know if you can use the word fair any longer," said Ferguson, recalling that his use of the word at Chelsea last month landed him with a five-game touchline ban. We put an appeal in. The lad has apologised for swearing but I don't think we expected to get a result. It will bring us together.