Something very important for Arsenal takes place tonight. Coupled with our remaining two games, this is perhaps what our season comes down to. No trophies again (8 years!!), and fighting for a top 4 finish.
One man will have a huge level of influence in determining the outcome of this fight.
Something very important for Arsenal takes place tonight. Coupled with our remaining two games, this is perhaps what our season comes down to. No trophies again (8 years!!), and fighting for a top 4 finish.
One man will have a huge level of influence in determining the outcome of this fight.
If the time allows me to work on this I thought the moment appropriate to give you a small update on a few things I have remarked during the reviewing of the referees this season.
First of all those who are following our reviews on referee decisions and the Arsenal games also [.
Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have reviewed more than 40% of the EPL games
from last season. The reviews themselves were based on full match video footage with the advantage
of video technology features such as slow motion and pause.
By DogFace and Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have reviewed
more than 40% of the EPL games from last season. The reviews themselves were based on full match
video footage with the advantage of video technology features such as slow motion and pause. By
reviewing those 155 games [.
By DogFace and Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have reviewed
more than 40% of the EPL games from last season. The reviews themselves were based on full match
video footage with the advantage of video technology features such as slow motion and pause. By
reviewing those 155 games [.
By DogFace and Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a team of qualified referees who have reviewed
more than 40% of the EPL games from last season. The reviews themselves were based on full match
video footage with the advantage of video technology features such as slow motion and pause. By
reviewing those 155 games [.
Throughout the 2010 World Cup in South Africa there were calls to ban the vuvuzela, primarily because of the ear drum-persecuting drone that they insist upon. Now there's an even more pressing reason to cork the plastic horns one has been used to assault a match official! The sour note happened in the first [.
From Maradona's 'Hand of God' to the two-footed tackle, match officials can make or break a
team's season with their decision making and interpretation of events. Every weekend, football fans
across the world leave football grounds disgruntled at the perceived injustice their team has
received at the hands of the ref.
- Woolwich Arsenal: the club that changed football
For two years now we have been reviewing the performances of referees in matches involving
Arsenal. Last year we introduced reviews of non-Arsenal matches.
Now we have once again expanded, and we have set up a separate site to review the non-Arsenal
games: Referee Decisions.
Referees are traditional supposed to remain impartial, but when you've got the vision and invention
of this Greek official there is only so long you can contain it. Presented with an opportunity that
was too good to refuse during the match between OFI and Xanthi, ref Anastasios Kakos delivered a
tasty trick to create a [.
Greek football always seem to be in trouble for somethin' these days. This would be a lot of
trouble for Anastasios Kakos were the ball to have landed in the back of the net, though with his
career as a referee surely over, he could probably triple his wages by sitting in the hole spraying
balls around the pitch for a European-caliber domestic side.
The MLS Western conference second leg final yesterday saw the Seattle Sounders, in front of a great crowd in Seattle, win 2-1 over the LA Galaxy. However, this was not enough, as Galaxy had won a resounding 3-0 victory in the first leg that puts them in the National final to defend their title from last year against the same team as last year, Houston Dynamo.
David Junior Lopes #3 of the Los Angeles Galaxy receives a yellow card from referee Silviu Petrescu (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
It's happened before and it will happen again. Bad calls, missed calls and mistakes on the part of referees are as much a part of the game of soccer as is the ball being round.
Following Sunday's refereeing debacle in DC, Nate Emeritz considers what might be done to improve
officiating and suggests US soccer should invest in a prominent model of mature (not perfect)
refereeing.
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero says that British players are given preferential treatment by Premier League referees.
"There is a little bit of privilege with players who come from [Britain], but that is normal.We just play our game, and the referee's job is to know who is tricking him and who is not.
Brendan Rodgers does not want his Liverpool team to rely on goals from their strikers this
season.
The Reds manager says there is a need for all his outfield players to contribute, and he is keen
for there to be less emphasis on the number of goals from his forwards.
Liverpool drew a blank in their defeat to West Brom on the opening day of the Premier League
season, and Rodgers says they cannot simply look to their strikeforce to open their account.
Maritimo vs Newcastle United full match video and interviews (opens in new window) Highlights Highlights(?) from this evening's Europa League game between C.S. Maritimo and Newcastle United at the Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal, Madeira. There are some highlights from ESPN here too. A disappointing stalemate.
Highlights(?) from this evening's Europa League game between C.S. Maritimo and Newcastle United at the Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal, Madeira. There are some better highlights from ESPN here too. As usual though, I will keep trying to update them with better ones when they become available. A disappointing stalemate.
Everton vs Newcastle United full match video (opens in new window) with Demba Ba post match interview. Match highlights Highlights of this evening's game between the Toffees and the Magpies at Goodison Park. It was something of a "game of two halves" this evening, with Everton completely dominating the first 45 minutes with some excellent [.
Two-footed tackles are a sure-fire way to get yourself into trouble with referees, especially if it's the ref who's on the receiving end of your lunge. That's exactly what RKC Waalwijk's Jeff Stan did during their match against NEC. The officially didn't give in to the temptation to give Stan his marching orders.
Hi. My name is Zach Woosley, and I'm a serial referee complainer.
Over the years I've raised more hell about referees and officials that work soccer matches than your average fan. I've gotten frustrated, I've yelled at inanimate and animate objects, I've even hit a linesman with an empty water bottle (I'm not proud of that and I'm lucky I wasn't arrested).
10 Amazing Stories About Referees - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Referees get the stick for the smallest mistakes they make. It makes their job a lot more difficult and stressful than it actually is. Here are some of the most bizarre and amazing stories about referees from around the world:
Blood on the field
A match in South Africa in 1999 saw referee Lebogang Petrus Mokgethi, 34, shoot a player dead as that player approached him with a knife.
In the lastest of his sporadic appearances for Real Madrid, Kaka was booked twice and sent off just 18 minutes after coming on in the second half of Saturday's 0-0 draw against last-place Osasuna. He was first booked for an elbow and his second was for impeding Osasuna's attempt at a quick free kick in the 75th minute.
FALL 2012 ASA YOUTH REFEREE CLASS will be held September 10 and 11 in the Black Box Theater
in Kenmore Middle School 630-915pm.
This class is ONLY for:
1. Arlington & Falls Church Youth at least 13 years of age as of September 15, 2012
2. All registrants must submit completed W-9 form, including Social Security number, before
completing the course.
Let's say this from the start: referees are only human. Unfortunately, some are more human than
others. I hadn't seen this much yellow and red since my toddler poured ketchup and mustard all over
our floor. I was going to title this article something snarky with the words "Geiger Counter" in
it, but decided that the officiating mistakes made in this game, while unfortunate and troublesome,
didn't warrant a comparison with something as serious as a radiation detection device.
The Red Bulls May Need Some Lance-style "Special Help" for a Win in KCGood morning! The
Red Bulls travel to the heartland to take on the mighty (and horribly-monikered) Sporting Kansas
City at newly-disgraced Livestrong Park(9:00pm ET, ESPN2, match notes here)in a
true 6-pointer!
