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How referees are not quite as independent as we would like them to be.
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Untold Referees is part of “Untold Arsenal” – an ever growing collection of articles and comment on numerous aspects of football from a pro-Arsenal perspective. A list of other sections within Untold Arsenal is given at the end of this page, and on the home page of the site.
Background: Initially Untold Arsenal started to publish referee reviews of Arsenal matches, and through this we found some evidence of what appeared to be consistent bias by referees against Arsenal. The point was then made we would get a better overall picture of what is going on if we also analysed errors made by referees in non-Arsenal EPL games as well.
This site records our findings. A summary of our position from the point of view of evidence is given here.…
Untold Referees is written by a team who draw together their reports on how referees have performed in various matches, based on TV reporting of games. We use the TV since it allows us to check and re-check decisions – but we are at the mercy of the TV stations which don’t always show each and every decision. If you would like to contribute to the work of the panel please do get in touch with us via WalterBroeckx@hotmail.com
Past reports from Untold Referees are given below (these are roughly in date order starting with the latest) and after that the index to all the sites within the Untold series.
You might also be interested in this associated site…
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- Which referees are fit for purpose in the Premier League. We reveal the awful truth
- Are the referees in the Premier League bent? The Untold Analysis
- Referee Atwell relegated by the ref authorities. Does that mean that they are taking note of Untold Ref Reviews at last?
- Ref Review: Swansea 1 Chelsea 1
- Ref Review: Wigan 0 Man City 1
Everton v Manchester City – PMGOL showing their colours
Untold Ref Review: Norwich – Chelsea, from zero to zero
Untold Ref Review: Bolton – Liverpool
Untold Ref Review: Arsenal – Blackburn, high scores all around
Untold Ref Review: Manchester City – Tottenham, the spider web
The one and only Refwatch: Arsenal – Blackburn
Swansea v Arsenal: the statistical and referee preview
Ref Review: Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 3
Suspicious ref decisions: when errors don’t balance out and become bias. Part 2 of our new enquiry
Fifa says Premier League is not exempt from corruption, and appoints ex-Interpol man to investigate
Many refs make one wrong call every 10 minutes. Part 1 of our new enquiry.
Latest Ref Reviews: Sunderland 1 Man City 0 Fulham 0 Man U 5
London people are unfit to referee according to the referees’ association
Corruption in the Premier League: Poor-Bert – the next head of PGMO
Incompetent or bent? Certainly one or the other. Fulham v Arsenal – the ref review
Watch out for the lightening in Manchester when Dowd is around
Referees: the geographical bias
1: The Ref’s Association has closed its web site
2: London people are unfit to referee according to the referees’ association
3: What did Mr Wenger mean when he said “We know what to expect in London”?
Also…
Corruption in the Premier League: Poor-Bert – the next head of PGMO
Incompetent or bent? Certainly one or the other. Fulham v Arsenal – the ref review
Referees update – are they listening to Untold at last? Surely not!
Referees close their official web site, but make a step in the direction we’ve been asking for
- REF REVIEWS: Man City 3 Stoke 0 – Yaya Toure is untouchable
- REF REVIEWS: Tottenham 1 Chelsea 1 – the ref had a draw on his coupon!
- REF REVIEWS: Stoke 2 Tottenham 1 – one of the worst ref performances of the season
- REF REVIEWS: Man C 3 Newcastle 1 – an excellent game for the ref
- REF REVIEWS: Wigan 1 Chelsea 1 – a dreary non-event
- REF REVIEWS: Arsenal 1 Wolverhampton 1. Not a good performance
- REF REVIEWS: Villa 1 Arsenal 2 – one wrong decision but otherwise very good
- REF REVIEWS: Newcastle 0 Chelsea 3 – one shocking decision changes the whole game
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- REF REVIEW: Man U 4 Wolves 1
- CORRUPTION: Match fixing in the Premier League, the proof, the evidence, the prediction.
- REFEREES: The shocking truth, only one in five red cards in the Premier League is correct
- REVIEW: Avery good looking ugly win, a bounce back, a satisfying win
- PREVIEW: Villa versus the Arsenal, plus a little chat about Gibbs.
- RETROSPECTIVE: What we learned from the Man City game
Man City/Arsenal – and guess what Dowd scored?
REFS: How Arsenal are coping better with refs this season. Arsenal 1 Everton 0 ref review.
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- REF PREVIEW: Man City v Arsenal – preparing for the game that will answer a lot of questions about Phil Dowd
- REF REVIEW: Fulham 1 Liverpool 0
- REF REVIEW: Wigan 0 Arsenal 4
- REF REVIEWS: Man C 5 Norwich 1
- Blackburn 0 Chelsea 1
- REF PREVIEW: Arsenal, Everton, complete with pictures, graphs and explanations!
- REF REVIEW: Olympiacos v Arsenal
- REF PREVIEW: If you have never read one of our ref previews, try this one. We go right back to basics and then look at Wigan/Arsenal
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- REF REVIEW: Man U 1 Newcastle 1
- THE RULES EXPLAINED: How the ref got it wrong, utterly wrong, and then right
- REF REVIEW: Tottenham 3 QPR 1
- REF REVIEW: The worst and most biased refereeing ever seen at the Emirates = a detailed analysis.
- REF PREVIEW: DogFace Château nerf de pap 2011 and Mike Dean
- REF REVIEW: Arsenal win the group v Dortmond
- REF REVIEW: Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2 – what happens when there’s no ref!
- REF PREVIEW: The final farewell for Wednesday’s ref.
- REF REVIEW: Norwich/Arsenal – you won’t believe the second half!
- PHIL DOWD WATCH: Norwich v Arsenal. That’s it then, no chance
- REF REVIEW: Norwich 3 Blackburn 3
- REF REVIEW: QPR 2 Manchester C 3, and something of a novelty
The referees’ comparison table: which refs score it right and which ones get it wrong.
REF PREVIEW v WBA: We’ve had this ref twice and we’ve lost both times!!!!!!!!!
REF ANALYSIS: Is Dowd really the best ref in the Premier League?
REF REVIEW: Liverpool 1 Norwich 1
REFEREES: 30% of all important decisions are wrong. But is it a first half/second half thing?
- REF REVIEW: Everton 0 Man U 1. A game of two halves.
- REF REVIEW: Man City 4 Aston Villa 1
- REF REVIEW: Chelsea 3 Arsenal 5, and as for the wrongly called fouls…
- REF SHOCKER: Penalties are far less likely to be correct in Arsenal games than elsewhere.
- REF SHOCKER: 32% of all decisions in Arsenal matches are wrong!
REF WATCH:Chelsea v Arsenal
- Man U 1 Man C 6: The ref can get it right when he tries.
- REF WATCH: Clarifying the way in which reviews are done.
- REF REVIEW: Liverpool 1 Man U 1, Man U get the most wrong calls.
- REF REVIEW: MU – MC not just the score was historic
- REF REVIEW: How biased are we?
- REF REVIEW: Marseille v Arsenal. For once luck does balance out.
- REF REVIEW: Blackburn v Man City
- REF REVIEW: Which clubs get the most wrong calls against them?
- REF REVIEW: Bolton v Chelsea – a perfect case of utter bias
- REF REVIEW: Arsenal v Sunderland
- REF WATCH: “Anything can happen in the next 2 hours” (It’s Howard Webb Again)
REF REVIEW: Man U 2 Norwich 0
Mr Collina gets it wrong. Refusing to help the refs will not help anyone.
Who has the correct figures? Mr Elleray or Untold
The Untold Ref Review: Tottenham v Arsenal
The complete utter and disgraceful history of Mike Dean. Ref watch for Tottenham v Arsenal
Which ref makes the most wrong calls?
Untold Ref Review – Arsenal 3 Bolton 0
Who gets the benefit of the wrong calls?
Double punishment in football – is football just?
Arsenal versus Manchester United
Revealed: “The Busacca Moment” when referees move to fix the match
The Untold Ref Review: Udinese/ Arsenal (other Untold ref reviews listed below – just scroll down)
Untold Ref Review: Bolton v Man City
The Untold Ref Review: Arsenal – Liverpool
The Untold Ref review – Man U / Tottenham
Untold weekly ref review – week 1
The view behind the Ref Review series
Untold Ref Review: Man City – Swansea
Untold Ref Review: Arsenal – Udinese
Untold Ref Review: Liverpool-Sunderland
Untold Ref Review: Stoke – Chelsea
The Untold Ref Review: didn’t he do badly?
New Fufa head of the refs – what will change?
Latest: Do all refs respond to swear words in the same way?
Match Fixing: Latest on the arrests in Turkey and Greece
The Italian scandal keeps coming back
A call to arms; let us sort out this refereeing issue once and for all
The big European study of refs reveals something rather sinister
Refs and scandals: the problem spreads across the world
Ipswich/Arsenal – the ref’s review
Ref Watch: Birmingham v Arsenal
There is something seriously wrong with refereeing in the EPL: Part 1 of our investigation
Referees: conspiracy theory or practice – Part 2 of the special investigation.
Just how bad does a ref have to be before he gets called “bent”
There’s something rotten at the heart of refereeing
Is the EPL fixed? Taking the arguments forward.
There is something seriously wrong with refereeing in the EPL: Part 1 of our investigation
Referees: conspiracy theory or practice – Part 2 of the special investigation.
Just how bad does a ref have to be before he gets called “bent”
There’s something rotten at the heart of refereeing
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