* WORLD EXCLUSIVE * FA Ref Rules (Arsenal Edition) Not sure there is much to say of value about the Brighton game, but I do have something to say, though. Not sure if it will brighten your day or make you more infuriated, but here goes… An ‘Arsenal Edition’ Premier League referees rule book has […]
My mate’s sister, is a cleaner at PGMOL HQ and found a copy of the minutes from this year’s PGMOL pre season meeting left on the photocopier. She thought they made interesting reading, so passed a copy on to me. Agenda: Protocol 1 – Common Sense. As part of the new procedures for this season, […]
Arsenal 1 Brighton 1 Kavanagh won An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Dear Howard Webb, This is not reactionary. I’ve intentionally waited 2 days before writing this and watched the game twice without emotion. On behalf of Arsenal fans and confused football fans in general, I would like you to answer these questions about […]
I’d rather be wrong An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I don’t know what the world is like where you live. Where I live it is safer and better than most it seems. I watch and read ‘the news’ too often. Well, Lori tells me I do anyway. She’s probably correct. I came to […]
Following Saturday’s evening’s Newcastle vs Arsenal game, PGMOL have decided to get an independent review undertaken on the VAR decisions. They reached out to my 12 year old daughter, who is a Game Leader (Junior Referee) for Balmain District Football Club, in Sydney. Below is her exclusive assessment of the Newcastle goal(?) Checking Goal – […]
WORLD EXCLUSIVE – England caught in a Webb as Webb leaves England Accountability for the PGMOL Howard and Darren have been naughty. Let’s hope it’s just public naughtiness. This will be the first you have heard of the accountability that has now been decided on for the PGMOL. As you will remember they claimed that […]
The Arsenal produce one of their best performances of the season and yet again, all Richard ‘Past His Sell By Date’ Keys can focus on Mikel and the technical area. Within minutes of the final whistle, Keys was on his one man soap box about Arteta ‘hanging out’ side his technical area. “ Why is […]
VAR (Very Average Referees) Academy It is the mid-season review at the VAR Academy, where all the ‘referees’ get together to assess how things are tracking and to check if all the refs are on course to meet their season KPIs. It’s 9.30am and the full thicket of EPL referees (google it, it’s the collective […]
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage Burnley. At Turf Moor. 12.30pm kick off. During a normal season, this wouldn’t be the most attractive of fixtures to begin your weekend with. For some reason though, I’m not feeling as worried about this one as I usually would. I’m sure […]
TBIF – The Weekly Gunners Town Crew Review Friday The 1st May, 2015 Welcome to Thank Bergkamp It’s Friday – where members of the Gunners Town writing team gather to take a look at the Arsenal week that’s just passed. It’s a simple format, really – each week, a smattering of our eclectic scribes will select a HERO, a VILLAIN, a HIGHLIGHT, and a LOWLIGHT from […]
