Match Week 34 in Premier League gets extended a tad this week, due to FA Cup and some other make up games. Arsenal are coming off their lucky win over Wigan Athletic in FA Cup to face West Ham, who’ve turned out not to be nearly as bad as they were threatening to be at the beginning of the season. The
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NOTE: This refers to an appointment in the past. See the sidebar for updated appointments. Well, no doubt, this weekend’s Big Match is Liverpool v. Manchester City. With four points dividing them, and City still with two games in hand on both Liverpool and Chelsea, this match could decide the title, pardon the hyperbole. And when you think hyperbole, you
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It could be the biggest game of the year: the one that decides the title. Liverpool v. Manchester City. Big game = big referee. Right now, the biggest referee in English football is undoubtedly Mark Clattenburg. Sure, Howard Webb is still The Man, and he will be going to Brazil and not Clattenburg. But as I’ve mentioned here before, Clatts
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I’m going to be honest with you guys: I didn’t watch much football today. I was out late last night killing zombies. Long story. But pretty much first thing in the morning, my phone started buzzing with texts: “Did you see it??” “Anthony Taylor sucks.” “Not a yellow card!” So, after a couple
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It should be a nice, uneventful week for Premier League referees, though at this stage in the season – and with the title race still somewhat open – I guess “uneventful” is a relative term. Martin Atkinson (above) probably has the toughest job on paper. Arsenal visits Everton on Sunday. With the teams at fourth and fifth respectively, Everton need to
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Here are the referees for this upcoming weekend, March 29 and 30, and Monday, March 31. So much for all the predictions that Andre Marriner (above, looking mildly deranged) would be in League One this week after he sent off the wrong guy against Arsenal at the weekend. He’s at Southampton on Saturday. Note that neither of the ARs who helped lead him
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After yesterday’s debacle at Stamford Bridge, with Andre Marriner sending off the wrong Arsenal player, there’s been a predictable amount of howling from the media that referees should be forced to explain their decisions. It’s an interesting question and not as straightforward as it may seem at first blush. I’ve heard over and over that referees should be forced to
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Always check “Latest Appointments” on the sidebar for updated referee appointments. Here are the referees for this weekend’s Premier League fixtures, March 22 and 23. Chelsea v. Arsenal is an absolutely huge game for the title race, and it falls to Andre Marriner (above). I like Marriner, though he does have the most red cards among Premiership referees so far
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Mark Clattenburg must keep a fifth of scotch in the boot of his car for just such a day. Not that I think Clattenburg did anything wrong in Manchester United v. Liverpool. He did the very best he could in a game that was just absolute madness. He got a few calls wrong, missed a few he could have given,
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Here are the referees for the upcoming Premier League matches on March 8. Note: These are not FA Cup matches, but are regular fixtures. FA Cup will be March 8 and 9. Obviously the biggest match is Chelsea v. Spurs, since Chelsea are sitting in first place and Spurs are scrabbling for Champions League football next year. Mr. Wunderkind, Michael
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