Andy Turnbull

A superb weekend of Premier League soccer had many talking points, with a huge number of contentious decisions. Here's what was called correctly or incorrectly by the referees and the reasons why. Starting with the early kick off at the KC Stadium, Vincent Kompany was sent off after just 10 minutes for bringing down Nikica […]

Even with just five Premier League games this week, there were plenty of talking points to pick out from the referee's performances. Starting at Stamford Bridge, Spurs conceded four second half goals in a 4-0 defeat. However, at 1-0 to the Blues, referee Michael Oliver gave a contentious penalty after a collision between Samuel Eto'o and […]

Referees were kept busy this weekend with red cards, contentious penalty decisions and even a headbutt. Here's what the officials called correctly and what they might regret. The most bizarre incident of the season by far was Newcastle boss Alan Pardew's head butt on Hull midfielder David Meyler. The incident came after Meyler wanted to quickly take […]

The 53rd League Cup final will take place at Wembley this Sunday, with Manchester City taking on Sunderland. Manchester City have had a relatively straight forward route to the final, with their 2-0 win away at Newcastle the toughest test before they went on to beat West ham 9-0 on aggregate in the semi-final. Sunderland, […]

After another eventful Premier League weekend where Chelsea continued their dominance at the top of the table, and both Liverpool and Arsenal scored four goals, there were quite a few key refereeing decisions that changed the results of games, which are examined below: Liverpool continued their superb home form, winning a 7 goal thriller against […]

Sunday's FA Cup match between Arsenal against Liverpool was superb. A classic cup tie with end-to-end goalmouth action resulted in a 2-1 victory for the Gunners, against an in-form Liverpool looking to build on a 5-1 demolition of Arsenal, only a week ago. However, this game was packed with controversial decisions. From penalty appeals to […]

The introduction of goal line technology this season has resulted in key decisions being made correctly through the use of the referee's watch, which beeps whenever the whole of the ball crosses the goal line. During Tuesday's game at the KC Stadium between Hull City and Southampton, there was a goalmouth scramble where 3 shots […]

Here are the key refereeing decisions from this past weekend's Premier League matches: Eden Hazard starred in a 3-0 victory for Chelsea against Newcastle, with the third goal coming from the penalty spot after Samuel Eto'o was wrestled to the ground by Magpies centre back Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa. It was very poor defending by the Frenchman, not […]

Rather bizarrely, it was a quiet weekend in terms of controversial refereeing decisions. I have picked out three that are the most talked about following Gameweek 24. During Chelsea's superb performance in a 1-0 win against Manchester City, there was an incident late on involving Matija Nastasic and Oscar as Chelsea tried to break on a counter […]

Better late than never, here's a review of the key refereeing decisions from the mid-week Premier League matches — and what the match officials got right and wrong. Beginning at White Hart Lane, the home side were 1-0 down and half time was approaching, when a free kick from Christian Eriksen was converted by an […]

In the review of this past weekend's refereeing decisions in the Premier League, there's only one place to start and thats at Anfield where Luis Suarez was judged to be brought down by Aston Villa keeper Brad Guzan. The score was 2-1 to the away side at the time, so this was no doubt a huge […]

Starting at St James’ Park, where the most controversial decision of the weekend took place. Newcastle’s Cheick Tiote hit a superb strike, which flew into the net, following a corner. There were three Newcastle players in an offside position as the ball left Tiote’s boot. As soon as the Newcastle players and fans celebrated the […]

From the Premier League matches on New Year's Day, we saw that referee Howard Webb had a poor game in Manchester Utd’s fourth home defeat of the season, but it couldn't mask the huge problems the Champions have. Manchester United slumped to defeat at the hands of Tottenham, who look rejuvenated under Tim Sherwood, now […]

Boxing Day saw all 20 Premier League teams play, producing some very interesting results and a number of goalkeeping howlers. As ever, the referees were kept very busy with red cards, penalties and goal line decisions. Fouls inside the box from set pieces are increasingly becoming more and more frequent. Jumping on players’ shoulders, pulling […]

I was at Villa Park yesterday to see under pressure Manchester United take on Aston Villa. The atmosphere pre-game was low key from the home supporters, which was surprising given United were on a two game losing streak in the league and were under huge pressure to get three points. The Manchester United fans, however, […]