Referee tactics and why Arsenal are in the bottom half of the table

By Tony Attwood In this series I have looked at how we have discovered the level of influence that crowds can have on referees, thanks to the LSE research, and then considered from there how clubs have responded to that knowledge. This is the concluding article.   Here is a list of the articles so far …

How some clubs manipulate referees and journalists to their own advantage

This is part of a major series on refereeing in the Premier League, reflecting Untold’s work in analysing exactly what is going on, using both data from academic research and from our own analyses.  Here is the series so far… however each article is by and large readable on its own… How clubs manipulate referees …

How clubs developed the fourth type of match fixing in the Premier League

by Tony Attwood This is the third in our series reviewing what is happening to refereeing in the Premier League.  The previous articles are: Revealed: How clubs have evolved their “referee handling” tactics with such success How the impression refs have of certain clubs influences how they are treated You might recall that back in …