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RefWatch – Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal (20/04/2011 19:45)
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By DogFace
- Referee: Martin Atkinson
- Assistant 1: John Flynn
- Assistant 2: Peter Kirkup
- 4th Official: Stuart Attwell
Good morning stat-fans and welcome to the computer generated RefWatch… I just like press this button yeah and all this stuff comes out, technology eh!
Let’s have a look at Referee:
- Full name: Martin Atkinson
- Date of birth: 31 March 1971 (1971-03-31) (age 40)
- Place of birth: Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
- EPL Referee Since: 2004/2005
- EPL Games to date: 150
Mr. Atkinson; what is the stance of the PGMOL on transparency?
Ah Martin Atkinson – I remember him… stitched up the mancs, loves the chavs and gave the spuds that ‘orrible 4-4… but ask yourself this, enlightened Gooner, as you read these stats: “between Arsenal and Tottenham, whom is the bigger threat this season to Chelsea’s seasonal objectives?”
Martin Atkinson has had 12 games for Tottenham Hotspur consisting of 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses
Tottenham Hotspur are currently in 5th in Martin Atkinson’s personal Points Per Game League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, with an average of 1.75 PPG.
In Martin Atkinson’s personal Handicap Swing League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, Tottenham Hotspur come 5th with an average positive swing of 0.23.
Tottenham Hotspur are currently in 19th in Martin Atkinson’s personal Booking’s Per Match League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, with an overall average of 2.33 BPM.
In Martin Atkinson’s personal Fouls Per Booking League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, Tottenham Hotspur come 20th with an overall average of 5.04 FPB.
Martin Atkinson has had 13 games for Arsenal consisting of 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses
Arsenal are currently in 2nd in Martin Atkinson’s personal Points Per Game League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, with an average of 2.08 PPG.
In Martin Atkinson’s personal Handicap Swing League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, Arsenal come 3rd with an average positive swing of 0.77.
Arsenal are currently in 11th in Martin Atkinson’s personal Booking’s Per Match League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, with an overall average of 1.77 BPM.
In Martin Atkinson’s personal Fouls Per Booking League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, Arsenal come 15th with an overall average of 6.17 FPB.
As you can see – it seems that both Tottenham and Arsenal’s form under Atkinson is up and down over the seasons… Arsenal has fared slightly better against the handicap – but nothing significant.
The Predictortron reckons we have 0.175 of a goal advantage… so yeah – not great numbers there. The Goonertron, on the other hand, kept replying to my questions about this match with a question… and this is an important question and it is really the only thing you should be asking yourselves in the run up to this match. Never mind the worries about the team, never mind our chances of winning the league if we win/draw/lose. Never mind who we should buy in the summer, don’t worry about Wenger and never mind the players who aren’t fit to wear the shirt. Don’t worry about the machinations of the referee and give less than a hoot about the influence of the Asian black markets and the gambling syndicates tilting the pitch for maximum gain…
…The question you gooners should be asking yourselves right now is this:
“WADDAYA FINK OF TOTNUM?“