Officials

Former referee Mike Dean discusses the need for a rule change following a disallowed goal in Arsenal's game against Aston Villa, highlighting the handball law's inconsistencies.

On this week's Daily Cannon Weekly podcast, episode 215, host Matthew Wade took some time to discuss the yellow cards stats an article on the site threw up after the game against Manchester United, showing how unfairly Arsenal are being treated.

How did Anthony Taylor get on in charge of Arsenal's destruction of Liverpool?

After a poor display from Martin Atkinson in Arsenal's win over Sunderland, our resident laws-of-the-game expert, got a little bit worked up...

David Coote named VAR for Arsenal's critical Premier League showdown with Liverpool, reigniting controversy over a missed penalty call in their previous encounter.

Arsenal fans thought they were getting a Dean-free afternoon at Old Trafford. They were wrong...

Michael Oliver will take charge of Unai Emery’s first competitive match as Arsenal head coach on Sunday against Manchester City.

When the news was announced that Mike Dean would referee Arsenal’s game against Spurs this weekend, the first thought that popped into my head was ‘why always Dean?’

Arsenal's recent match against Chelsea sparked debate about VAR and the decision to not award a penalty. Experts and fans are questioning the role of Jarred Gillett, who was VAR for the match.

We take a look at how Michael Oliver and his assistants got on during Arsenal's FA Cup win at the AMEX against Brighton.

As I was browsing some stats this morning I couldn't help notice Arsenal's yellow card count in the league this season and wondered how it stacked up against other teams. It's safe to say I was astounded by what I found.

It's pretty clear that Diego Costa was lucky to stay on the pitch on Saturday afternoon. Mike Dean's refereeing performance, which saw Arsenal receive two...

Mikel Arteta was robbed of his first win as Arsenal head coach by a series of awful mistakes, led by the referee Craig Pawson.

How did Deniz Aytekin do in charge of Arsenal's shambles against Monaco? Find out here.

After sitting on top of the table all season, Arsenal have finally dropped down a place as referees move Bournemouth to the top of the yellow card table.

Arsenal were relatively poor on Wednesday when they absolutely had to win, but the officials hardly helped. The first Swansea goal came after an obvious foul...

Martin Atkinson will take charge of Arsenal's semi-final game against Reading at Wembley on Saturday. The ref, who hails from West Yorkshire, is not a favourite...

Arsenal face Crystal Palace with referee Paul Tierney officiating, stirring memories of previous controversial decisions that have upset Arsenal fans.

There were two disputed decisions by referee Mark Clattenburg late in the game against Everton and with the recent experiment introducing Video Assistant Referees, we can wonder what would have happened there and what could happen in the near future.

Arsène Wenger has criticised the decision to take Premier League referee Kevin Friend off duty for the Tottenham Hotspur's match this weekend just because he's a fan of title rivals Leicester City.

An independent commission ruled that Mikel Arteta didn't breach FA regulations with his comments after Arsenal's trip to Newcastle United, and the written reasons contain some interesting information.

Mikel Arteta says that he does not understand how James McCarthy was able to remain on the pitch after the Crystal Palace player hacked Bukayo Saka down with zero intention of playing the ball.

You can argue all you like, but Arsenal got screwed all season by referees and here are the stats to back that up.

Arsenal were lucky to leave Old Trafford with a draw. That much is true. Failing to turn up for the first 60+ minutes, it was only...

Jon Moss is a referee who needs no introduction to most football fans and he is the man who will be in charge of Arsenal’s game against crystal palace on Sunday.

Mark Clattenburg has said that BOTH Tottenham’s goals should NOT have stood.

Mauricio Pochettino and Tottenham are said to be furious that their manager has been banned as if he was in charge of any other Premier League club.

The referee for the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final between Arsenal and Liverpool at the Emirates on 6 January has been announced and it is the official Arsenal have had more than any other this season.

Ahead of Arsenal's game against Crystal Palace in the Premier League, we take a look at the referee who will be in charge,

Rafa Benitez has been charged by the FA for mentioning that Andre Marriner likes to give Newcastle players red cards, something that is quite hard to deny when you look at the figures.

Mike Dean's face might well go down as one of the highlights of this awful Arsenal season, but having to wait until the end of July for it was almost worth everything else we had to go through.

Another Sunday and another inept referee. I really wonder if English referees are told not to worry about the players' physical integrity because it is a recurrent problem at every level.

It's been a few weeks since I updated the yellow card table so let's see if Arsenal are still picking up more yellows per game than any other side as has been the case all season.

What can Arsenal expect from the referee in charge of Arsenal's trip to QPR?

When Arsenal played Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in October, Martin Atkinson allowed them to kick the crap out of Arsenal. Gary Cahill's early challenge on...

Stuart Attwell has been involved in some of the most controversial decisions this season and his reward is to be one of three officials from the Premier League to be considered for World Cup action in Qatar.

His name still strikes terror into the hearts of Arsenal fans everywhere. Tack on the words 'at Old Trafford' to 'Mike Dean in charge' and...

Rob Jones will referee the north London derby this weekend, in only the fifth Arsenal match he's officiated.

Andre Marriner will be the VAR against Sheffield United at the Emirates on Sunday, his second Arsenal match in a row

Martin Atkinson will take charge of Arsenal's game on Sunday against Bournemouth so we can expect the Cherries to kick with impunity.