Right Result
The Right Result column looks at refereeing decisions in every English Premier League, decides on scoreline-changing decisions and prepares a Right Result league table to showcase their results. You’ll be surprised at how much can be achieved by something as simple as giving referees more help to make the right decision.
Why Middlesbrough and Newcastle shouldn’t, and Sunderland and Hull City should, be in the Championship
How would the Premier League table look if refs got all the key decisions right? A quick glance at the Right Result league tables for the last 3 seasons will tell you how crucial refereeing decisions can be for certain clubs. In the 06/07 season, refereeing mistakes allowed Tottenham to claim a European spot while…
Newcastle deserved a point, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United deserved an extra goal
The penultimate weekend of the season provoked plenty of Right Result activity at the top and bottom of the table. Manchester United’s day just about went to plan as they secured their 11th Premier League title with a nil-nil draw against Arsenal. It wasn’t without a few jitters before the end of the game at…
The penalty given at Old Trafford, the penalty not given at the Reebok and offside goals for Arsenal and Blackburn
The highlight of the Right Result weekend, so to speak, was referee Howard Webb’s decision that is perceived to have changed the flow of the Manchester United versus Tottenham Hotspur game and, with it, the course of the destiny of the Premier League title. With Spurs 2-0 up after nearly an hour at Old Trafford,…
Aston Villa denied win against West Ham, Sunderland offside goals keep out of bottom three
With three of the top four involved in the FA Cup Semi-Finals, Premier League attention this weekend was focused on the relegation battle. Not for the first time this season, Djibril Cisse scored a vital winner for Sunderland against a key relegation rival…but from an offside position. In November, it was the clincher against Blackburn…
Chelsea top the Right Result table as Stoke and Blackburn replace Newcastle and Middlesbrough in the relegation zone
It’s been a key weekend of Right Result action at the top and bottom of the Premier League. Chelsea remain as the leaders of the Right Result version following their incredible win against Bolton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge. The Blues just hung on to a four-goal advantage but they should, in more ways than one,…
Newcastle still poor despite Shearer while Tottenham didn’t deserve to win
The big story of the week saw the Toon army welcome back yet another saviour to St James’ Park as Alan Shearer became the latest occupant of the Newcastle United very hot-seat. The first of the Geordie legend’s ‘eight games and eight games only’ had a familiarity to the preceding 30 Premier League outings as…
Chelsea top, Liverpool ahead of United on goal difference, Arsenal still trailing Villa and Boro safe from relegation
After 30 games, the top 3 are separated by just a point, West Brom are as good as relegated and Aston Villa have just about thrown away their chance to qualify for the Champions League. Of course, this is the Right Result league table (which accounts and adjusts for points lost due to refereeing errors),…
Chelsea are top ahead of United and Liverpool as Arsenal trail Villa by 5 points
Although there’s only one Right Result decision this week, there are dramatic changes in the league table. At the Riverside, there was a text book example of the interfering with an opponent criteria of the offside law. Portsmouth’s goal in the key relegation tussle at Middlesbrough should not have stood as David Nugent was in…
Right Result: Chelsea sack Scolari on a penalty not given
Handling offences were the order of the weekend in another batch of controversial Premier League games. Struggling Hull City gained a valuable and unexpected point at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea’s title aspirations took a severe blow. The Blues could have gone on to win though had a penalty been awarded for a second-half handball by…
Right Result: Newcastle should have lost to Sunderland while Manchester City deserved a point against Stoke
They say a week is a long time in football but just four days has seen a total turnaround in the world of the Right Result. On Wednesday, we thought Newcastle United should have been awarded a penalty at Manchester City for Micah Richards challenge on Steven Taylor. By the end of the weekend, those…
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