Arsenal Defaced

……Can you name them all?

The interminable interlull is upon us.

Trying to come up with an interesting topic for discussion was beyond me, so I wondered if you fancied attempting to name all 24 of the following Arsenal players from the past and the present. All are distorted in some way. Some have clues left in, others not.

Looking back it seems pretty easy, but I suppose all picture quizzes are easy when you set them. Hopefully you enjoy spending a little time trying to get them all. Some go back quite a long way, so apologies to the younger Gooners amongst us.

Disclaimer

No Arsenal players were hurt in the making of this quiz and it certainly wasn’t my intention to tarnish the reputation of any of them (except perhaps one!).

Written by chas

55 Responses to Arsenal Defaced

  1. Red Arse's avatar Red Arse says:

    Hi Chas, 🙂

    I thought you said you were going to distort their features? Seem normal to me! 🙂

  2. Red Arse's avatar Red Arse says:

    1.Gallas
    2 Arteta
    3Nasri
    4 Bouldie
    5Lansbury?
    6 Bendy
    7 Cole
    8 Geirdie Armstrong
    9 Arshavin
    10 Liam Brady
    11 Bentley
    12 Lee Dixon
    13 Freddie
    14 Frimpers
    15 Thierry
    16 Wullie Young
    17 Jon Sammels
    18 Remy Garde
    19 Peter Simpson
    20 Jack
    21 Brian ?/
    22 Perry Groves
    23 Song
    24 God

    Frankly, Chazzer, I haven’t a clue!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂

  3. Big Raddy's avatar Big Raddy says:

    Perry is brilliant.

    Thanks Chas, a good morning’s laugh

  4. Big Raddy's avatar Big Raddy says:

    Agree with RA except

    5. Pod
    6. Bobby?
    7 JD ?
    11 Cesc
    21. Talbot

    Not so easy ….

  5. VCC's avatar VCC says:

    1. Vieira
    2. Arteta
    3.nasri
    4.bould
    5.podolski
    6.bendtner
    7.later
    8.Armstrong
    9.arshavin
    10.Brady
    11.fabregas
    12.dioxin
    13.ljundberg
    14 . Frimpong
    15. Henry
    16. Young
    17. Sammels
    18. Later
    19. Simpson
    20. Wilshere
    21. Talbot
    22. Groves
    23. Later
    24 .bergkamp.

  6. Red Arse's avatar Red Arse says:

    Raddy,

    I could not recall Talbot’s surname at No.21.
    I became fixated on Marwood which I knew was wrong but it blotted out Talbot. (Not that I saw either play).

    A brilliant effort by Chas to obscure the faces!! 🙂

  7. VCC's avatar VCC says:

    23. Song

  8. 1 Vieira
    2 Arteta
    3 Nasri
    4 Bould
    5 Lansbury
    6 Bendtner
    7 Djourou
    8 Armstrong
    9 Arshavin
    10 Brady
    11 Cesc
    12 Dixon
    13 Ljungberg
    14 Thomas
    15 Henry
    16 Young
    17Sammels
    18 Garde
    19 Simpson
    20 Wilshere
    21 Talbot
    22 Groves
    23 Song
    24 Bergkamp

  9. Big Raddy's avatar Big Raddy says:

    1 must be Vieira . Too much hair for WG

  10. VCC's avatar VCC says:

    7. Not sure, the only one I can come up with is Djourou, but the hair is throwing me out a bit.

    18.. Not a clue.

  11. Big Raddy's avatar Big Raddy says:

    I think 18 is Cazorla

  12. Fahim's avatar Fahim says:

    1. Is definitely Vieira – Gallas didn’t play in that kit. It’s the invincible 02 one, you can tell by the thin white strip around the neckline 🙂

  13. chas's avatar chas says:

    Thanks for the comments on space-filler Saturday. 🙂

    Emir O. Filipovic ‏@EmirOFilipovic
    @yellowbootson For anyone having trouble pronouncing Cazorla, I suggest they listen to this commentator

  14. chas's avatar chas says:

    Thanks for the comments on space filler Saturday

  15. chas's avatar chas says:

    Don’t you just hate it when a comment disappears and then reappears when you type in the same thing?

  16. Narcassius's avatar Narcassius says:

    1) Vieira
    2) Arteta
    3) Nasri
    4) Bould
    5) Jenkinson
    6) Bendtner
    7) Djourou
    8) Rice
    9) Arshavin
    10) Brady
    11) Fabregas
    12) Dixon
    13) Ljungburg
    14) Frimpong
    15) Henry
    16) Woodcock
    17) Sammels
    18) Cazorla
    19) Simpson
    20) Wilshere
    21) Talbot
    22) Groves
    23) Song
    24) Bergkamp

  17. oz gunner's avatar oz gunner says:

    good idea chas, surely 18 is santi. That little bit of hair on the side is a mirror image to the one on the sidebar.

    Why didn’t you morph pic 3?

  18. kelsey's avatar kelsey says:

    Very clever chas.got me stumped on quite a few.I looked for alternatives e.g.
    1) quick look=frimpong
    2) quick look = fabregas
    10) change the hair =charlie george
    12) peter crouch (even though not an arsenal player)
    16) change the hairstyle= alan ball
    22) gervinho’s white cousin 🙂
    24) quick look=baptista

  19. SharkeySure'sGhost's avatar SharkeySure'sGhost says:

    1. Wiltord or Boa Morte
    2. Mr Lego hair
    3. Not distorted…too easy
    4. Bouldozer
    5. Verm
    6. Koz

  20. SharkeySure'sGhost's avatar SharkeySure'sGhost says:

    7. K Campbell ?
    8. FK
    9. Rosicky
    10. Liam the Irish Magician
    11. Super Cesc
    12. FK
    13. Freddie
    14. Frimmers
    15. Henry
    16. Big Willie

  21. SharkeySure'sGhost's avatar SharkeySure'sGhost says:

    7. K Campbell ?
    8. FK
    9. Rosicky
    10. Liam the Irish Magician
    11. Super Cesc
    12. FK
    13. Freddie
    14. Frimmers
    15. Henry
    16. Big Willie Y

  22. Red Arse's avatar Red Arse says:

    Chazzer, you little tease. 🙂

    When are you going to print the answers?

  23. SharkeySure'sGhost's avatar SharkeySure'sGhost says:

    17, 18, 19…FK
    20. Lil Jack
    21. Talbot
    22. We ALL live in a PG world
    23. Songinho
    24. King Dennis

  24. Gooner In Exile's avatar Gooner In Exile says:

    😀 a Chas picture quiz.

    1. PV
    2. Cesc
    3. Na$ri – how did you make him so good looking?
    4. Bould
    5. Koscielny
    6. Bobby
    7. JD
    8. Armstrong
    9. Arshavin
    10. Brady
    11. Reyes
    12. Dixon

    This is a nightmare on iPhone 🙂

  25. Gööner In Exile's avatar Gooner In Exile says:

    13. Freddie
    14. Frimpong
    15. Thierry
    16. Young
    17. No idea
    18. Vermaelen
    19. Kennedy
    20. Wilshere
    21. Talbot
    22. Groves
    23. Song
    24. Our Lord Dennis Bergkamp

  26. evonne's avatar evonne says:

    No idea, but I guessed who wrote the blog for today 🙂 could only be my monster

  27. 1. Ashley Cole
    2. George Graham
    3. Samir Nasri
    4. Terry Mancini
    5. Ray Kennedy
    6. George Eastham
    7. Ian Wright
    8. Peter Storey
    9. Charlie Nicholas
    10. Alex James
    11. Frank Stapleton
    12. Lee Chapman
    13. Bobby Gould
    14. Paul Davis
    15. Thierry Henry
    16. Emmanuel Petit
    17. Steve Morrow
    18. Niall Quinn
    19. David O’Leary
    20. Rooney’s sister
    21. Tony Blackburn
    22. Gordon Nielson
    23. Luis Boa Morte
    24. John Roberts

  28. Gööner In Exile's avatar Gooner In Exile says:

    Rooneys sister 😀

  29. Big Raddy's avatar Big Raddy says:

    Can easily see Big Al’s been on the pop. Alex James? He was playing when Spurs last won the title and that as we all know was in black and white.

    My first subbuteo team had Alex James in it and Ted Drake upfront. We were unbeatable

  30. glic's avatar glic says:

    1. Sharkey
    2. Peaches
    3. Evonne
    4. VCC
    5. LB
    6. Raddy
    7. Redders
    8. dandan
    9. Rasp
    10. GN5
    11. Chary
    12. gm
    13. Didit
    14. PPP
    15. jync
    16. TMHT
    17. 26th
    18. Rocky
    19. Kelsey
    20. Chas
    21. GIE
    22. Slim Ginger
    23. Herb
    24. Total

  31. glic's avatar glic says:

    I bet you all start looking to see which number/photo you are !.
    Thanks to me for supplying the mirror !. hahaha

  32. chas's avatar chas says:

    Haha, thanks for joining in.
    I had to look up Gordon Neilson.

    So far Narcassius at a rough estimate wins with correct answers.

    Big Al wins with making me laugh the most times. It must be hard doing a quiz with some delectable young Thai lady on your arm desperate for you to buy her a drink. 🙂

    I’ll put the answers up with the original photos in a couple of hours.
    Sorry, RA.

  33. glic's avatar glic says:

    Apollogies from TMHT, he also had a tough time doing the quiz, trying to restrain a delectable Thai Boy in the back of his Hillman Minx !.

  34. RockyLives's avatar RockyLives says:

    A lot of fun Chas. I’m too lazy to do it – so I’ve just pinched everyone else’s answers instead 🙂

  35. Big Raddy's avatar Big Raddy says:

    glic. I did check! Just to see if it was pre-toupe´

  36. VCC's avatar VCC says:

    GLiC …I checked and your spot on, that’s amazing.

  37. chas's avatar chas says:

    See Narcassius at 2.10 for answer list except
    8. George Armstrong and
    16. Willie Young
    https://arsenalarsenal.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/arsenal-defaced/#comment-201655

    Special mention to Fahim at 12.46 for identifying Paddy from the O2 invincibles kit.

    Original photos
    1-6
    http://twitpic.com/b3u4ey/full

  38. Big Raddy's avatar Big Raddy says:

    Nik Bendtner got rave reviews in the Danish papers today. Not only MoM but in one paper gave him 10/10.

    Why he can’t transfer his national form to club level is a mystery

  39. TERRY MANCINI HAIR TRANSPLANT's avatar TERRY MANCINI HAIR TRANSPLANT says:

    Hi chas, what i want to know, number 12, is how the hell did you get my picture. You know i dont like my boat to be known. Whats going to happen now, when the site is inundated with screaming women wanting a slice of me. Someones got to let them down gently, and that person is you man. hahahaha

    Peaches and Rasp, ive sent a post to Arsenalnuts.

  40. glic's avatar glic says:

    What paper was that Raddy ?, The Daily Bendtner !.

  41. SharkeySuresGhost's avatar SharkeySuresGhost says:

    Did mine on a Sony Xperia Smartphone….no problem (thats for all you faux snobs on IPhones)

  42. SharkeySuresGhost's avatar SharkeySuresGhost says:

    Gutted that I didn’t get Paddy at no.1….my all time fave player. Lee Dixon was the biggest surprise for me…..cracking pic of him though. Top top full back.

    Sterling work Chas..I .really enjoyed that…..

  43. Big Raddy's avatar Big Raddy says:

    Unfortunate scenes in Senegal.

    Ivory Coast score twice thanks to a very very iffy ref. The Senegal fans riot and set fire to the stands. Then attack the Ivory Coast fans. Meanwhile play is suspended but all the players are on the pitch frightened to leave.

    Then the police shepherd the IC fans onto the pitch where they are assembled in the centre circle. The players are still on the pitch.

  44. chas's avatar chas says:

    Sharkey,

    Here is the full picture of one of Arsenal’s greatest ever captains
    http://twitpic.com/b3vfbd/full

    I’ve been trying to work out which goal he is celebrating it might be one of these…..haha.

  45. Red Arse's avatar Red Arse says:

    Morning all, 🙂

    Breakfast Club on strike?

  46. Frigge's avatar Frigge says:

    16. Got to be Stefan Schwarz

  47. Gooner In Exile's avatar Gooner In Exile says:

    Morning RA, damn interlull leaves me watching F1

    I have started watching the Being Liverpool documentary, Brendan Rodgers management style would leave me cold, an interesting insight in to the workings of a football club though.

    This is the David Brent-esque line of the week.

    “Three people will let us down this season, I have written the names in these envelopes, make sure you’re not one of them”

    Erm David sorry Brendan, you’ve already written the names, how can anyone make sure they’re not one of them? All they can do is prove you wrong.

    Either way I think I’d be laughing when I got back to my teammates.

  48. Red Arse's avatar Red Arse says:

    Hi GIE, 🙂

    Utter rubbish gimmick by Rogers.

    But do you know who first pulled that nonsense many years ago? None other than old purple conk himself!!

    Pathetic!

  49. chas's avatar chas says:

    GIE,
    I watched it for the first time this week as my scouse mate said it was going to be the episode where we beat them at Anfield.
    I will definitely watch it again.

    Do you think Rodgers realises he says OK at the end of virtually every sentence. That would drive me bananas if I had to listen to that as a player.

    Btw, apologies to all for the silly picture quiz. At least it meant a genuine post crafted with a great deal of thought and love wasn’t doomed to obscurity on Interlull Saturday, the nadir of football blogs. 🙂

  50. Big Raddy's avatar Big Raddy says:

    chas. No need to apologise … it was great. I would like more of the same and I am sure others would as well.

  51. Morning all

    Sorry, forgot to say New Post ………..

    I’ve been reading yesterdays comments 😳

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