And so we move on to the ‘C’ words in our alternative Arsenal Alphabet.
C is for:
Charlies
We Arsenal fans have been blessed with a simply wonderful pair of Charlies: first, there was Charlie George – an Islington boy who went from terrace tearaway to Wembley wonder. The picture of him lying on the turf with his arms in the air after scoring in the 1971 FA Cup Final is one of the most enduring Arsenal images of all time. Our second Charlie is Charlie Nicholas, the mercurial, genius Scot whose goals clinched us the first trophy of the George Graham era (he scored a brace against Liverpool in the 1987 League Cup Final). Sadly his love of the high life soon grated with disciplinarian Graham and he was on his way not long after that Final. However he’s still very fondly remembered by the supporters.
Chicken
Whenever we need a laugh all we need to do is glance up the Seven Sisters Road and look at their ludicrous club crest: a chicken standing on a basketball.
Clock
How many great moments have been shared by the faithful beneath the Clock End at Highbury? The only mystery about the clock is why it took the club so long to figure out that they should install it at the new ground when we moved to Ashburton Grove. At least they got there in the end.
Curse
There was a story put about that, when the stadium was being built, a construction worker who supported the Spuds buried a Totteringham shirt somewhere on the site in an attempt to curse us. Given the shaky start to our trophy efforts at the Grove some Gooners even began to give credence to this tale. Well, the FA Cup win over Hull should put paid to that nonsense. The buried Spud shirt had all the efficacy that Spud shirts normally have – namely none.
Crocks
If only, if only… how many times in recent years have we wondered what might have been if our key players had managed to stay out of the treatment room? Our injury record is simply appalling and I really hope that dealing with this recurring problem is a priority this summer. Although the portents are not good: apparently we’ve agreed a three year deal for Mr Bump, while we have also made an official bid for Humpty Dumpty.
Cashley
Poor, poor Cashley Hole. He could have been an Arsenal lifetime legend, instead he almost crashed his car because of our terrible pay offer of 60 grand a week, held illegal meetings with The Special Needs One and decamped to Chav Towers, lured by filthy luchre and the attraction of the club’s impressive three year history. Now the Chavs don’t want him any more and he’s trying to find a new club. He needs to start calling up his contacts… now where did he put that mobile phone?
OK, over to you for your own C Word contributions…
RockyLives
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ha ha ha great stuff Rocky. Crocks, indeed. 🙂
Chas for me always brings a smile. 🙂
Aha, FIRST and 2nd. 🙂
Fantastic Rocky, thank you, a ‘C’ will no doubt encourage another Cesc discussion …….. bring him home 😉
Cliff: sadly departed, but forever in our memories!
Yes, bring Cesc home indeed! 🙂 🙂 🙂
C for COYG and COYRRG. 🙂
Campbell, Kevin. Unassuming, tree-trunk legs, in awe of Wrighty and better than he thought.
Cliff ‘the Boy’ Bastin.
Cardiff: Arsenal the kings of the Millenium Stadium.
Which is where we won our last trophy…err..wait..no.. I got that wrong didn’t I? Remind me again when we last won a trophy?
Class. We have it, the Chavs don’t.
Community. AFC were one of the first clubs to become actively involved in the Islington and later AFC community worldwide. Health visits, training days, kids days etc etc. All voluntary and all valuable.
Charity. Support the Willow Foundation.
Comprehensive. AFC vs THFC Pl 3 W3 D0 L0
If you have not seen chas’s vid form this morning here it is again. IMO it is emotional viewing
Hi Rocky,
Great series thank you.
My first C is for Chas our video specialist.
He’s made so many of my articles come to life with his thoughtful contributions – thank you Chas!
This morning is a Classic example of his incredible contributions “Over Land and Sea” just proves how many of us true red and white Gunners simply love our team, no matter where we now live our passion never Ceases To have a video accounting and record of those special moments is Classic.
Please. please Create an archive Peaches.
More C’s later……………….
Hi all
I’ve made a new page under our banner ‘FA Cup 2014 pics and videos’ feel free to add your favourite pics and videos from our victory.
The Over Land and Sea is already in there 🙂
C is obviously for Robin van Persie and Samir Nasri
“now where did he put that mobile phone”? Classic……with the vibrator on. 😉
Cutch and Crench respectively! 😛
Who would have thought that during all that time that Mauricio Pochettino was working at Southampton he managed some how to keep the fact secret that his mother had been working in the sex industry.
Well that all changed yesterday………………
Excellent, Rocky.
I particularly enjoyed the Cashley section. 🙂
I’ve also heard that Humpty Dumpty might be that beast of a DM we’ve been looking for.
Thanks for the name checks, arnie and GN5.
All I do is post stuff on here that I like myself, assuming other Gooners will also appreciate. Really nice to be appreciated though, even if Micky thinks I’m a bit crude.
LB 🙂
C is for Cup, The Football Association Challenge Cup variety. The waiting is over at last!
Great post Rocky.
Chas, Over Land Over Sea, Magnificant!!
LB, you also beat me to ‘C’ is for front bottom.
Adrian Durham
Piers capital ‘M’ small ‘organ’
Patrice Evra
Ruud van Nistelburger
Teddy Sheringham
Graham Roberts
Justin Edinburgh
Daniel Levy
ok, most players who have ever played for or had any association with the spuds
Phil Dowd
that ref who looks like Jasper Carrot
Mike Riley
that ref who booked a player 3 times in the same game
any Arse fan that boos
Tim Payton
Sepp Bladder
Michel Platypus
Most of the late 60s early 70s Leeds side
Michael Owen
all of the BBC MOTD team
Clyde Tildesley
George Burley
Tony Cascarino
etc
etc
LB!! you are so naughty
‘C’ is for Chelsea 2002 in Cardiff – one of the happiest days of my life.
Rocky – fabulous!! Are you going to go all the way ‘Z’? That’s our summer made up!
Chiken was my favourite 🙂 and Ashley
chamakh, carlos vela and soon that geezer that DidIt is chasing cavallio?
C for camp Chas
Oi, watch it Happy.
Random video time……….
Chas: that reminds me. C is for the “crude” motning crew! 😛
ooooooh, Robert, super Rob, yum yum! But I love Aaron and Santi more, they are gorgeous
what’s up Chas – you did go camping, no? Like the cowboys in the Brokeback Mountain 🙂
‘C’ is for Crystals, he knows how a match is going to pan out, so can write the match review before the game has happened.
c for OX
as well as Crystals 2.0. Crystals IN, Crystals 2 OUT! 😛
chas. Who was the ultimate front-bottom+
For me an easy winner is Teddy Sheringham.
Never took to ….
Alan Shearer or
Stevie Me.
Fat Frank Lampard,
Joe Cole.
That twat at Stoke
JT
Joey Barton
Crazy Horse Emlyn Hughes
Clive Allen
The numbskull who did Diaby
I could continue and probably will …
Ultimate front-bottom? For me, one Alan Hansen of 26may1989 fame! 😛
C stands for Santi! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Happy Bear, I think Chas’s camping experience was more like the beans scene from Blazing Saddles. 😀
C is for the next trophy, The Community Shield, Sunday 10th August.
C stands for CRITICS who can Choke on their opinions of our Club
The cupboard is almost bare ………… need lots of posts people…
arnie, of course!!! C for Santi, how could I forget??
Norfolk – baked beans? I wouldn’t if I was Chas, not very romantic
C is for Classic.
Us v Spurs in Champions league qualification.
PL finishing position.
1st season ending.
2nd Champs
3rd Chumps
4th difference in positions.
1993 – 10 – 8 – -2
1994 – 4 – 15 – 11
1995 – 12 – 7 – -5
1996 – 5 – 8 – 3
1997 – 4 – 10 – 6
1998 – 1 – 14 – 13
1999 – 2 – 11 – 10
2000 – 2 – 10 – 8
2001 – 2 – 12 – 10
2002 – 1 – 9 – 8
2003 – 2 – 10 – 8
2004 – 1 – 14 – 13
2005 – 2 – 9 – 7
2006 – 4 – 5 – 1
2007 – 4 – 5 – 1
2008 – 3 – 11 – 8
2009 – 4 – 8 – 4
2010 – 3 – 4 – 1
2011 – 4 – 5 – 1
2012 – 3 – 4 – 1
2013 – 4 – 5 – 1
2014 – 4 – 6 – 2
Avg – 4 – 9 – 5
Oops 1999 should be 2nd = Careless
Come on Chaps help the lady out and avoid her Carping.
More front-bottoms
Harry Redknapp
His idiot Son
Jimmy Bullard
Stewart Robson
SAF
Mark Hughes
Gn5. Your 5.20 makes for beautiful reading
Thank you
If you haven’t noticed I’ve made a new page for our favourite pics and videos from the FA Cup 2014 ……. you can find it under the banner.
I’ve changed it for you GN5 🙂
What’s the news on Sagna today?
Afternoon all, my favourite C is for Class ….. you can’t buy it 😛
Signals from Sagna are CRYPTIC at best, but I dont like the idea of Jenks speaking to the press. Maybe it is all CRITIC-speak!
Peaches thank you.
Trivia question.
In the history of the PL how many different teams have finished in the top 4 positions?
I know – who Cares?
Hi GN5, why don’t you write a trivia quiz for us? Apparently there is only one club in the football league that doesn’t have any of the letters of ‘mackerel/ in it …. I’m buggered if I can figure it out?
Swindon Town
Come on Rasp at least you could make them challenging!
I will create a trivia quiz.
20 Questions at a time.
No-one mentioned that OG scored twice for France last night and his first was a cracker.
C is for Cracker……………..
I give you Girooouuuudddd
Wooaahhhhh that was Giroud hahahahaha 😆
He loves to score the hard ones 🙂
His second was pretty good too …………..
Post sent to nuts.
Apols to Cockie in advance for the photos.
Wow, those Giroud goals are superb.
Someone on LG right now is saying, ‘ I wish he hadn’t scored those. It’ll give Wegner a chance to say we don’t need another striker’.
Oliie is definitely getting better and better.
Who were France playing? Was it Norway? Hmmm.
there are 2 Girouds, ours cannot score
Rasp, Peaches,
I’ve emailed you a trivia quiz.
C is for Cretins from Claim compensation company who phone and ARGUE with me that the accident wasn’t my fault and that I had passengers who can claim compensation. They were foreign so I am not sure how much of the abuse they understood
who is David??
2 forwards makes a big difference. 🙂
Watching Denmark vs Sweden in a friendly and Kim Kallstromm just came through the back of Christian Eriksen almost cutting him in half.
Good to see he got a proper education on how to deal with Spurs players!
And he only got a yellow card 😀
Thank you oh mystery person.
BR
Ultimate front bottom-wise, I’d go with Sheringham when he was playing.
If I had to vote now, I might even go for Stewart Robson, a tosseur supreme. His hatred of Arsenal runs so deep because he was dumped not once, but twice. Parasites live off their host but also want their host to survive; he is beneath even that level of existence. I don’t like him.
Morning All,
Chas. I would have to agree. Robson is beneath contempt because he presents himself an even handed and the general public only know that he is “ex-Arsenal”.
Though Shawcross and Evra aren’t far behind.
About now Didit’s butler will be bringing him his breakfast while the nanny wakes the children. The footman will be making sure the peacocks move off the driveway in order for one of the chauffeurs to get the Bentley ready for the school run
Where are the morning crew?
Even kelsey is dozing.
Morning all
Thanks for the post chas, I’ve got a physiotherapy appointment this morning so haven’t time to sort all your photos for today’s post but it will get used.
We have a quiz from GunnerN5 for today, so thank you to him too.
Motning all.
Yes, Raddy, the returns from the motning crew has been weak of late.
Since becoming a grandad Raddy has been quietly contemplative, Chas has been working on his camp, Micky packing and unpacking boxes, Kelsey’s crystals are idle with no more games this season, Evonne substituted her afternoon siesta with a late morning lie in, and Redders has too many ManUre fans to deal with since moving to Manchester. 😛
Eto’o rumours gaining force. Nothing like some transfer speculation to start a day. 😛
Fabianski joins Swansea City.
Good luck to Fabianski, top guy! 🙂
what’s the rumour about eto’o? cannot stand him, hope he gets a transfer to hell
Raddy – Hank Marvin was on BBC this morning, he looks younger than chas
oh no, my Fab gone?
Eto’o released by Chavs, his agent going around the press saying that he wants to come to Arsenal to punish Maureen for releasing him. 😛
arnie – really? his agent can think again. We do not need anybody rolling on the pitch, thank you very much. I’d rather we resigned Bendtner than have eto’cheat
Evonne: 🙂 🙂 who knows what happens in the silly (transfer) season?
Raddy: forgot to say, fantastic description of Micky’s morning chores. 😛
I missed that one Raddy, very funny. And what are DidIts doing during that time?
HB. They are being dressed by their attendants of course 😀
I would take Eto’o. He is a great player who for little money would add to our squad but we will not buy a granddad. I expect him to play in the USA
BR 🙂
Wenger doesn’t really do power subs. Eto’o would be useless to us
Morning all, Nice one Rocky, What a blinding idea this was, Had me thinking and i must admit many have come up with some good C words. I have to say that the first C that came to mind, i just couldn’t say on a family blog but the second was controversy. Referee’s decisions have done my head in for years. Watching the club i love losing finals in the past over controversial decisions have scarred me, and i am still fuming at them all.
I’m back …………..
We have a New Post ………………
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