Mane Bonum populo affirmativo,
The dust settles, the planet turns on. We must return to more weighty matters.
As an antidote to the endless nothingness of the international football break a new feature on PositivelyArsenal in the form of a Quiz, prepared by Mills. Needless to say his specialised subject is Arsenal. May your mood be a little lighter. Bene habeas.
When was Arsenal Football club established?
- a) 1886
- b) 1996
- c) 2006
- d) No idea I’m too busy watching Arsenal fan tv and vlogging myself for intricate details like that.
Where was ex- Arsenal player John Kosmina born?
- a) Pluto
- b) New Zealand
- c) Australia
- d) Behind the green door.
David O’Leary’s nickname was..?
- a) The Martian
- b) Spider
- c) Fly
- d) No idea, I only read books by David Icke.Just think under my finger nail there could be many worlds…the moons a secret alien base you know…
In what position did Ritchie Powling play?
- a) Missionary
- b) Midfield
- c) Defence
- d) No idea, but was he on TOWIE?
What was Liam Brady’s nickname ?
- a) Chippy
- b) fishy
- c) meat pie
d)Hey man, whoa man, I dunno man, I never came down after Woodstock man! Cain’t remember the 60s let alone nicknames.
Before Arsenal FC became Arsenal FC with various prefixes, they were called what?
- a) Dial Sq fc
- b) Fax machine fc
- c) email fc
- d) Snap chat fc of course! Facebook is only for old people -you’ve gotta keep up, I mean being a You Tube star is just so yesterday! Its the new Punk!
Le Grove is what?
- a) A lunatic asylum near Chipping Ongar.
- b) a place where old animals go to die.
- c) one of the Hells that Danté wrote about.
- d) some damp Urbex place that makes you want a crap when you go there as you feel you have the cold under the skin and all paranoid that the local farmer type is coming to give you a bollocking or worse.
In what place did Arsenal finish last year?
- a) 2nd
- b) 1st
- c) 3rd
- d) Look son, I want Wenger out, so it must have been 4th, I mean we always come 4th ffs! What we need is Mou to sort things out, he knows what he isn’t doing, if you know what I mean? Know what I mean? I blame Wenger! How come we always come fourth, George Graham now that was a manager!
Against which team did Sammy Nelson pull his shorts down after scoring for and against Arsenal that night?
- a) Coventry
- b) Spurs
- c) Man Ure
- d) Spurs, at least that’s what I read at “A Cultured Lefty Cheesy Footicus”.
Which is the most loathsome club in the world?
- a) Spurs
- b) Tottenham Hotspur
- c) The Spuds
- d) I simply have no idea as I’m too busy reading the Grauniad during the match. Rhubarb and Bikini atoll coconut smoothie anyone? I say that O’Zeel chaps rather good I hear?
Coming soon, part two!
Quiz created by Boris Karl-Orf.
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The age old dictum ‘never discuss politics, religion or frilly knickers’ is so true, and to that can now be added ‘nor tricky quizzes with no prizes for getting them right – and which simply waste limited brain power – and embarrassingly makes you laugh out loud!’ lol
Nice one, anicoll/Mills, much appreciated.
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The box office is busy and I’m waiting in a queue
Stoke tickets for 10/12 on sale today for Red Members
Nothing more I fancy more than a Saturday afternoon in December watching Stoke get thumped.
I am a man of simple tastes.
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Lower tier – Clock End – most acceptable.
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Bloody difficult this quiz. I only got 1 wrong answer… Le Grove is what?
3. c) one of the Hells that Danté wrote about.
:o)
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I think I scored 4. Depending on the points scoring system. I may gamble in the roll-over round and risk the mystery prize.
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@anicoll5 If you come to the north bank on that day (Behind the goal as you sit a little to the left) Is where I sit and a few other bloggers, as well as our (Arsenal FC)saviour from tyranny and favourite vlogger actually sits a few rows back now (Stomach churn). Maybe you ask him a few questions (F**k it) no point because just like the New president (Small p, you all know why)of the new world order, there is no one more important than themselves, apart from initials another thing they seem to share. Funny that!
That lad Dante apart from being a good defender when he was Bayern, knows a thing or two about Hells apparently.
Cotton,lace, shear thongs,boy shorts, all sorts I can’t tell you last time I caught sight of pair of frilly knickers, I need to get out more.
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I shall follow the banner WWB !
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When was Arsenal Football club established?
a) 1886
b) 1996
c) 2006
d) No idea I’m too busy watching Arsenal fan tv and vlogging myself for intricate details like that.
1886 the same year our own blackburn george was born.
Where was ex- Arsenal player John Kosmina born?
a) Pluto
b) New Zealand
c) Australia
d) Behind the green door.
Ah he was an Aussie, and I remember him being sub when we trumped spurs 5-0 at the lane, the night Brady scored goal of the season – look at that, oh look at that.
David O’Leary’s nickname was..?
a) The Martian
b) Spider
c) Fly
d) No idea, I only read books by David Icke.Just think under my finger nail there could be many worlds…the moons a secret alien base you know…
Spider, but wasn’t he also known as piggy, due to the nose.
In what position did Ritchie Powling play?
a) Missionary
b) Midfield
c) Defence
d) No idea, but was he on TOWIE?
He was mainly a midfielder, but he did play as a defender too, was rated very highly, but a knee injury did for him and his promising career
What was Liam Brady’s nickname ?
a) Chippy
b) fishy
c) meat pie
d)Hey man, whoa man, I dunno man, I never came down after Woodstock man! Cain’t remember the 60s let alone nicknames.
Chippy Brady, the only thing to get a full explanation is if it was due to him being good at a chip pass, or what it his love for a bag of chips.
Before Arsenal FC became Arsenal FC with various prefixes, they were called what?
a) Dial Sq fc
b) Fax machine fc
c) email fc
d) Snap chat fc of course! Facebook is only for old people -you’ve gotta keep up, I mean being a You Tube star is just so yesterday! Its the new Punk!
Dial Square, isn’t many an arsenal fan on twitter with dial square in their handle.
Le Grove is what?
a) A lunatic asylum near Chipping Ongar.
b) a place where old animals go to die.
c) one of the Hells that Danté wrote about.
d) some damp Urbex place that makes you want a crap when you go there as you feel you have the cold under the skin and all paranoid that the local farmer type is coming to give you a bollocking or worse.
A real trick question, as all of the above is correct
In what place did Arsenal finish last year?
a) 2nd
b) 1st
c) 3rd
d) Look son, I want Wenger out, so it must have been 4th, I mean we always come 4th ffs! What we need is Mou to sort things out, he knows what he isn’t doing, if you know what I mean? Know what I mean? I blame Wenger! How come we always come fourth, George Graham now that was a manager!
answer not there, as we were first runner up.
Against which team did Sammy Nelson pull his shorts down after scoring for and against Arsenal that night?
a) Coventry
b) Spurs
c) Man Ure
d) Spurs, at least that’s what I read at “A Cultured Lefty Cheesy Footicus”.
Coventry it was, and Arsenal sent him to coventry for it too. I like Sammy, until he refused to go to Brighton as part of a swap deal for Mark Lawrenson and then ended up joining them after Lawrenson had joined Liverpool.
Which is the most loathsome club in the world?
a) Spurs
b) Tottenham Hotspur
c) The Spuds
d) I simply have no idea as I’m too busy reading the Grauniad during the match. Rhubarb and Bikini atoll coconut smoothie anyone? I say that O’Zeel chaps rather good I hear?
Sorry, again a trick question, as the answer is not there, Man Utd, Chelsea, any club that hires Mourinho, would all qualify as loathsome, the spurs fans even qualify as loathsome, but we all know Tottenham are Shit.
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reports that Bellerin is out for six weeks with an ankle ligament injury.
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And the winner is ……..(roll of drums)……
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CourtNewsUK @CourtNewsUK 6h6 hours ago
Chelsea season ticket holder who made 13 Nazi salutes at Spurs fans claimed he was just waving to his mates
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…the winner is our Eddy! Nice work Ed.
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Love it Mills!
My answers – d to everything – what do I win?
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0-0 at half time in the hitchin v afc xi
pat rice turned on the new floodlights for Hitchin tonight.
Looks like AFC have either borrowed a keeper or have Daniel Lincoln on trial. He is a 21 year old former Reading FC player.
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Hitchin Town FC @HitchinTownFC 3m3 minutes ago
ATTENDANCE 1160 – thanks to everyone who has come along to #TopField
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Hitchin Town FC @HitchinTownFC 1m1 minute ago
GOAL – 1-0 to Arsenal (64) as Hinds scores from distance
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Hitchin Town FC @HitchinTownFC 2m2 minutes ago
Medley breaks up a Hitchin attack, advances half the pitch and fires just wide. He has looked good this evening.
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Hitchin Town FC @HitchinTownFC 2m2 minutes ago
GOAL 1-1 (88) Callum Riley meets a Barnes freekick
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Hitchin Town FC @HitchinTownFC 51s52 seconds ago
FINAL SCORE Hitchin Town 1 Arsenal XI 1 – an entertaining evening!
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I was away over the past couple of days. Seems you guys been having fun.
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RIP Leonard Cohen.So long,and thanks for a some great songs.
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Top work Mills: lots of fun. I can’t see any possibility of Theo remaining unscathed this evening, and fear that by the end of this international break we will have a much depleted squad.
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Good morning – very bright Friday morning here,
We shall be having a second quiz from Mills over the weekend but then I wonder if anyone fancies contributing an article to the blog to provide us with cerebral stimulation for the second part of the international break ?
The subject, the theme, even the format I shall leave to the creators good taste and imagination. It could be Arsenal and Gf60 mentioned three weeks ago the comparison between “our current squad and the previous Wenger teams, similarities and differences; discuss”. The piece can be historic, forward looking, or just a plan f******** rant, (best to let it out). We’ve never had a haiku on here though.
I write 600 words, Steww at least twice that to give you a rough bracket.
I know there are a few of you out there with your pens poised at such a tempting offer. Think it over this weekend.
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Andy, who is funding this literary extravaganza?
The budget is tight, ticket prices have not gone up in 3 years.
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As my old Mum used to say to me “Build it and they will come”
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Funnily enough I have just written something. I will forward it to George.
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Anicoll,
I believe I may have written a football ‘haiku’ for PA in the distant past, and then disappeared before the inevitable brickbats were hurled.
This is an example of my best quality work, and shows the hours of contemplation that went into producing it.
Beans are dear to my heart
I’ve eaten them from the start
But boy they make me fart!
No Japanese writer can beat that! (lol) It may also be my swan song!
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Like a blood transfusion Henry, poetry that transforms my dimension and causes time itself to pause. I can forward across the barren landscape once more.
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OK, OK, I hear you clamouring at the door, so delving into my cerebral core I hope you will continue to ask for more. lol
A Brown Study:
The vulture shits
upside down
Now I have a haiku crown
A Footie Conundrum:
I finished with November
halfway thru the match
Why? I don’t remember
By popular demand I will now sod off! (lol)
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Henry has parked his bus cramming the midfield with extra syllables all over the place.
Only 7 – 5 – 7 will do for the Haiku purist.
Japanese striker
Takuma Assano knows
Arsene Wenger rules.
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Forever,
That’s only for the Japanese – it’s the calligraphy short cuts that do it for them.
Let ’em try that 7 – 5 – 7 cobblers in English!! (lol)
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Sorry, I forgot to say: That striker verse is very good, Forever, not quite up to the beans level, but …… (lol)
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Henry
Day job
Treasure
It
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* Haiku, Schmaiku
Autumn, Spring,I don’t understand
Even after looking it up
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There was a young geezer from Setubal
his rise was completely regrettable
but the times they were right
for this shits brand of shite
Now he’s mad cos he thought it was edible
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Roses are Red
Violets are blue.
Smileys are banned.
And poetry too.
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will we hear praise for this from AST, Blackscarf, redaction, etc etc, I would not hold my breath waiting for it.
Sport Witness @Sport_Witness 45m45 minutes ago
Arsenal are selling EFL quarterfinal tickets against Southampton for £10 adults, £5 kids. Only league cup etc, but that’s excellent.
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FIFA’s revenge – Scotland in electric pink shirts
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England’s revenge: Rose at LB! There are better footballers out there reading this comment.
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It’s touch, some mind of attempted pass? Not sure what it was supposed to be, straight to the mighty Scotland who are in possession and do in aging the opening exchanges.
Holding £ Chambers > Stones
No bias clouding my judgment, possibly obscuring it, but there is definitely no ambiguous vagueness here.
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Danny Rose is the Carlton Palmer of LBs.
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< First touch was some mind of attempted pass?
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Glen Hoddle:
“England are struggling in possession”
That’s because Tottenham are a shit team full of diving cloggers Glen. Surely you’ve noticed…?
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Hmmm…..
…Too many Tottenham players clogging up the pitch with too much gr*t.
I’m going to have to support wee bonny Scotland tonight!
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This is a passing masterclass from England so far.
One for the textbooks.
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If Stones was an arsenal player there would be thousands of articles written about how shit and overrated he is.
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If an AFC player takes the field with MC Hoddle dribbling his schnizzle you’ll have to hit the mute button!
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Cahill and Stones both look edgy – Scotland at the back look no better
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