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Twenty-two long years
monkey on our back climbs down
no longer bridesmaids
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by Scooj
- on my beloved Arsenal Football Club at last becoming English Premier League champions again, and on the back of finishing second for the last three years.
Tag: Football
Football fan’s lot
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A loss hangs heavy
and there is nowhere to hide
mood akin to grief
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by Scooj
Arsenal v Bournemouth
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I’m a bag of nerves
every game a ‘must win’ game
train trip to London
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by Scooj
Precocious
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Max Dowman, sixteen
sets a goal scoring record
star in the making
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by Scooj
Skat’s challenge
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Gunners misfiring
adding squeaky bumminess
to every fixture
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by Scooj
Thank you Skat for the challenge – not an easy phrase to incorporate into the short format. I fear every Arsenal game from now until the end of the season will be filled with such squeaky bumminess, but they seem to be rising, just about, to the challenge. Of course, as a lifelong fan, I am preparing for disappointment.
Hope of a football fan (Arsenal v Spurs)
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The stars have aligned
rivals for top spot have lost
don’t capitulate
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by Scooj
Arsenal 1 – Barcelona 0
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Ladies’ silverware
new champions of Europe
come on you gunners
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by Scooj
Real Madrid
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To become the best
you must meet and beat the best
change the paradigm
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by Scooj
Stay humble, eh
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Manchester City
soundly thrashed by the Gunners
stay humble Haaland
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by Scooj
- Last night was a sweet moment for Arsenal fans, with the team beating the premiership champions 5-1. It was extra sweet, because the last meeting was a fiery affair, with an Arsenal player sent off in the first half with Arsenal leading 2-1. Manchester City grabbed an equaliser in the last minute of the game, and Erling Haaland (a Manchester City player and most prolific goalscorer in the world) was recorded saying ‘stay humble eh’ to Mikel Arteta, the Arsenal Manager at the end of the game. These are words that will follow and haunt Haaland for the rest of his career. Stupid boy.
6665. Hornsey Road, North London
More from our friend Northbanksy in the railway tunnel adjacent to the Emirates Stadium, home of the mighty Arsenal football club. The tunnel has become a hall of fame for Arsenal players, and a but of a gallery for the artist, with phenomenal footfall on match days. The first piece if of Kai Havertz (not a great likeness), a player who didn’t do too well at Chelsea, but has improved greatly since joining Arsenal. The words ‘waka waka, eh eh’ are a reference to ‘his’ song which reverberates around the stadium when he scores or performs well, as follows:
“Tsamina, eh, eh, Waka waka, eh, eh, £60 million down the drain, Kai Havertz scores again”
The lyrics are a corruption of Shakira’s hit record ‘Waka waka’.
The second player featured in Northbanksy’s faux stencil style, is Leandro Trossard, who is a bit of a super-sub, and scores a lot of goals considering the amount of game time he gets. This picture captures Trossard’s binocular goal celebration. The picture is accompanied by a typical football fan pre-match. More to come from Northbanksy.
Natural adventures 