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This is the section where we honour those who have had Gooners cheering for one reason or another. To nominate someone to be considered for a mention, email us the details.
Here's a selection of our favourite Well Played nominations from recent
months.
From Craig Pollard: The group of Somali pirates who were caught on camera during Ross Kemp’s documentary on Sky One “In Search of Pirates” on board a skiff (a small fishing boat) which had “Eboue 27” painted on the engine cover. Well Played! From Mauro Pratesi: Whoever at BBC Sport is responsible for adding captions to their news pictures because during an interview with Mike Phelan after Man United’s 3-2 win over Aston Villa, a caption appeared to inform viewers that Phelan is the “Manchester United Ass Manager”. Spot on there - can’t think of a team with more asses than ManUre. Well Played! From Ron Tucker: Garden designer Joe Swift on the Gardener's World programme on BBC2 who, when shown an aerial view of planting in Gary Neville’s garden laid out to spell MUFC, said it was dreadful and would have been alright if it had spelt Arsenal. Well Played! From Stuart Preston: Harry Redknapp who said that Arsenal were “at another level” in the race for fourth place and also revealed he'd "never heard such crap in my life" as the comments from some Spurs fans who wanted their team to lose at Aston Villa recently because a win would do us a favour. Well Played! From Siobhan Adeusi: Mobo award winner Chipmunk who was asked in an interview in The London Paper recently whether, as he was from Tottenham, he supported them and replied "No! Tottenham is wack! I support Arsenal." Well Played! From 'Dinky': Teddy Sherringham (are you sure?) who as a pundit witnessing Spain's beating of England commented 'Spain were awesome, it's just like watching Arsenal.' Well Played! From Chris Lamb: Oasis star Noel Gallagher revealed recently that he has banned his son Donovan from supporting Tottenham, who are their local team, because he has "an irrational loathing of Spurs, their fans and everything about that club." There's never anything irrational about hating Spurs in my opinion! Well Played! From Paul Jay: Birmingham Manager Director and Arsenal fan Karren Brady for her put down of that ex-Arsenal left-back in her column in The Sun recently: "Cheryl is not only gorgeous but pretty talented too, making us wonder why she has stuck by her lesser-known hubby.” Well Played! From Adrian Wagenaar: Our new Russian signing, Andrei Arshavin for uttering those immortal words “I am a Gooner” at his first meeting with the fans. Well Played! From Mark Vallis: Nicholas Stewart QC, the Arsenal season ticket holder who chaired the FA disciplinary panel which handed Patrice Evra a four match ban and thoroughly infuriated Ferguson. More of the same please Agent Stewart. Well Played!
This is the section (formerly known as Pile of Krappa) where we let people who have annoyed us know what we think about them. To nominate someone who deserves our attention, please email us the details.
Here's a selection of our favourite Load of Ballacks nominations from recent
months.
From Jenny McDonald: Sky's Goals on Sunday programme the day after we beat Blackburn for completely ignoring Diouf's ridiculous challenge on Almunia, presumably just because Big Fat Sam was their studio guest. Pathetic! Load of Ballacks! From Cathy Khata: New signing Andrey Arshavin for his views on woman drivers. He's been quoted as saying that "if I had it in my power to introduce a ban on women driving cars and to withdraw all their licences, I would do it without thinking twice". Load of Ballacks! From Nige and Rob: The landlord of the Cardiff pub we visited before our FA Cup tie who charged us 80p more for our second round of drinks because he said the barmaid who served us first “hadn’t realised you were Arsenal fans”. Load of Ballacks! From Jules: Whoever it was in the Spuds box office who forgot that our visit to the Lane is their Cup Final and undercharged us by a tenner for the tickets and then expected us to pay the extra when they realised their mistake. Load of Ballacks! From Liam Morgan: The people behind the cover design for Arsenal’s Greatest Ever Goals DVD who, alongside legends such as Henry, Wright, Pires and Bergkamp, decided to put the most loathsome player ever to play for us - Cashley Hole. Load of Ballacks! From Joe Andrews: Michel Platini for his ridiculous rant in reaction to Wenger questioning UEFA's stance on video technology. Platini said "I talk football, he talks business. It would make me happy that Arsène Wenger never sees it (video technology)." Load of Ballacks! From Anne Francis: Tottenham fan Paul Whitehouse who was surely behind a scene in the BBC show 'Harry & Paul' where a couple had their own tube station built in their back garden and there was a newspaper billboard clearly visible outside the station with the headline “Wenger Joins Spurs”! Load of Ballacks! From Andy Harkins: Newcastle owner Mike Ashley for contravening ground regulations by downing a pint of beer in his seat when we played the Geordies and then getting away with a warning when home fans have been ejected for the same offence. Load of Ballacks! From Mike Slaughter: The 2008/9 membership pack which may have arrived before the season started for a change, but is missing the ticket wallet and fridge magnet which were supposed to be included. Let’s demand a refund! Load of Ballacks! From Morten Nygaard Åsnes: John Aizlewood for his review of the Bruce Springsteen concert at the Emirates in the Evening Standard which said that the stadium had "many positives as a live venue: local Tube stations aplenty; comfy seats; reasonable sightlines; the prospect of a cut-up pitch impeding Arsenal's much-lauded passing game next season…" Load of Ballacks!
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