Archive for March, 2011
Just a quick post to let you know that future itbeganin1992 posts will now be made on the brilliant FootballUnited.com platform, follow the link here:
http://itbeganin1992.footballunited.com/
Now in amongst other like minded blogs with an improved array of widgets the blog also has a slightly changed layout to freshen things up; I hope you enjoy.
As always you can still contact me on twitter @itbeganin1992 or via email itbeganin1992@gmail.com
I92.
One final personal post (well more a plea!) before something more serious, it is my blog after all!
My friends and I have entered an O2 competition which requires us to obtain as many ‘likes’ as possible on our team page in order for us to fulfil our dream of gracing The Emirates Stadium turf with our silky(ish) skills:
http://www.o2blueroom.co.uk/O2Fives/Team/Details/Flitwick-Gooners/80
As I write we are currently sitting in 7th place with 862 votes (following a brief spell in top spot), please click the link above and press ‘like’ to boost our chances. That is all you need to do, it couldn’t be simpler.
This would mean the world to the eight Bedfordshire based lads who make up the ‘Flitwick Gooners’:
Adam Cobley (Captain)
Nickname: Cobs
Position: Midfield
Favourite ever Arsenal player: Patrick Vieira
Favourite current Arsenal player: Nicklas Bendtner
Interesting fact: Adam is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro on behalf of Macmillan Cancer Support in October of this year. He is captain of the side based on his mobile phone network provider rather than footballing ability. Author of this blog.
Gary Warner
Nickname(s): Dobby (the house elf), Dobson, Warnsey, Banter Gnome.
Position: Midfield
Favourite ever Arsenal player(s): Patrick Vieira and Ian Wright.
Favourite current Arsenal player: Jack Wilshere
Interesting fact(s): Gaz has played in 7 cup finals; losing them all! He loves fixing boilers and his signature dish is Birds Eye Chicken En Croute (for one!).
Karl Bunyan
Nickname(s): Bunny, Bidder.
Position: Striker
Favourite ever Arsenal player: Dennis Bergkamp
Favourite current Arsenal player: Jack Wilshere
Interesting fact: Karl is the youngest member of the team, now aged 20, he wasted his final teenage year not realising that being 19 made him a teenager. On a match day you can find him in McDonald’s enjoying his ritual four cheeseburgers prior to a short walk down Holloway Road to the home of football.
Kyle Hedges
Nickname(s): Bobby Moobs, Boy George.
Position: Attacking Midfielder
Favourite ever Arsenal player: Thierry Henry
Favourite current Arsenal player: Jack Wilshere
Interesting fact(s): Named after The Terminator character Kyle Reese despite Arnie being a much better name, he is now infatuated with Jack Wilshere having caught his match shirt in Braga.
Stewart Mckinnon
Nickname(s): Little Terry, Massive, Macca, Mckenzie, Kenz, Bricktop.
Position: The Perry Groves role!
Favourite ever Arsenal player: Patrick Vieira
Favourite current Arsenal player: Samir Nasri
Interesting fact(s): Stewarts’ cat Bobby is named after Arsenal legend Robert Pires, he will be easily recognised on the pitch with his distinguished square head and white boots.
Sam Scowen
Nickname(s): Gammon, Little Sco, Ginger Warrior (as coined by Ralf Little!)
Position: Centre Back
Favourite ever Arsenal player: Dennis Bergkamp
Favourite current Arsenal player: Samir Nasri
Interesting fact(s): When Sam isn’t in the gym getting massive you can find him relaxing with his water feature and Pearl Harbour DVD.
Sam George
Nickname(s): Daddyo, Sammy G, Monkey.
Position: Right Midfield
Favourite ever Arsenal player: Thierry Henry
Favourite current Arsenal player: Jack Wilshere
Interesting fact(s): Sam has the whitest teeth outside Essex, he would be a proud man if his one year old daughter’s first visit to The Emirates saw him take to the field.
Rich Mitchell
Nickname(s): Skitch, Tea Boy Rich
Position: Trequartista
Favourite ever Arsenal player: Dennis Bergkamp
Favourite current Arsenal player: Jack Wilshere
Interesting fact(s): When arriving at an overseas destination Rich enjoys the thrill of opening his bag to see what his Mum has packed him! A Former local celebrity having enjoyed a meteoric rise from Budgens tannoy to Chiltern Radio; under the guise of Tea Boy Rich.
Here is the link once more;
http://www.o2blueroom.co.uk/O2Fives/Team/Details/Flitwick-Gooners/80
Please click the link and press ‘like’, this as well as any help promoting the link via email, twitter and facebook would be much appreciated.
All that is left to do now is draw straws to decide who will be in goal!
Thanks,
I92
Just a quick note to let you know i’m still here…
Last weekend saw Manuel Almunia drop a clanger of gargantuan proportions which gifted West Bromwich Albion a 2-0 lead over Arsenal just shy of the hour mark. Despite Andrey Arshavin and Robin Van Persie clawing back two goals for The Gunners, only time will tell how costly Almunia’s error will prove in the race for the Premier League title.
Seeing as my last post came after another Arsenal gaffe worthy of its inevitable use on countless blooper DVD’s it seemed like the perfect moment to recommence with the blog. Work commitments, an increased onus on training/fundraising for my Mount Kilimanjaro charity trek (which is now scarily close) and a trip to Barcelona for Arsenal’s 3-1 defeat at Camp Nou have led to an extended period of silence on itbeganin1992.
Despite the result, being forced into the ground before the game and held afterwards the trip was fantastic; plenty of paella, tapas, beer, Spanish measures of rum and a photo opportunity with Hristo Stoichkov and Arsene Wenger who were watching the Blackpool v Chelsea game together.
With Hristo Stoichkov and Arsene Wenger
This photo is also in the flickr album http://www.flickr.com/photos/itbeganin1992/ which has been set up for itbeganin1992. Here you can also find Bill Nighy, Dwight Yorke and Romford Pele, feel free to check it out!
Something more substantial soon,
I92
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