24 Aug 2014 17:49:35
Lads I need your help. Last night I debated with a couple of Chelsea pals of mine that they just buy players and that we pride ourselves on our youth system. They said fine name a team of players that started their careers at arsenal who signed schoolboy forms. 4-4-2 with 3 subs.
It's not as easy as I thought;
Gk. schez
Rb. GAVIN HOYTE (seriously!)
Cb. Tony Adams
Cb Martin Keown
Lb. Ashley cole
Rm Ray Parlour
Cm Jack Wilshere
Cm fabregas (dubious)
Lm Paul merson
St. NICKLAS BENDTNER
St. Carlos vela

Subs: rocky rocastle, seb Larson, Kieran Gibbs

I cannot provide a team with HOYTE and bendtner! I must be forgetting some players. Got £50 riding on this bad boy!
I can't lose to chelsea again!

1.) 24 Aug 2014
Charlie George at striker
Liam Brady conspicuously absent.
Pat Rice as RB.
David O'Leary at CB, moving Keown to DM. Let's you get rid of Vela.

Go buy a copy of Fever Pitch.

2.) 24 Aug 2014
Off the top of my head
Stapleton O'Leary Brady Rix
Plus Andy Cole David Bentley

3.) 24 Aug 2014
24 Aug 2014 18:41:53
Suffolk,

Don't forget Michael Thomas, the legend.

4.) 24 Aug 2014
24 Aug 2014 18:46:08
Sammy nelson.

5.) 24 Aug 2014
Good call on MT Days how could we miss him :-)
Paul Davis too

6.) 24 Aug 2014
24 Aug 2014 19:22:52
Oh yeah G62,

Paul Davis.

7.) 24 Aug 2014
And Richie Powling of course, Dags :-)

8.) 24 Aug 2014
Martin Keown played for a club I did in Oxford ( Marston Saints ) also appearing for Oxford youth

9.) 24 Aug 2014
24 Aug 2014 21:54:29
Aahh, Richie Powling.

I remember him well, lol.

He scored the winning goal against Everton at the first game I ever went to Highbury on my own.

10.) 24 Aug 2014
24 Aug 2014 22:17:29
Cheers lads. Missed some belters. When I collect my £50 I drop it off at arsenes office should be enough to get a replacement for sonogo

11.) 25 Aug 2014
Suffolk invest it wisely, either in 17.2 pints or a family size kebab for Ed025