We reached 100 Red Cards
Result aside, The Arsenal and Arsene Wenger achieved a landmark on Wednesday. Wojciech Szczesny became the 100th player to be sent off during Arsene’s tenure and to mark this momentous occasion, below is TheSundayMorningGooner’s homage.
(Old Skool song, but think it works?)
WE’VE REACHED 100 RED CARDS
(Lyrics by TheSundayMorningGooner, Music by Billy Joel)
Stevie Bould, Tony Adams, Ian Wright, Johnny Hartson
Dennis Bergkamp, Tony Adams, little Jason Crowe
Manu Petit, Pat Vieira, Number 2 from Pat Vieira,
Dennis Bergkamp Martin Keown, Petit had to go
Lee Dixon, Romford Pele, Martin Keown, Grimandi
One more for Pat Vieira and a double for Petit
Martin Keown, Grimandi, Vivas, a fourth for Paddy
Freddie Ljungberg, a third for Keown, another for Grimandi
We’ve reached 100 red cards
Apparently, it’s always been coming
Since Wenger’s been controlling
We reached 100 red cards
No we didn’t want it
But let’s now embrace it
Thierry Henry, Horsey Luzhny, 5 for Paddy, 6 for Paddy
Grimandi’s fourth, Razor’s fourth, a seventh for Paddy
Red for Ca$hley, fourth for Marty, Johnny Halls and Oleg Luzhny
Parlour the 3rd, Keown the 5th and a red for Giovanni
For Bergkamp, 3 for Luzhny, 4 for Parlour, 8 for Paddy
A first Toure, a first Campbell and an early bath for Cygan
One more for Campbell, one for Franny, one more for Campbell, one more for Paddy
Another Ca$hley, another Marty and a first for Ralph Lauren
We’ve reached 100 red cards
Apparently, it’s always been coming
Since Wenger’s been controlling
We reached 100 red cards
No we didn’t want it
But let’s now embrace it
Vieria’s 10, Bergkamp’s 3, Jose Reyes and Van Persie,
Gilberto Silva, Van Persie and Jens in the final
Fabregas and Senderos, Gilberto and Senderos
2 for Toure, Adebayor and Senderos for a triple
Den-ilson, Eboue, Bendtner, a fit Diaby
Van Persie, Adebayor and Emmanuel Eboue
Vermaelen, Koscielny, Alex Song and a young Jackie
Bacary, Bacary and some centre back called Squillaci
We’ve reached 100 red cards
Apparently, it’s always been coming
Since Wenger’s been controlling
We reached 100 red cards
No we didn’t want it
But let’s now embrace it
Koscielny and Diaby, Jenkinson and Van Persie,
Wilshere, Gervinho, Frimpong and Djourou
Jenkinson, BFG, Koscielny and Ollie
Number 4 for Koscielny, with 4 more left to do
Arteta, Arteta, the stand-in captain should have known better
Flamini and Szczesny and that’s 100 totally
We’ve reached 100 red cards
Apparently, it’s always been coming
Since Wenger’s been controlling
We reached 100 red cards
No we didn’t want it
But let’s now embrace it
TheSundayMorningGooner: Starting a fire
For those of you too young to know the original, here’s a link:
Steve Wellman
You must have a lot of time on your hands