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Showing posts with label Arsenal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arsenal. Show all posts

Friday, 9 April 2010

PATRICK VIEIRA - ARSENAL - 0046


Arsenal

In September 1996, the incoming Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger requested Vieira's purchase from Milan prior to taking up his position. Vieira was signed for £3.5 million, a figure which would be deemed a bargain in years to come. His height, stamina and physical strength allowed him to settle into the English game quickly, while his composure and the quality of his passing cemented his position as an integral part of Wenger's stylish attacking side.

In 03/04 at Arsenal, he captained the side on a historic unbeaten season in the Premier League.

On July 14, 2005, Arsenal accepted a bid of £18 million from Juventus and Vieira agreed a five-year contract the following day.

In total, Vieira played 407 times for Arsenal and scored 34 times.



Vieira and tons of other Gunners at the Cartoonstore

Saturday, 20 March 2010

GILBERTO SILVA - ARSENAL - 0036


In August 2002, for a fee of £4.5 million, Gilberto joined Arsenal, with whom he won the 2004 Premiership as an 'Invincible', and two FA Cup trophies. In his first five seasons with the club, he played 208 games and scored 23 goals. On 19 August 2006 he scored Arsenal's first competitive goal at the newly built Emirates Stadium. During his time with the Gunners, Gilberto developed into one of the best defensive midfielders in Europe. In 2007, he was selected as Brazil captain for the Copa America tournament, which Brazil went on to win.



Get yourself into the Arsenal squad, or play for Brazil - details at the Cartoonstore.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

DAVID SEAMAN - ARSENAL - 0034


Before making his Arsenal début, Seaman was selected by Bobby Robson as England's third-choice goalkeeper behind shilton & Woods at the 1990 World Cup but after arriving in Italy he had to pull out of the squad due to injury and was replaced by Dave Beasant.

Seaman's time at Arsenal coincided with one of the most successful periods in the club's history. The 1990-91 season saw Seaman concede only 18 goals when playing in every match of the 38-game season as Arsenal regained the league title.

Arsenal won both the FA Cup and the League Cup in 1993 and supplemented this a year later with the European Cup Winners' Cup. England manager Venables saw Seaman as his first-choice goalkeeper and Seaman would remain a permanent member of the England team until 2002.

In June 2008 he was voted seventh in the list of 50 Gunners' Greatest Players.





Be cartooned in Gunners kit at the Cartoonstore

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

ROBERT PIRES - ARSENAL - 0029


Pirès was signed by Arsenal for £6 million in 2000. Initially, Pirès' form was indifferent, and some people criticised him after his comments that the English game was too physical. However, he slowly began to regain the form he had shown at Metz, and by the next season Pirès had fully got to grips with the English game and had one of his best seasons, being voted Arsenal's player of the season, as they won the league title.

On 11 July 2008, Arsenal fans voted Pirès as the club's sixth greatest player of all time.


Thousands of Sporting and Celebrity cartoons for sale at the Cartoonstore.

Monday, 15 March 2010

THIERRY HENRY - ARSENAL - 0025


Henry has the record for the number of Sold Out Limited Editions in the Cartoonstore, with his Barcelona cartoon being the 8th. This was his early first appearance in the Arsenal colours.

Initially starring for Monaco, Henry had a brief spell at Juventus before moving to Arsenal for £10 million in 1999, reuniting with his former manager Arsene Wenger. Henry was immediately moulded into a striker by Wenger, a move that would pay rich dividends in years to come. However, doubts were raised about his ability to adapt to the quick and physical English game when he failed to score in his first eight games. These doubts were dispelled when he ended his first season at Arsenal with an impressive goal tally of 26 as Arsenal finished second in the league.


Have yourself pictured in Arsenal kit at the Cartoonstore.

Sunday, 7 March 2010

DENNIS BERGKAMP 0012 ARSENAL


An early listing for Dutch maestro Bergkamp, and a cartoon that has sold steadily ever since, though remaining numbers are very limited indeed. Starting his playing career with Ajax, Bergkamp joined Inter Milan in 1993

After two unhappy seasons at Inter, Bergkamp was signed by Gunners boss Bruce Rioch in June 1995 for £7.5m. Bergkamp made his debut against Middlesbrough on 19 August 1995 but had to adapt to the English style of play. It took him seven games before he finally managed to score his first goal, against Southampton. Slowly but surely, Bergkamp's stature grew, playing as a forward behind the main striker, Ian Wright. They soon formed a strong partnership which was one of the finest in the Premier League. Bergkamp has been regarded by many football pundits as being the greatest foreign player to grace the English game.

Bergkamp hit his best form for Arsenal after the arrival of manager Wenger in September 1996. Arsenal won a Premier League and FA Cup double in the 1997/8 season (although Bergkamp missed the cup final with an injury), and Bergkamp was the PFA Player Of The Year.

While his subsequent form did not match the level of that season, Bergkamp continued to be a regular in the Arsenal team. He won the double again in 2002, the FA Cup in 2003 and the Premier League for a third time in 2004.

The last game he played in Arsenal colours was also the last game at Highbury, against Wigan on 7 May 2006—the final Premier League game of the season. Bergkamp scored 120 goals for Arsenal in 424 appearances, and set up a further 166 goals in his Arsenal career. This makes him one of the top assist makers in Premier League history.

On 14 July 2008 he placed 2nd in The Gunners Greatest Players, behind former strike partner Thierry Henry in an online vote.


Be cartooned with the Gunners greatest - information here.

Thursday, 4 March 2010

SOL CAMPBELL 0002


Second in line was another player still at the top level, Sol 'I Hate Morecambe' Campbell. Not quite drawn as often as David Beckham (or Stevie Gerrard for that matter) there are still four (I think) versions of Sol in the listings - England, Arsenal twice and Portsmouth. He didn't stop at Notts County long enough to get 'cartooned'!