It is situated a corner-kick away from Highbury - the home of Arsenal Football Club - serves a diverse community of Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Algerians and Egyptians.
The idea provokes an unintended response from Harlequins, a cosmopolitan club a drop-kick away from Twickenham.
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Soon after, Fulham's John Pantsil followed through on keeper Robert Green who had bravely palmed Jimmy Bullard's low free-kick away.
It was not long before Arsenal were applying pressure and Nasri's free-kick was clawed away before Chamakh rattled the woodwork with a close-range header.
Wheater headed wide at the other end when Duke failed to punch a Stewart Downing free-kick away before an escape for the home side at the other end.
Spurs were pinned back and Strihavka hit the woodwork, while Ivana saw a curling 22-yard free-kick palmed away by Robinson as Slavia scented a goal and some fear from the home side.
There was a joie de vivre about Blackpool as they took the game to the Reds on their first Anfield appearance since January 1971 and, early on, Adam had a powerful 20-yard free-kick blocked away by keeper Pepe Reina.
Ashley Young curling's free-kick was superbly tipped away by Green and Villa's top scorer Bent also curled an 18-yard strike just wide via a deflection.
It was a cheap free-kick to give away and then we didn't do our job right in the wall so it was a real frustration but we had enough about them to come back and score the winning goal.
Rochdale continued to push forward and were rewarded just before the stroke of half-time when Stephen Foster gave away a free-kick after tangling with Howe.
Josh Hannay followed him over straight from kick-off but Lennon missed the kick and the Welsh side were just two points away from extra-time.
It seemed a clear penalty, but referee Terje Haunge - who was well-sighted - opted to wave away Wales' spot-kick claims.
Motherwell took the lead with a counter-attack after goalkeeper Graeme Smith had punched clear a Lyle free-kick and then palmed away a Chris Swailes header.
Five minutes later Gyan unleashed another fierce in-swinging effort from outside the area, this time from a free-kick, which was punched away unconvincingly by El Hadary in the Egypt goal.
Germany had long ago secured qualification for next year's finals in Austria and Switzerland, but any hopes of winning the group were taken away shortly before kick-off as the Czech Republic secured top spot by beating Cyprus.
Given their current pre-eminence, Henry could be forgiven for wishing away the next 12 months until his side kick-off the next global jamboree in front of their home fans against Tonga on 9 September.
Steve Davis gave away a free-kick and Woods evaded Jeff Whitley to fire an unstoppable shot into the top corner.
Danny Stevens then got behind the Burton defence to fire in a low cross that Benyon almost connected with, but could only give away a free-kick for handball.
Carroll had to claw away a free-kick by Giggs, who had been in vintage form early on, immediately after the restart but from that point onwards it was all about Derby.
Young defender Leigh Bromby was a bit too keen to impress in the ninth minute, giving away a free-kick 20 yards out and earning himself a yellow card with a clattering challenge on Jay Bothroyd.
After full-time, the Tunisians had won 1-0 to tie the home and away legs 1-1, thanks to a free kick by Hassine Regued in the 64th minute.
The Edinburgh fly-half had given away the evening's first points when his kick was charged down and his team-mates infringed at the breakdown.
Farrell restored a 10-point gap with another kick but soon Vyvyan was on the way to the sin-bin for not rolling away as Gloucester began to find their feet in the game.
Thomas Hitzlsperger nearly added insult to injury as he crashed a free-kick towards the Wales net, only for Hennessey to plunge full-stretch to push the ball away.
Rooney was denied a penalty when he appeared to be pushed over by Wallace but the referee waved away claims for a spot-kick.
Menseguez crossed for Fortune, who missed the ball as he fell under a challenge from Lucas with the referee waving away appeals for a spot-kick.
Basle were furious that referee Stefan Johannesson waved away appeals for a free-kick in the build-up to the goal but there was no excuse for their woeful marking.
Soon after, a Liam Craig volley went straight into the chest of Jaakkola and the Finnish keeper was forced to tip away a Dave Mackay free-kick with only 13 minutes gone.
The veteran keeper kept his side in the game with seven minutes of normal time on the clock as he brilliantly turned away Srna's free-kick after Petric had been fouled on the edge of the area.
The Australian thwarted Aquilani's early overhead kick and palmed away the Italian's curling 20-yard effort.
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