| Best footballer's name 17:14 - Jun 21 with 9802 views | dutch |
I like the name Boy Kemper a lot, good song potential, but what is the best footballers name ever? I'm going for Jan Vennegoor of Heselink. |  | | |  |
| Best footballer's name on 17:16 - Jun 21 with 6346 views | aston_hoop |
Still hopeful we'll add their compatriot Jizz Hornkamp to the team this summer |  |
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| Best footballer's name on 17:35 - Jun 21 with 6271 views | Northernr |
Listen I watched Haiti the other night and their full back was called Martin Experience. You think you can beat that then good luck to you.
(Although there was a Danny Invincible once, who rather belied the name by playing for Swindon Town) |  | | |
| Best footballer's name on 17:51 - Jun 21 with 6223 views | Boston |
We had this 'bright' spark.
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| Best footballer's name on 18:09 - Jun 21 with 6155 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
How about Norman Conquest who played for Australia back in the 1950s.
Beat that. | |
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| Best footballer's name on 18:21 - Jun 21 with 6111 views | SK_hoops |
Norti Nortey. | | | |
| Best footballer's name on 18:40 - Jun 21 with 6067 views | TwoHalves |
Any excuse to mention Stefan Küntz, Ralf Minge and Jacob Wänker again (oh, if I don’t someone else will).
Meanwhile, ever since seeing their names in the programme for the home game against Chesterfield many years ago, I’ve been strangely drawn to the Spireites’ journeyman pair Muggleton and Blatherwick.
You couldn’t get more ‘northern’. Always fancied them as a sort of workingman’s club tribute act, performing the Millican and Nesbitt songbook, say, to sparse, midweek crowds.
I also have a soft spot for Ian Ormondroyd, who plied his trade as a professional footballer for a host of clubs on the northern circuit in the 80’s and 90’s. In my mind, I’ve always imagined ‘The Ormondroyds’ to be a particularly sinister, and frightening, enemy of Dr Who. | | | |
| Best footballer's name on 18:47 - Jun 21 with 6039 views | Boston |
Warboys always struck me as no nonsense football name. Alan Warboys, Bristol Rovers (and numerous others). | |
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| Best footballer's name on 19:42 - Jun 21 with 5971 views | R_from_afar |
One of my favourites:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
He has been known to be serenaded thus:
"His name is a shop, his name is a sho-o-op, Lenell John-Lewis, his name is a shop".  |  |
| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Best footballer's name on 19:53 - Jun 21 with 5930 views | izlingtonhoop |
Kuntz |  | | |
| Best footballer's name on 19:58 - Jun 21 with 5920 views | stevec |
Wayne Carlisle.
Was anyone there that night he came on as a substitute? Got to admire our fans, they are on it.
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| Best footballer's name on 20:47 - Jun 21 with 5823 views | Padulas_Shampoo |
Ciro Immobile anyone? |  | | |
| Best footballer's name on 21:47 - Jun 21 with 5734 views | loftus77 |
Legendary Spanish forward Roberto Lopez Ufarte - 1982 World Cup I think. | | | |
| Best footballer's name on 21:57 - Jun 21 with 5723 views | Nushnool |
Ecuador have a player at this World Cup called John Yeboah Zamora. What pedigree. |  | | |
| Best footballer's name on 22:04 - Jun 21 with 5697 views | Steiner |
Former Brazillian player Argelico Fuchs is surely the winner - especially prior to "correcting" his name in 2020 (which I cannot post here). Eurosport definitely had fun with it back in the day...
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| Best footballer's name on 22:25 - Jun 21 with 5645 views | numptydumpty |
Having two players called Shittu and Dou Dou suggests a certain type of character to a team.
Belgian centre back, a few years back, played for Belgium and Anderlecht very aptly called Mark de Man. [Post edited 21 Jun 22:27]
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| Best footballer's name on 22:28 - Jun 21 with 5636 views | numptydumpty |
A very well known player of recent times would have required no need for instructions during a hydration break - Danny Drinkwater !! | |
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| Best footballer's name on 22:36 - Jun 21 with 5610 views | TwoHalves |
Double-barrelled footballing surnames are commonplace these days, but I well remember how quaint they seemed in the 60’s when I first started discovering the game through the pages of Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly.
The first ‘posh’ monicker I recall belonged to the Nottingham Forest forward Ian Storey-Moore, who, bearing in mind that my imagination had by now come under the influence of The Beano too, must surely move in the same circles as Lord Snooty and his Pals when not plying his trade at the City Ground.
There must have been some before - many since, of course - but, off the top of my head, I can’t bring any to mind. | | | |
| Best footballer's name on 22:48 - Jun 21 with 5601 views | TwoHalves |
| Best footballer's name on 22:25 - Jun 21 by numptydumpty |
Having two players called Shittu and Dou Dou suggests a certain type of character to a team.
Belgian centre back, a few years back, played for Belgium and Anderlecht very aptly called Mark de Man. [Post edited 21 Jun 22:27]
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I’ve no idea whether David Goodwillie, currently representing Glasgow United in the West of Scotland League, is, like Mr de Man, aptly named, but his Wikipedia page does suggest that he has a child with a reality television star, model and pornographic actress. I suppose I’d better say ‘allegedly’. | | | |
| Best footballer's name on 23:28 - Jun 21 with 5567 views | ted_hendrix |
Danger Fourpence.
Date of Birth
1975-11-25 (50 -yrs-old).
Defender.
Country of Birth
Zimbabwe. |  |
| My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic. |
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| Best footballer's name on 01:18 - Jun 22 with 5515 views | Match82 |
| Best footballer's name on 23:28 - Jun 21 by ted_hendrix |
Danger Fourpence.
Date of Birth
1975-11-25 (50 -yrs-old).
Defender.
Country of Birth
Zimbabwe. |
That might be a winner Ted, I like that one.
Collins John was always a favorite of mine, not so much because of his name itself but because he played at Fulham, where John Collins played. Tragically I think they just missed playing with another.
Also, Max Power. Because as a parent, that's one hell of a bet you're making. |  | | |
| Best footballer's name on 08:43 - Jun 22 with 5363 views | WokingR |
My favourite has always been Puyol
He had every chance to to steer people towards pronouncing it Pu Yol but no, every single time I just heard Pooey Hole and sniggered like a kid. |  | | |
| Best footballer's name on 09:30 - Jun 22 with 5295 views | dutch |
| Best footballer's name on 22:25 - Jun 21 by numptydumpty |
Having two players called Shittu and Dou Dou suggests a certain type of character to a team.
Belgian centre back, a few years back, played for Belgium and Anderlecht very aptly called Mark de Man. [Post edited 21 Jun 22:27]
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Shittu and Dou Dou and the rest were crap. | | | |
| Best footballer's name on 10:07 - Jun 22 with 5230 views | TwoHalves |
| Best footballer's name on 08:43 - Jun 22 by WokingR |
My favourite has always been Puyol
He had every chance to to steer people towards pronouncing it Pu Yol but no, every single time I just heard Pooey Hole and sniggered like a kid. |
‘Sniggering like a kid’. Should be practised at least once a day. | | | |
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