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Post by sovietonion on Feb 15, 2008 9:31:24 GMT
New breed v the old breed. Anyone care to comment?
Old fashioned names for a new game or just more money for old rope?
George Clegg
George Pilkington
Johnny Jackson
Sidney Govou
Frank Lampard
Bob Malcolm
Paddy McCarthy
David Goodwillie
Clarence Seedorf
Cyril Makyanake
Edit:
and of course
Martin Carruthers
Gary Taylor-Fletcher
Mackail-Smith
Wright-Phillips etc etc
Or
Syd Peppit
Dennis Violett
Stanley Matthews
Roy Race
Nat Lofthouse
Tom Finney
Billy Wright
George Cohen
Johnny Haynes
Gordon Banks
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 15, 2008 9:36:03 GMT
The best footballer name ever is Willo Flood. Thats transcends all era barriers.
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Post by njkk on Feb 15, 2008 9:40:13 GMT
Charlie Jackleton or Charlie Bobbleton
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 15, 2008 9:44:40 GMT
Didn't footballers in the olden days get called Bomber?
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Post by njkk on Feb 15, 2008 9:50:05 GMT
Dunno about that Joe but there must have been a Crogger Johnston or Amputation Andrews knocking about
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Post by StokieSC on Feb 15, 2008 10:00:18 GMT
Ernie Postlethwaite
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Post by Fred Zeppelin on Feb 15, 2008 10:03:20 GMT
Danny Invincible ;D
Best footballers name ever
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 15, 2008 10:03:53 GMT
Vale had Ken Beamish. That was an ace name!
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Post by robdog on Feb 15, 2008 10:18:45 GMT
Michael Wright,
Charlie Aitken,
Brian Little,
Jimmy Brown,
Oscar Arce
Barry Hole.
which makes:
Wright Aitken Little Brown Arce Hole.
also
Stefan Kuntz
Karim Bagheri
Fernando Arce
Carsten Janker
which makes for a
Bagheri Acre Janker (big hairy arse wanker)
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Post by Long-time Stoke Fan on Feb 15, 2008 10:19:37 GMT
Fail also had Albert Cheeseborough in the early sixties. I'm sure they could have sung 'only one Albert Cheeseborough' without being proved wrong !
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Post by Godo on Feb 15, 2008 10:20:50 GMT
Before my time but from what I've heard about the way he played surely Eddie Clamp is the greatest and most apposite name for a player and his era ever?
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Post by Pedropotter on Feb 15, 2008 10:29:24 GMT
How about Tommy 'bomber' Arkwright?
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Post by sovietonion on Feb 15, 2008 10:37:47 GMT
There's some grand players names doing the rounds in Scotland right now too which I'm sure cross the boundaries of time too:
Tam Scobbie
Ryan McGuffie
David Goodwillie
Paul McQuilken
Michael Gash
Gavin Swankie
David McGurn
Steve Tosh
Jamie Mole
Chris Colquhoun
Darren Shallicker
Ross Archibald
A. Trialist naturally gets around a bit too.
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