Football Programmes Centre

Pete’s Picture Palace · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 1:25 am Post subject: Crazy names in football

I grew up thinking Forbes Phillipson-Masters was a daft name for football but as time's gone on and with shifting population and the decline of marital status so names are becoming more and more mixed-up and exotic.

Trawling as I do all the match reports on the BBC site after a full night's play, I saw this name and thought I was seeing things........

PELLY RUDDOCK MPANZU (Luton Town)

And there's a chap called ELIAS KACHUNGA who surely must have been a cashier before taking up football with Huddersfield.

I wish these fine blokes every success in their careers and am sorry to highlight their somewhat crazy names on this forum. Maybe it's my fault - I'll never grow up.

Get My Coat

martino · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:18 am Post subject:

How about Sam Allardyce; now there is a crazy name Shocked

martino · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:21 am Post subject:

On a more light hearted note how about the Watford player

Isaac Success

Journalists probably have their headlines written already.

GreatBarrWolf · Joined: 08 Jul 2011 Posts: 830

What about Wigan's MAX POWER!!. What were his parents thinking?
_________________
http://willjam100.wix.com/wolvesindetail

littlewiggy · Joined: 07 Apr 2013 Posts: 1801 Location: Newport

A few years ago when we were in Conference South, a visiting team (Bishop's Stortford I think?) brought on a sub called Jason Mason.

When Tim our PA guy announced it, you could hear everybody around the ground laughing.

Poor Jason.

Very Happy

PS. I remember Forbes Phillipson-Masters Pete.

Pretty sure I saw him playing for both Plymouth & Bristol City against us.
Always thought he sounded like a public schoolboy who should have been head boy at Eton or somewhere.

yachtsmun · Joined: 27 Sep 2009 Posts: 326 Location: Vectis

Can't believe we've made it this far and no-one's mentioned legendary Reading midfielder Wayne Wanklyn...
_________________
Always looking for pre-1980 Cowes homes, pre-1987 Cowes aways, and any other bits and bobs relating to Cowes F.C. and I.W. football in general. Someone has to.

littlewiggy · Joined: 07 Apr 2013 Posts: 1801 Location: Newport

yachtsmun wrote:

Can't believe we've made it this far and no-one's mentioned legendary Reading midfielder Wayne Wanklyn...

That'll take some beating!

Laughing

goonerboy · Joined: 24 Aug 2009 Posts: 1047

i always liked "Eggie James" who played in the Isthmian League in 70s/80s and brother of Tyrone who played for Plymouth

Karb · Joined: 21 Jan 2015 Posts: 462

I remember being amused when I saw Willie Gamble playing for Lincoln City

Dinky · Joined: 24 Jan 2016 Posts: 104 Location: Dumbarton

A couple from Scotland ex Celt Raphael Schiedt, which he was and linesman Willie Conquer and after watching him will he f***

kenners46 · Joined: 18 Nov 2010 Posts: 744

Not forgetting

Stefan Kuntz or Jamie Pillock err i mean Pollock

foxes1 · Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 1224 Location: Leicester

Didn't Flanagan and Allen play together for Charlton, think they also had one called Anil Koc.

Or Bernt Haas of West Brom.

yachtsmun · Joined: 27 Sep 2009 Posts: 326 Location: Vectis

foxes1 wrote:

Didn't Flanagan and Allen play together for Charlton

Think you're right.

While we're at it, folk duo Foster and Allen played for West Ham too (as the most excellent fanzine Fortune's Always Hiding commemorated on one of their covers).
_________________
Always looking for pre-1980 Cowes homes, pre-1987 Cowes aways, and any other bits and bobs relating to Cowes F.C. and I.W. football in general. Someone has to.

Five and In · Joined: 15 Sep 2015 Posts: 1410 Location: Dawlish, Devon

I've resisted as long as I could, but my inner child has cracked....

David Goodwillie
Paul Dickov
Danny Shittu

Angel Rangel always amuses me too.

Also Martin Jol once got upset at reporters during his time at Spurs for laughing when he mentioned his brothers who were known as...Dick and Cock...

Get My Coat

atletico · Joined: 20 Nov 2008 Posts: 672 Location: Nottingham

My turn

Lee Smelt
Einar Aas
Both at Forest in the early eighties.

Pete’s Picture Palace · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:45 pm Post subject:

foxes1 wrote:

Didn't Flanagan and Allen play together for Charlton, think they also had one called Anil Koc.

Or Bernt Haas of West Brom.

Flanagan & Allen played together at Palace for about half a season. It was Flanagan & Hales at Charlton who were playing together for ages and then they had their punch-up on the pitch when losing to non-leaguers in the cup (Maidstone?)

Peters & Lee played for England as well as singing (badly!)

Withe and Shaw played for Villa and then became a suburb of Manchester.

littlewiggy · Joined: 07 Apr 2013 Posts: 1801 Location: Newport

Five and In wrote:

I've resisted as long as I could, but my inner child has cracked....

David Goodwillie
Paul Dickov
Danny Shittu

Angel Rangel always amuses me too.

Also Martin Jol once got upset at reporters during his time at Spurs for laughing when he mentioned his brothers who were known as...Dick and Cock...

Get My Coat

Not forgetting Mike Trebilcock of course Five.

Him and David Goodwillie always raise a childish smirk out of me.

Not sure if it counts, but a few years back we had a strike partnership of Craig Reid & Ben Wright.

Read & write - geddit?!

Which reminds me of the time Forest had David Currie & Brian Rice up front.

Thumbs Up

burnley_collector · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:57 pm Post subject:

Kenny Lunt always make me chuckle....

Chiqui Arce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Arce

foxes1 · Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 1224 Location: Leicester

We had an ex-prime minister at Leicester Paul Ramsey and Kevin Mcdonald in the same team - Ramsey Mcdonald.

littlewiggy · Joined: 07 Apr 2013 Posts: 1801 Location: Newport

foxes1 wrote:

We had an ex-prime minister at Leicester Paul Ramsey and Kevin Mcdonald in the same team - Ramsey Mcdonald.

We had a striker in the 80s called Neville Chamberlain.

(he was the bruv of Stoke & England's Mark)