Players names that always make you smile

[Oranje]

Chelsea academy used to have a player called Nortei Nortey.

Wonder if his release was down to discipline issues.

 

[UlsterScotGer]

I always have a childish laugh at the folk commentating on Burnley’s Ben Mee. ‘It’s Mee on be ball’ ‘Me with the clearance’ etc.

 

[Professor Yaffle]

Regi Blinker

 

[Vallance]

Kuntz.

 

[Shengus Malengus]

Basketball players allowed?

Luke Kennard really should have been a boxer.

 

[Dcalm]

All these posts so far and no 1 person has said Tony Woodcock.

 

[Steven D]

Jobi McAnuff
Dumitru Dumitru
Wolfgand Wolf
Kuntz/Fuchs

 

[HighVoltage]

Monday Bandele
Peter Odemwingie

 

[Roscoblue]

The way Archie McPherson pronounced Darcheville

Always made me laugh. So too when Andy Gray, on co-comms, repeatedly referred to Ian Darke as ‘Darkey’.

 

[Vallance]

I always have a childish laugh at the folk commentating on Burnley’s Ben Mee. ‘It’s Mee on be ball’ ‘Me with the clearance’ etc.

Wait until he marries a lass with the surname "Doon" and goes double barrel. Ben Mee Doon.

 

[Aragorn]

Raphael Sheidt

Seem to remember commentators trying to pronounce it less obviously.

Shee-ii-dee, Shee-day, Sher-der etc

 

[GovanFront4]

Wolfgang Wolf, ex Wolfsburg manager obviously.

Innocent Bonke of Malmö.

At the Malmo game I text my brother laughing at Innocent Bonke's name. We were 1-0 up, he'd been sent off. Life was good.

That went well.

 

[UlsterScotGer]

Two others based on their nicknames as well;

‘Sunday, Monday’ Habib Beye

‘One Size’ Fitz Hall

 

[RTamID]

Sergio Busquets (always hear Sergio Biscuits)

 

[Cuparman]

Crawford Baptie.

 

[Mosset Bear]

Horst Hrubesch

 

[Ardsman]

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink for the sole reason that one evening my wife looked up at the telly and declared, “Oh, I like him… Jimmy Floyd Düsseldorf!”

 

[Wishbone]

Fitz Hall…..known to his teammates as one size.

 

[Barrymoped]

Said it in the other thread but the ex Dundee Utd striker Jean Jacque Misse Misse.

And he really lived up to his name.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Nortei Nortey

Very Nortey

 

[Raffles]

Danger Fourpence

 

[Tonton Zola]

Harry Koch

 

[Delboy1962]

Jermaine McSporran always amused me.

 

[TGP]

Two Italian ones for me.

Robert Acquafresca and Roberto Inglese

Bobby Freshwater and Rab English

 

[John Mckillop]

Enrico annoni
Remember the famous saying when anton rogan got brought on a a sub ,guy comes back from toilet to announce the famous saying

aww naw anonni's oan anaw noo

 

[Fu Manchu]

Angel Rangel

 

[martyboy92]

Ronaldinho... not because it's a funny name but for how good he was!

 

[DarthVader]

Ciro Immobile

 

[Carltonblue]

Harry Haddock, stalwart of Clyde and Scotland in the 50s.

 

[HelandersWhiteTuft]

Rahdi Jaidi, ex Bolton and I think Birmingham CB

 

[RangerInCanada]

There was a Japanese player called Takashita

 

[superallythe2nd]

Regi Blinker

 

[RFCGTC]

Ian Andrews makes me laugh regularly.

 

[Hoojar McKinney]

Cha Bum-Kun and Nery Pumpido from the Mexico '86 World Cup. Endless hilarity to me and my eight year old pals.

Domestically, Rafael Scheidt.

 

[West1973]

Bevis Mugabe

 

[Borna Bear]

There’s a boy that plays for Torquay called Armani Little

 

[Walter Sobchak]

Ezekiel Ponce

 

[DavieDee55]

Tebbily Schiedt

Remember that lot linked with Davie Weir to complete the back 3

 

[DavieDee55]

Ivo den Bieman was a name I always liked

 

[NE Cornerbear]

Was it Morton that used to have 2 centre halves called Boag and Doak? Or did I dream this?

It was Morton.
And when Paul Lambert still had all his teeth and played for St Mirren, they also had a player with the surname Butler. Lambert and Butler :0

 

[TNT]

Anton Rogan
Carl Muggleton


Joseph Desire Job
Not a player, but Gary and Phil's old man...Neville Neville
The Leicester team that won the league had "Kante" and "Fuchs".

I am sure at one point Jason Scotland was refused a work permit to play in Scotland....

 

[Rjbear]

Vagner Love. Not a player but involved in football, Tokyo Sexwale.

 

[Calvinist]

Wayne Biggins

 

[Talktalk]

Anton Rogan and Mike Galloway

Oooh the memories

We got a banner made and took it to Parkhead with “Mike Galloway owes Skippers £50 “ after he bumped the pub out of it after cadging while out one night.

It worked and it was paid and the owner let the guys from the Alf Garnet Loyal drink it

It made the front page of the Sun

 

[FhillBear]

Carl arsefelt

 

[al-bertz]

Bob Malcolm

 

[Grimsdale]

Glen Loovens.

 

[PunkScott]

Brian Pinas of Newcastle “fame”

Sven and Lars Bender

 

[PunkScott]

Danny Shittu
Danny Drinkwater
Danny Invincible

I mean, who names their kid Danny? Just asking for bother

 

[Paisleybear30]

Gilles Yapi-Yapo
Argentinian player called Kevin Mac Allister