Print view
Board index mancityfans.net football forumThe Maine Football forum

Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Here is the place to talk about all things city and football!
Post a reply

Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby BlueinBosnia » Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:23 pm

I was thinking about this when I heard Reece Wabara's name the other day- it sounds more like a Rugby League player's name.

Guy Whittingham was one that always struck me as odd- sounded like someone from the Bullingdon Club, or a history teacher at a public school.

Any others?
"Ferguson. Žvaka kurac."
(Ferguson. Chewing-gum cock.)
Old man in a bar in rural Bosnia.
User avatar
BlueinBosnia
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
Paul Power's Tash
 
Posts: 10814
Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:43 pm
Location: Sarajevo, BiH
Supporter of: Team Bridge
Top

Share On:

Share on Facebook Facebook Share on Twitter Twitter Share on Reddit Reddit Share on Google+ Google+

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby HBlock Cripple » Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:39 pm

Jo?
HBlock Cripple
Robinho's Step Over
 
Posts: 240
Joined: Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:11 am
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby ENIAM NAM » Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:43 pm

HBlock Cripple wrote:Jo?


Made me chuckle after a shit day. Thanks.
ENIAM NAM
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
Kinky's Mazy Dribbles
 
Posts: 2158
Joined: Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:16 pm
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby Tokyo Blue » Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:45 pm

The Norwich team of the late 80s and early 90s had a few names that sounded more like Dickensian characters than footballers - Butterworth, Culverhouse, Ullathorne.

I just wanted to mention a random Lopez Ufarte so I can snigger quietly to myself.
Your right leg I like; I've got nothing against your right leg. The trouble is neither have you.
Tokyo Blue
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
Bert Trautmann's Neck
 
Posts: 12339
Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:33 am
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby Alioune DVToure » Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:54 pm

Mikhail Khavelashvili - would have made a better Soviet-era despot.
Image
Alioune DVToure
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
David Silva's Silky Skills
 
Posts: 6335
Joined: Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:14 pm
Supporter of: City
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby blues-clues » Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:55 pm

Andrei Arshavin
User avatar
blues-clues
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
Kinky's Mazy Dribbles
 
Posts: 2087
Joined: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:57 pm
Supporter of: Man City
My favourite player is: Joe Corrigan
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby DoomMerchant » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:02 pm

John Mikel Obi always struck me as either an African despot or the head of the UN. Plus is it Obi Mikel or Mikel Obi? WTF. Sort it.

John Michael Nchekwube Obinna <--- his given name
Mikel John Obi <--- what he's allegedly referred to commonly like sitting around the house by his mates or his mother
John Mikel Obi/John Obi Mikel <--- what the average punter seems to call him

Don't ever get me started about what the fucl is printed on the back of his shirt cuz iirc it's even different....

Run a charity or get a weapons stash Johnny boy...sort it!

cheers
viVa el ciTy!

"All things considered, there's absolutely no escape from this hellish situation. I'm prepared to take the coward's way out if you are. It's reincarnation or nothing." -- Gideon Stargrave

Image
User avatar
DoomMerchant
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
Pellegrini's Hoodie
 
Posts: 22332
Joined: Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:46 pm
Location: Orlando, FL
Supporter of: MCFC. OK.
My favourite player is: The Game
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby Im_Spartacus » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:06 pm

Jan Vennegor of Hesselink
Image
Im_Spartacus
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
Denis Law's Backheel
 
Posts: 9637
Joined: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:41 pm
Location: Abu Dhabi
Supporter of: .
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby The Man In Blue » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:10 pm

Im_Spartacus wrote:Jan Vennegor of Hesselink


innit, sounds like some feudal knight.

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake.
User avatar
The Man In Blue
Joe Hart's 29 Clean Sheets
 
Posts: 5266
Joined: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:33 pm
Location: Whalley Range
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby DoomMerchant » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:12 pm

Im_Spartacus wrote:Jan Vennegor of Hesselink


it's like he's a 16th century explorer or something.
viVa el ciTy!

"All things considered, there's absolutely no escape from this hellish situation. I'm prepared to take the coward's way out if you are. It's reincarnation or nothing." -- Gideon Stargrave

Image
User avatar
DoomMerchant
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
Pellegrini's Hoodie
 
Posts: 22332
Joined: Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:46 pm
Location: Orlando, FL
Supporter of: MCFC. OK.
My favourite player is: The Game
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby Alioune DVToure » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:16 pm

DoomMerchant wrote:
Im_Spartacus wrote:Jan Vennegor of Hesselink


it's like he's a 16th century explorer or something.


A decrepit Habsburg prince. The runt of the family with a merely honorific title.
Image
Alioune DVToure
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
David Silva's Silky Skills
 
Posts: 6335
Joined: Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:14 pm
Supporter of: City
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby DoomMerchant » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:22 pm

Alioune DVToure wrote:
DoomMerchant wrote:
Im_Spartacus wrote:Jan Vennegor of Hesselink


it's like he's a 16th century explorer or something.


A decrepit Habsburg prince. The runt of the family with a merely honorific title.


When you get all Treaty of Weshphalia on my ass, i just have to surrender dude... nice work.

cheers
viVa el ciTy!

"All things considered, there's absolutely no escape from this hellish situation. I'm prepared to take the coward's way out if you are. It's reincarnation or nothing." -- Gideon Stargrave

Image
User avatar
DoomMerchant
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
Pellegrini's Hoodie
 
Posts: 22332
Joined: Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:46 pm
Location: Orlando, FL
Supporter of: MCFC. OK.
My favourite player is: The Game
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby Dronny » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:36 pm

Roy Cunt.....always struck me as sounding like a cunt?
Image
User avatar
Dronny
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
Rosler's Grandad Bombed The Swamp
 
Posts: 3965
Joined: Fri May 02, 2008 10:08 am
Location: On my arse at my pc
Supporter of: The one and only
My favourite player is: Colin Bell
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby Alioune DVToure » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:44 pm

Scotty Parker and Jack "The Lad" Wilshere sound very WWII RAF to me too now I think about it.
Image
Alioune DVToure
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
David Silva's Silky Skills
 
Posts: 6335
Joined: Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:14 pm
Supporter of: City
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby Dipstick » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:08 pm

Norbert Stiles, Perry Groves, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Quinton Fortune
"People say I'm egocentric, but enough about them." Lily Allen
Dipstick
De Jong's Tackle
 
Posts: 1992
Joined: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:37 pm
Location: Colin Bell Stand
Supporter of: Manchster CIty
My favourite player is: Colin Bell
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby BlueinBosnia » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:18 pm

Alioune DVToure wrote:Scotty Parker and Jack "The Lad" Wilshere sound very WWII RAF to me too now I think about it.


Haha! I thought exactly the same about Wilshire!
"Ferguson. Žvaka kurac."
(Ferguson. Chewing-gum cock.)
Old man in a bar in rural Bosnia.
User avatar
BlueinBosnia
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
Paul Power's Tash
 
Posts: 10814
Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:43 pm
Location: Sarajevo, BiH
Supporter of: Team Bridge
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby Hazy2 » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:24 pm

Gary Neville.
Hazy2
Denis Law's Backheel
 
Posts: 9785
Joined: Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:34 am
Supporter of: MCFC
My favourite player is: Silva
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby patrickblue » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:27 pm

HBlock Cripple wrote:Jo?


My first thought.
[img]https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7qDYcso3azifQVyg/html5[/img]
User avatar
patrickblue
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
Shaun Goater's 103 Goals
 
Posts: 7496
Joined: Wed Dec 14, 2005 9:49 pm
Location: Newbury Berks
Supporter of: City
My favourite player is: The one and only Goat
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby 9secondlegend » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:49 pm

alan





tch blasphemy!
9secondlegend
Rosler's Grandad Bombed The Swamp
 
Posts: 3156
Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:39 pm
Location: MANCHESTER
Supporter of: mcfc
Top

Re: Players whose names don't sound like footballers

Postby Blue in the face » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:55 pm

"Sister of Fu" definately doesn't sound like a footballer.
Image
User avatar
Blue in the face
Donated to the site
Donated to the site
De Jong's Tackle
 
Posts: 1823
Joined: Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:32 pm
Location: Belfast
Supporter of: City
My favourite player is: Zabba
Top
Next
Post a reply

Return to The Maine Football forum

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: ayrshireblue, Google [Bot] and 111 guests

The team • Delete all board cookies • All times are UTC
Board index