[Albion] A thread full of Albion player nicknames

[Dinner with Gotsmanov]

Dale "The Crab" Stephens

Neil McNab was also known as Neil McCrab

 

[jackalbion]

Bloke behind me always used to call Dean Hammond 'For F*cks Sake Hammond'

 

[stewart12]

Phil "Eminem's Dad" Stant
Dan "Princess Diana" Burn

 

[Bodian]

Bloke behind me always used to call Dean Hammond 'For F*cks Sake Hammond'

And of course, we mustn't forget 'FFS Murray' whilst he wasn't with us.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Richie ‘The Bear’ Barker
‘Hot’ Rod Thomas

As a kid in the South Stand at the Goldstone a bloke used to always refer to Mark Gall as ‘Smoky’

I’m not convinced it was used by anyone else though.

So glad you did that, I was convincing myself it was only me that called him that!

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Leo 'The Cyclone' Ulloa.

 

[Titanic]

Dunky

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Grant Horscroft was known by his teammates as "Mooro" due to similarities with England's World Cup winning captain.

 

[the wanderbus]

Revelldinho

 

[Perfidious Albion]

“Shirley”.. John Templeman

 

[Shirty]

Chippy

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Andy “dog” Kennedy
William “bullet” Jones

 

[pasty]

I am still sad and disappointed Minteh has not yet (at least to my knowledge) been christened Trebor or Polo

 

[Mackenzie]

Perry “safe as houses, keeper in trousers” Digweed

 

[marlowe]

John Budgie Byrne

Raphael Meade (he's got speed)

I originally read that as John Bulgie Byrne but didn't remember his shorts being particularly close fitting

 

[marlowe]

“Shirley”.. John Templeman

Wasn't that the nickname Brian Clough gave him?

 

[marlowe]

Tony Towner "Tiger"

 

[Jam The Man]

Peter Smith was known as ‘Buzz’ to his teammates, although the crowd used to chant ‘Marley’

 

[marlowe]

Graham Moseley "Oswald"

 

[Insel affe]

Raphael Meade (he's got speed)

Really, I could have sworn I sung at Burnden Park on a cold January back in 1992 as he raced through to score.

"Raphael Meade he's ON speed"