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Eric Potts

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Jul 26, 2004
1,873
Top o' Hanover
Getting ones retaliation in first before the Nigels : a favourite on there is :

Ars Bandeet Ok, so this article is quickly starting to look like a wind-up, but legend has it (backed up by a few quick google searches) that in the 70's the Algerian national team included a player called Ars Bandeet. That's good enough for us.
 


terryberry1

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Jul 9, 2011
5,023
Patcham
Steffan Kuntz. Also not football related but Nigeria's President is called Good Luck Johnathon
 


SeagullinExile

Well-known member
Sep 10, 2010
6,190
London
Danny Invincibile
 












Bakero

Languidly clinical
Oct 9, 2010
14,885
Almería
I like the sound of a front line of Bongo Christ and Two Boys Gumede. A centre back pairing of Argelico Fucks and Danger Fourpence with Mr Forbes Phillipson-Masters as back up. Surprise Moriri to come off the bench to bag an unexpected winner.
 
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Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

I believe in Joe Hendry
Oct 4, 2003
12,064
Norti Nortey not being listed is a let down. The only football named after the opening line of song by The Shamen.
 


half time scores

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Mar 19, 2012
1,441
Lounging-on-the-chintz
I have always found Bastian Schweinsteiger (which translates as pig climber) funny.
some sunames derive from ancestors trades, what the **** were his ancestors up to!
 




Lady Whistledown

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Jul 7, 2003
47,630
Kenny Lunt has long been a Spooneriffic favourite of mine.

There's a guy in the lower reaches of re Football League called Lenel John-Lewis. Never knowingly undersold?
 












MJsGhost

Oooh Matron, I'm an
NSC Patron
Jun 26, 2009
5,026
East
It's still amusing now, though not quite as pant-wetting as at the time... but as a wee lad I was very amused when Dean Windass put in an appearance at the Goldstone :D
 


Simon Morgan

New member
Oct 30, 2004
6,065
Oxford
Is Gilles Donald Yapi-Yapo in there? He's always been a favourite of mine. Along with Innocent Emaghara of Switzerland. Majestic Mapp and Scientific Mapp are Basketball players.... (I could go on, me and my mates have an unnatural obsession with weird sporting names)
 






SeagullinExile

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Sep 10, 2010
6,190
London


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