[Archived] Whats In A Name?

[bellamy11]

Interesting story about him, a bloke came into Ladbrokes in Blackburn where my partner is manager about a month ago with 100k cash in a bin bag wanting to place the money on Kilmarnock to beat Dunfermline away from home. The bet was 100,000 at 8/13 to win 157,000! 

Anyway Kilmarnock were 2-1 up and looking ok until Dunfermline equalised in the 66th minute. The score stayed the same until well after twenty to five and Ladbrokes looked set for a huge windfall. Then it flashed up on teletext that that guy Invincible had scored on 90!

Cue the punter going from zero to 157,000 quid in an instant and much wailing and gnashing of teeth and no annual bonuses at Ladbrokes end!

Butt twitching time or what? 

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I was going to tell that story. Bloke must have felt bloody Invincible after that. I hope he sends him a Christmas card.

[ihateburnley]

I was going to tell that story...

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Hold on a minute. Surely you can't both have partners that is the manager in the Blackburn Ladbrokes that this guy visited?

Unless you are the sa......

[Radagast]

Fitz Hall. Nicknamed "One Size."

[RevidgeBlue]

Hold on a minute. Surely you can't both have partners that is the manager in the Blackburn Ladbrokes that this guy visited?

Unless you are the sa......

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Mark (Bellamy11) works for the same organisation.

[LDRover]

Peter Shirtliff, John Bumstead. Good job they never played in the same team.

And someone must remember Lopez Ufarte from the Spain '82 world cup.

[MCMC1875]

Barry Hole - did he ever play just behind the front two?

[benton]

I think there's a keeper for swansea called Willie Gerrit, which always makes me laugh

Plus Junior McDougall

[bazza]

Didn't Rovers have a Grewcock on loan goalkeeper?

[stuwilky]

Secretary at Bury FC and father of the Neville brothers - Neville Neville.

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The club secretary of Bury is Jill Neville. She is Neville's wife. And shes a star as well.

[GiddyGoat]

Sure David Seaman is the King of Kings here, especially given his habit of being lobbed.

I wonder id Dicks ever lobbed Seaman from outside the box?

[AggyBlue]

I wonder id Dicks ever lobbed Seaman from outside the box?

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[rover6]

Former Celtic defender, Raphael Scheidt is worthy of a mention. And some people find Nwankwo Kanu's name funny.

[Dan Furness]

What was the name of that French forward who signed for Newcastle? Translated as "galloping horse" or something similar.

He was their Grabbi.

"Limping donkey" would have been more appropriate.

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Guivarch? or somethin

[Ozz]

Did he play in the Wankdorf Stadium?

[Ozz]

Former Celtic defender, Raphael Scheidt is worthy of a mention.

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"You`re Scheidt, and you know you are"

[American]

One of my favorite names of all times comes from baseball:

Rusty Kuntz

There was also a NASCAR driver named Dick Trickle, but I believe he actually changed his name to that. When one of the ESPN guys over here, Dan Patrick, used to do NASCAR stories, he would end with "and Dick Trickle finished __th"

[Exiled_Rover]

There's an American called Randy Duck, can't remember which sport he plays though

[Lee]

Basketball.

[Presty On Tour]

there is that famous commentry from an old cricket match:

i think it goes something like "the bowlers holding the batsmans willy!"

hahahhaa

[andy82]

Former Celtic defender, Raphael Scheidt is worthy of a mention. And some people find Nwankwo Kanu's name funny.

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its pronounced ######-o apparently

[cole]

Craig Short and Paul Dickov in the same team.

*gets coat*

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i always thought it was funny to have dickov and kuqi on the same team...

there's this native kid who is a member of the detroit red wings organization (or maybe he was just in camp as a tryout), playing hockey over here...

his name is robin big snake.

that's got to be one of the best names in sports.

[Cowan]

there was a basketball player called Fuohka or sumfin like that..yes and it was pronounced *^#@er

[Tango]

Dunno if it's been mentioned but there used to be (dunno if he's still there) a guy playing for HSV called Milan Fukal.

[Billy Castell]

Miroslav Satan (Ice Hockey)

[Shevchenko]

Talking about names and american sports, someone's had a lot of fun coming up with this headline...