What a great name :laugh:

[Tangle Foot]

Sub goalie for the England U-17s vs France U-17s, Man City’s Oliver WHATMUFF

I know it’s childish, but I really don’t care!

COYR.

[Superjack]

Brave to be a keeper with a name like that.

Mind you, if I had an ex with a name like that, I probably would have kept her...

Edited May 23 by Superjack

[maxjak]

I remember a Reading FC goalkeeper with the Surname "Death" some years ago.......it was pronouced Dee- As.......for obvious reasons?    But that "Grim Reaper" kept Goal for quite sometime...and rarely made any Grave errors?

[Davefevs]

1 minute ago, maxjak said:

I remember a Reading FC goalkeeper with the Surname "Death" some years ago.......it was pronouced Dee- As.......for obvious reasons?    But that "Grim Reaper" kept Goal for quite sometime...and rarely made any Grave errors?

Steve iirc

[maxjak]

2 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Steve iirc

?..............Sorry Dave, am i missing something, as I can be a bit thick?

[Superjack]

11 minutes ago, maxjak said:

I remember a Reading FC goalkeeper with the Surname "Death" some years ago.......it was pronouced Dee- As.......for obvious reasons?    But that "Grim Reaper" kept Goal for quite sometime...and rarely made any Grave errors?

Pretty sure I have seen a current player recently with the same name, and the same pronunciation by the commentator. 

Can't remember the game though.

[RoystonFoote'snephew]

I once had a dentist with the same name. Thankfully I didn't watch Marathon Man until years later. 

[redsquirrel]

1 hour ago, Superjack said:

Brave to be a keeper with a name like that.

Mind you, if I had an ex with a name like that, I probably would have kept her...

if i had a bird called that,her pet name would have to be Baldy

[BarneyCity]

1 hour ago, maxjak said:

I remember a Reading FC goalkeeper with the Surname "Death" some years ago.......it was pronouced Dee- As.......for obvious reasons?    But that "Grim Reaper" kept Goal for quite sometime...and rarely made any Grave errors?

Used to watch Reading all them years ago at Elm Park (until luck would have it I moved to Bristol). Point is Steve Death was an amazing keeper, and was as recall never called De’ath. 
 

it was a Reading team with Robin Friday, superb (lookup “the greatest footballer you never saw”, a George Best / Jackie style of life.

[Davefevs]

@maxjak see Barney’s post

[southside]

3 hours ago, maxjak said:

?..............Sorry Dave, am i missing something, as I can be a bit thick?

"If I remember correctly"

[Eddie Hitler]

I worked with a De'Ath.

The email system didn't accept apostrophes so his work email was "death@".

[Oh Louie louie]

I recall a undertaker called de,ath in minder, Arthur bought some hearses off him, with a name like muffmuff he's going too be a great diver, I imagine,

[Bristol Rob]

1 hour ago, Oh Louie louie said:

I recall a undertaker called de,ath in minder, Arthur bought some hearses off him, with a name like muffmuff he's going too be a great diver, I imagine,

And sold them to June Whitfield, the episode was 'The Car Lot Baggers', featuring a young Jimmy Nail, and (possibly) Ray Winstone.

 

[Open End Numb Legs]

A chap was interviewed on the Chelsea Flower Show this week, a Mr Weed.

The surgeon who operated on my mother in law in Bath RUH was a Mr Sharp.

[Grey Fox]

13 hours ago, Tangle Foot said:

Sub goalie for the England U-17s vs France U-17s, Man City’s Oliver WHATMUFF

I know it’s childish, but I really don’t care!

COYR.

Hope he hasn’t got a sister, poor girl 

[Hamdon Mart]

11 hours ago, Superjack said:

Pretty sure I have seen a current player recently with the same name, and the same pronunciation by the commentator. 

Can't remember the game though.

Yeovil had a player called Lawson D'Ath (no "e" though) who played a while for us, he's at Hereford now but inbetween, played for several L1 and L2 clubs. Coincidentally came through at Reading too. 

[The Dolman Pragmatist]

I believe there are also people who pronounce the surname Onions “O’Nyeuns”.

[Davefevs]

57 minutes ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

A chap was interviewed on the Chelsea Flower Show this week, a Mr Weed.

The surgeon who operated on my mother in law in Bath RUH was a Mr Sharp.

We had two supply teachers at school that I remember:

- Mrs Standin (perfect name)

- Miss Iles (who ironically wore a CND badge on her coat)

We also had Mr Farr, who was always knew as Ted!

[Port Said Red]

2 hours ago, Eddie Hitler said:

I worked with a De'Ath.

The email system didn't accept apostrophes so his work email was "death@".

At one of the companies I worked for the email format was your surname followed by your initial. A chap there D. Stone said being StoneD@ was the bane of his life.

Another company it was the other way around much to the annoyance of Mrs F Hart.

[italian dave]

Here’s a pretty comprehensive list! Note several City connections in there……

https://www.themockturtle.com/Amock/viewtopic.php?t=7401

[Port Said Red]

14 minutes ago, italian dave said:

Here’s a pretty comprehensive list! Note several City connections in there……

https://www.themockturtle.com/Amock/viewtopic.php?t=7401

It's a great list, especially the list of Danger Fourpence's team mates, but unless I am mistaken they seem to have missed the most football name of all time in Mark De Mann. 

[Open End Numb Legs]

A great list that. I think my favourite is Norman Conquest. Unbelievable Geoff.

My late uncle in Newcastle used to work with a Mr Sprout who named his son Russell.

[italian dave]

2 minutes ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

A great list that. I think my favourite is Norman Conquest. Unbelievable Geoff.

My late uncle in Newcastle used to work with a Mr Sprout who named his son Russell.

My late Dad used to tell of a lady whose first name was Lettice and who married a Mr Leaf. 

[Mike Hunt-Hertz]

David Goodwillie?

And of course, John Bumstead.

Edited May 24 by Mike Hunt-Hertz

[Lanterne Rouge]

22 hours ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

A great list that. I think my favourite is Norman Conquest. Unbelievable Geoff.

My late uncle in Newcastle used to work with a Mr Sprout who named his son Russell.

I used to work with a bloke called Hyde and at one point he was seriously considering naming his soon to be born daughter Jaqueline until it was pointed out to him that it might not be a good choice.

[Davefevs]

On 24/05/2024 at 09:22, italian dave said:

My late Dad used to tell of a lady whose first name was Lettice and who married a Mr Leaf. 

Kos that’s what you’d do!

[RedorDead BCFC]

On 24/05/2024 at 08:45, Davefevs said:

We had two supply teachers at school that I remember:

- Mrs Standin (perfect name)

- Miss Iles (who ironically wore a CND badge on her coat)

We also had Mr Farr, who was always knew as Ted!

We had a Mr Farr (sports teacher) and his wife a drama teacher in Chepstow school. 

[phantom]

On 23/05/2024 at 20:15, maxjak said:

I remember a Reading FC goalkeeper with the Surname "Death" some years ago.......it was pronouced Dee- As.......for obvious reasons?    But that "Grim Reaper" kept Goal for quite sometime...and rarely made any Grave errors?

https://www.royals.org/steve_death.html

 

[Ronnie Sinclair]

Steve Death was Reading's finest ever goalkeeper according to their fans - I was amused in his team for his testimonial match was one Wayne W a nklyn 

[Lanterne Rouge]

2 hours ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

Steve Death was Reading's finest ever goalkeeper according to their fans - I was amused in his team for his testimonial match was one Wayne W a nklyn 

I bet poor old Wayne Wanklyn suffered at school!

[Oh Louie louie]

Thats a cracking team for that testimonial, tony gale, only player to play with Bobby Moore and in the prem, mark Dennis was a bit tasty too

[Oh Louie louie]

Only player to win a premier league medal and play with Bobby Moore I meant sorry

[redsquirrel]

On 24/05/2024 at 08:45, Davefevs said:

We had two supply teachers at school that I remember:

- Mrs Standin (perfect name)

- Miss Iles (who ironically wore a CND badge on her coat)

We also had Mr Farr, who was always knew as Ted!

my head master was Dr Trevor White. known as tampax

[cityexile]

17 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

I bet poor old Wayne Wanklyn suffered at school!

On similar lines I went to school with a kid named Wayne King. What on earth were his parents thinking. I also had a manager at an early job who was an Alexander Pratt whose work letters all were signed ‘A.Pratt’.

[Davefevs]

At Warmley Waiting Rooms, the public toilets have a plaque saying they were opened by C.Peacock.

I childishly tell the kids his name was Chris!

[Genghis Khan's pants]

15 hours ago, redsquirrel said:

my head master was Dr Trevor White. known as tampax

Nailsea School? Yep, "Tammy" was the headmaster while I was there

[Steve Watts]

Brazilian journeyman striker, tried in 2012 was called "Creedance Clearwater Couto".

Probably lucky he was born a good few years before A nal C unt were formed! 

[redsquirrel]

17 hours ago, Genghis Khan's pants said:

Nailsea School? Yep, "Tammy" was the headmaster while I was there

i ended up with him as my physics teacher in the 5th year, he turned out to be a really nice funny bloke and didnt set homework. im sure he was the reason i scraped a grade3 cse.