Footballers named after places

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Footballers named after places

Post by tiger76 » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:04 pm

Clarke Carlisle
Justin Edinburgh
Graham Lancashire
Reiss Nelson
Steve Stone

5 of the top of my head, but I'm sure there's loads more.

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Re: Footballers named after places

Post by Bosscat » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:07 pm

Heres a team

Neville Southall
James Chester
Gareth Southgate
Clarke Carlisle
Jermaine Darlington
Stuart Ripley
Steve Stone
Aaron Ramsey
John Barnes
Alan Sunderland
Chris Sutton

Subs: Kevin Poole, Ben Chorley, Grant Holt, Reece Oxford, Chris Brandon, Nakhi Wells, Deon Burton.

Manager
Mick Buxton

😉

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Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:07 pm

Charlie Austin

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Re: Footballers named after places

Post by Bosscat » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:09 pm

Dion Dublin

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Post by Peter Loo » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:11 pm

The Bellingham chappy playing in for Dortmund.

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Post by conyoviejo » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:16 pm

Justin Edinburgh.

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Re: Footballers named after places

Post by jdrobbo » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:28 pm

Toe-knee Hand-cock

Oh sorry, that’s the body parts game 👀

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Re: Footballers named after places

Post by Bosscat » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:31 pm

jdrobbo wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:28 pm
Toe-knee Hand-cock

Oh sorry, that’s the body parts game 👀
😂😂😂

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Re: Footballers named after places

Post by Peter Loo » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:13 pm

Our very own Mr speed who we had on loan Nick Pickering ;)

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Post by slw » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:16 pm

Alan Brazil

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Re: Footballers named after places

Post by martin_p » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:17 pm

Peter Loo wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:13 pm
Our very own Mr speed who we had on loan Nick Pickering ;)
Nick Pickering isn’t named after the North Yorkshire town…..it’s named after him!

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Re: Footballers named after places

Post by tiger76 » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:19 pm

Jason Scotland
Mike England
Bobby & Jack Charlton (how on earth did I forget them)

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Post by Jel » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:20 pm

Joey Barton
Alan Brazil
George Best

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Post by Jel » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:24 pm

Brian Clough

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Post by NickBFC » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:25 pm

Paul Barnes
Matthew Heywood
Ally Pickering

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Post by welsbyswife » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:25 pm

Not quite the right spelling but Mark Kendall. Burnley legend.

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Post by welsbyswife » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:27 pm

Bob Paisley.

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Post by ksrclaret » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:27 pm

Stuart Dallas
Conor Coventry
Mark Venus
Nathan Holland
Luton Shelton
Frankie Kent
Michael Nottingham

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Post by boatshed bill » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:28 pm

Alan Devonshire

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Post by SalisburyClaret » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:29 pm

Ian Measham

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Post by djt2006 » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:40 pm

Billy Hamilton

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Post by welsbyswife » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:02 pm

Bryan Douglas.

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Post by minnieclaret » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:07 pm

Harry Catterick
Steven Caldwell, it’s near Darlo.
Dwight Yorke, sorry.
Luke Shaw

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Re: Footballers named after places

Post by tiger76 » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:24 pm

Shaun Dundee
Craig Gordon

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Post by HahaYeah » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:25 pm

Kevin Moon. (Raith Rovers)

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Post by TheFamilyCat » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:51 pm

Paul France

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Post by beeholeclaret » Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:22 am

Geoff Barnett
Sammy Nelson
Joe Bolton
George Bury
Memphis Depay
Paul Madeley
Steve Coppull
Dion Dublin
Steve Williams
Karl Bermingham
Charlie Austin

Subs

😉😉😉

Albert Johannesburg
Jamie Hoylake
Aaron Ramsey

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Post by FCBurnley » Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:32 am

Bosscat wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:07 pm
Heres a team

Neville Southall
James Chester
Gareth Southgate
Clarke Carlisle
Jermaine Darlington
Stuart Ripley
Steve Stone
Aaron Ramsey
John Barnes
Alan Sunderland
Chris Sutton

Subs: Kevin Poole, Ben Chorley, Grant Holt, Reece Oxford, Chris Brandon, Nakhi Wells, Deon Burton.

Manager
Mick Buxton

😉
Let’s go Brandon

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Post by Claret Till I Die » Tue Nov 30, 2021 7:23 am

Willie Irvine

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Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:09 am

Scott Brown was named after a part of Scunthorpe

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Post by The Enclosure » Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:12 am

Sam Ramsbottom

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Post by longhair » Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:15 am

Joe Jordan

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Post by minnieclaret » Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:49 am

Bob Paisley
Mike England
Stephen Ireland

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Post by Im_not_Robbie_Blake » Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:10 am

Joey Barton
Graham Lancashire
Peter Mellor
Billy Hamilton

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Post by lakedistrictclaret » Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:27 am

I travel through Ings every time I go to the Turf.

It's a village between Windermere and Kendal.

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Post by Aclaret » Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:38 am

Jack Cork

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Post by PWBFC » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:03 am

Neil Kilkenny
Bryan Oviedo

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Post by Firthy » Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:50 pm

Barry Douglas

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Post by Firthy » Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:58 pm

Keith Newton
Peter Noble
Leighton James(town)
Trevor Steven(age)
Ralph Coates
John Angus
Willie Irvine

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Post by Bfc » Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:36 pm

George Bray, Jerry Dawson, Ronnie Fenton, Gordon Harris

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Post by ecc » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:20 pm

George Burley

Burley is in the New Forest, birthplace of Kevin Reeves.

"Kevin Philip Reeves (born 20 October 1957) is the Chief Scout at Everton football club. He is an English retired football forward, born in Burley, Hampshire, "

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Post by ecc » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:22 pm

Stewart Houston.

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Post by aclaretinstevenage » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:28 pm

Kevin Kilbane - two places in Ireland named Kilbane, one in Co' Clare the other in Co' Cork

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Post by Bfc » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:39 pm

All played for Burnley, Jim Appleby, Jack Bellingham, Paul Comstive, Wayne Entwistle, Ian Helliwell, Des Lancaster, To y Morley, Mark Rhodes, Les Shannon, Paul Shaw, Paul Stewart.

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Post by thelaughingclaret » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:42 pm

Matt Derbyshire (Boo! as he played for them lot down t’road)

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Post by basil6345789 » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:48 pm

welsbyswife wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:02 pm
Bryan Douglas.
Also team mates:-
Ronnie Clayton
Fred Pickering
Harry Leyland
Keith Newton
John Bray
(we've already seen Mike England)

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Post by chekhov » Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:29 am

Rex Oswaldtwistle
Charlie Giggleswick
Paul Braintree
Neil Clapham

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Post by canalsideClaret » Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:09 am

Gareth Whalley

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Post by NickBFC » Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:17 am

Darren Holloway
Neil Ardley

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Re: Footballers named after places

Post by Stan Tastic » Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:38 am

Keith Newton. Two for the price of one.

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