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Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:04 pm
by tiger76
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.
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:07 pm
by Bosscat
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
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:07 pm
by Vegas Claret
Charlie Austin
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:09 pm
by Bosscat
Dion Dublin
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:11 pm
by Peter Loo
The Bellingham chappy playing in for Dortmund.
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:16 pm
by conyoviejo
Justin Edinburgh.
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:28 pm
by jdrobbo
Toe-knee Hand-cock
Oh sorry, that’s the body parts game
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:31 pm
by Bosscat
jdrobbo wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:28 pm
Toe-knee Hand-cock
Oh sorry, that’s the body parts game
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:13 pm
by Peter Loo
Our very own Mr speed who we had on loan Nick Pickering
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:16 pm
by slw
Alan Brazil
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:17 pm
by martin_p
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!
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:19 pm
by tiger76
Jason Scotland
Mike England
Bobby & Jack Charlton (how on earth did I forget them)
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:20 pm
by Jel
Joey Barton
Alan Brazil
George Best
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:24 pm
by Jel
Brian Clough
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:25 pm
by NickBFC
Paul Barnes
Matthew Heywood
Ally Pickering
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:25 pm
by welsbyswife
Not quite the right spelling but Mark Kendall. Burnley legend.
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:27 pm
by welsbyswife
Bob Paisley.
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:27 pm
by ksrclaret
Stuart Dallas
Conor Coventry
Mark Venus
Nathan Holland
Luton Shelton
Frankie Kent
Michael Nottingham
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:28 pm
by boatshed bill
Alan Devonshire
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:29 pm
by SalisburyClaret
Ian Measham
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:40 pm
by djt2006
Billy Hamilton
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:02 pm
by welsbyswife
Bryan Douglas.
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:07 pm
by minnieclaret
Harry Catterick
Steven Caldwell, it’s near Darlo.
Dwight Yorke, sorry.
Luke Shaw
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:24 pm
by tiger76
Shaun Dundee
Craig Gordon
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:25 pm
by HahaYeah
Kevin Moon. (Raith Rovers)
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:51 pm
by TheFamilyCat
Paul France
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:22 am
by beeholeclaret
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
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:32 am
by FCBurnley
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
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 7:23 am
by Claret Till I Die
Willie Irvine
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:09 am
by claretonthecoast1882
Scott Brown was named after a part of Scunthorpe
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:12 am
by The Enclosure
Sam Ramsbottom
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:15 am
by longhair
Joe Jordan
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:49 am
by minnieclaret
Bob Paisley
Mike England
Stephen Ireland
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:10 am
by Im_not_Robbie_Blake
Joey Barton
Graham Lancashire
Peter Mellor
Billy Hamilton
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:27 am
by lakedistrictclaret
I travel through Ings every time I go to the Turf.
It's a village between Windermere and Kendal.
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:38 am
by Aclaret
Jack Cork
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:03 am
by PWBFC
Neil Kilkenny
Bryan Oviedo
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:50 pm
by Firthy
Barry Douglas
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:58 pm
by Firthy
Keith Newton
Peter Noble
Leighton James(town)
Trevor Steven(age)
Ralph Coates
John Angus
Willie Irvine
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:36 pm
by Bfc
George Bray, Jerry Dawson, Ronnie Fenton, Gordon Harris
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:20 pm
by ecc
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, "
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:22 pm
by ecc
Stewart Houston.
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:28 pm
by aclaretinstevenage
Kevin Kilbane - two places in Ireland named Kilbane, one in Co' Clare the other in Co' Cork
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:39 pm
by Bfc
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.
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:42 pm
by thelaughingclaret
Matt Derbyshire (Boo! as he played for them lot down t’road)
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:48 pm
by basil6345789
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)
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:29 am
by chekhov
Rex Oswaldtwistle
Charlie Giggleswick
Paul Braintree
Neil Clapham
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:09 am
by canalsideClaret
Gareth Whalley
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:17 am
by NickBFC
Darren Holloway
Neil Ardley
Re: Footballers named after places
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:38 am
by Stan Tastic
Keith Newton. Two for the price of one.
