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Belle_Vue

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Question for one of the football historians
« on May 19, 2017, 11:04:05 am by Belle_Vue »
So we already have Marquis, May and Mandeville. Possibly Madden coming in also.

Has a team ever fielded a first 11 all starting on the same letter?



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idler

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #1 on May 19, 2017, 11:25:12 am by idler »
I wouldn't imagine so but the West Ham team of the mid sixties had about team squad players beginning with B.
Seven played in the 1964 cup final,
Bond,Burkett,Bovington,Brown,Brabrook,Boyce and Byrne.
I can't think anybody would beat that without engineering it.

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #2 on May 19, 2017, 11:51:17 am by Herman Hessian »
Rovers could have done it the season before last (at a push):

Marko Marosi/Remi Matthews
Kevin Mbuti
Gary MacKenzie
Paul McKay
Luke McCullough
Felipe Mattioni
Gary McSheffrey
Harry Middleton
Curtis Main
Liam Mandeville
Jack McKay    

IDM

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #3 on May 19, 2017, 01:25:34 pm by IDM »
Any Dutch sides fielding an 11 starting with V perhaps, or Belgian?

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #4 on May 19, 2017, 01:34:02 pm by not on facebook »
I wouldn't imagine so but the West Ham team of the mid sixties had about team squad players beginning with B.
Seven played in the 1964 cup final,
Bond,Burkett,Bovington,Brown,Brabrook,Boyce and Byrne.
I can't think anybody would beat that without engineering it.

Chelsea got quite close with their H side in the early 1970s

Hinton,houseman,Harris,hollins,Hudson sure there is one more but name escapes me.

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #5 on May 19, 2017, 01:49:27 pm by Dutch Uncle »
Any Dutch sides fielding an 11 starting with V perhaps, or Belgian?

Wouldn't count in the Netherlands itself IDM, since when putting surnames in alphabetical order over there, the 'van' or 'van de' or 'van der' are all discounted.

acko

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #6 on May 19, 2017, 01:55:18 pm by acko »
the name you are looking for facebook could have been stewart houston

Glyn_Wigley

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #7 on May 19, 2017, 01:56:50 pm by Glyn_Wigley »
Leeds usually put out a team made up of Cs

IDM

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #8 on May 19, 2017, 01:58:14 pm by IDM »
Any Dutch sides fielding an 11 starting with V perhaps, or Belgian?

Wouldn't count in the Netherlands itself IDM, since when putting surnames in alphabetical order over there, the 'van' or 'van de' or 'van der' are all discounted.

Bugger, well, it makes sense that you would know that..!

Alternatively to the starting letter, there must be many teams where the players' names all end in the same letter, ie Bulgarians in "-ev" and Romanians in "-u"..

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #9 on May 19, 2017, 02:35:47 pm by not on facebook »
the name you are looking for facebook could have been stewart houston

It's the chap with the extremely long throw in back then > Ian Hutchinson

Hutchinson ,Hudson,Harris,Hollins,houseman,Hinton > the Chelsea H side.

Sure they all played in the 1970 cup final at some stage during the two games.

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #10 on May 19, 2017, 02:42:23 pm by Drover »
Leeds usually put out a team made up of Cs

What Cheats?  :whistle: :silly:

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #11 on May 19, 2017, 11:52:35 pm by BobG »
Brilliant Glyn!!

BobG

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #12 on May 20, 2017, 12:12:49 am by Retdon1 »
Rovers could have done it the season before last (at a push):

Marko Marosi/Remi Matthews
Kevin Mbuti
Gary MacKenzie
Paul McKay
Luke McCullough
Felipe Mattioni
Gary McSheffrey
Harry Middleton
Curtis Main
Liam Mandeville
Jack McKay    

Felipe Mattioni, I forgot all about him. Does anyone know what happen to him after his loan with us ended.

BobG

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #13 on May 20, 2017, 12:28:50 am by BobG »
Who was Kevin Mbuti? He's gone completely from the memory banks....

BobG

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #14 on May 20, 2017, 07:42:48 am by Donnywolf »
Leeds usually put out a team made up of Cs

Belting - just belting

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #15 on May 20, 2017, 07:54:50 am by German Rover »
Who was Kevin Mbuti? He's gone completely from the memory banks....

BobG

He  was a youth team player. Saw him play once. He looked solid but nothing spectacular.

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #16 on May 20, 2017, 08:22:35 am by Filo »
I wouldn't imagine so but the West Ham team of the mid sixties had about team squad players beginning with B.
Seven played in the 1964 cup final,
Bond,Burkett,Bovington,Brown,Brabrook,Boyce and Byrne.
I can't think anybody would beat that without engineering it.

Chelsea got quite close with their H side in the early 1970s

Hinton,houseman,Harris,hollins,Hudson sure there is one more but name escapes me.

Ian Hutchinson

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Re: Question for one of the football historians
« Reply #17 on May 20, 2017, 09:36:51 am by not on facebook »
I wouldn't imagine so but the West Ham team of the mid sixties had about team squad players beginning with B.
Seven played in the 1964 cup final,
Bond,Burkett,Bovington,Brown,Brabrook,Boyce and Byrne.
I can't think anybody would beat that without engineering it.

Chelsea got quite close with their H side in the early 1970s

Hinton,houseman,Harris,hollins,Hudson sure there is one more but name escapes me.

Ian Hutchinson

Oi wake up at the back ,pay more attention

 

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