Player nicknames

[pafcprogs]

And with utter genius it appears we don't get Carey back but we do get Nathan Blissett "non banned" for the three games...

Oh well...going to be a long season!

[idler]

Yogi was Albert Broadbent.
I love the Sumo one,  who was that for?  He must have been a fat barstud!
Good luck!

Gary Brabin was Sumo.

[pafcprogs]

Just a quick update from me...first of all thanks for the memories...I have filled in some of the gaps through my own research but just wanted to clarify a couple

Who was the Wing Commander?

Slateloose Robinson I assume was Theo...any rationale why he was known as Slatelose....was this widespread?

Why was Peter Kitchen the rat....

Cheers and good luck for the rest of the season...ours is a nightmare so far!

[The Red Baron]

Wing Commander - Peter Heritage, because of his resemblance to the Rik Mayall character in Blackadder Goes Forth.

Slatesloose- Ronnie Robinson, who was a bit mad (I.e he had a few slates loose.)

Peter Kitchen was called The Rat due to his tache. (This was the 70s when moustaches were very fashionable.)

[swifty50]

From an old programme STAN THE LION MAN BROOKS,

[Branton Rover]

Alan ‘Animal’ Little

[The Loan Arranger]

Clown Shoes

[keith79]

My dad used to call Paul barns 'cart horse'

[Dr Fundlekrotch]

The Sarge

And wasn't Barry Miller The BazGod?

[idler]

I remember one or two calling Charlie Williams Stag in my first season as a supporter.

[Bentley Bullet]

Talk of fans being offensive towards their own team's players isn't a modern occurrence, I remember Graham 'Willie' Watson being called Mary!

[Silkscarf]

Clown Shoes

That always seemed very witty and apposite to me. I wanted him to do well but that is my memory of him - he never overcame the nickname, always a bit of a joke.

I always liked 'Duggie' as a nickname. A player I loved and his nickname seemed like a bloke from the pub or the factory - which is exactly what he was.

[German Rover]

tokyo tim was a favourite of mine.  god knows where that came from

[BillyStubbsTears]

I thought it was because every time he crossed the halfway line with THAT look in his eye, Ken Avis screamed “Tora, Tora, TORA!!!” on the PA.

[Dr Fundlekrotch]

Didn't he once perform a martial arts style flying drop kick on an opponent?  I always thought that was the reason

[The Red Baron]

Didn't he once perform a martial arts style flying drop kick on an opponent?  I always thought that was the reason

I think it was.

[gillinghamrover]

Clown Shoes

Clown shoes Campbell!


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[Herman Hessian]

The Sarge

And wasn't Barry Miller The BazGod?

yup - amongst others; i've got his (sponsored) shirt, signed "...from Barry "Monkeys" Miller"; this was due to a comment in the Mainstand Paddock during one of his epic, unbeatable displays that he was "like the rock of gibraltar" the original insinuation being that he was rock-solid and dependable - it was, however, taken by less sensible elements in attendance to mean that he was covered in monkeys....