Sense of humour bypass?

[PDX_Rover]

In the questions for Paul Dickov thread, I made a joke to ask him if he would change his name to Paul Kickov.... this was removed. Why?  Seems a bit Draconian to me.

Thatcher's Bwitain... Thatcher's bloody Bwitain.

[Muttley]

My question via Twitter was also ignored...guess we'll never know now if Paul has got a pony (or other variety of small horse).

[RobTheRover]

I'm sure once we get to know him a bit better there may be an opportunity to pose those questions to him.

Can you imagine what SOD's reaction would have been to being asked if he had a pony (or other variety of small horse)? 

[Viking Don]

My Wanchope Dickov post stood the test of time. Are we getting him? If only on the touchline?

TBF he's probably had it up to here about his name, what was that lad called? Sue?

[RobTheRover]

Shirley, wasnt it.

[newyankee]

 At least Kickov is better than it could have been. Think of an name ending in off or ov and you'll get my drift.

[PDX_Rover]

Ivor Bolokov would be worse... And painful methinks. Do any of the club's employees have one ball?

[not on facebook]

The russian pop derlivery man Who had a pop round
With heath and Smith

Ivordrop abottleoff

[CusworthRovers]

I remember him, he did a bit of illegal street fighting on the side. Went by the name of Yanka Bollockov

[PDX_Rover]

The Scottish American Russian, Yank McDickov?

[Al4475]

I seem to remember being at Uni at Euro 96 (The Italians trained at our college and 5 of us first team players - altho I wasn't one of the lucky 5 drawn from the hat - had the pleasure of training with them) and trying to come up a team of players from those squads with names that pronounced wrongly (or rightly depending on which way you look at it) could be laughed at.

The Russians, Romanians and Bulgarians were all there that year I recall - so there was plenty of scope.

I can't remember all the players but here are a few:
David Seaman (England)
Johan de Kock and Phillipe Cocu (Holland)
Youri Djorkaeff (France)
Zlatko Yankov, Krassimir Balakov (Bulgaria)
Stefan Kuntz (Germany)
Nikola Jerkan (Croatia)

Reading weeks at Uni used to be such fun!  LOL

[IDM]

Germany had a Fuchs in their squad too.  Fuchs and Kuntz in the same team, you could hear the sense of panic in poor old BBC commentator Barry Davies' voice....

Also that tournament gave a great opportunity to ask your girlfriend if she preferred Seaman or Flowers....

as her favourite England goalkeeper of course...

[Bentley Bullet]

I used to know a Russian bloke who had bronchitis, Ivor Chestykoff.

[knockers]

I deal with a guy in Canada called Willie Wang and he works for Whistler Water!

[BillyStubbsTears]

Pkayers' names eh?

One person you could never accuse of having a sense of humour by-pass was owd Bradders.

http://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?topic=235986.msg286053#msg286053

[Crowle Rover]

Then of course there's the Russian lesbian...

Nora Kracov!

[BillyStubbsTears]

Or the (genuine) Russian pornographer: Oliver Klozoff.

[Dutch Uncle]

I seem to remember being at Uni at Euro 96 (The Italians trained at our college and 5 of us first team players - altho I wasn't one of the lucky 5 drawn from the hat - had the pleasure of training with them) and trying to come up a team of players from those squads with names that pronounced wrongly (or rightly depending on which way you look at it) could be laughed at.

The Russians, Romanians and Bulgarians were all there that year I recall - so there was plenty of scope.

I can't remember all the players but here are a few:
David Seaman (England)
Johan de Kock and Phillipe Cocu (Holland)
Youri Djorkaeff (France)
Zlatko Yankov, Krassimir Balakov (Bulgaria)
Stefan Kuntz (Germany)
Nikola Jerkan (Croatia)

Reading weeks at Uni used to be such fun!  LOL

My favourite ever was the Colombian(?) Chiqui Arce from a World Cup around that era

Some years ago I remember a website collecting the funniest names in football, but can't remember what it was now, and I can't find it. I sent them the name of a club from a small Dutch village half-way between Maastricht and Aachen - the placename is Partij ('ij' is pronounced 'y') and the local team went by the brilliant name of 'Partij Boys'

[Pintolager]

There used to be an amateur footballer back in the late 1800's by the name of Segar b*****d, who was also a referee!!

[newyankee]

 Back in the sixties, Port Vale had a winger called Arthur Longbottam, being a winger he heard the shouts from the crowd and took exception to what they were calling him. ( I am sure you can guess).

 Anyway it upset him so much that he changed his name by deed poll to FRED Longbottom.

[BobG]

Sometime in the early 80's I guess, the Prime Minister of Indonesia had a name to die for....

And this is true. I promise.

He went by the name of Mr Lee Bum Suk.

Cheers

BobG

[BillyStubbsTears]

Bob, Bob, Bob.

We've had this discussion before mate. It's an urban myth. Indonesia never had a PM by that name. It's a story made up by people who want to paint Asians as backward and unsophisticated. It never happened.



























































Mind, South Korea's Foreign Minister in the 1980s WAS called Lee Bum Suk.

[BobG]

Oh sod it. I got it wrong. And i didn't check. Slapped wrist. Thanks for putting it straight.

Bob

[RobTheRover]

Bum-Suk Oh is a current South Korean footballer.

[Bentley Bullet]

Sheffield United had someone called Dave 'Kitson' playing for them. Beat that!

[Drover]

I seem to remember being at Uni at Euro 96 (The Italians trained at our college and 5 of us first team players - altho I wasn't one of the lucky 5 drawn from the hat - had the pleasure of training with them) and trying to come up a team of players from those squads with names that pronounced wrongly (or rightly depending on which way you look at it) could be laughed at.

The Russians, Romanians and Bulgarians were all there that year I recall - so there was plenty of scope.

I can't remember all the players but here are a few:
David Seaman (England)
Johan de Kock and Phillipe Cocu (Holland)
Youri Djorkaeff (France)
Zlatko Yankov, Krassimir Balakov (Bulgaria)
Stefan Kuntz (Germany)
Nikola Jerkan (Croatia)

Reading weeks at Uni used to be such fun!  LOL

My favourite ever was the Colombian(?) Chiqui Arce from a World Cup around that era

Some years ago I remember a website collecting the funniest names in football, but can't remember what it was now, and I can't find it. I sent them the name of a club from a small Dutch village half-way between Maastricht and Aachen - the placename is Partij ('ij' is pronounced 'y') and the local team went by the brilliant name of 'Partij Boys'

What about Michael Ballack! It would be a honest manager who admits to Dropping a Ballack,no?

[PDX_Rover]

There is a Chinese restaurant in Amsterdam call Fook Hing. Seriously.

[roversdude]

Used to be a tv programme with producer (?) Mary Fuk yoo too, always had a chuckle at the credits

[Filo]

There`s a bloke used to live in Fishlake years ago called Cliff Edge

[BobG]

My Mum taught a little lad who's name was Wayne Scales.

Poor sod.

BobG