Footballers Nicknames

[manclad]

Years ago alot of well known players had nicknames

Hot shot Lorimer.
Chopper Harris.
Sniffer Clarke.
Buzzer Summerbee.
Butch Wilkins.
Nelly Young.
The only recent one I can think of is Superman.

Anybody care to add a few more to my list.

 

[rickmcfc]

The Twat - Gary Neville?

 

[masterwig]

One size Fitz Hall.

 

[Mikem93]

Super Mario

 

[Pride_In_Battle]

Craig Bellamy- Petulant Gobshite? Lots of people seem to be referring to him as this instead of by his name recently

 

[BlueMoon93]

I know at City, Ned is/was always 'Chief' or 'Chiefy'

 

[Bilston Blue]

El Buitre (The vulture) - Emilio Butragueno
El Pistolero (The pistol) - Luis Suarez
Le Sulk (The miserable bastard) - Nic Anelka
Tony 'bomber' Brown
Peter 'the cat' Bonneti
Brian 'killer' Kilcline

 

[1_barry_conlon]

El Buitre (The vulture) - Emilio Butragueno
El Pistolero (The pistol) - Luis Suarez
Le Sulk (The miserable bastard) - Nic Anelka
Tony 'bomber' Brown
Peter 'the cat' Bonneti
Brian 'killer' Kilcline

One of my all-time favourite players, class. Along with Franz 'The Kaiser' Becenbaur.

Suprised Norman 'bites yer legs' Hunter hasn't been mentioned?

Kevin 'mighty mouse' Keegan

Tommy 'The anfield iron' Smith

Mickey 'Funny money' Thomas

Bobby '2 together, buying or selling' Charlton

Gordon 'Ivor' Davies

Lev 'The black spider' Yashin


Eusebio 'The black pearl'

To add a few more to your list. :-)

 

[manclad]

Just remembered -

Der Kaiser - Franz Beckenbauer.
Der Bomber - Gerd Muller.
And Mario Kempes was the Wild Bull of the Pampas.

 

[beanie the horse]

Justin Edinburgh is called Musselburgh (Because it is just in Edinburgh!)

Shaun 'The Goat' Goater

Robbie 'God' Fowler

Jonas 'Spiderman' Gutierrez