Player's name on the back of the shirt

[FeedTheGoat10]

Anyone know why Kolo Toure has 'Toure' and Yaya Toure has 'Toure Yaya', and it isn't 'K. Toure' and 'Y.Toure' or 'Toure Kolo' or 'Yaya Toure' etc.

Also, is it correct to call Yaya 'Toure Yaya'?

(If anyone understands any of that)

 

[daveduke67]

Can't wait for the Sri Lankan signings.

 

[Chris in London]

It's not that many years since internationals were played without names on shirts. Tried (and failed) to get an answer from the FA as to why they'd started with this practice. Here in the land of the Nog, only a few teams have begun to print names. Up until now, it's just been masses of sponsors logos, littering the shirts. Really quite difficult to see the names amongst all that!

I s'pose that names are here to stay, given the superstar status that's given to those who kick the ball around. It also allows the TV commentators to be very lazy. Think we've found the real answer....

Noggin the Nog and Thor Nogsson. Fantastic. And to think of all the bloody rubbish kids have on telly now.

noggin the nog is awsome its soo carming

Nogbad the Bad. Now there's a proper villain.

You know he's a bad 'un just from his name.

 

[BermudaBlue]

Anyone know why Kolo Toure has 'Toure' and Yaya Toure has 'Toure Yaya', and it isn't 'K. Toure' and 'Y.Toure' or 'Toure Kolo' or 'Yaya Toure' etc.

Also, is it correct to call Yaya 'Toure Yaya'?

(If anyone understands any of that)

I think I remember reading somewhere that Yaya wanted 'Toure' before 'Yaya' on his shirt because he wanted his Family name to be prominent because he was proud of it. Makes sense if you ask me.

 

[samharris]

Also is it the clubs decision what is allowed? We could make Tevez play with Cuntface on his back.

Or make his ten team mates wear tops with "Im with stupid"..

 

[TrueBlueSte]

city and united both had no names on the back a few years ago at the game at the swamp because it was 50 years since the crash or something like that?