Famous People named after football teams

[CHAPPERS]

Falkirk Douglas

 

[Gritt23]

Sterling Moss

 

[Pavilionaire]

I think whoever suggested Airdrie Hepburn wins by an absolute mile

Ta, I thought so too.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Deportivo Wanka - aka Scott McGleish

 

[CHAPPERS]

Sporting LisaSnowdonbon

Athletico BillBaileyBao

 

[ditchy]

Charles Darwin

 

[ditchy]

Ann Widdiwycombe wanderers Sorry)

 

[Pavilionaire]

This is the best example ever of a thread going on long after it has run its course

 

[Icy Gull]

Toulouse Lautrec. Smaller than Leon at 4ft 11ins

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Peter Albion
Associate Professor
Faculty of Education
University of Southern Queensland

 

[Storer68]

Bobby Zamora

obviously named after CF zamora

 

[Storer68]

cf zamora - even the celebrations look familiar

 

[CHAPPERS]

One for the right footed denilso and other Goonies fans

ManChester Copperpot United

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Vasco de Gama

 

[Gritt23]

Apparently Bolton used to have a keeper called ... Danny Bolton.

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

Bizarre but true.

At a coimpany I used to work for we had an IT guy who looked after our network called Everton. When we needed some database expertise he called in his mate Leyton. A couple of months later someone came in to help Everton with some cabling work: Hamilton. Another guy also helped Everton one day setting up some new computers: Clyde.

None of them had the tinyiest interest in football.

 

[Gritt23]

I used to work with a girl called Victoria Ground. I used to call her Britannia, but she just thought I was weird.

She was probably right.

 

[triptolemus]

Gwen Watford (the late actress)

 

[PaoloRossiJohnson]

One for the older cricket fans -

Alan Knotts County

 

[The Wookiee]

'Lester' piggott