Names your Dad called Boro Players.....

[alanmoodysdog]

Big John a 'carthorse'? Surely not. Hickton was superb.

think it was his stature he was reffering to, he was up cheering every Big John goal

 

[chickenrunner]

My late father in law always pronounced Yakubu as Yak-a- boo

My dad did the same. Mind you he did it deliberately, he'd occasionally mispronounce names and words to get a reaction the daft b****r.

 

[alanmoodysdog]

ray hankin was A Yorkshire Pudding

 

[Hicktonpen10]

ray hankin was A Yorkshire Pudding

I'll second that

 

[Anton_Berg]

Juniniyo
Frank Kwadrew
Alan Bostik
Fatty Foggon
Ugo Eggnog

My dad used to say 'Eggnog'. He wasn't trying to be funny, he struggled with all non British/Irish names and that was his best shot. Also he was convinced that Curtis Fleming was a double-barrelled surname.

 

[Erimus74]

Billy ashtray
Fatty Foggon

Tut tut Dad

Billy Ashtray

 

[jam69]

Spotty muldoon for souness

 

[Omega]

Mark Burke was called Sxxxxx I did not know it was racist term. All so skin him rippers. Their was quite a lot of bad names in them days

 

[guisborough_rob]

My dad used to say 'Eggnog'. He wasn't trying to be funny, he struggled with all non British/Irish names and that was his best shot. Also he was convinced that Curtis Fleming was a double-barrelled surname.

When Bosch Jankovic first played, I heard fellas referring to him as Banjo in the Chicken Run.

 

[alanmoodysdog]

he also called Dereck Downing Billy Whizz

 

[Michael_Vronsky]

think it was his stature he was reffering to, he was up cheering every Big John goal

Gotcha. I always thought carthorse referred to someone who was basically useless, a la Billy Woof.