irishrover
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Post by irishrover on Apr 30, 2015 15:22:50 GMT
" I remember a clamour for Shane Nicholson " - not that well obviously! Sorry, yes, Stuart Nicholson! I Check out his Wikipedia from time to time to see the latest peculiarly named club he has signed for; seriously, has any player ever turned out for a more impressively named set of clubs? Among clubs that count Nicholson as an alumni are; Newcastle Blue Star West Allotment Celtic (Surely the best named club playing at a reasonable standard). Sunshine George Cross Bentleigh Greens Moreland Zebras Preston Lions How do they go about naming clubs in the North East; do they just stick together random words and objects? Anyway apparently Nicholson gave up his passion for representing pseudo-nationalist symbols (Blue Star, Celtic, Cross) and moved on to animals. Along the way he has represented geordie witches (Blue Star is apparently something to do with wicca), west facing irish gardeners, sunbathing war heroes, some pretty hypocritical environmentalists in their flash cars and some pioneering zebras who are trying out a completely new lifestyle.
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Post by dido on Apr 30, 2015 16:24:16 GMT
I'm sure you didn't intend to give the impression that you think all those clubs of Stuart's are in the North East.
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irishrover
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Post by irishrover on Apr 30, 2015 16:54:33 GMT
I'm sure you didn't intend to give the impression that you think all those clubs of Stuart's are in the North East. I know, but most of the more eccentrically named ones are.
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Post by nickchippenhamgas on Apr 30, 2015 18:18:11 GMT
Rubbish that Taylor-terrible player....... There's this weird tendency among Rovers fans to lay into strikers who are actually basically decent for not being even better while at the same time overrating other strikers who actually haven't done the business but look good. I remember a clamour for Shane Nicholson to replace Richard Walker in our 2007 promotion year.... Can you remember that fat midfielder from Rochdale we signed, who was deemed useless and unfit after 2 games? His name escapes me. It was more than 2 games, he didn't score his first goal until Orient in November didn't he? He took a long time to get going that season, but the rest as they say is history!!!!
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strung out
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Post by strung out on Apr 30, 2015 19:11:48 GMT
I'm sure you didn't intend to give the impression that you think all those clubs of Stuart's are in the North East. I know, but most of the more eccentrically named ones are. Four out of the six in your post are in Australia though! They really do have some bonkers names...
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Post by Gastafari on Apr 30, 2015 19:50:46 GMT
I know, but most of the more eccentrically named ones are. Four out of the six in your post are in Australia though! They really do have some bonkers names... On Stuart Nicholson, wasn't he christened "The Geordie Gashead"? Didn't he claim to be a diehard Rovers fan despite hailing from Newcastle?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2015 20:04:03 GMT
" I remember a clamour for Shane Nicholson " - not that well obviously! Sorry, yes, Stuart Nicholson! I Check out his Wikipedia from time to time to see the latest peculiarly named club he has signed for; seriously, has any player ever turned out for a more impressively named set of clubs? Among clubs that count Nicholson as an alumni are; Newcastle Blue Star West Allotment Celtic (Surely the best named club playing at a reasonable standard). Sunshine George Cross Bentleigh Greens Moreland Zebras Preston Lions How do they go about naming clubs in the North East; do they just stick together random words and objects? Anyway apparently Nicholson gave up his passion for representing pseudo-nationalist symbols (Blue Star, Celtic, Cross) and moved on to animals. Along the way he has represented geordie witches (Blue Star is apparently something to do with wicca), west facing irish gardeners, sunbathing war heroes, some pretty hypocritical environmentalists in their flash cars and some pioneering zebras who are trying out a completely new lifestyle. Top footy fact: Billingham Synthonia - lovely name but what inspired it? Well, it's a contraction of the words synthetic ammonia. Yes, they are the only club in the world (for I know of no other) to be named after an agricultural fertiliser. Well, that's Teesside for ya I suppose.
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Post by Bridgeman on Apr 30, 2015 20:22:27 GMT
Four out of the six in your post are in Australia though! They really do have some bonkers names... On Stuart Nicholson, wasn't he christened "The Geordie Gashead"? Didn't he claim to be a diehard Rovers fan despite hailing from Newcastle? Yes he was, he had a reasonable scoring record for us I think 7 in 13 games or maybe I was dreaming that. I was sat with him and his Dad at the Hartlepool game in 2007, he was injured at the time and unfortunately after he went back to WBA continued to experience more injuries. A good lad and still follows us and came on the old forum from time to time
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LPGas
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Post by LPGas on Apr 30, 2015 20:40:07 GMT
What about FC Bacon Sandwich, and yes they do exist
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Post by bs14gas on Apr 30, 2015 21:55:26 GMT
i just spat my cider out through laughing At a risk of you choking - I would draft Leadbitter into striking role because of his pace if needed I can see where youre going with that, putting Leadbitter on the wing, and Gosling up front might work better?
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