Football Thread 23-24: Part 3: End of an Era - Auf Wiedersehen, Jürgen

[Theoretical Dentist]

The double-barrelled names thing is interesting because it used ot be a sigifier of an upper-class background. The growth in the number of footballers with these names reflects them becoming more popular in middle-class and maybe working-class families, but it's also probably partly because more footballers are coming from middle-class backgrounds. I wonder how much of each it is.

[Theoretical Dentist]

Spanish prosecutors want the ex-head of the country's football federation to be jailed for two-and-a-half years, after he kissed a female footballer against her will at Spain's World Cup victory.

I have mixed emotions on this. What he did was sexist and scummy and shite behaviour for sure but you see worse in every town on a Saturday night and there's no talk about those even being a crime that the police would take seriously.

At the same time there's more serious convicted sexual assault cases getting off without any kind of prison sentence.

It's a weird one and feels like there's political/opportunistic manoeuvring behind it rather than a desire for proportional punishment.

While I don't support prison so I'm not clamouring for Rubiales to be sent to prison, I think it's worth pointing out that only one year of the suggested sentence is for the sexual assault itself. The other 18 months is for 'coercion', which I think refers to pressuring Hermoso after the event to say it was consensual. Not sure how Spanish law handles it but that sounds like a perverting the course of justice-type thing which tends to be treated fairly seriously by the courts (here in England and Wales at least).

[Kankurette]

I can't believe I forgot Bailey Peacock-Farrell.

[Mobius]

Well on top of the Arsenal ones already mentioned there's

Myles Lewis-Skelly
Tyreece John-Jules
Nathan Butler-Oyedeji
Jack Henry-Francis
Kido Taylor-Hart
Elian Queseda-Thorn
Amario Cozier-Duberry

[Mobius]

Smith-Rowe

Emile Smith Rowe is NOT hyphenated

[Theoretical Dentist]

Tyreece John-Jules

Looked him up and yes, he is related to Danny John-Jules (he's his nephew).

Also at Arsenal some time ago there was Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, although he's Dutch and I'm not sure if we're trying to build an English double-barrelled team here.

[Poobum]

Emile Smith Rowe is NOT hyphenated

Gasp!

[Kankurette]

Is Cozier-Duberry related to Michael Duberry?

Looked him up and yes, he is related to Danny John-Jules (he's his nephew).

Also at Arsenal some time ago there was Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, although he's Dutch and I'm not sure if we're trying to build an English double-barrelled team here.

He was on loan at Wednesday. Sadly he didn't get much game time so cannot confirm if his dancing is as good as his uncle's.

[The Culture Bunker]

One cap wonder Ian Storey-Moore (60s Forest legend turned expensive 70s Man United flop) was, of course, one of four England internationals with the letter 'o' appearing three times in their surname...

Alas, Forbes Phillipson-Masters was somewhat short of being the level enough to become the poshest named international of all time. 

[Kankurette]

One from the past: Chris Bart-Williams (RIP).

[Hobo]

Bart-man was my favourite player growing up. Mostly because I was sat in front of an old flat cap who only seemed to shout "Gerr-up an give it Bart-man" over and over.

49 is no age to go.

[Old Thrashbarg]

Sandro Tonali-banned

[mippy]

Oh good, we'll be spared all the "funny" Wales patter at the next euro's

Did you know Welsh doesn't have vowels lol lol 😂😂😂😂😂

[Wonderful Butternut]

Convinced these double barrel players are a conspiracy by Big Shirt to charge you more.

Big Shirt's best day ever:

[mippy]

I wonder if he'd just have 'Jan V-O-H' on there now, like how Jota has 'Diogo J'.

Apparently when Wolves were in the Championship they made him have his actual legal surname of Silva on his shirt as anything else wasn't allowed, despite him not actually using it professionally.

[Kankurette]

Doesn't van Dijk have Virgil on his back because he hates his dad?

Did you know Welsh doesn't have vowels lol lol 😂😂😂😂😂

This is one of the things that brings out my inner grammar fascist.

[Bobloblawslawbomb]

Sandro Tonali-banned

Weirdest double barrelled name I've heard so far

[stranger]

Spurs had Troy Archibald-Henville in their ranks a while back, which I thought was a fantastic name.

I don't think he ever made an appearance but was definitely on the bench a few times. Just checked and he's now a youth coach at Spurs.

[phantom_power]

Jordan-Henderson

Jordan Trans-Genderson*


*Thank you(?) Joey Barton-Fink

[confettiinmyhair]

Spurs had Troy Archibald-Henville in their ranks a while back, which I thought was a fantastic name.

I don't think he ever made an appearance but was definitely on the bench a few times. Just checked and he's now a youth coach at Spurs.

Oakley-Boothe and Walker-Peters were also knocking around the academy.

[monkfromhavana]

From the 1980s, Peter Rhoades-Brown who played for Wang Computers-era Oxford United.

[Brian Freeze]

Joe Rankin-Costello,

just had a goal disallowed to leave IPSWICH???? top of the league.

[Kankurette]

Who's this Amorim guy Liverpool are linked with now Xabi's said no? All I know about him is that he's 1) Portuguese and 2) sexy.

[jobotic]

Leo Fortune-West

Boom boom boom, lemme hear you say LEO

[Kankurette]

Saints had a whole load of double-barrelled names in their squad. Bella-Kotchap, Ward-Prowse, etc. On another note, Marianne Spacey-Cale née Spacey, who used to play for Arsenal back in the '90s, is the women's team manager. Hat fucked.

[mippy]

Emmanuel Latte-Lath

[jamiefairlie]

Joe Rankin-Costello,

Sounds like a Chart Music Podcast name for  Joe Jackson

[shoulders]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68618210

Entertained by Chelsea Supporters Club's description of their own club as nearly irreversibly toxic!

Catching up with the rest of the world's point of view at last.

[BlodwynPig]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68618210

Entertained by Chelsea Supporters Club's description of their own club as nearly irreversibly toxic!

Catching up with the rest of the world's point of view at last.

Tears

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Inspector Norse]

Davis Keillor-Dunn
Cameron Carter-Vickers
Keane Lewis-Potter
Kieran Dewsbury-Hall

At this rate I reckon it's probably harder to list players who don't have double-barrelled surnames