a team of mis-spelled/mispronunciated bolton players...

[coffeymagic]

I think it was either the Swindon game or maybe even the Liverpool Cup Final but that tosser Brian Moore constantly referred to John McGinlay as 'mumble' McKinlay, obviously never having heard of anything further north than Craven Cottage.

Afternoon Elton, afternoon Saint, afternoon viewers.

Arsehole.

No calls for the easily confused Blake brothers? They may have both turned out for Blackburn but even I could tell the difference betwwen Nathan and his older, balder, whiter brother.

Something the press never could. Still, all former Blackburn players look the same to me.

Going back to the Liverpool Cup Final the programme notes state that Mark Seagraves was known by the nickname of 'Mark Seagrave' - footballers eh? Zany! (It also said Gudni was born in Bolton - check that).

Myself I always referred to Gudni as 'Gundi' and Bruno as 'G'Notty' after hearing someone else do it. But I was being ironic! After one guy near us exploded in an Arkwrightian P-P-P-P-Pat-A-Line-an! outburst one match everyone near us used to say give it to 'P-p-p-p....'

Eeeh, we did some laughing in those days. Terrace humour!

Mixu was often called 'Miku' wasn't he?

I remember a classic David Higson too. I think it may have been against Wrexham where he constantly called one of their players 'Pugger', about twenty minutes in you hear some whispering and then 'I'm being told it's actually pronounced 'Pugh' but I'm going to carry on calling him 'Pugger' because that's what it looks like to me!'

On a final personal note I have a mate called Murray Blair. He once got a letter addressed to 'Mr Furry Bear'.

I get 'Colin' and 'Paul' a lot.

[thebish]

Abdoulaye Faye regularly got called Amdy Faye.

oh aye - you're right - he did!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Ivan Klasnic pronounced with or without the h (Klasnik, Klasnich) I've still no idea which is right...

[malcd1]

Not a Bolton player but Neil Warnock was sometimes called Colin W**ker.

About the only thing I respect Smegson for. There is another - Gary Smegson.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

We played Villa in the late 90's in the Cup ... won 1-0 with a Stubbs shot from far out.

20 Feb 1994. Launch date of Tripe 'n' Trotters.

[coffeymagic]

[quote="bobo the clowna Stubbs shot from far out.

Ehiogu was the Vikla sub ... when he was bought on the tannoy man read out his name and I swear 25,000 people laughed out loud.[/quote]

Aye, I remember that. That was funny.

I also remember the announcer reading out a birthday wish to a girl that brought the house down. Her name was Rachel Onion.

I bet she pronounced it 'O-Nigh-on'

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Ivan Klasnic pronounced with or without the h (Klasnik, Klasnich) I've still no idea which is right...

Somebody enlighten me

[thebish]

Ivan Klasnic pronounced with or without the h (Klasnik, Klasnich) I've still no idea which is right...

Somebody enlighten me

i suspect neither... i suspect it's the croatian pronunciation - Klasnits - but nobody ever said that

[thebish]

^ actually - on further investigation - I think I am wrong... it's Ivan Klasnić
ending as the word "fetch" does..

http://www.asusilc.net/scr101/les1/s1glas.htm

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Ta.

[coffeymagic]

I can't remember who it was but there was an interview with somene who used to get their name said in a variety of ways. The presenter asked him how it should be said but he replied that it didn't matter, what was important was what he didn on the pitch and not what people called him. He was obviously used to it and good for him.

What really gets my goat is when Clive 'Raining Goals' Tyldsley starts saying players names in the accent of the country their from. He does it with teams too adopting a geordie accent to say 'Noo'cass'l' or a Manwell-esque 'Bar-thel-ona'.

It's like Mind Your Language never happened.

[mrkint]

Ta.

Idan Tal?

[thebish]

Ta.

In the English language there is only one sound for these two Serbo-Croatian sounds (ch as in cherry). The č sound is harder than its English counterpart while the ć sound is softer. Harder means that your tongue has to be stiffer and it has to press against the palate with a limited surface. Softer means that your tongue has to be sloppier and press against the palate with a wider surface.

see if you can master Ivan Klasnić with a sloppy tongue...

[thebish]

Ta.

Idan Tal?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Ta.

Idan Tal?

him and Tall Ben Him

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Ta.

In the English language there is only one sound for these two Serbo-Croatian sounds (ch as in cherry). The č sound is harder than its English counterpart while the ć sound is softer. Harder means that your tongue has to be stiffer and it has to press against the palate with a limited surface. Softer means that your tongue has to be sloppier and press against the palate with a wider surface.

see if you can master Ivan Klasnić with a sloppy tongue...

I've mashtered it, I have.

[r0ckpaperscissors]

Isn't a Vikla sub a world war 2 u-boat?

Pooh.

I keep using the bloody phone prior to the lenses going in.

Nonetheless the crowd reaction that day was both very funny and incredibly rude.

On an end of season DVD there was a tribute to Dave Higson which was full of stories about him. Apparently he was the announcer for that game and when Ugo Ehiogu was brought out he apparently said, 'and on comes Eggi, Eho, Egu... I can't pronounce your name son but good luck anyway.'

I wasn't there so I can't verify it, but i think it was good old David Lee who told the story.

[Lord Kangana]

Phil brown did the telling. Little known fact, I was at that reserve game and I have the programme (well, folded sheet of A4) to prove it. It sits proudly next to my 2001 play off final video.

[Raven]

I think it was either the Swindon game or maybe even the Liverpool Cup Final but that tosser Brian Moore constantly referred to John McGinlay as 'mumble' McKinlay, obviously never having heard of anything further north than Craven Cottage.

Afternoon Elton, afternoon Saint, afternoon viewers.

Arsehole.

No calls for the easily confused Blake brothers? They may have both turned out for Blackburn but even I could tell the difference betwwen Nathan and his older, balder, whiter brother.

Something the press never could. Still, all former Blackburn players look the same to me.

Going back to the Liverpool Cup Final the programme notes state that Mark Seagraves was known by the nickname of 'Mark Seagrave' - footballers eh? Zany! (It also said Gudni was born in Bolton - check that).

Myself I always referred to Gudni as 'Gundi' and Bruno as 'G'Notty' after hearing someone else do it. But I was being ironic! After one guy near us exploded in an Arkwrightian P-P-P-P-Pat-A-Line-an! outburst one match everyone near us used to say give it to 'P-p-p-p....'

Eeeh, we did some laughing in those days. Terrace humour!

Mixu was often called 'Miku' wasn't he?

I remember a classic David Higson too. I think it may have been against Wrexham where he constantly called one of their players 'Pugger', about twenty minutes in you hear some whispering and then 'I'm being told it's actually pronounced 'Pugh' but I'm going to carry on calling him 'Pugger' because that's what it looks like to me!'On a final personal note I have a mate called Murray Blair. He once got a letter addressed to 'Mr Furry Bear'.

I get 'Colin' and 'Paul' a lot.

He did the same against Torquay, kept calling Darren Pugh Darren Poof (or something like that)

[bwfcdan94]

One for the future Andre Malteser