As with all Sports many Players, Drivers and Riders end up with a Nickname. This got me thinking and I've found  Nicknames of  Football Players, there are a Dozen Listed here to Start With  Ten well known ones and a Couple I've made up. I'd be interested in what Nicknames other PON Members Know and read their Lists.

Alan Hinton - Gladys.                                         Stanley Mathews - The Wizard of Dribble                David McGoldrick - Didzy

Lev Yashin - The Black Spider                              Ole Gunner Solskjaer- The Baby Faced Assassin      Now the ones I've come up with

Franz Beckenbauer - The Kiaser.                          Pele - The King                              Diego Maradona - You Cheating B****** for his hand of God Goal.

Eusebio - The Black Panther or Black Pearl           Norman Hunter - Bites Yer Leg                              Jodi Jones - Electric or Lightning or both together.

                                                                                  And My Favourite

                                                                        Steve Bloomer - The Deadly Angel

Edited June 21, 2024Jun 21 by Wheelbarrow repair man

I think the most appropriate nick names I've seen, which described them & their football style to a tea are :-

Stuart Pierce. "Psycho"

Brian Kilcline " Killer Kilcline"

Norman "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter

 

 

Mike Edwards - 'Steady Eddie'
Lee Hughes - 'Hughesy'
Kyle Cameron - 'Cammo'
Cal Roberts - 'Geordie Messi'
Alan Judge - 'Judgey' and 'Irish Messi'
Bartoz Bialkowski - 'The Bartman'
Dean Yates - 'Yatesy'
Adam Chicksen - 'Chicks'
Macaulay Langstaff - 'Macca' and 'Non-League Haaland'
 

If I took some time, I could probably add to this. ????

Great idea! @Wheelbarrow repair man

@Chris and @Robbie

Why is it you Always forget the Obvious? Those that you named  I've written about using their Nicknames. Killer  , Hughesy Macca etc. As Homer Simpson would say DOH!! 

 

If I remember right EX-Chelsea Goalkeeper Peter Bonetti was Nicknamed the Cat.

Another Chelsea Legend was Ron Harris who was known as Chopper.

Viv Anderson of Forest  Nickname was Spider. But I'm not a 100% sure of that.

Jack Charlton of Leeds and England  was also known as Rubber Neck, I believe

While another Leeds player Alan Clarke was called Sniffer, because he could sniff out a chance of a Goal. Nothing Drug Related.

@Chris and @Robbie there maybe more to come.

Peter Shilton:  'Shilts'

Ian Bowyer:  'Bomber'

Peter Hindley 'Tank'

All played for Forest.

Rachid Harkouk ...Rach the smash

Ian McParland ... Charlie

Francis Lee/ 'Franny Lee'

Tony Adams/ 'Donkey'

paul gascoigne - gazza
kevin pilkington  - pilks
dean leacock - deano

Kenny Dalglish/ 'King Kenny'

Ryan Giggs/ 'Welsh Wizard'

Paul Ince/ 'Guvnor'

A lot of the Nicknames in this thread are based on the Players Name Which May or May Not be the Easy way to go about things? Current Notts players  not Mentioned.

Jodi Jones - Jonesy. Sam Slocombe -  Slokes. Aaron Nemane - Aza. Scott Robertson- Robbo Cedwyn Scott - Scotty. The List just goes on. 

Another Nickname for Jodi - Corporal, after Clive Dunn's character in Dad's Army Corporal Jones.

John O'Hare - Solly, The King, Kevin Hector - Zak or Zack(Named after a character in the mid 60's football based series 'United'

@super_ram

I always thought John O'Hare's Nickname was Barrell, because of his Barrelled Chest?

I think we've all forgotten 

Tony Hateley / 'Big Tone' 

34 minutes ago, Wheelbarrow repair man said:

@super_ram

I always thought John O'Hare's Nickname was Barrell, because of his Barrelled Chest?

That nickname could have applied to Dave Mackay, @Wheelbarrow repair man

@super_ram Did Dave Mackay have a nickname. Was it Big Dave?

@super_ram

That's a Strong Possibility ,the only reason I said John O'Hare was that he scored a late goal vs Leeds to Knock them out of the F.A Cup 3-2, and the Ball came off his Chest, and it was said Old Barrell Chest's scored the winner. Mind You it was an awful Long Time Ago so memories ain't as Sharp as they used to be.

I also remember Dave Mackay was once called by a Reporter when he first signed for Derby Old Man River, because he just keeps Rolling Along. Wasn't he due to Retire before Cloughie brought him to the Baseball Ground?

I remember when Dave signed for Derby. I think Cloughie built the team around him and got Dave to play as sweeper. Funny that today they expect the goalie to do that????

Dave went to Swindon after his Derby days for a year.

 

14 minutes ago, Robbie said:

@super_ram Did Dave Mackay have a nickname. Was it Big Dave?

@Robbie , I'm not aware of a nickname that stuck(apart from miracle man after breaking his leg twice) I just remember him as 'Mighty Mac)

@super_ram

One of the most Vivid things I remember about Dave Mackay was that photo of him and Billy Bremner, where Dave's got Bremner by the front of his shirt and is almost lifting him off the Ground in Shear Anger. What had happened Dave wasn't long back after Breaking a Leg and Bremner had Fouled him, and Dave didn't like it which was understandable remembering the Dirty Leeds Side of the 1970's.