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  1. Albert's Chip Shop

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    I love the surname of the Hull manager.

    SLUTSKY.

    What other odd names do you recall?

    I liked the German KUNTZ too.
     
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    Remember Arce being amusing back in the day and our very own Dab hiz ass.
    Always loved how commentators pronouncing Aduriz makes me think of Gabrielle singing 'out of reach'.
     
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    In the 1982 world cup I remember laughing at thd commentators carefully trying to pronounce Ufarte.
     
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    Danny ****tu is also a very unfortunate name.

    Berndt Haas (spelling?) used to make me smirk too, often sounded like "burnt arse".
     
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    Rod Fanni
     
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    Isn't there a club in south america called W**kas?
     
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    <laugh>
    Some match ups would havd been funny, imagine the commentators;

    "Butt to Fanni, back to Butt, into Kuntz. Shoots. He scores."
     
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    KUNTZ lobbing Seamen in the box <laugh>
     
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    There was one post match review on TV where I'm sure the pundit said it on purpose, but it was alonv the lines of "...and as it went in, Seaman was all over the place."
     
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    That was Tash with HBA’s goal.
     
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    Nicholas Butt - spoken out loud in full.

    Brian Pinas

    David Seaman

    Titi Camera

    Jose Altidore - just makes me laugh whenever I think of him.
     
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    Always remember my dad being particularly amused by the back of a newspaper that stated 'Robson wants Butt' when we were out to buy him.
    Reckon Sir Bobby would have been amused by that one, after he remembered who the **** Butt is.
     
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    The Bender brothers
     
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