The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #106

Auch bekannt als...
12 Nicknames of Former German Football Players

1. Der Kaiser - Franz Beckenbauer
2. Der Afro - Paul Breitner
3. Ennatz ('Zebra') - Bernard Dietz
4. Eisenfuß ('Ironfoot') - Horst-Dieter Höttges
5. Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer ('The Header Beast') - Horst Hrubesch
6. Der Ausserirdische ('The Extra-Terrestrial') - Oliver Kahn
7. Die Katze ('The Cat') - Sepp Maier
8. Der Bomber - Gerd Muller
9. Der Boss - Helmut Rahn
10. Volkswagen - Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
11. Der Blonde Engel ('The Blonde Angel') - Bernd Schuster
12. Der Terrier - Berti Vogts

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #87

Footballing high-fliers
10 Nicknames For British Football Teams That Happen To Be Birds Of Some Variety

1. The Bantams (Bradford City)
2. The Bluebirds (Cardiff City)
3. The Canaries (Norwich City)
4. The Eagles (Crystal Palace)
5. The Gulls (Torquay United)
6. The Harriers (Kidderminster Harriers)
7. The Magpies (Newcastle United and Notts County)
8. The Robins (Cheltenham Town, Bristol City, Swindon Town, Altrincham and Wrexham)
9. The Seagulls (Brighton & Hove Albion)
10. The Swans (Swansea City)

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #45

Eagles, Elephants and Other Animals
The 16 Competing Teams Of The 2008 African Cup of Nations in Nickname Form

1. The Black Antelopes (Angola)
2. The Squirrels (Benin)
3. The Indomitable Lions (Cameroon)
4. The Pharaohs (Egypt)
5. The Black Stars (Ghana)
6. Syli Nationale* (Guinea)
7. The Elephants (Ivory Coast)
8. The Eagles (Mali)
9. The Atlas Lions (Morocco)
10. The Brave Warriors (Namibia)
11. The Super Eagles (Nigeria)
12. The Lions of Teranga (Senegal)
13. Bafana Bafana** (South Africa)
14. The Desert Hawks (Sudan)
15. The Eagles of Carthage (Tunisia)
16. The Copper Bullets (Zambia)

* The Syli was once the main currency of Guinea and means 'elephant' in English.
** Translated into English: 'The Boys'

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #9

Better known as...
17 Nicknames of Football Teams From Around the World

1. Kartoffelkäfer (Potato beetles) - Alemania Aachen, Germany
2. La Dea (The Goddess) - Atalanta, Italy
3. Los Colchoneros (The Mattress Makers) - Atletico Madrid, Spain
4. Galo (The Rooster) - Atlético Mineiro, Brazil
5. Mussi Volanti (Flying Donkeys) - Chievo, Italy
6. Estrela Solitária (The Lonely Star) - Botafogo, Brazil
7. Die Alte Dame (The Old Lady) - Hertha Berlin, Germany
8. Il Biscione (The Big Grass Snake) - Inter, Italy
9. The Brazilians - Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa
10. Rayados (The Striped Gang) - Monterrey, Mexico
11. Los Leprosos (The Lepers) - Newell's Old Boys, Argentina
12. Crociati (Cross bearers) - Parma, Italy
13. Canallas (Scoundrels) - Rosario Central, Argentina
14. Myaso (The Meat) - Spartak Moscow, Russia
15. Matsatsantsa (The Swanky Boys) - Supersport United, South Africa
16. Los Ches (The Bats) - Valencia, Spain
17. El Submarino Amarillo (The Yellow Submarine) - Villareal, Spain

A legend in the making...

Written by Kedge

So what was going on at the weekend in the Premiership? That's the question on everyone's lips. Well I can reveal all. Having done a little bit of snooping around (you know the kind of things I mean - looking in dustbins, reading the Sport on Sunday, talking to the odd looney and if all else fails, making it up) it seems that Jermaine Defore has suddenly realised that he has as much charisma as Steve Davis or the guy in the Mr Muscle ads.

In order to do something about it, he (apparently) is looking for a suitable nickname. After all, the sporting world is full of guys with catchy names:

Phil "The Power" Taylor
Steve "Interesting" Davis (OK, so that doesn’t really work)
Norman "Bites yer Legs" Hunter
Ron "Chopper" Harris
David "Butter Fingers" James (maybe another not-so-good example)
Arsene "I didn't see it" Wenger
David "Bender" Beckham (sorry, that should have read "Bend It")
Stuart "Psycho" Pearce
Ben "Forearm Smash" Thatcher

So now I can introduce to you...

The one...

The only...

The amazing...

Jermaine "Nibbles yer Nipples" Defoe.