Witty/Humorous Player nicknames

[South Bucks]

Some say we've had more than our fair share of dinosaurs and slow moving lumps up front even David Attenborough would approve of. Higdonausaurus, Porterausaurus, Hendersonausaurus etc. All good at lumbering about slowly up front but usually nowhere near the ball and might have been better if they'd stuck to grazing.
A bloke next to me always called John Gannon "dolls head" cos of his frizzy doll like hair style, thought he was an effective hoof baller myself to be encouraged but each to their own.

 

[Silent Blade]

An early incarnation of the Higgopotamus was Jack 'Jumbo' Richardson, centre-half in 1949, who apparently never strayed far from his penalty area.

You mean Jack Chisholm?

 

[Sean Thornton]

Some say we've had more than our fair share of dinosaurs and slow moving lumps up front even David Attenborough would approve of. Higdonausaurus, Porterausaurus, Hendersonausaurus etc. All good at lumbering about slowly up front but usually nowhere near the ball and might have been better if they'd stuck to grazing.
A bloke next to me always called John Gannon "dolls head" cos of his frizzy doll like hair style, thought he was an effective hoof baller myself to be encouraged but each to their own.

Gannon was never my favourite player because he hadn't got a sprint in him and wandered around in a 10x10 yard area which stopped him having to break into a sweat. However, he was in his element knocking balls into channels for the likes Deano, Jock and Agana to run onto. Hoof ball footballer is a bit cruel imo.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

You mean Jack Chisholm?

I do indeed. Never post with a glass of whisky in one hand. Have you seen another post of mine asking about the meaning of 'scodger' as a nickname for Harry Latham? Cheers.

 

[Silent Blade]

I do indeed. Never post with a glass of whisky in one hand. Have you seen another post of mine asking about the meaning of 'scodger' as a nickname for Harry Latham? Cheers.

Dont know the reason, I am afraid

 

[Sean Thornton]

Dont know the reason, I am afraid

It's because in Hodgys other hand was the bottle.....

 

[super_pig]

Jamie " The invisible man" Hoyland

dean ‘unseen work’ hammond

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Dont know the reason, I am afraid

I will see if I can find an explanation. He retired the year I started going (when I was 6), and for several years he was the one running on with a bucket of cold water and magic sponge to administer 'expert' medical treatment to injured players. For many years I believed his nickname was 'Stodger' (I was sure that was what my dad used to say, but i assume I just misheard). I always thought it was the right nickname for a solid, not particularly mobile, central defender, but when I got the Blades' Who's Who, I found out it was 'scodger'. We live and we learn...

 

[I should coco]

bloke next to me always called John Gannon "dolls head" cos of his frizzy doll like hair style

I don't think it was anything to do with his hair style.

'Dolls head' is a random local term of abuse and I think that like many, he didn't like Gannon. I have to say that after initially thinking him lazy and uncommitted, I grew to appreciate him and how he made the side tick.

 

[super_pig]

One of my favourite nicknames is that of a player who retired just as I started watching United, and who was the sponge-carrier for several years. He was Harry 'scodger' Latham, and that is the name he was known by. It has only just occurred to me that I have no idea what the word means and why he had that name. He apparently worked as a furnace man, so is it a term from steel-making? I always assumed it referred to the way he played (no nonsense centre- half), but I can't find any meaning of the word which supports that. Its use as a slang word for public schoolboy is no help. Does anyone have an answer?

a scodger is a house sparrow
or a lad on Jordanthorpe who was a brilliant keeper and ended up at Matlock Town

 

[super_pig]

You mean Jack Chisholm?

loving the socks
Adidas??

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Dont know the reason, I am afraid

See if you buy this. A 1935 film, Where's George?, starred Sydney Howard as a Yorkshire rugby league player who is a figure of fun until he accidentally becomes a hero by scoring an absurd winning try. The character's name is Alf Scodger. Harry Latham would have been in his teens when the film came out, so the nickname could have been given him at that time. That's the best I can do from google so far.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

a scodger is a house sparrow
or a lad on Jordanthorpe who was a brilliant keeper and ended up at Matlock Town

Is that a Sheffield word for house sparrow? By the time I saw Harry Latham, his build was more Higdon than house sparrow, but maybe when he was a kid in the 1920s and 1930s...

 

[Lt. J Dangle]

Paul Stancliffe had the obvious nickname Stan but became known to us as Alfie after we read in Flashing Blade that Alfie Cuntflaps was an anagram of his name.

I saw a team sheet during the Bassett era which had obviously been doctored by the squad. The ones I remember on the sheet being "Big time Deano" "Spock" "Warthog" & "Wing Nut"

I once heard a bloke on the kop call Stephen Quinn "Chesney"

 

[super_pig]

Is that a Sheffield word for house sparrow? By the time I saw Harry Latham, his build was more Higdon than house sparrow, but maybe when he was a kid in the 1920s and 1930s...

my grandparents always called them scodgers but dunno if it is a Sheffield thing

 

[I should coco]

See if you buy this. A 1935 film, Where's George?

Ah, yes the film where George nearly went missing. It didn't do very well first time round but when it was re-released under the title 'Wonderful Life', people loved James Stewart as George Bailey.

So why was he called Scodger then? Was that the name of Mr Potter's cat?

 

[Silent Blade]

loving the socks
Adidas??

Think he was a Brentford player in the photo

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Ah, yes the film where George nearly went missing. It didn't do very well first time round but when it was re-released under the title 'Wonderful Life', people loved James Stewart as George Bailey.

So why was he called Scodger then? Was that the name of Mr Potter's cat?

I don't think there's a connection. In the 1935 film, George is the name of a horse which Alf Scodger buys, it then goes missing, and while playing a rugby match he sees the horse, and as he sets off to try and catch it, the ball lands in his arms and so he scores the winning try. Wikipedia did not persuade me to find a way of watching the film... More an early version of When Saturday Comes?

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

A short-lived event...

They don't know they're born today. I was trying to picture a midfield two of Longhorn and Paul Richardson with Dougie Brown and Don Peattie up front.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

How many “Gorra’s” have we had?

Bob “Gorra” Hatton
Mick “Gorra” Trusson

 

[Sheff de party]

Thanks mate.

We really do all hang on your every post though.

Oh, and by the way, someone had already written it.......

Wow did I step on your cat this morning or something?!

 

[I should coco]

Wow did I step on your cat this morning or something?!

I hate cats.

Evil dark eyed untrustworthy sneaky little bastards.

Much prefer dogs.

Loyal, stupid and dim.

 

[DiggerBlade]

Quasimodo.................. Peter Beardsley

 

[northsomersetblade]

Phil Thompson was sparrowlegs but I don’t think we made that up

 

[BushBlade]

Imre Varadi was called 'Ollie'.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Ah, yes the film where George nearly went missing. It didn't do very well first time round but when it was re-released under the title 'Wonderful Life', people loved James Stewart as George Bailey.

I don't have your money. It's in Kev's house, and the Prince's house....

 

[Keen Blade]

A reserve striker around 1970 called Pat or Phil Buckley was known to my Dad & his mates as 'the Flying Pig' in the days before all the controversy over whether the Pigs or ourselves should be called Pigs.

 

[Silent Blade]

A reserve striker around 1970 called Pat or Phil Buckley was known to my Dad & his mates as 'the Flying Pig' in the days before all the controversy over whether the Pigs or ourselves should be called Pigs.

My dad called him fatty Paddy Buckley. Saw him walking on the pitch with crutches before we played Wolves in March 2014. Was surprised to see how tiny he was

 

[BladeFisher]

I hate cats.

Evil dark eyed untrustworthy sneaky little bastards.

Much prefer dogs.

Loyal, stupid and dim.

Cats far better than dogs. Loyal, intelligent and in Guinness' case (my black cat) a bloody genius! You have to talk to cats. And they do respond. You just need patience (which most blokes don't have). Whisky (our female cat) had a bad kittenhood, can be a bit difficult but she is so loyal. As I type G-boy has just turned up. He really is exceptional. Even talks to me on my missus' mobile. Whisky meanwhile thinks I am in it. Happy days.

 

[RossingtonBlade]

Bin man dave - James Hanson