Footballers and music

Posted on | July 1, 2008 | 112 Comments

Got to thinking during Euro 2008 about combo names of footballers and musicians groups. Such as:

Cesc Pistols

SomeFrings Happens

Belinda Carlallen

Gilberto Sullivan

Tim Howard Jones

Any more?

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112 Responses to “Footballers and music”

  1. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 1:46 pm

    There’s the Neville brothers, which isn’t especially clever, but true.

  2. Giver O'Shite
    July 1st, 2008 @ 1:46 pm

    Jeff Beckham
    George Schmeichel

    Ahh, this game is stupid

  3. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 1:48 pm

    And Keane

  4. Sid Trotter
    July 1st, 2008 @ 1:49 pm

    modric street preachers

  5. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 1:51 pm

    George Schmeichel – heh

  6. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 1:51 pm

    Franz Ferdinand

    Mungo Terry

    Bachman Turner Overmars

    (you’re right, GOS, it is stupid, but I’m hooked now)

  7. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 1:53 pm

    James Addiction

  8. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 1:54 pm

    The Alahm

  9. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 1:58 pm

    Madonnadoni

  10. Joe
    July 1st, 2008 @ 1:59 pm

    Gareth Barry Manilow?

    Of course there’s Sophie Ellis Bextor’s song about a heinous crime committed in the home of a former French players apartment complex.
    There was murder on Zidane’s floor.

  11. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:00 pm

    The Beautiful Southgate

  12. John
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:02 pm

    Sno Patrol

  13. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:03 pm

    Andy Fairweather-Loew

  14. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:06 pm

    England’s World Cup brothers Bobby & Jack – The Charlatans

  15. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:11 pm

    Ziege Ziege Sputnik

  16. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:12 pm

    Pink Floyd Hasselbaink

  17. roosta
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:13 pm

    Of course, the Cesc Pistol’s debut would be called “Never Mind the Ballacks”.

  18. morgor the amazing
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:16 pm

    Smelly Mickey.

    What’s this game about again?

  19. Yacuncha
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:17 pm

    Silly.

    Give it orres.

  20. Ibanez
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:22 pm

    Arshavin 17
    Petrescu Shop Boys
    Saha <<<<<<WINNNER

  21. Lung the Younger.
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:24 pm

    Turan Turan

    Hansson

    ZZ Altintop

    Deco and the Bunnymen

    The Sneijders from Mars

    Red Hot Chiellini Peppers

    Bananaramos

    Never Mind the Ballacks

  22. JL Pagano
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:25 pm

    Ok I’ll bite…

    Counting Klose?

  23. Ibanez
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:26 pm

    im cheating a bit but

    I cant resist Definitely Molby

  24. Dessiegee
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:29 pm

    Stevie G-Unit
    John Terry Hall

  25. Roy (irish taxi)
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:30 pm

    When and why did you re-decorate!
    (I’ve just come back off the hols!)

  26. Talking Snake
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:35 pm

    Spandau Ballack

  27. Ibanez
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:36 pm

    LL Cool J LLoyd Samuel

  28. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:38 pm

    Deco and the Bunnymen

    haha

    Roy – last week.

    Reyes against the machine.

  29. Ibanez
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:39 pm

    The Dion Dubliners

  30. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 2:44 pm

    Mendy and Lisa

  31. Whiskeyintheditch
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:01 pm

    Maramadonna

  32. Redleeroy
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:03 pm

    Nuno Gomez………….

    i’m sorry.

  33. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:04 pm

    Cliff Richard Dunne

    Wayne Bridge over Troubled Water

    Right Said Fred
    Simply Fred
    Fred Zeppelin

    Kakajagoogoo

  34. Redleeroy
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:06 pm

    Mikael ‘Harry’ Nilsson

  35. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:06 pm

    Ba Nani Rama

  36. SuperGrover
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:12 pm

    Kuyt Bush

  37. John
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:12 pm

    Debby Harry Kewell

  38. John
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:13 pm

    Celine Dion Dublin

  39. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:15 pm

    Paddy Casey Keller

    Damien Reisinger

  40. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:15 pm

    Cruyff Richards

  41. B'dum B'dum
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:24 pm

    Diego Maradona

  42. Monkey Balls
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:26 pm

    Ronaldinio-La-Tenga

  43. Monkey Balls
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:27 pm

    Klinnsmanfred Mann

  44. Monkey Balls
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:29 pm

    Pele(s) Rita Mitsouko

  45. Monkey Balls
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:30 pm

    Scritti Palinni

  46. Holemaster
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:30 pm

    Franz Ferdinand

  47. Holemaster
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:32 pm

    Elvis Beardsley

  48. Holemaster
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:33 pm

    Fuck you Twenty, I’ll get nothing done now.

  49. Peadar
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:41 pm

    John Arne Rice

  50. SuperGrover
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:49 pm

    Nobby Marley

  51. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:49 pm

    Morshearer

  52. SuperGrover
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:51 pm

    ooh ooh i have one

    ossy osbourne

  53. H
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:53 pm

    Snoop Doggy Drogba – ugly cunt looks like a fuckin hound also

  54. Holemaster
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:56 pm

    Quieen

  55. John
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:57 pm

    F-abba-regas

  56. manuel
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:57 pm

    Sol Campbell…..Queen….hehehehehe

  57. Holemaster
    July 1st, 2008 @ 3:59 pm

    Thierry Corporation

  58. Holemaster
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:01 pm

    Wrigth Said Fred

  59. H
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:04 pm

    Kuntz N’ Roses

  60. Holemaster
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:05 pm

    The Glenn Hoddle Band
    Placido Di Canio

  61. Monkey Balls
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:08 pm

    Nusrat Fateh Ali Kuntz

  62. Monkey Balls
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:10 pm

    Mick McCartgarfunkely

  63. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:14 pm

    Simeone and Garfunkel

  64. H
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:15 pm

    Marco van Boston

  65. SuperGrover
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:16 pm

    The Stiles Council

  66. H
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:17 pm

    Bananavalderama

  67. SuperGrover
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:18 pm

    Gwen di Stefano

  68. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:19 pm

    Francis Jefferson Airplane

  69. SuperGrover
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:19 pm

    Zinedine Zidane Top

  70. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:20 pm

    Crosby, Stills and Carlo Nash

  71. Lung the Younger.
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:21 pm

    Steely Zan

    Bay City Raulers

  72. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:25 pm

    Everything but the Curle

    Frankie goes to Hollins Wood

    and, I know this is silly, but who cares:

    Neil Diamond-formation

  73. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:25 pm

    And the Fab Four-four-two

  74. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:28 pm

    Ref Leppard, with their cover of Glen (Hoddle) Campbell’s song “Wichita Linesman” (90′s re-mix, renamed as “Wichita Referee’s Assistant”).

  75. Conan Drumm
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:31 pm

    After listening to that lot you could go to some Bryan Addams Giggs

  76. Dessiegee
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:43 pm

    how could anybody forget the Spice Boys in their white suits

  77. Holemaster
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:46 pm

    “Zinedine Zidane Top”

    Damn you SG.

  78. Jo
    July 1st, 2008 @ 4:49 pm

    Twenty, you could probably publish this post as a Christmas special. He’s just picking all your brains boys, wait and see.

  79. Holemaster
    July 1st, 2008 @ 5:07 pm

    In that case Jo…..

    Glen Hoddle Band©

  80. Holemaster
    July 1st, 2008 @ 5:08 pm

    Giles Davis©

  81. manuel
    July 1st, 2008 @ 5:32 pm

    Anthony and the Andy Johnson’s

    Belle and Sebastian Deisler

    Nuno “Gomez”

    Kings of Leon Osman

  82. Holemaster
    July 1st, 2008 @ 5:38 pm

    The North Strand Klinsman Band

  83. Holemaster
    July 1st, 2008 @ 5:54 pm

    Nipping over to the snowball thread to see if those two ARE married….

  84. JL Pagano
    July 1st, 2008 @ 6:29 pm

    Do I get another go?

    (Joe/Ashley) Cole-Play

    Personal favourite so far has to be Deco and the Bunnymen, that’s gonna be hard to beat.

  85. jaymonkey
    July 1st, 2008 @ 6:50 pm

    Stevie (g) Wonder

  86. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 7:02 pm

    Ok, shit bands time…

    Hearsaybio

    Girls Alaudrup

    Liberty Extaberria (OHTFYSI)

    Boyzonal Marking

  87. H
    July 1st, 2008 @ 7:04 pm

    This is much tougher than previous ones, curse you twenty…

    How about the Red Hot Frannie Jeffers?

  88. H
    July 1st, 2008 @ 7:07 pm

    Or Breen Day?

  89. H
    July 1st, 2008 @ 9:46 pm

    Huh?

    Nearly 3 hours without a comment…?

    Has the internet broken down?

  90. Tinman18
    July 1st, 2008 @ 9:49 pm

    Breen Day, H.

    What were you thinking?

  91. Jim
    July 1st, 2008 @ 9:52 pm

    David Eboue

  92. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 9:56 pm

    MC Hamman

  93. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 9:57 pm

    And I thought Breen Day was good…

  94. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 9:57 pm

    Diouf Buckley

  95. H
    July 1st, 2008 @ 10:11 pm

    The Cisse’r Sisters

  96. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 10:14 pm

    New Grobbel Army

  97. Twenty Major
    July 1st, 2008 @ 10:15 pm

    De Boerah Harry

  98. Dr Maroon
    July 1st, 2008 @ 10:30 pm

    “Any more?”

    no

  99. bug
    July 1st, 2008 @ 11:09 pm

    hmmm, maybe goo goo davies or primus scream

  100. MartyBanana
    July 2nd, 2008 @ 12:14 am

    Engelbert HumperHiddink

    I’ll get my coat…

  101. Holemaster
    July 2nd, 2008 @ 12:23 am

    I’m going to bed happy knowing these families all shared the lorro..

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0701/breaking72.htm

  102. Tinman18
    July 2nd, 2008 @ 12:53 am

    I had to get back out of bed…

    Val Doonicantona
    Christy Mooreinho
    The Specials One
    Mama Casscarino
    Teddy Cher Ingham
    Nat King Koller
    Dyer Straits
    The Eagles (sorry)
    The Evra ly Brothers
    Jump The Gunners
    Dana Internazionale
    AC/Milan/DC
    Michael Bolton Wanderers
    Level 4-4-2

    And, to link to the other post:

    Snowball Patrol
    Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow Kissing

  103. MartyBanana
    July 2nd, 2008 @ 1:50 am

    Kewell And The Gang

    Ballack Sabbath

    Van Nistelrooy Orbison

    Beckham Turner Overdrive

    JockStein Browne

    Right Said Fred (Sorry)

    Dexy’s Midnight Gunners

  104. J J Allin
    July 2nd, 2008 @ 4:14 am

    so solid santa cruz

  105. MartyBanana
    July 2nd, 2008 @ 7:36 am

    Cahill-y Minogue

    I’ll get my coat…

  106. Tinman18
    July 2nd, 2008 @ 8:03 am

    You must have a lot of coats, Marty.

    I thought Oz was meant to be warm?

  107. Twenty Major
    July 2nd, 2008 @ 8:29 am

    haha, some good work there.

  108. papalamour
    July 2nd, 2008 @ 10:29 am

    Simão mobile disco
    Cruyff Rhys

  109. bigraff
    July 2nd, 2008 @ 11:12 am

    sorry i have had my cohorts working on this all morning…….

    Steve McManaman-Fred Mann
    Elton John Arne Riise
    Rick Aston Villa
    Doncaster Belles Stars
    The Lightning Seedorf
    The Lightning Leeds
    Jean-Michel Jarre-dinho
    Maradonna Summer
    Depeche Modena
    Spandau Ballack
    ABCisse
    ELO’Neill
    Spandau Pele
    The Human Premier League
    Bay City Rovers
    Steve Bruce Springsteen
    Mark Hughes and Cry
    Simply Red Star Belgrade
    Dario G
    Martin O’Neill Sedaka
    2 packie bonner
    LL cool J Lloyd Samuel
    Wolfmotherwell
    Aberdeen Windass
    Dolly Barton
    Manfred Mann City

  110. viking flagship
    July 2nd, 2008 @ 11:34 am

    Jan Foreigner of Hesselink
    AC-Cisse
    Showaddywaddle
    Bayern City Rollers
    Taribo Westlife
    Borussia Mönchengladbachman Turner Overdrive (Mr O’Neill’s, not mine)

  111. Hooronahonda
    July 4th, 2008 @ 3:43 pm

    Stupid, engrossing football/musical tie-ins dammit!:

    Bands:
    Men at Wark
    Fairclough Attraction
    Fun loving Crooks
    Danny Wilson
    Matt Bianco
    The Beattie
    Gordon Durie and the Blockheads

    Song titles:
    Dunphy the reaper
    Mick McCarthy Park
    Wark on by
    Dancing McQueen
    I fought Denis Law and Denis Law won
    Ferdinando

  112. Twenty Major
    July 4th, 2008 @ 4:09 pm

    Dunphy the reaper

    Bravo!

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