Edson Arantes do Nascimento = Pele
(Used to pretend he was a goal-keeper and would say, 'I'm am Bile' -name of a goal-keeper of those times, after each save. 'Pele' came from the wrong pronunciation of 'Bile')
Manoel dos Santos = Garrincha
(One of the greatest forwards to play for Brazil with Pele. 'Garrincha' is the name of a bird that Manoel liked to hunt when he was a child)
Diego Maradona = El Pibe de Oro
Lev Yashin = The Black Spider USSR
(Had the best anticipation ever seen in a goalkeeper)
Franz Beckenbauer = The Kaiser
Gerd Muller = Bomber
Ferenc Puskas = The Galloping Major (A little left footed genius from the famous Hungary side of the early 1950's)
Jack Charlton = The Giraffe
Marco Van Basten = The Swan of Utrecht
Ruud Gullit = Il Tulipo Nero
(The black tulip)
Stuart Pearce = Psycho
(Would run through a brick wall for his team)
Paul Gascoigne = Gazza
David Beckham = Goldenballs
(Named by his wife ' Posh' in her autobiography)
Eusebio = The 'Black Panther'
Zinedine Zidane = 'Zizou'
Kevin Keegan = Mighty Mouse
SOCCER PEARLS:
*It's now 4-3 to Oldham, the goals are going in like dominoes
*I felt a lump in my mouth as the ball went in
*It slid away from his left boot which was poised with the trigger cocked
*We have been saying this, both pre-season and before the season started
*But as you know, the result for City is not as bad as it sounds on paper
*Well actually we got the winner up there with three minutes to go, but then they equalised
*Ian Rush, deadly ten times out of ten, but that wasn't one of them
*It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box
*Believe it or not, goals can change a game
*You'll be hoping that this run of injuries will stop earlier than it started
*Ian Durant has grown both physically and metaphorically in the close season
*It will be a shame if either side lose, and that applies to both sides
*Peter Shilton conceded five, you don't get many of those to the dozen
*Everything in our favour was against us
*I think everyone in the stadium went home happy, except all those people in Rumania
*We've got nothing to lose, and there's no point losing this game
*Who ever wins today will win the championship no matter who wins
*I am a firm believer that if you score one goal the other team have to score two to win
*Here's Brian Flynn. His official height is five feet five and he doesn't look much taller than that
*Wilkins sends an inch perfect pass to no one in particular
*Even when you're dead you shouldn't lie down and let yourself be buried
*And Ritchie has now scored 11 goals, exactly double the number he scored last year
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