I was scouting through some Asian football blogs the other night when I discovered that Henan Construction – itself one of the last of the great Eastern Bloc football team names – have a Brazilian forward called Netto.
These days, if Stoke bought a Brazilian, we could probably afford Waitrosio.
What about Ocado? Or did Vale sign him instead?
Posted by: redpesto | September 30, 2010 at 01:34 PM
No, I think that was Aldinho.
Posted by: jamie | September 30, 2010 at 02:54 PM
Not to be confused, of course, with the Memorable Scottish athlete Eric Lidl.
Posted by: ajay | September 30, 2010 at 03:16 PM
Tess Coe won the golden boot at the last Woman's World Cup, didn't she?
Posted by: Richard J | September 30, 2010 at 03:23 PM
Fuck, we've just turned into Private Eye's most annoying letters' page in-joke.
Posted by: Richard J | September 30, 2010 at 03:24 PM
"Home of cheap Brazilians" sounds like an advert, but nothing to do with supermarkets or football.
Posted by: Alex | September 30, 2010 at 04:21 PM
Perhaps move on to Robert Trossel and his ragged excuse for medical treatment. Or perhaps monkeys doing security at the Commonwealth Games (if they're not careful with the peanuts, they'll have History's Greatest Monster showing up).
Though I might just say that after playing in Brazil, Carlos Tevez might have thought people were taking the piss when one of his new team-mates at West Ham was called Reo-Coker.
Posted by: skidmarx | September 30, 2010 at 04:41 PM
I can't remember who it was who noted that 1970s funk was dominated by people with names that wouldn't have sounded out of place on an Irish town council; George Clinton, Michael Jackson (one of the five Jackson brothers, don't you know), Barry White, William "Bootsy" Collins, Larry Graham, Gloria Gaynor ...
Posted by: dsquared | September 30, 2010 at 05:02 PM
"Home of cheap Brazilians" sounds like an advert, but nothing to do with supermarkets or football.
Youth of today; sex is all they think about.
Posted by: Richard J | September 30, 2010 at 06:00 PM
I've just received a flyer advertising a charity benefit for "The Ghana Homeopathy Project".
"The Project also trains local practitioners and seeks to provide a network of clinics throughout the region managed and supported by local people with the aim to become sustainable and self reliant."
I take back everything bad I've ever said about Ben Goldacre. Mind you, looks like some good bands.
Posted by: Cian | September 30, 2010 at 06:35 PM
it's also odd the way non-clerical Iranian leaders all seem to dress like young Irish farmers on a night out; grey suits, open necked shirts etc. Obviously, more beards though.
Posted by: jamie | September 30, 2010 at 07:15 PM
Youth of today; sex is all they think about.
Yeah, just wait till your knees start to give way, Harrowell...
Posted by: ajay | October 01, 2010 at 09:21 AM
Henan Construction? Reminds me of the late unlamented TNS.
Half the teams in Spanish basketball have names like Caja Laboral. It's a bank.
Posted by: ejh | October 01, 2010 at 08:21 PM