Emerson
whose full name is apparently
Emerson Moisés Costa
I was trying to remember who it was that fucked off from Middlesbrough because his wife said it was cold and shite. I'd completely forgotten his wee spell at EBT-era Rangers.
― you can't stream a pancake (onimo), Friday, 20 July 2012 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
i was thinking of the various brazilians who decamped to boro earlier tonight
used to have a fondness for them, gibson is the most admirable of the various small town made good types who used to predominate
― nakhchivan, Friday, 20 July 2012 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
It was Christian Karembeu with the Middlesbrough-averse wife. Unless there was a whole raft of them (quite plausible, I expect).
― ailsa, Friday, 20 July 2012 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
We got post-Boro Juninho for five minutes, his impact at Celtic was about the same as Emerson's at Rangers. As far as I know he's the only World Cup winner to ever play competitively for Celtic (Bobby Charlton played for us in a testimonial).
― you can't stream a pancake (onimo), Friday, 20 July 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
Emerson was famously unsettled and at one point he pissed off to Brazil without permission. I thought his wife complained about the cold - there was definitely some family-related excuse.
― you can't stream a pancake (onimo), Friday, 20 July 2012 23:34 (eleven years ago) link
was it Emerson who said - "I looked on Middlesbrough and knew it was a cold and terrible place"
― Number None, Friday, 20 July 2012 23:37 (eleven years ago) link
We don't have a football boots thread, do we? I was trying to find Bobby Charlton in the Hoops and found this insteadhttp://www.footy-boots.com/vintage-football-boots-6437/
― you can't stream a pancake (onimo), Friday, 20 July 2012 23:41 (eleven years ago) link
62/- (that's £3.10 kids) for a pair of Bobby Charlton Brazilias. Bargain.
― you can't stream a pancake (onimo), Friday, 20 July 2012 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/archive/2000/10/09/The+North+East+Archive/7128657.N_E_under_fire_from_soccer_wife/
― ailsa, Friday, 20 July 2012 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
Superb
"We didn't move here for the weather. When we first looked at the countryside I didn't think anything could grow here because there is no sun.
― Number None, Friday, 20 July 2012 23:45 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boro-seek-inquiry-on-emerson-1313252.html
Emerson, who will not play at Leeds tomorrow even if he returns today, laid bare his problems in a Portuguese newspaper. "I am starting to live a drama," he said. "My wife is ill. She doesn't like Middlesbrough as she feels it is too cold. I find it hard to concentrate on football as my wife is unhappy living in Middlesbrough."
― you can't stream a pancake (onimo), Friday, 20 July 2012 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
such times as we'll never see again
Nottingham Forest have quashed speculation that they will be selling Ian Woan to Tottenham for pounds 3m, and Birmingham have turned down an offer from Bolton for Mike Newell, the striker they signed for pounds 775,000 from Blackburn last summer.Uefa, European football's governing body, responding to the Bosman ruling on transfer fees and attempting to help smaller clubs, has proposed that players should be signed on long-term contracts until the age of 24, during which time they will be subject to a transfer fee, and after which time they will be available on free transfers.
Uefa, European football's governing body, responding to the Bosman ruling on transfer fees and attempting to help smaller clubs, has proposed that players should be signed on long-term contracts until the age of 24, during which time they will be subject to a transfer fee, and after which time they will be available on free transfers.
― you can't stream a pancake (onimo), Friday, 20 July 2012 23:49 (eleven years ago) link
pietro vierchowod
sylvain kastendeuch
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 07:24 (eleven years ago) link
peter fear
― r|t|c, Monday, 6 August 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
steve death
― r|t|c, Monday, 6 August 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
Lawrie Dudfield
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 6 August 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
Eric Djemba-Djemba
― maybe it's a Hartlepool scarf? (onimo), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 12:59 (eleven years ago) link
Also worth keeping an eye on the wonderfully named Britt Assombalonga, who last season was the 50th graduate from the Watford Academy to make a first team appearance.
― r|t|c, Friday, 10 August 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
that's my weekends brain floating sorted
― r|t|c, Friday, 10 August 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
Marius Lacatus
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Friday, 10 August 2012 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Friday, 10 August 2012 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
Bright Dike.
It's pronounced 'dee-kay'.
― William Bloody Swygart, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
Björn Vleminckx
― mizzell, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
mapou yanga-mbiwa
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 07:06 (eleven years ago) link
Banana Yaya is a Cameroonian professional football player who plays in central defence or at right back. He plays for French club Sochaux in Ligue 1.
― r|t|c, Saturday, 10 November 2012 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
re thread intention, ilkay gundogan this week
― r|t|c, Saturday, 10 November 2012 01:21 (eleven years ago) link
Paul McStay
― ざっぴ (zappi), Saturday, 10 November 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
Celestine Babayaro
― paolo, Monday, 12 November 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
I've had a ton of rubbish ex-SPL journeymen in my head recently since trying a sporcle quiz on "first person of X nationality to score in the SPL". Names still keep randomly popping into my head every so often, like Pasquale Bruno and Jerome Vareille and Jason De Vos.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 10:19 (eleven years ago) link
Badr El-Kaddouri
― ailsa, Saturday, 24 November 2012 13:08 (eleven years ago) link
Jeremie Aliadiere
― studge_siren.gif (onimo), Saturday, 24 November 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
perry suckling
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
Andy Pando
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
Lauri Dalla Valle
― William Bloody Swygart, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
boubacar barry
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
remember encountering him in football manager years ago, while playing a joint game with one of my brothers, not the one called barry. seemed like the funniest thing in the world.
― Ballboy to Afghanistan (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
Scott Minto
― Number None, Saturday, 9 February 2013 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
Péricles "Pecks" Pereira
― Des Fusils Pour Banter (ShariVari), Sunday, 10 March 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
Kjell Olofsson
― paolo, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 13:27 (eleven years ago) link
Asa Hartford
― you say potatooles (onimo), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
Ranko Despotovic
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
Weirdly, he cropped up in a conversation I was having with my old man the other night.
Also, from his Wiki page "Several years later Kjell made a cameo appearance at Tannadice, dressed as Terry The Terror (the club mascot) before a home league game.". I believe a citation might be needed for this.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/nRAHJIY.png
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Saturday, 4 May 2013 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
Richard Rufus
Averaged an own goal every 20 games in the epl and rounded off each one with a hilarious expression of incredulity.
― Studied keyboard mash (tsrobodo), Sunday, 5 May 2013 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
https://mobile.twitter.com/zadelhoff/status/337969435153403904/photos
18 years ago today Bogarde won the CL. Today he has no known whereabouts and is wanted by the Dutch IRS
― Random ASMR Memories (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 24 May 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/dDQHcuv.jpghttp://kingtrumpsace.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/haters-gonna-hate.gif
― there is no special cat hexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 24 May 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
That is perhaps the most striking comparison I've ever seen of him.
Gotta <3 him
― Random ASMR Memories (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 25 May 2013 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
Florent Sinama Pongolle
― no man is an islam (onimo), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
Ken Monkou
― Chris, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 00:05 (eleven years ago) link
john moncur
― ghosts of erith spectral crackhouse slain rudeboy (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 00:15 (eleven years ago) link