Unusual Nicknames

**Bluebeard** · 21/10/2006, 12:25 PM

Two more old Blues nicknames to go with Snackbox and Chilli
Darren Lonergan - Baywatch (Blonde perm stood out on the field in 92/93)
Martin Quinlivan - Blossom (As far as I recall, all his brothers were called Blossom, hence the nickname)

**Aaron** · 21/10/2006, 1:07 PM

Gary Beckett is naicknamed 'Bing' dont know why tho!

**DmanDmythDledge** · 21/10/2006, 1:09 PM

Eoin Hand called Conan Byrne "Conan the Barbarian" last night.

**tallaghtfornia** · 21/10/2006, 2:06 PM

Originally Posted by forza

Thats been around since I played GAA with the chap at under 10's level got that in primary school it just stuck

thanks for clearin that up, buzzer a hero at rovers and the new song for him has taken off

**GUISAUltra** · 21/10/2006, 2:16 PM

funny one was derek mc carthy when he played for galway before going back to limerick.

Derek "Stella" McCarthy

**Terry** · 21/10/2006, 2:23 PM

thats what he drank (stella artois), and since barely anyone else drinks it in town they named him after it.

**forza** · 21/10/2006, 9:33 PM

Originally Posted by tallaghtfornia

thanks for clearin that up, buzzer a hero at rovers and the new song for him has taken off

Whats the song

He's a Pats fan btw

**monzo** · 22/10/2006, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Strabane_Harp

'Hoof' is a registered trademark of Ian Rossiter enterprises

every time he touched the ball our fans would scream it

Its actually just one fella with an extremely loud voice who screams that!

**GuisaSaigon** · 22/10/2006, 11:37 AM

Ricky "Riverdance" O' Flaherty , because he was an all Ireland irish dancing champion as a young lad. Hard to believe, isn't it?

**Stevo Da Gull** · 22/10/2006, 2:28 PM

Originally Posted by BrayUnknowns

Colm Tresson - Daz
The story i heard was because when he 1st jojned the club he jocks were sparkling white, hence Daz

I dont know how he became daz but wikipedia says..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colm_Tresson

**Maynard** · 22/10/2006, 4:25 PM

Originally Posted by KildareFan

Brendan Kennedy's nickname is "Ping" although I don't know why.

Maybe it's something to do with Pinging the ball 80 yards down the pitch to nobody in particular

Ben Whelehan was known as the Terminator for a while when he was with Kildare due to his physique and his tackling technique

Spoke to Brendan at the end of last season and he maintained that he could hit a fifty pence piece anywhere on the pitch with the ball at his feet...I didn't argue with him

Sound man.

**Paddyfield** · 22/10/2006, 8:47 PM

Some Galway United legends here:

Ryan Lucas was allegedly known as Tripod ( I wonder why)

Derek Rogers was called Buck Rogers (some folk may not know his real name is Derek)

Don O'Riordan was sometimes called Benjy (as in The Riordans on RTE Back in the 1970's)

Neil Oldgen was nicknamed Hilda (a reference to a character in Coronation Street)

Derek O'Brien is called Kerryman (he's from Tralee)

**GuisaSaigon** · 23/10/2006, 9:43 AM

Llewellan Riley - Sue Ellen

**Larry 'da' Wyse** · 23/10/2006, 9:56 AM

I remember 3 brothers following Athlone who went by the names of
Scratchy, Smelly and Stan. I only ever remember meeting Scratchy so can't vouch for the others. Did one of 'em end up in International Maanagement?

**Ash** · 23/10/2006, 10:06 AM

Scratchy still goes to a few games.

I didnt realise his brothers had nicknames too. Dont really know them
too well but one of them is (or was) big into karate so I wouldn't go
around calling him smelly

**The Stars** · 23/10/2006, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

Derek O'Brien is called Kerryman (he's from Tralee)

when he played for us his nickname was Sh!te....how time have changed.

**Fivesilver** · 23/10/2006, 5:58 PM

Originally Posted by Larry 'da' Wyse

I remember 3 brothers following Athlone who went by the names of
Scratchy, Smelly and Stan.

If we're moving onto supporters, it's probably worth mentioning that Ming the Merciless used to follow the Bit o' Red - could that have been before the weed wore off?

**Paddyfield** · 23/10/2006, 6:48 PM

Originally Posted by Fivesilver

If we're moving onto supporters, it's probably worth mentioning that Ming the Merciless used to follow the Bit o' Red - could that have been before the weed wore off?

The traitor

Ming was often in Terryland when he lived in Galway. Sometimes, kids would watch him instead of the game.

**Fivesilver** · 23/10/2006, 7:03 PM

Originally Posted by Paddyfield

Ming was often in Terryland when he lived in Galway. Sometimes, kids would watch him instead of the game.

That would've been a bit later. He was still at home in Castlerea when he used to come to Rovers games, and nobody would have been watching him as it was in his pre-Ming days.