Reveal The Player (Nicknames)

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Some more....


1. Slash - Gary Moorcroft
2. Chook - Jason Laycock
3. Notta - Sean Wellman
4. Bear - Teddy Richards
5. Freddie - Mark Mercuri
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Slash was moorcroft
Chook was laycock?
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Gossy wrote:Slash was moorcroft
Chook was laycock?
Correct on both accounts Gossy
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Notta - Wellman

Bear - Ted Richards
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BERT wrote:Notta - Wellman

Bear - Ted Richards
Yep & yep!
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Freddy - Mercuri
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Windy_Hill wrote:Freddy - Mercuri
Yes, well done Windy!
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Harder ones with some players from the 70's & 80's....

1. Budgie - Tony Buhagiar
2. Birdie - Geoff Burdett
3. Vault - Garry Foulds
4. Swampy - Ian Marsh
5. Racehorse - Ken Fletcher
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Tony Buhagiar = Budgie.
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Vault - Gary Foulds

Racehorse - Ken Fletcher
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jimmyc1985 wrote:Tony Buhagiar = Budgie.
Correct jimmy!
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BERT wrote:Vault - Gary Foulds

Racehorse - Ken Fletcher
Good stuff Bert.
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Our 70's twos coach, Bob Syme, was Swampy but I guess he isn't who you have in mind.
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BenDoolan wrote:Harder ones with some players from the 70's & 80's....

1. Budgie - Tony Buhagiar
2. Birdie
3. Vault - Garry Foulds
4. Swampy
5. Racehorse - Ken Fletcher
Was Birdie Simon Madden?
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Ian Marsh - Swampy
Cockatoo-Collins - Birdie?
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Windy_Hill wrote:Ian Marsh - Swampy
Cockatoo-Collins - Birdie?
Well done Windy, Ian Marsh = Swampy

Cockatoo-Collins was Cocky.
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Birdie had two stints at the club - latter part of the 70's and then a season in the early 80's.
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BenDoolan wrote:Birdie had two stints at the club - latter part of the 70's and then a season in the early 80's.
I wasn't born yet you old bastard :wink:
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Birdie - Geoff Burdett
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Max Crow for birdie?
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