JOHNNY Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Surely the longest name on a shirt seen in the UK. Any Greek challengers to this - without using small letters? From BBC: "Netherlands striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink has completed his switch from PSV Eindhoven to Celtic. The Scottish champions have forked out a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_horse Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 One of my favorite Dutch players, good signing by Celtic. They will compete with Manchester United and Benfica, that's something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 For those that don't know, "of" means "or" in Dutch. He is descended from two lines of nobility. No one from Greece can compare to that! Not Paraprastanitis, not Karagiozopoulos nor anyone else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNY Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share Posted August 29, 2006 I thought the shirt in the photo was for the media only, but saw highlights from the weekend matches and that is the one he wore. He is apparantly very proud of his name, and insists that the full version always be used. Let's see how long that lasts with Scottish commentators. Their 10 versions of Lymberopoulos over the tie with Hearts were hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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