Freeport Dominate National Squad!

14 Apr 2008 | Rugby

Bahamas National Rugby Team depart this Friday (April 18th) for ten days of intensive rugby during the World Cup Qualifying Tournament in Cayman! Held every four years the qualifying tournament represents the pinnacle of rugby in the Caribbean and offers the chance to play against some world class opposition!

Consisting of eight teams only one team can qualify for the next stage and the Bahamas will have three games to show their worth and move on to the South American stages. Among the other teams competing are Bermuda, Cayman, Jamaica, Trinidad, Mexico, Barbados, Turks, Ghana and Dominica. The squad consists of 23 players and the Freeport players chosen are Gio Rolle, Perkins Joseph, Edwin Joseph, Denney Osias, Kasay Charlton, Marco Surin, Jackelo Pierre, Brad Culmer & Leon Mcphee.

Next week we’ll update you with the latest tournament news! — Rob Speller

funny names- juvenile but funny

25 Mar 2008 | Rugby

Chiqui Arce
The surname Arce is funny. But to give yourself the moniker ‘Chiqui’ is inspired. Real name Francisco Javier Arce, Chiqui earned a decent reputation as a right-back for Paraguay during the finals of the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, although he’s still known more for the quality of his name rather than his darting runs and dead-ball ability.
Ars Bandeet
Ok, so this article is quickly starting to look like a wind-up, but legend has it (backed up by a few quick google searches) that in the 70’s the Algerian national team included a player called Ars Bandeet. That’s good enough for us.
Tunji Banjo
Nigerian international who, along with fellow countryman John Chiedozie, starred for Leyton Orient back in the 1980’s. It’s almost a shame that he was a pretty decent player, if he’d been completely pants he’d have provided some great ammunition for journalists and post-match wisecracks about barn doors, cow’s bottoms etc.
Segar Bastard
Or Mr Bastard to you. This legendary figure from the turn of the 20th Century appeared for England, refereed the 1878 FA Cup Final, played cricket for Essex, owned a racehorse, and still found time to earn a few shillings as a solicitor. Rumour has it he was also the great grandfather of Spoilt.
Frank Belt
A simple but effective name for the strapping young Hull City defender. We like.
Dominic Blizzard
The central midfielder hardly went down a storm at Watford, and was last seen heading off to Stockport in an old VW Scirocco.
Prince Boateng
Good. But not as good as Prince Polley.
Danny Boffin
We love this name. It’s mint. And the Belgian winger wasn’t a bad player either.
Mansour Boutabout
When the Algerian striker joined Sheffield Wednesday on trial from French outfit Sedan in 2008 a local Yorkshireman was heard to exclaim “I dont know nowt about this Boutabout”. Probably.
Dean Brill
From about 2003 onwards Luton’s Brill fought it out with Gerken for the coveted title of ‘best-named goalkeeeper called Dean’.
Bongo Christ
The Congolese striker would surely make a top ten of top names.
Norman Conquest
Hats of to Mr and Mrs Conquest of Australia for this one. Definitely the best named Australian goalkeeper ever.
Harry Daft
Played for England 5 times, and captained them once, earning himself the tag ‘Captain Daft’. Probably.
Darren Deadman
English referee with a penchant for shoes.
Steve Death
Legendary goalkeeper from the 1970’s with Reading, Death set a football league record of 1103 minutes without conceding a goal.
Danny Diver
Scottish striker who scored plenty of goals for plenty of teams (about 15 at the last count). And with a name like that he probably earned a fair share of penalties along the way.
Dominique Dropsy
If they’d ever done a film called Carry On Football back in the 60’s then England would probably have taken on a French team with a back line of Claude Camembert, Didier Bidet, Patrice Pommefrite and Pierre Bigun, protecting a goalkeeper called Dominique Dropsy. Well unlike the defence, Dropsy did exist, and wasn’t as bad a keeper as his name suggested, making the French squad for the 1978 World Cup and starting in their 3:1 victory over Hungary.
Mario Eggimann
The big Swiss defender came to our attention during Fabio Capello’s first game in charge for England against Switzerland at Wembley in January 2008. The delight on our faces when we discovered an Eggimann in the line-up was somewhat soured by John Motson’s idiotic attempts to pronounce it as “Ecki-man”.
Rod Fanni
Former Newcastle chairman Freddie Shepherd’s ears certainly pricked up in the summer of 2007 when he was told by his secretary that “Big Sam wants some Fanni”. You can only imagine the relief, or possibly disappointment knowing Freddie, when the chairman discovered that his new manager was actually after a French defender named Rod, from Nice.
Fritz Fuchs
Uwe’s father Fritz Fuchs was a player with Kaiserslautern and went on to coach a numebr of 2nd tier German teams.
Uwe Fuchs
The German centre-forward was voted 3rd in a list of Middlesborough’s cult heroes behind Bernie Slaven and Juninho, and it wasn’t just his comedy name that appealed to the Teeside fans – signed on loan with a few months remaining in the 1994-95 season, he scored 9 times in 15 games to help promote Boro to the Premiership, only for Bryan Robson to turn down a permanent deal. Inspired the legendary Boro t-shirts emblazoned with “Who the Uwe is Jurgen Klinnsman?”.
Argelico Fucks
Brazilian who carved out a half-decent career for himself as a central defender, but who is always going to be best remembered as the source of one of football’s greatest football headlines: “Fucks off to Benfica”, Eurosport’s famous description of his transfer from Palmeiras to Benfica. To see the headline, click here.
Milan Fukal
The Czech defender nearly graced the English game, but moves to both Man City and Leeds fell through.
Dean Gerken
From about 2003 onwards Colchester’s Gerken fought it out with Brill for the coveted title of ‘best-named goalkeeeper called Dean’.
Bernt Haas
For the upper and middle classes who sound out the letter ‘h’, the Swiss right back’s name may not have sounded so comical, but for everyone else, talk of Burnt ‘Arse was always good for a chuckle. Haas made his name at Grasshoppers Zurich before moving to England with Sunderland and West Brom, where he earned the nickname ‘Vindaloo’ amongst both fans and team-mates.
Alex Higgins
No, not that one, but an England youth international who Sheffield Wednesday had high hopes for but who never really made the grade, his impact being more like a gentle breeze than a hurricane.
Danny Invincible
How many times has the name Invincible popped up on the SkySports vidiprinter and we’ve thought to ourselves “Hah! He’s called Invincible, and he’s scored!”. About twice.
Daniel Killer
Another classic name from the Panini album. Killer was part of the Argentinian squad that won the 1978 World Cup.
Mario Killer
The less-talented brother of Daniel. But with an equally fine name.
Stefan Kuntz
Not even Motson could get around this one with a special pronunciation.
Ralf Minge
Young Ralfy played 36 times for East Germany in the 1980’s and even appeared at Wembley in 1984 when they lost 1:0 to England, although disappointingly we were a little too young at the time to notice what the line-up was or appreciate the true greatness of his name.
Jean-Jacques Misse-Misse
Jean-Jacques Misse-Misse was a former Cameroonian international striker who spent most of his career in Belgium. He washed up briefly at Chesterfield following a short spell at Dundee Utd, where he more than lived up to his name.
Johnny Moustache
He may sound like a team-mate of Billy the Fish, but young Moustache is actually one of the stars of Seychelles footy.
Neville Neville
The father of Gary and Phil didn’t actually play for Bury, he worked there as commercial manager, but he has to be in this list for the sheer cheek of his parents to give him this name. Fantasy Football first brought it to mainstream attention and most people will probably still think it’s a classic Skinner/Baddiel wind-up. But it’s not.
John Nutter
Left-back who spent many seasons in the non-league before transferring to Gillingham from Stevenage Borough in 2008.
Anthony Philip David Terry Frank Donald Stanley Gerry Gordon Stephen James Oatway
Or more commonly known as Charlie Oatway. The parents of the former Brighton captain thought it would be amusing to name their son after the 1973 QPR team. They were right. So why Charlie ? Apparently when told of the name, his Aunt said “He’d look a right Charlie”, and the name stuck.
Emmanuel Panther
The Scottish midfielder (full name Emmanuel Ugochukwu Ezenwa “Manny” Panther) was made captain of York City and made famous in the Conference league with the Minstermen’s chant… “He’s tall, he’s quick, his name’s a porno flick, Emmanuel! Emmanuel!”
Brian Pinas
When Newcastle signed him from Feyenoord in 1998 the Geordie fans were immediately worried that he would be sent off for foul and abusive language whenever the referee asked him for his name. Unfortunately for all concerned he never got the chance – making only one appearance before being sold back to the Rotterdam club.
Prince Polley
The Ghanaian international sounded like something Barbie might be dating, but was a hugely popular figure in the Dutch league in the 90’s.
Pedro Power
Bolivian midfielder. Of course, we grew up with Man City’s Paul Power, but somehow Pedro sounds better.
Bas Savage
We’re not sure if he’s related to long-haired namesake Robbie, but whilst the Leicester and Blackburn midfielder has comically made a name for himself as a hardman (he wouldn’t have last 2 minutes in the 70’s or 80’s), Bas has made his name as a striker with a trademark moonwalk goal celebration, made famous on Soccer AM.
Rafael Scheidt
Rafael was Scheidt by name, and shite by nature. Signed by John Barnes for just under 5 million, the Brazilian defender was spectacularly bad. He played less than 90 minutes in total and was farmed out by Martin O’Neill after the Irishman witnessed him in action during a friendly in Ireland.
Shane Sheriff
The Australian defender arrived at Birkenhead in 2006 to lay down the law with Tranmere Rovers following spells with Leeds Utd and Aarhus.
Orlando Trustfull
The classy Dutch midfielder played a couple of time for Holland before moving to Sheffield Wednesday where, bizarrely, he played a trial game under the guise of one ‘Ryan Twerton’. Married to the delightfully named TV presenter Quinty Trustfull.
Mario Turdo
Was the Argentinian as crap as his name suggested ? Celta Vigo, Rennes and Las Palmas certainly thought so.
Lopez Ufarte
Anyone growing up around the time of the ’82 World Cup will appreciate this one. Did we laugh when we opened up our Panini album for the first time, turned to Spain and saw that name ? Like never before.
Kick van der Vall
Cult figure in the 70’s with Dutch side FC Twente.
Reuben Wiggins-Thomas
The midfielder is without doubt the best named footballer in the Spireites long history.
Wolfgang Wolf
You couldn’t make this up. A stalwart pro for nearly 12 years with Bundesliga side 1.FC Kaiserslautern, he stepped into coaching with Stuttgart Kickers in 1994 before landing his dream job… yes, Wolfgang Wolf became coach of Wolfsburg. It was a sad day, 5 years later, when he left for Nurnberg. Nicknamed Wolfie. Probably.
Jesus Zamora
Another one from the 1982 Panini book of dreams. It’s not so strange now but back then, as a 10 year old, it was baffling and humorous to think that someone called Jesus was playing football at the World Cup. Cup.

Erb’s eroes trounce bucanneers 72 to zip to book place in final

25 Mar 2008 | Rugby

Freeport secured a place in the final of the Bahamas Rugby Championship by playing some of their best rugby this year in convincingly beating Bucc’s from Nassau! Fielding a strong team Freeport scored freely throughout the game. With young players Jason Degregory and James Tuchel getting playing time Freeport dominated a Bucc’s team going through a tough season and Perkins Joseph lead the scoring with four tries

AC MILLIES WIN WHIRLPOOL YOUTH SOCCER

25 Mar 2008 | Rugby

AC MILLIES WIN WHIRLPOOL YOUTH SOCCER

AC Millies maintained their form and composure Wednesday to claim their first Whirlpool Cup title. In a close and exciting game, Cable Bahama Stars were eventually beaten by three goals to one .

AC Millies got off to the perfect start with a goal midway through the half by Sam Taylor and at that stage, with Aaron Levarity and Preston ‘ peanut’ Rolle , running into space on the flanks they looked in for a comfortable victory. However, Stars regrouped and came back into the game and indeed pressed for an equalizer as the first half wore on. Their hard work was rewarded minutes into the restart when Denzil Deveaux took advantage of a sleepy defence to level the scores . At that stage , Cable Bahama Stars looked as though they would go onto to win the tie.

AC Millies readjusted their formation and switched Roger Johnson to midfield and Sam Taylor up front to pressurize the Stars defence. This tactic seemed to work as a harried Andre Bethel gave away a needless foul on the edge of the box which resulted in him being substituted . More seriously however, Taylor fired in the resulting free kick to restore the lead for his team. A great team goal coolly finished off by Preston Rolle capped the performance and gave AC MIllies the cup

The junior boys in The Dolly Madison Youth Soccer Academy aged 9 to 12 concluded their season just before Easter ( March 19th)

As part of the season close the following took place on Wednesday March 19th:

Under 12s Select XI vs. Under 14s Select XI

Whirlpool Under 18 Select XI vs. Coaches Select XI

know your terminology

25 Mar 2008 | Rugby

Struggle with the language ( no not the cussin) used by the boys on a wednesday night at football. Here’sa guide. Unfortunately it does not offer translations for Martin or Steve’s accents !

Courtesy of midfield dynamo.com

Key: n – noun, v – verb, gaff – gaffer-talk, ply – player-talk, pund – classic punditry, sch – schoolyard slang, sft – serious footy term, tab – tabloidese,

Adjudged pund. An actual word simply meaning ‘judged’. Only ever used in football parlance.
Blast v. tab. Use of forceful verbiage. Tabloidese, i.e. “Fergie Blasts FA Rap”.
Boy Done Good pund. Classic punditry from former players not familiar with the queen’s english like what we are. Used to describe a player who has done rather well in a game, most probably scoring.
By Mutual Consent tab. Sacked; parted company
Catenaccio sft. Defensive tactical system to grind out dreary narrow victories, made famous in the 1960’s by Inter Milan coach Helenio Herrera. Heavily influenced the Karl Rappan’s Swiss Bolt system (Catenaccio being Italian for door-bolt).
Change pegs sch. Shouted out to alert opposition that an outfield player is about to become the goalkeeper and can now handle the ball without a peno being given.
Classic Hat-trick v. Golden Hat-trick; Perfect Hat-trick.
Colin West v. When a player in acres of space inexplicably slices a pass into the back of the nearest stand he is known to have ‘done a Colin West’.
Corporate Fans tab. Prawn Sandwich Brigade.
Early Doors pund. The opening minutes of a half. Another gift from Professor Atkinson.
Eric’s ball – sound heard approximately 10 seconds before opposition score a goal
Flawless Hat-trick v. German Hat-trick.
Gaffer n. Manager; boss.
German Hat-trick v. Three goals scored by the same player, consecutively, in one half of football, i.e. no other player should have scored a goal in between. See also: Flawless Hat-trick.
Goal-hanger n. sch. Person infamous for constantly Goal-hanging . See Ghassan
Goal-hanging v. sch. Refusing to do anything in a match apart from loiter around the opposition’s goal mouth, waiting for a chance of a shot at goal and then taking all the glory if they score.
Glory Hunter v. sch. A ‘fan’ who swaps teams regularly to follow the most successful.
Golden Hat-trick v. Classic Hat-trick; Perfect Hat-trick.
Group of Death pund. The name given to a particularly tricky group of teams at a major tournament. e.g. Brazil, Argentina, Italy in 1982 or Italy, Holland, France and Romania in Euro 2008.
Hairdryer Treatment pund. tab. Motivational tool; A bollocking; Usually at half time and originated by Sir Alex Ferguson.
Handbags v. pund. Near perfect word to describe the pathetic pushing and shoving that takes place when there is some sort of fracas between players.
“He worked his socks off” gaff. A phrase used by managers to describe the headless chicken antics of some mediocre player getting stick from supporters.
“He’ll be disappointed with that” pund. Phrase used by pundits who are too scared to actually criticise some overpaid Jessie who couldn’t hit a combine harvester with a clothes horse.
Horror Tackle pund. tab. A two footed, studs up challenge apparently designed to break legs, but never seemingly to do so.
“I didn’t see it” gaff. Phrase used by managers, particularly French ones, to endorse correct decisions made by refs against their players.
Jumpers for Goal-posts sch. The method of creating temporary goal posts in the park by dumping jumpers down on the floor to indicate where posts would be, whilst ignoring the problem of the cross-bar. Imoortalised by the Fast Show character, Ron Manager.
Lollipop v. pund. Football skill. To move the foot quickly round the ball without touching it but making the opposition think you’re going to. Immortalised by ‘Big’ Ron Atkinson’s legendary commentary… “One lollipop. Two lollipops. Three lollipops !”
Managerial merry-go-round tab. Media driven football management tool for furthering stagnating careers. As used by Peter Reid, Graeme Souness, Bryan Robson, Glenn Hoddle, Steve Bruce etc.
Nesh v. sch. To pull out of a winnable challenge – i.e. “he neshed it”. Originates from North Derbyshire.
Obviously pl. Word trained into young players to be used regularly as an opener for some bland comment they’re about to provide to an interviewer.
Offside referee – last line of defence used by Steffano
Onion Bag n. Goals; nets.
Panic Buy v. tab. To make a last-minute purchase in the Transfer Window without really thinking it through.
Parted Company tab. Sacked
Peno v. Penalty.
Perfect Hat-trick v. Three goals scored by the same player in one match, one with the right foot, one with the left foot, and one with the head. See also: Classic Hat-trick; Golden Hat-trick.
Prawn Sandwich Brigade tab. Corporate fans who care little about the game and understand less.
Rap v. tab. A telling off in Tabloidese, i.e. “Fergie Cops FA Rap”
Relegation Dogfight v. Situation where a number of clubs are battling it out to avoid relegation from a league.
Relax– form of advice based upon ‘top quality’ coaching pickedup by Dominic and hence now used by every player on pitch
Riko’s ball – shout used frequently by Hardy to ensure he can still play a game
Riot Act pund. tab. The imaginary reading of which, is used to conjure up a vision of fury from a manager towards his under-performing players, i.e. “Fergie will be reading the riot act at half-time”.
Rush Goalie sch. Goalkeeper who is allowed to come out and score, rather than one who has to stay on his line.
Swaps v. sch. Duplicates in a Panini sticker collection; Swapsies.
Swapsies v. sch. Swaps.
Swiss Bolt sft. Defensive tactical system created by Karl Rappan back in the 1930’s. Heavily influenced the Italian Catenaccio system.
Take your time– pep talk from Ghassan
Togga n. sch. Football match; game; kick-about; As in “who’s coming out for a game of togga ?”
Traditional Curtain Raiser n. sch. Tha Charity Shield; the Community Shield
Traffic v. pund. Irritatingly adapted from F1 commentary to mean ‘players in the way’. Used almost uniquely by Clive Tyldesley.
Who’s round– now out of favour but formerly used for Pashak