Footballers who remind you of songs

[DPDPDPDP]

Not sure if this should be in the football section or music section.

every time I hear Bertrand’s name (as in Ryan of Southampton), I think of Plastic Bertrand and burst in to “ooh ooh ooh ooh, ca plane pour moi”, and normally get the reply of “Dad, be quiet” or worse if my son’s team are losing.

any other footballers remind you of songs?

[Felicity, I guess so]

Your own...
Gabriel...
Jesus

[Felicity, I guess so]

Adam Lallana
Munch, munch

[Felicity, I guess so]

And Mertesacker emptiness, obviously

[Felicity, I guess so]

Shaqiri, Shaqiri
(Ah, his hips don't lie)

[San Bernardhinault]

Minamino

Do doo de-do-do de-do-do de-do-do de-do-do-doodle do do do-doo do!

[Patrick Thistle]

Bacuna matata
what a wonderful phrase...

[Alderman Barnes]

Adam Lallana
Munch, munch

"Let's all go down the Strand"

[Jah Womble]

‘Mr Zabaleta, Mr Bob Zabaleta...’

’Divock Origi, she’s my baby...’

Not a player, but an entire team:
’Udinese, Udinese that I love...
Udinese, Dinese-u!’
(Cinderella Rockefella - if anyone was struggling.)

[Patrick Thistle]

Don't cry for me, Yeri Mina

[jwdd27]

Jimmy Carter's rather underwhelming spell at Arsenal coincided well with the Manics' recording of Kevin Carter, so I used to sing his (and the former US President's) name to that tune.

[Felicity, I guess so]

Aaaaaaaaaalisonnnnn
I know this world is killin' you

[elguapo4]

I still dream of Almiron,

I wake up crying.

Kate Bush Cloudbusting.

[Satchmo Distel]

Peter Reid is still Daydream Believer.

[delicatemoth]

Not a player, but an entire team

Are whole teams valid? In that case...

Oh Derby, you came and you played without scoring
Your football was boring

Blackburn Rovers in the dead of night
Take these broken legs and learn to play
All your lives
You have only won the league in 1995

Crystal Paaaaalace
Never gonna win the Cup ('System Addict')

[Satchmo Distel]

George Best is 'Jesus Christ, Superstar', with his name substituting for the Messiah.

[Guy Profumo]

Are whole teams valid? In that case...

Oh Derby, you came and you played without scoring
Your football was boring

Blackburn Rovers in the dead of night
Take these broken legs and learn to play
All your lives
You have only won the league in 1995

Crystal Paaaaalace
Never gonna win the Cup ('System Addict')

Donny Rovers:

I was looking for the ground, and I found the ground
Heaven knows I'm miserable now

(we weren't doing very well)

[treibeis]

You abandoned me
Love don't live here Aad de Mos

[treibeis]

(To "Alkohol" by Herbert Groenemeyer):

Berti Vogts ist dein Sanitaeter in der Not
Berti Vogts ist dein Fallschirm und dein Rettungsboot

[Sits]

Ampadu-du-du
Push pineapple shake the tree

[Sits]

Where have you gone Dino Baggio
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you

[Benjm]

He's the man, the man with the Midas touch,
He's Andy Mutch

[Uros Predic]

Curtis Main
I bet you think this song is about you

Also thanks to Wales and Euro 2016, Salt N Pepa's Push It is always about Hal Robson Kanu, and likewise Chaka Khan's Ain't Nobody is synonymous with Joe Ledley

[Jah Womble]

A few seasons back, one of the guys in my fantasy league had the team name Have I Told Joe Ledley That I Love You?

This I thought to be reasonably good.

[Sits]

Someone old me it’s all happening at de Zeeuw*

*Former Portsmouth defender Arjan de Zeeuw, who went on to become a detective.