York City have today completed the signing of a winger by the pleasing name of Wes York. There must be more examples of players and their teams sharing a name?
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FC United had a team that consisted of Platt, Battersby and Grimshaw - all Corrie characters.
Scott Holt, who shares a name with a local brewery.
The Baguley brothers, Chris Worsley, Scott Cheetham and Sam Ashton all have surnames that are parts of Manchester or Salford.
And they've just signed Dennis United of Manchester from Stockport.
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As I suggested in the third of Kevin's previous links, the winner here can only be Xavi Andorrà, who played for both FC Andorra and the Andorra national side.
He lined up against England in both legs of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and was booked at Wembley for a foul on Glen Johnson (probably).
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Segar Bastard played for Upton Park and England and was...a referee.
Two Tory MPs were named Bastard:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard_(surname)
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