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For us oldies there was Tappy. I remember Alan McIntosh being called Rolo and Joe Bonson being called Joe Bonkers
To be honest, I have no idea.
Does the press doing it make a difference? They aren't football fans, so why are they calling people familiar nicknames - the bloody weirdos!
In all seriousness, I've never been one to call players by any thing other than their birth names either. Except one...
Have you never referred to Peter Whittingham as Whitts?