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33 of our favourite Fantasy Football team names

Also featuring ‘Game of throw ins,’ ‘Expected Toulouse’ and ‘Krul and The Gang’.

Updated at 13.50

1. Game of throw ins - Brian Fox

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2. Slumdog Mignolet – Ed Lonergan
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3. Happy Birthday Yaya - Martin Mulready

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4. AC A Little Silhouette of Milan – unidentified

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5. Sub-standard Liege – Ian O Gorman
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6. F@#king Cowboys Ted - Brian Leahy
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7. Get in the box horse - Declan Loughnane
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8. How I Met Your Mata - Thomas Hardiman

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9. FC Twente Bensons - Paul Clarke
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10. Krul and the gang - Jonathan Irwin
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11. Moves Like Agger – Joseph Curtin
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12. The Zat Knight Rises – John ODonnell
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13. Cabaye on chips - Odhran Lenaghan

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 14. *MY LITTLE KONE* – Eamon Condon

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 15. 50 shades of O’Shea – Paddy Beirne

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16. Ivory Toast – Andy Matthews

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 17. Insert Joe Kinnear – Michael Brennan

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18. Dynamo Fookdarest – Frank O’Dowd
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19. Tea & Busquets – Gerard Geraghty
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20. Haven’t Got A Kalou – Niall Irwin
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21. Le Saux Solid Crew – Johnny Kennefick
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22. SV Hangover – Sean Meehan
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23. Let’s Ben Arfa’n You – Unidentified
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24. The Big Lewandowski – Unidentified

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25. Baines on Toast – Colm Connolly
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26. Yolo Toure – Eamonn Kelly
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27. I Götze no idea….. – Sarah Irwin

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28. Expected Toulouse - Paul Lee

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29. Team of Gary Breens – Paul Smith

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30. The Mullet Mafia - Darragh Keane

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(Yes, that’s a young Niall Quinn)

31. TyrannoSuarez-Rex - Fergal Dardis

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(Thanks to Fergal for sending us this pic and to his good friend Damien ‘The Boots’ Molloy for creating it)

32. Neville Wears Prada - Jason Cregan

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33. Dude,WheresMySuarez? - John Lally

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With thanks to all our readers for the suggestions.

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A version of this article originally appeared on 20 August, 2013. 

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    Mute Malachy Mc Carron
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    Jan 14th 2015, 7:00 AM

    What a joke, where r all the Germans , muller , scheinsteiger , gotze even Rodriguez from the World Cup and these players don’t make the reserves

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    Jan 14th 2015, 8:40 AM

    In fairness the only two you would remove are Marcelo and Alves

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    Jan 14th 2015, 7:25 AM

    No Godin aswell. Stupid competition

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    Mute Kevin Fitzgerald
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    Jan 14th 2015, 7:19 AM

    Surely Aguero should get a look in

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    Jan 14th 2015, 8:47 AM

    Like to see a game between the two teams

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    Jan 14th 2015, 11:32 AM

    A joke ! Paul Mc Shane should get into that team. Defo !!

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    Mute Mark Walsh
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    Jan 14th 2015, 9:36 AM

    No bale????

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    Mute Jason Ryan
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    Jan 14th 2015, 8:10 AM

    Sanchez,Fabragas,De Gea and German World Cup winners? Joke!

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    Mute Anthony Connery
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    Jan 14th 2015, 8:30 AM

    Sanchez has been incredible since he joined arsenal but he was in and out of the team at barca, same with fabregas and I don’t think it’s a joke that a player that won la Liga, played in champions league final got in ahead of de gea

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    Jan 14th 2015, 6:02 PM

    And where the hell is joe Allen?

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