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Because it's Good Friday, here's a celebration of our favourite fishy sports stars

Remember this lad?

Let’s start with the easy ones…

There’s Charlton Athletic legend Mark Fish

And American tennis player Mardy Fish (no relation, as Michael Ó Muircheartaigh would say)

Then we can move on to bits of the fish

There’s England cricketer Steven Finn

And John Scales of Wimbledon, Liverpool and Tottenham fame

(We were really just looking for an excuse to use this pic of Scales, Steve Harkness and model Kathy Lloyd)

Then you have the different types of fish

There’s Derby County and Ireland striker Conor “the Sammon of College” Sammon, proudly immortalised in the terrace chant “Feed the fish and he will score”

South African cricket Shaun Pollock makes the cut

As does one-time Filbert Street legend Steve Guppy

The world of GAA gave us Paddy Codd

And Paul Codd

Baseball is good for two more as well — there’s Steve Trout

And Mike Carp

If you want to add a racehorse into the mix, we suggest Barracouda

Who could forget Eric “The Eel” Moussambani, star of the Sydney Olympics in 2000?

YouTube Credit: kers80bhp

Sharks are fish, right? (We’re talking about Greg Norman, not Big Willy)

We’ll need a manager for this motley crew

Who better than former Galway manager Liam Sammon?

We’ll need a chief executive as well

Someone give Manchester United head honcho David Gill a shout.

And a team name…

Gotta be Pike Rovers

(All pics (c) INPHO / Press Association)

Have we missed your favourite fishy star? Let us know in the comments section.

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