I’ve just found out that there’s a Cambridge player who shares my name, Glenn McConnell. He’s 21 and has been getting minutes off the bench here or there at Cambridge, has about 30 non-league loan appearances and played once for Ireland’s U18s 4 years ago.
It turns out that he was born in Brazil and his full name is Felipe Glenn Nascimento McConnell. I can’t help but think Felipe Nascimento would have at least double the market value that Glenn McConnell has.
Can you think of any other footballers who have added or could have added some aura to their name by choosing to be referred to differently. Charles Hart feels like he’d have a safer pair of hands than Joe. Leslie Hughes would have probably played out on the wing rather than as a striker like Mark, while Les would have been a centre half.