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This lad surely the poshest ever?
I know Graham Le Saux used to get shit for daring to read The Guardian. Any other posh footballers out there?
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This lad surely the poshest ever?
I know Graham Le Saux used to get shit for daring to read The Guardian. Any other posh footballers out there?
Bamford is famously quite posh
Bamford should be up there, I think its the accent that gives the posh impression.
Was also going to post Bamford.
He didn't sound that posh.
He sounds a little posh, but he still added the glottal stop in the words 'delighted' and 'started', which is not very proper of him, and rather uncouth.
How many forks does his butler place on his dinner table?
How many forks does his butler place on his dinner table?
Found the fox hunter.
Any footballer with a double-barrel surname is a member of the Conservative party
If you spend as much time as he does around footballer’s he’s bound to have some of his airs and graces rubbed off. Still, though. Listen to how he says up the Clarets.
They all have fecking double barrelled surnames these days. Anyone under 20 anyway.
Shit. That’s the joke. Isn’t it?!
Does Beck’s wife count?
Looks like someone from Made in Chelsea or that Essex show.
I think he should have given it the sign of the Twine.
I think he should have given it the sign of the Twine.
Can't think of any. You get some rich ones, sons of ex-players being obvious ones but most of the time they're not really posh.
Oliver Gill, if you could even call him a footballer was obviously well-to-do as well.
Suppose being a footballer is something you've got to commit to from a young age, hard to mix studying at Eton and a place at Oxbridge with that. Mind you, I remember reading that a massively disproportionate percentage of British Olympians went to posh fee-paying schools. They do have great sporting facilities and good coaching.
Oliver Gill, if you could even call him a footballer was obviously well-to-do as well.
Suppose being a footballer is something you've got to commit to from a young age, hard to mix studying at Eton and a place at Oxbridge with that. Mind you, I remember reading that a massively disproportionate percentage of British Olympians went to posh fee-paying schools. They do have great sporting facilities and good coaching.
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It’s not the worst thing in the world by any means. It’s a bit uncommon to see footballers from a middle to upper class background. You’d like to think if they came from a rich background that they’ll have the heads screwed on right because their parents/family were successful by being that way. ETH comes from a rich family and he’s done good for example.
A good portion of pro footballers come from the working class background, who never really had that much money but when they hit the big time and money is sloshing around, then they go nuts with it all… hence why footballers have such tacky and gaudy tastes in terms of buying things, and why they end up having serious money problems in their post career. Theres some kind of misconception they have that they think rich people just buy these things and wear them purely because they’re expensive, whilst the reality is a good portion of rich people dress somewhat much less showy and more conservatively to not make their wealth so transparent (the rich people who typically worked for their money that is)
A good portion of pro footballers come from the working class background, who never really had that much money but when they hit the big time and money is sloshing around, then they go nuts with it all… hence why footballers have such tacky and gaudy tastes in terms of buying things, and why they end up having serious money problems in their post career. Theres some kind of misconception they have that they think rich people just buy these things and wear them purely because they’re expensive, whilst the reality is a good portion of rich people dress somewhat much less showy and more conservatively to not make their wealth so transparent (the rich people who typically worked for their money that is)
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Just make sure he doesn't pick up the ball and run ....
The kids who go to posh schools usually have wealthy parents and if you’ve got wealthy parents then surely that makes it easier to dedicate yourself to a dream which has only a very small chance of coming true? Same rationale that sees a disproportionate amount of posh pop stars over the last few decades.
The richer parents can afford to send their kids for professional training etc.....
Yes, I suppose you're right but still it doesn't seem to happen that often with football. Probably because of the types of sports that are focused on at these schools. Plenty of posh rugby union and cricket players out there of course, and looking at this breakdown of medallists from the Olympics, it is the sports that require expensive facilities and equipment where the more well off do better.
Overall 35% of British medallists were privately educated at the last Olympics compared to just 7% of the population attending them. Football is still seen as a working class sport.
Gianluca Vialli was brought up in a castle, his father was a self made millionaire.
I think I remember reading that Kaka was considered quite posh or well off in Brazil.
Remember reading (had to Google for reference) that former Leicester City youth player Faiq Bolkiah is the son of a billionaire and the nephew of the Sultan of Brunei - though he's playing in the Thai league now according to Wiki.
Hugo Lloris is from a very wealthy family.
Posh and wealthy isn't necessarily the same though right? Most new money people are barbarian scum. At least, that's what the people in my parent's neighbourhood told me.
I don't think I know a single posh Dutch footballer... Posh people play field hockey here.
I don't think I know a single posh Dutch footballer... Posh people play field hockey here.
Interestingly a lot of upper middle class folk particularly those who went to grammar schools or private schools tend to venture towards rugby than football.
Does Frank Lampard count as a posh footballer?
Absolutely nothing could be further from the truth!
How is it possible to be called something like Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij, Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal, or Johannes Vennegoor of Hesselink and not be posh?
Or do lots of Dutch people have wacky aristocratic sounding names?
If Morgan Gibbs-White isn't a posh name I don't know what is. Ruben Loftus-Cheek pretty outstanding as well of course.
Owen ?
Catholics just like to give their children multiple weird names. Vennegoor of Hesselink sounds sort of posh, but to be really posh it should've been Johannes van Vennegoor tot Hesselink, which would indicate that his lordship stretches from Vennegoor to Hesselink.
I was kind of sad growing up that I only have a single first name actually and I'm probably more posh than Ruud, Van Gaal en Jan Vennegoor combined.
But still not that posh.
I hear those who play for Peterborough are posh.
Ah, interesting. I guess that explains the latin-sounding stuff as well.
indeed. he’d have to be the crumpet rack rather than the crumpet at my country club.
I'm sure someone from Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud's bloodline will top this when they become the first Saudi PL and Ballon d'Or winner.
He just sounds southern, not especially posh.
Surely there's only one answer to this question - Mr Posh himself.
He's a flash cockney, his favourite meal is pie, mash and jellied eelsSurely there's only one answer to this question - Mr Posh himself.