Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian
The Unobstructed View
found some blinders on here...
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Abe van de Ban, FC Amsterdam Voetbal Sterren 1973-74 & FC Haarlem Voetbal 1980
Footballers are as much slaves to fashion as anyone so it's a rare player who develops his own look and sticks to it. Dutch midfielder Abe van de Ban's career ran from the late 1960s to the early 1980s but he clearly liked the 19th century – although there is no record of his also having worn a monocle in his spare time. Van de Ban (whose full first name was Arberth) owned a hairdressing business so had access to whatever was needed to keep that majestic twirler in trim. He didn't get to play international football, so the high point of his career was probably being in the FC Amsterdam side that beat Internazionale on their way to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals in 1974-75. He was also a Haarlem team-mate of the young Ruud Gullit whose own moustache will have seemed a very puny thing by comparison.
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Abe van de Ban, FC Amsterdam Voetbal Sterren 1973-74 & FC Haarlem Voetbal 1980
Footballers are as much slaves to fashion as anyone so it's a rare player who develops his own look and sticks to it. Dutch midfielder Abe van de Ban's career ran from the late 1960s to the early 1980s but he clearly liked the 19th century – although there is no record of his also having worn a monocle in his spare time. Van de Ban (whose full first name was Arberth) owned a hairdressing business so had access to whatever was needed to keep that majestic twirler in trim. He didn't get to play international football, so the high point of his career was probably being in the FC Amsterdam side that beat Internazionale on their way to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals in 1974-75. He was also a Haarlem team-mate of the young Ruud Gullit whose own moustache will have seemed a very puny thing by comparison.
