Identfy names on signed 99/01 home shirt

[NY Saint]

I'm going to donate to a local bar my 1999/2001 'Friends Provident' home shirt with the signatures from 25+ players on it. The trouble is I'm having difficulty identifying the names other than Matt Le Tiss, Jo Tessem and Scott Bevan. Can anyone provide any guidance or help identify the scrawl you might recognise?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Apologies for the size, wasn't 100% sure how to resize the image without losing ability to see signatures. (mods feel free to adjust or delete as necessary - apologies for creating extra work)

[MOSaint.]

Paul jones right hand white srtipe above the two bottom ones

[buctootim]

I can read Jamie Cullum, Lulu and (lindsey) Lohan. Doubt they actually played that day though.

 

Jones, Dodd, Lundekvam, Richards, Oakley, Draper, Davies, Beattie, Bridge, El Khalej, Kachloul, Pahars, Moss, Marsden, Tessem, Rosler, Soltvedt were in and around the team that season if that helps.

Edited 6 February, 2012 by buctootim

[Monk]

Think I can see Benali's

[aintforever]

Wayne Bridge, bottom left.

[Mr Sparky]

Jo Tessem right under the badge I'm almost certain

[Mr Sparky]

Scott Bevan on left hand strip about 4 up and to the right

[stcappy]

Wayne bridge is bottom left under black label, Claus lundekvam is the one to the left of Scott bevan, Jason Dodd is directly under the sponsor on the centre red stripe. Marian pahars is the right white stripe, at the bottom with what looks like the full stop, and I think the one underneath Claus is hasaan kachloul. Will need to dig my old signatures out to work out others.

[Dr Who?]

Jo Tessem right under the badge I'm almost certain

 

Yep

[Dr Who?]

Le tiss at the join of the neck.

[Chris Marsden = Genius]

Jason Dodd's first one under Friends Provident logo i think

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

I have the same problem with a signed 2006-8 'Flyby' shirt with undecipherable signatures - fortunately players often tend to append their squad numbers to their illegible scrawls now to help a fan out !

[bpsaint]

I believe 3rd from bottom on the red stripe is Neil Moss. Think the one under Tessem is Kevin Davies.

Edited 6 February, 2012 by bpsaint

[Noodles34]

Do you think it is unreasonable for players to print as well as sign when asked for autographs? Like at the dentist..

[NY Saint]

Thanks very much - the responses are really helping. I've updated the image with identified signatures http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg850/scaled.php?tn=0&server=850&filename=x97q.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

 

Still trying to work out which one Benali is, and I'd image Augustin Delgado may have been 'absent' during any shirt signings

[buctootim]

Still trying to work out which one Benali is

 

None of them look much like this

 

[Matthew Le Tissier]

Franny's not on there

[Matthew Le Tissier]

David Coles left hand bottom corner of friends prov

[Matthew Le Tissier]

Tahar el khalej middle centre left the messy one

 

Marsden below Dodd in centre

 

Bridge bottom left

 

Claus next to bevan

[Matthew Le Tissier]

Rhs

 

Tessem

Davies

Dunno

Oakley

Dunno

Pahars

Dunno

[Matthew Le Tissier]

Richards top left rip

[Matthew Le Tissier]

Mark draper second up from bottom middle

[corsacar saint]

The one in the bottom right corner could be Scott Hiley.

[Deano6]

I'm going to donate to a local bar my 1999/2001 'Friends Provident' home shirt with the signatures from 25+ players on it. The trouble is I'm having difficulty identifying the names other than Matt Le Tiss, Jo Tessem and Scott Bevan. Can anyone provide any guidance or help identify the scrawl you might recognise?

 

 

Note: Apologies for the size, wasn't 100% sure how to resize the image without losing ability to see signatures. (mods feel free to adjust or delete as necessary - apologies for creating extra work)

 

Which bar are you donating to? Nevada Smiths?

 

Incidentally I was wearing my version of this shirt (with Deano and 6 on it) in the gym earlier today. Quite the most incredible coincidence.

[supersonic]

Pikey signed it bottom right

[eharty9]

i can see beattie with the smiley face and claus lundekvam on there too

[eharty9]

paul williams ?

[Matthew Le Tissier]

Beattie is not on it

 

Smiley face is David Coles, why he used to insist on signing all the shirts I don't know

[NY Saint]

@Deano I'm donating it to Legends, might not be the best football bar in the city but Jack is starting a football shirt collection and I want Saint to be represented along with Le Tiss.

 

 

Anyone recognise Augustin Delgado's signature? Might that be it below Matt Le Tiss at the top?

 

[DanW]

So maybe this helps, maybe not, but I thought I could try a process of elimination. Here's who was on the team according to wikipedia that you haven't listed. I'm guessing this is the 2000/2001 team since Mark Draper has been identified and I believe he arrived in summer 2000. Maybe it was 2001/2002, I dunno. I'm using the Wikipedia roster of 2000/2001 as my list.

 

Since you asked: Agustin Delgado's signature (note he's not listed in wikipedia):

http://shop.sportsworldcards.com/southampton---agustin-delgado-519-merlins-fa-premier-league-04-autograph-edition-sticker-52982-p.asp

You're right, it "might" be below Le Tiss, but it's not really spot on, which is kind of weird.

 

According to this photo...

http://www.fameinaframe.co.uk/Product.aspx?id=223, you now have John Beresford's signature. Looks like it's not on the shirt.

 

I could not find David Hughes's signature.

 

Uwe Rosler presents an interesting question. Here is one example and here is another example and they look different. However, they both have a mark inside the loop and I notice that the signature above Claus Lundekvam also has a mark inside the loop, so that might be him. Maybe?

 

I couldn't find a sample of Richard Dryden's signature.

 

Here is Stuart Ripley

http://www.memorabiliacity.com/stuart-ripley-blackburn-rovers-signed-colour-photo-pr-351.html?currency=EUR

This miiiight be on the left below Dean Richards but I'm not confident about that.

 

There are a few Francis Benali signatures that come up in google image search and they all look consistent, so I'm inclined to say he is not on there either.

 

James Beattie comes up clearly but it also looks like he's not on there. If that link didn't work, there are two (at least) signatures on this page.

 

Dani Rodrigues is hard to find, with both an S or a Z.

 

Adrian Caceres' signature can be found on this page. He might also be below Le Tissier. I'm not sure. It's hard to tell.

 

AHA! I think bottom right is Dan Petrescu, based on this link.

 

Garry Monk doesn't really come up. Sorry.

 

Nor does Imants Bleidelis.

 

Nor Kevin Gibbens.

 

I didn't feel like looking through it, but apparently Paul Hughes' signature can be found on this shirt on ebay. If you want to compare yours and it you might be on to something. Dan Petrescu is also on there somewhere (probably bottom right). Here is the bigger image.

 

Ryan Ashford search resulted in nothing.

 

Phil Warner is hard to find.

 

Here is a signature of Luis Boa Morte but sadly it doesn't look like anything on that shirt.

 

Patrice Tano = nothing.

 

Not much found in the way of Patrick Colleter.

 

Or Shayne Bradley.

 

And finally, little came up with Trond Egil Soltvedt that seemed to be him.

 

If someone wants to look at the 2001/2002 team, maybe you might find something. Or perhaps some of the backroom staff? I dunno. So all that work and maybe I found 1 (Petrescu) or maybe 2...

 

Good luck.

[NY Saint]

Fantastic research and hunting Dan, much appreciated. I'll run this by the folk on Saintslist as well.