GIVE ME AN "L"!! BUT "X" MARKS THE SPOT

The attraction of a Brazilian footballer signing on for  called Malcom grabbed my attention today, mainly because the name is spelt wrongly! Well I should know because I get Malcome, Malcom, Malcomb, Malcombe sent to me on letters and cards-it goes on.

There are also Malcolm Allen (mad dog?), Malcolm Allison (spiv but brilliant coach) and Bob Malcolm of Rangers (and other clubs) who was fined £5000 for signing a young fan's adoring photo with his name and the initials FTP, which upset the Catholics, if you know what I mean.

Malcolm Clarke (1944-59), a Scot, is less well known and he played nearly 100 games for Leicester, Cardiff, Bristol City, Hartlepool Utd and in Australia.

AND here is what all the fuss is about...Malcom, aged 20, named by his father as a tribute to Malcolm X, apparently. You should watch this lot.
https://www.unibet.co.uk/blog/football/ligue-1/malcom-bordeauxs-brilliant-brazilian-is-giving-neymar-a-run-for-his-money-in-france-1.970415
Malcom (known fully as Malcom Philipe Silva de Oliveira) had his origins in Sao Paulo and played for the famous Corinthians before his move to Bordeaux. Where will he end up?

Malcolm MacDonald, whom I saw at Wembley playing for England and in FA Cup Finals, had a health scare recently and when he consider the sad deaths of some players whom he had played with and some who are even younger than he, at 67, he decided that he would gather some finances together to support his later life and his family's future.

So what to footballers do? They auction off their memorabilia. Malcolm who thought he had sepsis and maybe his days were numbered. He put his kit and medals up for sale, an idea he got from Geoff Hurst, who had to sell off some of his kit to help his finances.

Super Mac won 40 caps, which gathered considerable interest. The centre-forward shirt that he wore when he scored all 5 for England against Cyprus at Wembley in a European qualifier in 1975 sold for £6,000. His Cypriot marker that day, Koureas, sold his shirt for £200!
The vest Super Mac wore in BBC TV's SuperStars...remember that? went for £300 and he even was able to sell off a pair of 1940s football boots. Goodness knows what that was all about.
A Newcastle United Number 9 shirt of his was "lent" to AC/DC band member Brian Johnson to wear on the BBC TV "Top of the Pops". The BBC objected to the sponsor's logo on the front so Brian tore the bottom part off and wore the "shirt" as a tie.

Malcolm played for Tonbridge Angels, Fulham, Luton Town, Newcastle Utd and Arsenal before slowing down in Sweden. He managed Fulham and Huddersfield Town. (488 apps 260 goals).
Now President of North Shields FC and a father to SEVEN children