Shimmy Shammy Sultans

Football Club

The 5-A-Side Line Up

Niall O'Flaherty (vocals / harmonica)
Morty McCarthy (drums)
Alan McFeely (bass)
Pat O'Connell (guitar)
Sammy Stieger (guitar)

Sultans of Ping F.C. was established by Niall and Pat in Cork in Ireland at the beginning of 1989. They loved Ramones, Black Beer and Women's clothes. They met Morty and then in September 1991, Alan joined. Sammy from the Golden Horde joined in early 1995. They have now dropped the F.C and the Ping, and are just the Sultans.

The Sultans are a unique mix of rock, punk, energy and humour, influenced by bands like Shonen Knife, Ramones and Carter USM. Fronted by the mad Niall O'Flaherty they make an amazing live band. It's worth going just to watch his antics.

Player Profiles

Niall O'Flaherty

Position - Centre, forward
Height - 170cm
Shoe Size - 8 1/2
Birthdate - Feburary 17th 1971
Bloodtype - I drink any
What did you want to be when you were a kid? - Vampire
What's your dream - To make records with a Shonen Knife
Favourite word - Indeed you are
Word you hate - Amazing
Type of girl you like - Japanese girl who is holding machinegun
Type of girl you hate - Pussy Ruber
Happiest moment - When I realised I wasn't a hedgehog
Saddest moment - When my dog died
Most angry moment - When I read the review of Reading Festival

Quote:

Our Weapon is Assertion -Declaration of War by Niall O'flaherty

Purity, Madness,and Ultimate Power-
not power over others, but self power.
The power to be what you want to be!
This power is worth fighting for.
We must fight together-but never forget
that we are fighting for individuality.
Fight together but strive to be true
to ourselves as individuals.
Our weapon is assertion.
Sometimes it will be hard to assert our individuality.
We must listen to eachother,
but only accept what we feel in our hearts to be true.
Question everything-takenothing for granted-
these very words that I write now must be questioned.
If you have already said"this is rubbish",
then your war has begun.
It's better that we are despised terrorists
than beloved slaves.
Be a terrorist for your individuality.
We have the electric energy that is life asserting.
Hate with all your hearts those who tell you
that life is not worth living.
Be as ferocious as a tiger in your fight for teenage life.
This world belongs to us-
all of us who have Electric TEENAGE ENERGY.
Let the teenage war begin.

Pat O'Connell

Position - Left Wing
Height - 175cm
Weight - 66kg
Jeans size - 30w
Shoe size - 9
Birthdate - September 27th 1972
Blood type - RH-
What did you want to be when you were a kid? - A pirate
What's your dream? - To be kidnapped by a huge green mouse
Favourite word - Let's be sober
Word you hate - You're cool
Type of girl you like - Girls from Sultans of Ping F.C. soccer team
Type of girl you hate - Person who isn't lively
Happiest moment - When I was almost kidnapped by mouse who lives in TV
Saddest moment - When I failed Pirates School
Most angry moment - When I realized that Pirates School did cheap swindle to deceive people who're naive like me

Alan McFeely

Position - Right Wing
Role - Bass
Birthday - August 4th,1972
Blood Type - Tiny stripes(Red and Pink)
What did you want to be when you were a kid? - Bubbles(Michael Jackson's monkey)
What's your dream? - Doing the Doo
What's your favorite word? - Excuse me, is that the cucumber sticking in your butt?
The word you don't like - What do you want to know?
Type of girl you like - Someone there
Type of girl you don't like - Someone not there
Happiest moment - When I realized that I fell in love with Condy
Saddest moment - When I realized that condy has married already
The moment you were angry - When I dropped cereals.
Impression of Japanese people - 1OO% selected malt(Written in Alan's hand writing in Japanese)Groovey!

Morty McCarthy

Position - Goal Keeper
Role - Drums
Height - 178cm
Weight - 7Okg
Jeans size - 32W,32L
Shoe size - Size1O
Birthdate - Jan.9th,1970
Blood type - I don't have a blood
What did you want to be when you were a kid? - Pilot, famous mountaineer, weatherman
What's your dream? - Cork City F.C. win in both cup and league, Sultans become No.1 in Japanese chart
Favorite word - I'm everything,ARIGATO
Type of girl you don't like - Big headed, twat and slut
Happiest moment - When I fished 7pounds fish
Saddest moment - In 9O and 92,when Cork City F.C. lost in F.A.I. cup
Angry moment - I've been angry many times
Impression of Japanese - Very polite and friendry,they are willing to help someone, the life standard is high and there's no mistake.

A thousend thanks go out to Megumi Nakai for all her help and information, and for translating most of this page from Japanese.