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AvidSinger
15 Jul 2003, 03:23 PM
Something about the Welsh club "Total Network Solutions" just makes me chuckle. One of these days I gotta get a kit of theirs!
whirlwind
15 Jul 2003, 03:33 PM
Originally posted by AvidSinger
Something about the Welsh club "Total Network Solutions" just makes me chuckle. One of these days I gotta get a kit of theirs!
Actually, it's an improvement. They used to be Inter Cable-Tel.
Other classics:
Heart of Oak (Ghana)
Joe Public (Jamaica)
Newell's Old Boys (Argentina)
Grasshopper Zurich (Switzerland)
IncaEnclave
15 Jul 2003, 03:47 PM
New York/New Jersey Metrostars......bunch of bitches
AvidSinger
15 Jul 2003, 03:48 PM
San Jose CyberRays (WUSA)
Who the hell came up with that one?
Elninho
15 Jul 2003, 03:53 PM
The two all-time classics:
Go Ahead Eagles (Netherlands, 2nd div)
Eleven Men In Flight (Swaziland, 2nd div)
The latter sounds more like an avant-garde dance company to me...
AvidSinger
15 Jul 2003, 03:59 PM
Originally posted by Elninho
Eleven Men In Flight (Swaziland, 2nd div)If one of their players gets a red card, do they have to change their name for the rest of the match?
pookspur
15 Jul 2003, 04:02 PM
in order
dallas burn
columbus crew
kansas city wizards
san jose clash
miami fusion
tampa bay mutiny
the strongest
chicago fire
new york/new jersey metrostars
new england revolution
colorado rapids
los angeles galaxy
MikeyPez
15 Jul 2003, 04:04 PM
sport boys-peru
Levante
15 Jul 2003, 05:00 PM
Originally posted by whirlwind
Joe Public (Jamaica)
They're from Trinidad and Tobago.
Siegen
15 Jul 2003, 05:04 PM
Originally posted by whirlwind
Joe Public (Jamaica)
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Isn't that a R & B group from the nineties
Nacional Tijuana
15 Jul 2003, 05:17 PM
There are some pretty wacky names in football. However, I believe most of them are sort of classy in a way because there is a history behind them. Dunedin Technical, in New Zealand, was started as a college related team, I believe. It used to have a long name of like 12 words, but it got shortened over the years.
Personally, if I can imagine an "FC" ("Football Club") after the name, I'm OK with it. I will say I don't like teams that have rest-of-the-worls-sounding names that don't really mean anything; they just somehow "sound Eurpoean".
Dunedin Technical used to have "Old Boys" as part of their longwinded name. I question is, what the heck is an "old boy"? That term seems to have evaded 'merican English.
I, too, hate the practice of just naming your team after your sponsor. If it's a factory-started team, fine, as I believe B. Lev. is, but not if you're just sponsored by them. No PPG Riverhounds, thank you!!!
John Boy
15 Jul 2003, 05:26 PM
Originally posted by whirlwind
Actually, it's an improvement. They used to be Inter Cable-Tel.
They weren't, Inter Cable-Tel were from Cardiff, TNS used to be named after their home town, Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain.
Doctor Stamen
15 Jul 2003, 05:39 PM
According to Championship Manager, there is a team in Sierra Leone called Mighty Blackpool. Although a costal state, I can't imagine people sending rude postcards, eating candy floss and riding on donkeys in that part of West Africa.
Re Nacional Tijuana: Maybe the 'Old boys' term has something to do with teams that existed in 19th Century England, like 'Old Etonians'. Old Etonians were a team of ex-pupils of the famous Eton school. So by calling an American team Blahdy Blah 'Old Boys', its trying to give the impression that it is a fine institution that has been around for years. I'm probably talking complete crap, but its worth a try.
Asprilla9
15 Jul 2003, 05:41 PM
VfB Admira Wacker (Austria)
even though it may not count because it's named after a person Herman Admira Wacker Moedling...
michaec
15 Jul 2003, 05:42 PM
A mate of mine reckons he used to play for a team called 'The Blue Rizlas' when he was in university.
Justin O
15 Jul 2003, 05:42 PM
Milwaukee Wave United
I have no idea what that means.
El CHarro_NEgro....
15 Jul 2003, 05:45 PM
The Strongest (Bolivia)
Arsenal (Argentina)
River Plate (Uruguay)
AvidSinger
15 Jul 2003, 06:02 PM
Originally posted by John Boy
They weren't, Inter Cable-Tel were from Cardiff, TNS used to be named after their home town, Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain. Well, at least I can pronounce "Total Network Solutions."
mik_smith
15 Jul 2003, 06:06 PM
How about Jomo Cosmos and Kaizer Chiefs of South Africa?
I bet these are the only 2 top-flight teams named after American clubs. IIRC Jomo Sono played with Pele for NY Cosmos and Kaizer? played for the Atlanta? Chiefs
Of course I'll be happy to be proved wrong. Is there a Ougadougoo Rowdies franchise that i've missed???
SoccerApe
15 Jul 2003, 06:08 PM
Deportivo Pasto from Colombia(means sport grass)