I dunno, I always got a kick out of O'Higgins. Hands down, though, the greatest name for a club in soccer history has to be that of the Northern Irish Premier League's very own Distillery. Distillery. They could dress like Sport Boys Callao and still be cool with a name like Distillery.
Another good name from the Chilean league is Santiago Wanderers. They won the championship last year for the first time in like 30 years. The only thing though is they don't play in Santiago, they play about two hours away in the port city of Valparaiso. I haven't been able to figure that one out yet.
oh, you mean like the fire not playing in Chicago or the metros not having ever played an mls game in NY? not sure if anybody has mentioned The Strongest (Bolivia)
Nah, this is like the Metros playing all their games in Philadelphia. East Rutherford may not be in NYC, but you can smell it from there. C in SJ
Orange Crush is a popular soda on the island. My guess is that the maker or distributor of Orange Crush is the main sponsor of the team. Go Orange Crushers! Next time I go back home to the island, I will definitely have to check out a Crushers game.
Particularly since they are sponsored/owned by a resort based on the premise of having a lot of young swinger types in an anything goes kind of party atmosphere. One fee, and all the food, drink and other activities are completely free after that, if I understand correctly. Guinho
This one's named after the liberator of Chile, Bernardo O'Higgins, isn't it? I think he's a descendent of a group of Irish Catholics who fled to Spain to get away from Protestant English rule, and subsequently had offshoots end up in the new world. Spain's last viceroy of Mexico was a chap called O'Donoju, if I recall correctly. Guinho
Best name ever: Shimizu S-Pulse (Japan) I have no idea what an S-Pulse is (perhaps some trim level of acura integra?), but I want one.
I am sorry, but I love the Ghanian first division. I vote that dallas steals the Real Tamale United moniker. Now. Or maybe, Dallas Enchiladas Royale Or Burrito Professionals. 1.Hearts of Oak (Accra) 24 21 1 2 60-14 64 2.Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) 24 19 3 2 44-16 60 3.Liberty Professionals (Accra) 24 12 7 5 32-17 43 4.Goldfields (Obuasi) 24 9 9 6 31-25 36 5.Great Olympics (Accra) 24 9 7 8 26-27 34 6.Real Tamale United (Tamale) 24 9 6 9 22-29 33 7.Arsenals (Berekum) 24 9 4 11 18-28 31 8.Okwahu United (Nkawkaw) 24 8 6 10 19-19 30 9.King Faisal Babies (Kumasi) 24 7 8 9 26-24 29 10.Brong Ahofu United (Sunyani) 24 7 7 10 20-31 28 11.Hasaacas (Sekondi) 24 8 3 13 20-29 27 12.Dawu Youngstars (Dawu) 24 6 8 10 24-29 26 13.Prestea Mines Stars 24 7 3 14 14-29 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14.Tano Bafoakwa (Sunyani) 24 4 11 9 20-27 23 --------------------------------------------------------- 15.Power FC (Koforidua) 24 4 10 10 16-25 22 16.Maxbees (Suhum) 24 3 7 14 14-37 16
A friend of mine from work has relatives affiliated with Hearts of Oak. He said there is or was a club in Ghana known as "Eleven Mighty Dwarfs" Now THAT is a great name.
Blooming takes their name from the way they were founded. They were a school team originally. Children coming of age "bloom". Millonarios was named after a Colombian journalist tagged the club with the title Millionaires because they purchased high priced talent back in the 50's. At one time Colombia had THE league for South American talent. Di Stefano played for the club for instance. I used to know the story behind Jazz as well, but I've forgotten now.
Yeah, but most of the swingers are other horny males, so unless you swing the other way (not that there's anything wrong with that), there just aren't enough holes to go around. Which would probably explain why the Hedonism II team is playing soccer instead of boning swinger chicks.
How about: Border Security (India) Club 29 de Septiembre (Paraguay) Abergavenny Thursdays (Wales) Flexsys Cefn Druids (Wales) Admira Wacker (Austria) Air Defence (Iraqi Premier Division - I kid you not!) Airport (Chinese side) Keith (Scotland) Barry (Wales) Inverness Caledonian Thistle (Scotland) Military Police (Uganda) Motor Action (Zimbabwe) Odd Grenland (Norway) Okin Biscuit FC (Nigeria) FC Pele Moscow (Russian Lower League) Rainbow (Vanuatu) Cobh Ramblers (Republic of Ireland) Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Wales) There are also two lower league Norwegian sides - Fart IL, and Gol FK! Young Boys Berne is the full title of the Swiss club. Neuchatel Xamax are a Swiss club who were formed in the village of Neuchatel by a bloke called Max!
No one from Wisconsin on this board? the Rhinelander Hodags. it's a dinosaur, and I kid you not that's their mascot. I went to college with two guys from there. I always thought Audax Italiano was a weird name for a Chilean team. In Madison WI there's a minor league baseball club called the Muskies. Their crowd's rallying cry is "Let's go FISH!" and no, I ain't kiddin about that either.
I've read this whole thread and, you know, I'd have to agree with buffalo. "The Wiz" is the worst name of all. That rainbow motif of theirs was a really bad idea too.
I think they have changed their name to just "Drawfs" now but once it was a team in Ghana called "Mysterious Dwarfs"