GNU_Linux Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) Their was a junior team from Johnshaven in Kincardinshire with the wonderful name of Johnshaven Dauntless active between 1909 & 1958. Sounds like something out of one of those old radio detective plays from the 40's or 50's. In the world of the living my favourite Scottish club name is Gala Fairydean Rovers. The names comes from the fabled fairy dean in Elwyn Glen on the road out from Galashiels to neighbouring Melrose. West Of Scotland League club Craigmark Burtonians from Dalmellington in Ayrshire is probably second. Edited December 15, 2020 by GNU_Linux 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Bolivian top flight team Club Always Ready: Continuing in Bolivia I'm rather fond of clubs named after people. Here's C.D. Jorge Wilstermann named after Bolivia's first commercial pilot: Chilean 3rd tier C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial named after an admiral of the name: Of the same division there's General Velásquez named after José Velásquez Bórquez a general who fought in the war of the pacific: Closer to home West Of Scotland Premier Auchinleck Talbot are named after the 2nd Baron Talbot De Malahide, Richard Wogan Tablot who donated the land where the clubs Beechwood Park stands today: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 3 hours ago, GNU_Linux said: Continuing in Bolivia I'm rather fond of clubs named after people. In Portugal, you have Gil Vicente FC, named after a portuguese playwright. Badge has a bit of a French look to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint dave Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 My old Pitz moderately successful fives team was called Spamdoria , we played in Lazio tops 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Edinburgh university’s music school team was PSV Beethoven 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I remember being fascinated for a wee bit that one of the biggest teams in Zimbabwe was called Chicken Inn FC. Club is named after a Zimbabwean fast food joint, like Gustavo Fring made a team that would play in the Champions League. Triangle United was another one in that country that also particularly struck me as odd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Offside Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 On 09/12/2020 at 04:02, Sergeant Wilson said: The Strathclyde Saturday morning league (previously this civil service league) has AC Milanda and used to have a team called LP20, after their work department. That lead to confusion quite often when the results got updated. Was that the same league that Henhousemanure and Hamilton Lackadaisicals played in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 12 hours ago, GNU_Linux said: ...I'm rather fond of clubs named after people. O'Higgins Fútbol Club from Chile named after Chile's founding father Bernardo O'Higgins 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanFan Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 We were the "Wiz" when we first started due to legal reasons preventing us from starting out as "Wizards." Mo Johnston actually played for us from 96-01. Johnny Russell is currently on the club, which was rebranded "Sporting KC" around 2010. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Almirante Brown from Argentina always makes me chuckle. Bit of a yo-yo team between the Argentinian Barclays and Sky Bet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 This has me pining for my FM game. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Beaten by Huesca in the copa del rey yesterday: Just a place name but its sweet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Not particularly strange or funny but I like how almost all Japanese clubs were run by corporations and bore their name pre professionalism. From the hight of the boom years, Yamaha winning the league with Mazda and Toyota being relegated. Yomiuri, today’s Tokyo Verdy, the only club side in there, they were a division of one of the big baseball teams. Steve Patterson, of Inverness and Aberdeen, played for them around about this time, the first European player in Japanese football. Pakistan currently have some pretty weirdly named clubs in their league, government agencies, sections of the armed forces and a whole religion are represented: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dysartrovers Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I love it football manager when young boys are interested in your player and you get a caption saying that said player likes young boys. Always keen to sell after that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclizine Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 On 08/12/2020 at 18:02, Sergeant Wilson said: The Strathclyde Saturday morning league (previously this civil service league) has AC Milanda and used to have a team called LP20, after their work department. That lead to confusion quite often when the results got updated. There's an AC Mill Inn playing in the Aberdeenshire Amateurs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, dysartrovers said: I love it football manager when young boys are interested in your player and you get a caption saying that said player likes young boys. Always keen to sell after that I think there’s a Swiss team called Old Boys. I believe the played Young Boys in the cup a couple of seasons ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Flat Earth FC formerly known as UD Móstoles Balompié & CDC Comercial. Club's president Javi Poves is a flat earther & opted to change the name in 2019 which also saw the club move from Móstoles the second largest settlement in the Madrid Autonomous community to the city of Madrid. Currently playing in the Tercera División Grupo 7 the 4th tier of Spanish football. Ceres-Negro FC of the Philippines Football League were owned by Vallacar Transit but COVID related issues forced the owners to sell the club to Emirati-Filipino sports marketing firm MMC Sportz Asia. This resulted in a name change to what must be the most generic, bland & sterile club name in history. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 On 17/12/2020 at 16:08, Enigma said: I think there’s a Swiss team called Old Boys. I believe the played Young Boys in the cup a couple of seasons ago. BSC Old Boys from Basel 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 hour ago, hk blues said: BSC Old Boys from Basel Broomhill folk get everywhere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) Ethiopian Coffee are currently 3rd in their league. Edited January 9, 2021 by LincolnHearts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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