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Aston Villa ... there's a place called Aston, and ground is there, but wtf is villa?
Accrington Stanley ... who's stanley, and why?
Brighton & Hove Albion ... albion?? (albion an old name for Britain, apparently)
must be others, maybe in lower leagues that are just as daft.
Stockport County, Plymouth Argyle
Any Rovers ... dog's name, shirley
Accrington Stanley ... who's stanley, and why?
Brighton & Hove Albion ... albion?? (albion an old name for Britain, apparently)
must be others, maybe in lower leagues that are just as daft.
Stockport County, Plymouth Argyle
Any Rovers ... dog's name, shirley
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In Ordnance Survey maps dating from the mid-late 19th century, the location around the church at which Villa were founded is named as "Aston Villa."
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Newcastle United are anything but united right now
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The mighty Billingham Synthonia, quite possibly the first side to be named after a fertiliser ?
Allusions to Classical Greece were common in the early days of sporting clubs. The oldest professional club in the Netherlands is Sparta Rotterdam. Over in Amsterdam Ajax took their name from the Greek hero.
When I was following Slough Town as a kid, all the southern England amateur football leagues took their names from Classical Greece: the Rebels played in the Athenian League, while the big boys, like Enfield and Dagenham were in the Isthmian league, while smaller clubs made up the Hellenic and Spartan Leagues (the latter's still going in a different form).
Botswana Meat Commission who play in, well, Botswana.
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