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Andrelux
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Jun 23, 2009, 3:37 PM

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Of those playing Saturday football, Donkey Dodgers of the Rochdale Alliance do it for me. I remember as a small child making the mistake of walking behind one of these beasts of the devil. The bruise as it kicked out lasted the best part of a month. To add insult to injury, the hedge in which I found myself was full of nettles. Definitely need dodging. Runners up: Jesmond Mysterons (I'm old enough to remember Captain Scarlet). Second runners up: Brentford, obviously, since that's the team I've had the misfortune to support for the past forty years or more. Least favourite club names? a tie between all those AFC teams...

... outside of the UK, well "the Strongest" from Bolivia stands out, particularly as they have often done what it says on the tin.


paignton-nick
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Jun 23, 2009, 3:47 PM

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Mines got to be Godolphin Atlantic of the SWPL Div 1 West. Sounds a bit more exotic than most British clubs



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coupwotcoup
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Jun 23, 2009, 3:50 PM

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You won't get better than Peruvian side Deportivo Wanka.. actually saw a bloke on the tube last year wearing a replica shirt.. quality...Sly



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gcnc
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Jun 23, 2009, 3:51 PM

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... and Godolphin are in a league with Foxhole, Mousehole and Camelford. Not so much a division as a wildlife sanctuary.


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Andrelux
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Jun 23, 2009, 3:52 PM

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Yes, I like them too. Paints a picture in your mind, doesn't it?


Andrelux
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Jun 23, 2009, 3:53 PM

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... and Godolphin are in a league with Foxhole, Mousehole and Camelford. Not so much a division as a wildlife sanctuary.
CoolCoolCoolCool


Andrelux
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Jun 23, 2009, 3:57 PM

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You won't get better than Peruvian side Deportivo Wanka.. actually saw a bloke on the tube last year wearing a replica shirt.. quality...Sly
I ***need*** that replica shirt!


Oxford Stone
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Jun 23, 2009, 4:26 PM

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http://www.footballshirthallofshame.com/ you can buy it here it seems...

Dukla Prague (thanks to Half Man Half Biscuit)
Go Ahead Eagles
Sporting Bengal
Vasco de Gama
Borussia Monchengladbach
Crewe Alexandra
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Stonehouse Violet
Linlithgow Rose


prioryman
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Jun 23, 2009, 4:27 PM

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Try this firm £14.99 for the Deportivo Wanka top - on the reverse is "Arriba el Wanka" which translates to "Up the Wanka"!!!

http://www.sportingkicks.co.uk/...vo%20Wanka%20T-Shirt


vienna1964
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Jun 23, 2009, 6:41 PM

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Try this firm �14.99 for the Deportivo Wanka top - on the reverse is "Arriba el Wanka" which translates to "Up the Wanka"!!!

http://www.sportingkicks.co.uk/...vo%20Wanka%20T-Shirt

Tongue>Forecasts... a sudden short-term glut in sales of this item< !Cool



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vienna1964
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Jun 23, 2009, 7:06 PM

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Of those playing Saturday football, Donkey Dodgers of the Rochdale Alliance do it for me. I remember as a small child making the mistake of walking behind one of these beasts of the devil. The bruise as it kicked out lasted the best part of a month. To add insult to injury, the hedge in which I found myself was full of nettles. Definitely need dodging. Runners up: Jesmond Mysterons (I'm old enough to remember Captain Scarlet). Second runners up: Brentford, obviously, since that's the team I've had the misfortune to support for the past forty years or more. Least favourite club names? a tie between all those AFC teams...

... outside of the UK, well "the Strongest" from Bolivia stands out, particularly as they have often done what it says on the tin.

Great summertime thread.


Meppershall Jurassic were until this season amongst my favourites - sadly they now seem to be 'just' plain old FC ~Meppershall.

Another couple of favourites who have changed name or no longer exist were 'Malton Bacon Factory', 'Westerhope Hillheads' & 'Blyth Kitty Brewster'. Sad they're no longer with us.

Extant favourites include 'Battersea Ironsides', Bronte Wanderers, Shipston Excelsior & Lichfield Enots.

Adsmit to a soft spot for Hwange F.C. (Zimbabwe), because the town of Hwange was for many years known as Wankie !



I APOLOGISE UNRESERVEDLY TO EACH AND EVERY PERSON ON THIS FORUM WHO HAS FELT LET-DOWN BY MY INIMICABLE AND DEPLORABLE BEHAVIOUR OF OCTOBER 28th. 2009. ESPECIALLY TO BRIAN, WHO IS A MARVELLOUS GENTLEMAN AND IS THE LAST PERSON HERE WHO SHOULD HAVE TO PUT UP WITH SUCH UNDESERVED PERSONAL CHARACTER-ASSASSINATION. LET IT BE KNOWN THAT A PRIVATE PERSONAL APOLOGY WAS SENT, BUT WAS SEEN INSUFFICIENT. FAIR ENOUGH.


garethwrexy
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Jun 23, 2009, 7:09 PM

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stenhousemuir fc and cowdenbeth fc in scotland



bring Neil roberts to wrexham !


BigLesWade
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Jun 23, 2009, 7:51 PM

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Location: Biggleswade
Team(s): West Ham, Dunton FC, Biggleswade Town

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Re Deportivo Wanka, I have a lapel badge for Argentinian side Newells Old Boys with club crest and NOB on it.


jrev61
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Jun 23, 2009, 8:07 PM

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There was once a team in the South African 2nd Division called Dangerous Darkies in the same division was a team called Leeds United.


3-1-5-1
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Jun 23, 2009, 8:08 PM

Posts: 484
Location: Porto Alegre
Team(s): Sheff Wed, Gremio, Cwmbran and twenty nine others

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There´s some crackers from Africa

Golden Bees from Namibia
Pigeon Vert from Congo
Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarves from Ghana
Eleven Men in Flight from Swaziland

amongst others

but the winner is Maseru Naughty Boys, sadly just relegated from the Lesotho Premier League.



Eu sou Gaucho!


sandhurstbee
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Jun 23, 2009, 8:20 PM

Posts: 1550
Location: Little Sandhurst, Berkshire
Team(s): Brentford, Sandhurst Town and Most local Non League sides.

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When my Daughter was a Tot we used to get her to pronounce Foreign Football Teams, Mainly Russian and Eastern European but our Favourite was hearing her trying to say Borussia Munchengladbach. It was hilarious, child cruelty or what! Tongue If you have a Young child at home get them to repeat some of these clubs..I would not recommend the Wanka one though...Crazy



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MattRamLives
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Jun 23, 2009, 8:42 PM

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When my Daughter was a Tot we used to get her to pronounce Foreign Football Teams, Mainly Russian and Eastern European but our Favourite was hearing her trying to say Borussia Munchengladbach. It was hilarious, child cruelty or what! Tongue If you have a Young child at home get them to repeat some of these clubs..I would not recommend the Wanka one though...Crazy

Little sis could nt say Middlesbrough - Middlesbugger it came out as.
was there a league club called Ironopolis in the early days?

Undy and Mardy from Wales
MyPa in Finland - I know its not pronounced my pa but..
as said the Africans probably have the maddest names


VP
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Jun 23, 2009, 8:43 PM

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I've always liked (hold on I need to check the spelling....) Neuchâtel Xamax.
Closer to home we've got a Crookham Krakatoa. Not unique though as there was a Cove Krakatoa lady's team back in the 1980's.

Mark me down as another prospective buyer of the Wanka shirt.





sandhurstbee
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Jun 23, 2009, 8:48 PM

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Location: Little Sandhurst, Berkshire
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I've always liked (hold on I need to check the spelling....) Neuchâtel Xamax.
Closer to home we've got a Crookham Krakatoa. Not unique though as there was a Cove Krakatoa lady's team back in the 1980's.

Mark me down as another prospective buyer of the Wanka shirt.
I can see a market on the Groundhops for these ....Wink



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UKPunk
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Jun 23, 2009, 9:37 PM

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Adsmit to a soft spot for Hwange F.C. (Zimbabwe), because the town of Hwange was for many years known as Wankie !
 We were 13 years old and in geography. We were being taught about what was then Rhodesia and on the map of that region one of the lads noticed the town of Wankie. He said to the teacher, "Sir, if people in London are called Londoners, what are people in Wankie called?" Cool as you like Mr. Marchant replied, "Rhodesians, John." Cool



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zebedee
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Jun 23, 2009, 9:42 PM

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A few sides from the various sections of the South African third tier:

Mr Price Parkhurst
Mathata Take Me Cool
Mighty Mega Force
Winners
Lephalale Young Killers (who play in the Limpopo group against Peace Lovers)
Cloud 9 (in the same group as Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United)



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UKPunk
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When my Daughter was a Tot we used to get her to pronounce Foreign Football Teams, Mainly Russian and Eastern European but our Favourite was hearing her trying to say Borussia Munchengladbach. It was hilarious, child cruelty or what! Tongue If you have a Young child at home get them to repeat some of these clubs..I would not recommend the Wanka one though...Crazy
 Try getting your kids to say "I'm not a pheasant plucker I'm the pheasant pluckers' son, I'm only plucking pheasants 'til the pheasant plucker comes."

You'll probably find they say, "I'm not a pleasant fuc*er....." before assuming that look of horror when they think they're going to be told off. Cool



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FC Clacton v Saffron Walden Town


Andrelux
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Jun 23, 2009, 10:56 PM

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A few sides from the various sections of the South African third tier:

Mr Price Parkhurst
Mathata Take Me Cool
Mighty Mega Force
Winners
Lephalale Young Killers (who play in the Limpopo group against Peace Lovers)
Cloud 9 (in the same group as Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United)
African team names really are the best. I remember when I was a student and we used to fill in the dead couple of weeks after the exams but before the summer term finished with 5-a-side tournaments. We thought we were quite witty with names like "Eintracht Mind" and "Tampax Bay Rowdies" but I'd love to wind back the clock and use some of these (genuine) names...

There's also a Sunday League side in Reading called Celtic Rangers. A lovely thought. There is a word for this kind of juxtaposition of two opposites (deafening silence is another example), but I can't for the life of me remember what it is. I'm sure somebody out there can put me out of my misery.


UKPunk
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Jun 23, 2009, 11:13 PM

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Team names that I've found interesting and/or amusing.

Real Ravensdale
Tillingham Hotspur
Vikings
Royal Madrid
Oakley Magna
Keltic
Sunday Shrimpers
Station Villa
Sokretez



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Isthmian League Division 1 North
Lowestoft Town 2 Ware 3

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Eastern Counties League Division 1 Cup Quarter Final
FC Clacton v Saffron Walden Town


Veteran
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Jun 23, 2009, 11:22 PM

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I personally like Scottish Amateur side Newmilns Vesuvius.

And on the risque side as already mentioned on another thread the Great Yarmouth League side Norfolk and Chance.

Internationally how about FC Santa Claus from Finland - they really do exist !



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