Clubs not named after places

Imhof Tank

Although common in Scotland, only 3 English League Football Clubs are not named after geographical places.

Can you name them.

Dancor

Arsenal
QPR??

Imhof Tank

Arsenal is 1

Queens Park is a place

High&Low

Crystal Palace?

smashey

Port Vale?

Imhof Tank

No, the Crystal Palace is both an object and a place.

Imhof Tank

smashey wrote: »

Port Vale?

Correct, thats the second.

smashey

Manchester United aren't from London.

What about Everton? Is there an area in Liverpool called Everton?

Fratton Fred

dancor wrote: »

Arsenal
QPR??

Queens Park is part of London.

Port Vale used to exist, but doesn't anymore, it's part of Stoke.

pd101

MK Dons

smashey

pd101 wrote: »

MK Dons

Isn't "MK" an abbreviation of Milton Keynes?

Fratton Fred

pd101 wrote: »

MK Dons

Milton Keynes shouldn't, but does exist.:D

Imhof Tank

smashey wrote: »

What about Everton? Is there an area in Liverpool called Everton?

There is an Everton - but its a street name or somehting, not a district, but a defined place nevertheless

Imhof Tank

smashey wrote: »

Isn't "MK" an abbreviation of Milton Keynes?

The place Milton Keynes itself was named after Mr Milton and Mr Keynes

pd101

smashey wrote: »

Isn't "MK" an abbreviation of Milton Keynes?

Oh right, didn't know that. Never occurred to me that it stood for a town

smashey

Charlton Athletic?

Imhof Tank

smashey wrote: »

Charlton Athletic?

No, Charlton = a place

Fratton Fred

smashey wrote: »

Charlton Athletic?

Charlton is in SE London

smashey

Doh.

prendy

villa?

Imhof Tank

prendy wrote: »

villa?

Aston is a district in Birmingham

Jamey

prendy wrote: »

villa?

Aston is a place.

JimiTime

is it Aston Villa? I know the club is in Birmingham, put is it an actual place?

-Edit- in too late

whiskeyman

prendy wrote: »

villa?

I thought that too, but Aston is a place in Brummy.

Damn good question this!

Dancor

Tranmere Rovers?

Imhof Tank

dancor wrote: »

Tranmere Rovers?

Dancor, take a bow - I think the name originates from the ferry across the Mersey from Birkinhead to Liverpool

Fratton Fred

Imhof Tank wrote: »

Dancor, take a bow - I think the name originates from the ferry across the Mersey from Birkinhead to Liverpool

Tranmere is in Birkenhead

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranmere%2C_Merseyside

Dancor

Imhof Tank wrote: »

Dancor, take a bow

I cant take all the credit, A lad in the office knew that one.

Imhof Tank

I stand corrected - I couldnt argue with that.

I got this question from a pub quiz actually, so now I'm now thinking I should get my entrance money back:mad:

"V"

Tranmere is indeed an Area in Birkenhead around Prenton Park.
Could it be Leyton Orient.

smashey

V wrote:

Tranmere is indeed an Area in Birkenhead around Prenton Park.
Could it be Leyton Orient.

Leyton is an area in London.

midger

There are only two i'm afraid,Arsenal and Port Vale.

semicolon

preston

Pal

The folks that live in Port Vale Street wouldn't agree
http://www.look4aproperty.com/property/00318800

Arsenal was named after a place too , The Woolwich Arsenal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Arsenal

Preston is a city. Bit of a dump, but a real place. Been there once.

pickarooney

If Crystal Palace is a place, then so is (Woolwich) Arsenal surely?

Pal

Yes. Crystal Palace is a real place. So is Royal Arsenal.

All clubs in the top 5 divisions are named after places.

Imhof Tank

Pal wrote: »

The folks that live in Port Vale Street wouldn't agree
http://www.look4aproperty.com/property/00318800

Arsenal was named after a place too , The Woolwich Arsenal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Arsenal

Preston is a city. Bit of a dump, but a real place. Been there once.

I wouldnt be too sure that Port Vale Steet wasnt named after the football club, as opposed to the club being named after the street.

Regarding Arsenal, the place is Woolwich, but the name of the Club is Arsenal after the arms factory. The factory after which the football club is named is an object as opposed to a place - there are "Arsenals"/ munitions factories all over the world and they are all in different places.

The Arsenal case is distinguishable from Crystal Palace because there is only one Crystal Palace in the world (afaik), so the site (on which the only Crystal Palace in the world stands) has become synonomous with the object and both are now known by the same name.

Preston definitely exists - train from to Glasgow goes through it

KrazeeEyezKilla

prendy wrote: »

villa?

Aston is a place in Birmingham.

theCzar

Imhof Tank wrote: »

There is an Everton - but its a street name or somehting, not a district, but a defined place nevertheless

There's an Everton Valley, and Everton is the area along it. There's a Tranmere too, if the buses with Tranmere written on them are anything to go by

bitemybanger

Rangers

smashey

bitemybanger wrote: »

Rangers

Their full name is Glasgow Rangers.

Also, the clubs are English.

hanton12

smashey wrote: »

Their full name is Glasgow Rangers.

Also, the clubs are English.

no, neither Celtic nor Rangers have Glasgow in their club name. Rangers Football Club and The Celtic Football Club are the full names.

but, the question was English teams anyway.

mikemac

A pity it's English clubs as I'd be amazed if Queen of the South is a place

Zaph

It's not, they're from Dumfries

kensutz

Depends on how far down the leagues you go. Vauxhall Motors are in the Conference North. Fisher Athletic in Conference South.

kensutz

STRANGE LOCATIONS

"Are there any English clubs apart from Arsenal not named after a geographical location? I might even be wrong about Arsenal. For example, I can think of several clubs from Ireland and South America that feature non-placename names: Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians, Vasco Da Gama, Newell's Old Boys, etc." asks Alan Gregg.

You're right to say Arsenal aren't named after a geographical location: the club began life in Woolwich, south-east London, as the team of the local Royal Arsenal armament factory. The penchant for odd names was there from the off: the club were initially known as Dial Square, after the sundial over the entrance to the workshop. But after one game they changed their monicker to Royal Arsenal, and a few years later to Woolwich Arsenal.

So between 1891 and 1913, the club's name made perfect sense. Then, three years after an aborted merger plan with Fulham which would have seen the club move to Craven Cottage, Woolwich Arsenal moved to a church field in north London next to Gillespie Road Underground Station. Highbury. Meanwhile, the "Woolwich" part of their name was quietly dropped, and within 20 years team manager Herbert Chapman had bullied London Underground into changing the name of the tube station to Arsenal, making everyone feel nicely at home.

As for other English teams? We can only think of two others who aren't named after the place they come from. There's Port Vale, who reside in the Burslem area of Stoke-on-Trent - although there are several places called Port Vale in the Potteries region. And there's west London's Queen's Park Rangers, who are named after Queens Park in north-west London, where most of the team's players lived at the time of the club's inception. But strictly speaking, Arsenal are the only league club in England not named after a geographical location.

Scotland, meanwhile, can offer you Celtic and Rangers (there are no Glasgow prefixes), Hibernian, the Rovers Albion and Raith (of Coatbridge and Kircaldy respectively) and, unless you're being really picky, Dumfries giants Queen of the South.

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mikemac

kensutz wrote: »

Depends on how far down the leagues you go. Vauxhall Motors are in the Conference North. Fisher Athletic in Conference South.

True, and Total Network Solutions got loads of coverage a few back
The OP only want league teams- top 4 divisions

kensutz

TNS are in the Welsh league so that was ruled out.

Imhof Tank

micmclo wrote: »

True, and Total Network Solutions got loads of coverage a few back

Yes, Jeff Stelling on Sky the day they won the Welsh league said "they'll be dancing in the streets of Total Network Solutions tonight!" - a classic

Snickers Man

OK so Arsenal were originally Woolwich Arsenal, from Woolwich south of the river Thames but then moved north to Islington.

Which club in the top four divisions is named after an area north of the river but actually plays in a stadium south of the river?

Pal

kensutz wrote: »

Vauxhall Motors are in the Conference North.

VAUXHALL is a place.

London's New Covent Garden wholesale market is located there.