The Name Game
16 Football Clubs With Amusing and Peculiar Names From Around the World
1. Joe Public FC (Trinidad and Tobago)
2. Take Care Tigers (Guam)
3. Full Monty (Anguilla)
4. FC KooTeePee (Finland)
5. Missiles FC (Gabon)
6. Ethiopian Coffee (Ethiopia)
7. Prime Minister's Office FC (Laos)
8. Finance and Revenue (Myanmar)
9. Wongosport (Gabon)
10. School Boys (Lesotho)
11. Mighty Blackpool (Sierra Leone)
12. East End Connections (British Virgin Islands)
13. Eleven Men In Flight (Swaziland)
14. & 15. Shooting Stars (Nigeria & Zimbabwe)
16. Silver Shattas (Guyana)
I still like the team name of Kaiser Chiefs from South Africa.
ReplyDeleteInfact, so did the band who named themselves after them.
Its not up there with Joe Public FC, but I like it.
lol... Kaiser Chiefs is one of the best team names in the world if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteWe now await the release of the first album from Joe Public... :)
Ok, Hands up if you searched Amazon for a band called KooTeePee??
ReplyDeleteI found a KooTeePee album though...
http://www.kups.fi/gallery/album66/JN2C8657
Not sure that counts mind...
He's clever, you can't deny that, can you? :-)
ReplyDeleteBolivia has The Strongest, which is pretty good.
ReplyDeleteArgentina has some great ones: Ferro Carril Oeste (Western Railroad); Ben Hur (not kidding), and Defensa y Justicia (Defense and Justice...of which there aren't much of either in Argentina).
Kent
i am a footbaler here in nigeria,i have played football for many years and i am looking for clubs for me to go for trial if anyboday can help let me know,at d_game4real@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteAnd dont forget Deportivo Morón!
ReplyDeleteAnd dont forget Totally Clean from Peru and Chile's own Santiago Morning.
ReplyDeleteSurely England's rebranded Leigh Genesis (I can only imagine they hop the new name will help them 'Turn it on Again') must rank highly.
ReplyDeleteLol... 'Leigh Genesis'?!? Good lord!! Well spotted, there! :-)
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