In hoc signo vinces
13 Latin Mottoes Associated With British Football Clubs And Their Badges
1. Victoria Concordia Crescit ("Victory comes from harmony - Arsenal (old badge))
2. Arte et labore ("By skill and labour" - Blackburn Rovers)
3. Vim promovet insitam ("Promotes your inner power" - Bristol City)
4. Vincit Omnia Industria ("Hard work overcomes everything" - Bury)
5. Sic itur astra ("Thus we reach the stars" - Elgin City)
6. Nil satis nisi optimum ("Nothing but the best is good enough" - Everton)
7. Domus clamantium ("Home of the shouting men" - Gillingham)
8. Confidemus ("Let us have confidence" - Kilmarnock)
9. Superbia in proelia ("Pride in battle" - Manchester City)
10. Ludere causa ludendi ("To play for the sake of playing" - Queens Park)
11. Consilio et anamis ("Intelligence and courage" - Sheffield Wednesday)
12. Animo et Fide ("With courage and faith" - Stockport County)
13. Audere est facere ("To dare is to do" - Tottenham Hotspur)
Love Elgin City's motto. Reminds me of S Club.
ReplyDeleteElgin City....
ReplyDeleteI wonder what the latin for "and thus we're bottom of the league again" is ...
Quod sic we're solum of league iterum... innit.
ReplyDeleteYou can see who did A-Level Latin at school, can't you? :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the relentlessly unambitious nature of Queen's Park's motto. "We play because... we've got nothing else to do on a Saturday afternoon."