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Sydney Rovers, Melbourne Hearts FC. It got me thinking about club names. What is the perfect name? What is the worst name? And would you support a club with a bad choice of name?
So while the Sydney Rovers are a hot topic at the moment, and with more clubs to come,
I thought it would be appropriate to do a little research into club names across the globe, to see how we stack up.
And perhaps even get some ideas.
Here they are. We start in South America!
Club Destroyers and The Strongest. Straight to the point, and two of the touughest outfits of the Bolivian first division. Also a possible name for the Canberra bid: Canberra the Destroyer
Moving up the coast to Peru we have Deportivo Wanka, named after the Wanka people of the Inca Empire. Just don’t be too quick to laugh if you drive a Pajero. In Spanish, it is the exact translation.
So let’s be cultured for a moment.
The Wankas of the Inka Empire are one of the first known settlements of the human race, just like Sydney was the first settlement of Australia. “West Sydney Wankas,” anyone?
Still in Peru we have 2008 copa libertadores representatives Coronel Bolognesi, and they are not a Colonel Sanders Spaghetti franchise. You may be thinking of Belgium’s KFC Winterslag, which is now referred to as Racing Genk. But the real name is KRC Genk after it merged with Waterschei Thor.
Confused? Me too.
Next.
In Africa we have Blessing FC and Ethiopian Coffee FC, Switzerland gives us Old Boys and Young Boys; in Korea, Hallelujah FC, and Holland gives us the Go Ahead Eagles.
But nothing could be more serious than Norwegian outfit Football Club Fart.
What a ripper! Fotballaget Fart plays out of Fartbana stadion. Lucky for Norwegian Football ,“Fart” is currently lingering in the lower divisions.
No pun intended!
Somehow I don’t think the Norwegian names will make it to our A-League.
Our systems are going Dutch, so I think Go Ahead Sydney has some value. Looking back at some of these names, it finally seems okay to have a club called the Fury, but at the same time still horribly wrong going with these Americanized gimmicks.
But if Ethiopian Football clubs can brand its name after African Coffee beans, then so to can Brisbane Roar be named after a popular internet site. Well, kind of.
I’m still Wanderering.
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