Featuring 20 funny football club names from around the world including Zimbabwean outfit Wankie FC which earlier this year, Roman Abramovich was eager to spend some of his billions on. Quite what he thought they were going to add to his footballing empire is not clear, but the fact the current owners are also in charge of a nearby coalmine probably holds the key.
Chelsea captain John Terry makes £120,000 a week. His equivalent in Zimbabwe, Andrew Chuma earns around 3 billion Zim dollars which is £32 a week.
Fred Moyo, of the Hwange Colliery Co, Zimbabwe's biggest coal producer, said:
"We are discussing a possible deal which includes the entire site including the sports facilities... and the popular football team."
A spokesman for Abramovich denied his company Millhouse planned to buy the coalmine.
Here are our choices for top 25 funniest football club names:
1. Deportivo Wanka
Peruvian team named after an ethnic group, the Wankas, based in the Andes who speak the language Wanka Quechua. Haven't played in a league since 2004, when they pulled out after protesting their relegation. Still play in the Copa Peru.
2. Young Boys Berne
The Swiss Axpo Super League side, in Champions League play-off action against Spurs after knocking out Fenberbahce, have won 11 titles and six Cups. Have significantly reduced their comedy potential since knocking down the Wankdorf Stadium - leading to the classic headline 'Young Boys plan new Wankdorf erection - and replacing it with the less gigglesome Stade De Suisse.
3. Joe Public
is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago currently playing in the Pro League. Nicknamed the Eastern Lions, they are owned by FIFA vice-president Jack Warner. Joe Public also sponsors the Munroe Road Cricket Club.
4. Botswana Meat Commission FC
The country's Coca Cola Cup winners in 2007, they currently play Mascom Premier League.
5. King Faisal Babes
a professional football club in Kumasi, Ghana, playing in the Ghana Telecom Premier League, and finished 3rd in 2005-06. They were represented at the FIFA World Cup 2006 by left-back Habib Mohamed, who was playing for Ghana.
6. Frigg Oslo
Norwegian side who are named after the Norse goddess who was Odin's wife - but who can't help reminding you of Paul Gascoigne's famous message for the people of Norway.
7. Playtime Tigers
The Playtime Tiger Football Club are one of the five teams in the Grand Bahama Football League. During the regular season they came 5th place.
8. Semen Padang
Indonesian Premier Division champions, named after the local Semen cement firm. The hardness of their product is not in doubt.
9. Insurance Management Bears
Little know about this football club but what a great club name. If you know anything about them drop a comment below.
10. SC Feucht
Bavarian side whose name mirrors their attendances - they averaged 154 spectators per game in 2007/08.
11. Naughty Boys
Recently relegated to the Botswanana First Division South - meaning they do not have to play First Division North side Miscellaneous.
12. Always Ready
is a Bolivian football club from La Paz. Due to the jerseys the team is also known as Banda Roja, or the red band, due to the similar traits its uniform shares with the popular River Plate.
13. Destroyers
Club Destroyers is a football club from Santa Cruz, Bolivia currently playing at Santa Cruz Primera A, one of the second division regional leagues. The club was founded September 14, 1948, and they play their home games at the Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera. Destroyers has competed in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano regularly in the past and last played in the top league in 2007
14. Deportivo Moron
Alma mater of Sevilla's Diego Perotti, the Buenos Aires side currently play in Argentina's Second Division - one level below Atletico Colon.
15. Hearts of Oak
Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, commonly referred to as Hearts of Oak or just Hearts, is an association football club based in Accra, Ghana.
16. Golf Leopard
is a Sierra Leonean football club from Freetown, Sierra Leone. They currently play in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in Sierra League.
17. Wankie FC
Zimbabwean Premier League side who brought rare moments of comedy to Robert Mugabe's fiefdom before "pulling a Wankdorf" and changing their name to Hwange Colliery FC.
18. Newells Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys is a football club from Rosario, Argentina, founded in 1903. The club plays the Rosario derby against Rosario Central, a club with which it has a huge historical rivalry.
19. Total Big Bullets
Big Bullets is a Malawian football (soccer) club based in Blantyre and by unconfirmed statistics, Malawi’s popular football club and has dominated the country’s major soccer league, Malawi Premiere Division, since it was formed in 1986.
20. KFC Winterslag
Dutch side who merged with K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk in 1988 to become Racing Genk. Have won the Belgian league twice since.
Leave a comment below if you know any other funny football club team names.
I strongly suggest you to have a look on Mexican Soccer Teams, you will be amazed and amused with the name we have there. In specific on third division. Also have a look on Argentinean League, do you know there's a team called 'Obras sanitarias'? (waterworks).
ReplyDeleteYour post is pretty funny, definitely.
The lesson here seems to be that teams with goofy names are actually quite good, so we should all have goofy names.
ReplyDeleteNewells Old Boys That is the club Messi was purchased from when he transfered to Barca
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