Streets Ahead

FootballCynic HQ is often asked ‘which English town or city appears most in the name of an English football team?’ You might think it is Manchester, but besides the obvious two heavyweights of that city, there is only FC United of Manchester and East Manchester. At a pinch, you could claim a fifth - Godmanchester Rovers. Interestingly, if you multiply the average attendance at FC United of Manchester by the average crowd at East Manchester, you get the average crowd at Manchester United give or take a handful.

Turning to Birmingham, you only get a pathetic one – Birmingham City itself. Why does no team want to take the name of that city into their name?

So what about London? Only five, it would seem – Kingsbury London Tigers, London APSA, London Colney, London Lions, Sport London East Benfica. Now, at least, some of these five are interesting if not terribly successful.

So, on to Leeds – what do we find there? Two, yes, just two – Leeds United and Leeds Carnegie – one worse than Bradford who have their “cousins” in Bradford upon Avon to thank for making it three teams.

Newcastle manages five – again thank to cousins at Newcastle under Lyme, but Newcastle United, Newcastle Benfield, Newcasle Town, Newcastle University and Newcastle Blue Star take the city to that barrier, it would seem, of five.

Sheffield does no better – there’s only the obvious two and a team just called Sheffield – can’t they have a surname to make it easier?

And the winner? Well, it’s not obvious. Tucked away in Gloucestershire is the small town of Street – and there are six teams with Street in their name – Andover New Street, Chester Le Street Town, Graham Street Prims (yes, really), Park Street Village, Potter Street and Street itself.

Street play in the Toolstation Western Premier Division and are currently below halfway after a run of 8 games in which they won 1 and lost 7. This week they face Longwell Green Sports, the team they defeated in that poor run of form. Best of luck then to The Cobblers as they are known.

 

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  • 12/17/2011 3:00 PM Clough Medicine wrote:
    In Nottingham we only have one team. County are not only shit and slimy but do not use the full name of our great city. If only they only dropped two letters of County as well and stuck a S on the end of that as well. Love and peace from NottINGHAM. (FootballCynic writes: Brilliant post, Cloughy, but you miss the point - no other team admits coming from Nottingham)
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  • 12/21/2011 12:39 PM wormmagnet wrote:
    Don't shoot the messenger! (FootballCynic writes: Eh? Are you related to Ringworm?)
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