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Park Road Flag 02 Aug 18 4.44pm

How strange is the name of the team you support?
In Spain, when I need to explain to a local, who I support( much less now we've been in the top flight)- is the translation.
"Crystal Palace" translated to Spanish is: " El Palacio de cristal" which in turn translates back into English, as "The palace of crystal"
Which sounds weird if you're Spanish.
"Go ahead eagles" from Holland to me, for obvious reasons sounds funny but at the same time, in a weird way complementary.
So, the question is - what weird club names are there out there?

 

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View kingdowieonthewall's Profile kingdowieonthewall Flag Sussex, ex-Cronx. 02 Aug 18 4.54pm Send a Private Message to kingdowieonthewall Add kingdowieonthewall as a friend

think it was john peel that compared supporting Palace to being into a venezulian pipe band and truly believing they were great
(or something along those line)
northeners find our name between ridiculous and very @fucl off that's what we're calling it'

 


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Park Road Flag 02 Aug 18 5.07pm

Originally posted by kingdowieonthewall

think it was john peel that compared supporting Palace to being into a venezulian pipe band and truly believing they were great
(or something along those line)
northeners find our name between ridiculous and very @fucl off that's what we're calling it'

Just goes to show his knowledge on pipe bands who originate from Peru.

As for those northern chappies.
" Newcastle United" would translate into " el Castillo undido de nuevo"
" The united new castle "

 

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At least we share a name with both a building and a place rather than a knitting pattern.

 


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I always liked irthlingborough diamonds because of their name disappointed when they became Rushden and Diamonds and when I realised it wasn't Earthling borough anyway

 


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Atherton Laburnum Rovers was always one I thought sounded great.

 

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View ex hibitionist's Profile ex hibitionist Flag Hastings 02 Aug 18 10.22pm Send a Private Message to ex hibitionist Add ex hibitionist as a friend

Welsh: Mold
Irish: Ards
Scottish: Keith

I always say a pathetic joke to myself during the football results every time Keith lose: "poor old Keith, he does ever so well you know ...".

 

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View GlaziertoEagle's Profile GlaziertoEagle Flag Coventry 02 Aug 18 11.00pm Send a Private Message to GlaziertoEagle Add GlaziertoEagle as a friend

Due to our Chinese players, I was surprised that colleagues in China, when I visited in 99, knew who Palace were. Their pronunciation was crap though, sounded like they were saying Crisis Bliss.

 

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View PalazioVecchio's Profile PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 03 Aug 18 12.22am Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

Originally posted by GlaziertoEagle

Due to our Chinese players, I was surprised that colleagues in China, when I visited in 99, knew who Palace were. Their pronunciation was crap though, sounded like they were saying Crisis Bliss.

Crisis Bliss sounds perfect. All my years as an Eagle have seen Crisis. And the Bliss is that we are always above Brighton, charlton, millwall.

i like clubs with electric engineering names : dynamo kiev, AC milan, locomotiv moscow.

and bad spelling.
Hamilton Academical.

when maccabi haifa plays against West Ham , its the Hammers versus the Hammers.

 


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View topcat's Profile topcat Flag Holmesdale / Surbiton 03 Aug 18 10.09am Send a Private Message to topcat Add topcat as a friend

Originally posted by Park Road

How strange is the name of the team you support?
In Spain, when I need to explain to a local, who I support( much less now we've been in the top flight)- is the translation.
"Crystal Palace" translated to Spanish is: " El Palacio de cristal" which in turn translates back into English, as "The palace of crystal"

Not answering your question but I have been photographed next to two Palacio de Cristal signs in Spain and one in Portugal. Always on the look out for them now!

 


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My favourite name for a womens' team was Old Fallopians

 


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