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Park Road 03 Aug 18 6.07pm | |
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Originally posted by topcat
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! I think there's one in Madrid.
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Park Road 03 Aug 18 6.13pm | |
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"Espanyol" Barcelona's second club always makes me chuckle. Literally translated, it means "Spanish".
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Elis Ashley Motspur Park 03 Aug 18 7.00pm | |
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Always had a soft spot for those odd Victorian sounding Names; Corinthian Casuals, that sort of thing. Hamilton Academicals...jumpers for goal posts, hmmm? Then theres my favourite abbreviation, A.S. Beauvais-Oise = ASBO. Bradford Park Avenue, just makes me think of flat caps, meat pies and cheap fags.
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Ketteridge Brighton 03 Aug 18 7.15pm | |
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Originally posted by Park Road
"Espanyol" Barcelona's second club always makes me chuckle. Literally translated, it means "Spanish". Didn't Espanyol name originate from wanting to differentiate themselves from Barcelona who were set up by foreigners and were full of foreign players so they called themselves Spanish. Then Franco and the civil war kicked off and everyone supported Barcelona for Catalan pride. I've always thought if someone at the original meeting of Espanyol had suggested Catalan as a name they could have become the biggest team in the world
One supporter of hacking argued that without it "you will do away with the courage and pluck of the game, and I will be bound to bring over a lot of Frenchmen who would beat you with a week's practice -Blackheath secretary at first meeting of the F.A |
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Park Road 03 Aug 18 11.56pm | |
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Originally posted by Ketteridge
Didn't Espanyol name originate from wanting to differentiate themselves from Barcelona who were set up by foreigners and were full of foreign players so they called themselves Spanish. Then Franco and the civil war kicked off and everyone supported Barcelona for Catalan pride. I've always thought if someone at the original meeting of Espanyol had suggested Catalan as a name they could have become the biggest team in the world As far as I know- Espanyol was the first club in Spain to be formed exclusively by Spanish fans of the game.The Spanish from Andalusia came to Catalonia to work and settle down and were/are called immigrants by the Catalans. Edited by Park Road (03 Aug 2018 11.58pm)
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pompeyeagle Relocated to Shropshire 05 Aug 18 9.45pm | |
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There’s a team in Bolivia called The Strongest. Evidently it’s something to do with a famous battle in that country during the 1930’s.
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ex hibitionist Hastings 06 Aug 18 11.50am | |
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don't these South American teams have English names in honour of the Brits who helped them shake off the Spanish yoke? I think there's an Arsenal, Chelsea and Everton in Chile, I know there's a O'Higgins FC named after some swashbuckling liberator (bit like Michael Caine and Sean Connery in The Man who would be King - awesome film btw). Should have done a google check but can't be bothered.
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Park Road 06 Aug 18 12.47pm | |
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Originally posted by ex hibitionist
don't these South American teams have English names in honour of the Brits who helped them shake off the Spanish yoke? I think there's an Arsenal, Chelsea and Everton in Chile, I know there's a O'Higgins FC named after some swashbuckling liberator (bit like Michael Caine and Sean Connery in The Man who would be King - awesome film btw). Should have done a google check but can't be bothered. There's definitely an Arsenal in Argentina.
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Park Road 06 Aug 18 12.59pm | |
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"Deportivo w***a" is a Peruvian team
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Park Road 06 Aug 18 1.00pm | |
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Originally posted by Park Road
"Deportivo w***a" is a Peruvian team Why is that edited its a genuine name of a club in Peru
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Park Road 06 Aug 18 1.03pm | |
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Deportivo w***a's kit Attachment: DepWankaHSS2003-v2.gif (35.72Kb)
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Cannonball High in the Ozarks. 07 Aug 18 10.58am | |
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Semen Padang in Indonesia makes me s****** and Young Boys Berne,sounds like a catholic priest has been at them to hard.
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