Fans of the competition will no doubt be familiar with some of the more unusual names of current and former entrants. Even the FA have commented about this on their website.
However, an interesting observation that does seem to have gone unreported, is that teams from Liverpool typically prefer as short a team name as possible, whilst our friends in the North East tend to opt for the longest of names, as demonstrated below:
Merseyside
Lobster
Fantail
Eagle
Avenue
Almithak
Nicosia
Seymour
Allerton
Canada
Melrose
Newfield
Salerno
Canon
Sandon
Britannia
Dock
Mitre
Napoli
Boundary
Woodpecker
Falcon
Pelican
Alder
Mariners
Paddock
Barry’s
Harry’s
Some Scouse sides even prefer initials, so they can minimise the number of letters even more, such as:
BRNESC
JOB
A3
N.U.R.5
North East
Langley Park Rams Head
Humbledon Plains Farm
Hartlepool Lion Hotel
Hetton Lyons Cricket Club
Coundon Conservative Club
Winlaton West End
Newbiggin Sports Centre
Dudley & Weetslade
Shildon Elm Road WMC
Esh Winning Pineapple
Willington Belle Vue
Peterlee Moorcock
Cramlington Benedictine
Framwellgate Moor & Pity Me WMC
Shankhouse United
Stockton Roseworth Social
Witton Park Rose & Crown
Sunderland RCA Barnes
Blyth Waterloo Social Club
Horton Three Horse Shoes
Crook Old Horse Shoe
Morpeth St Georges
Ashington Excelsior
Boldon Shack Social
Dawdon Colliery Welfare
So, if a team with a short name plays a team with a long name, you can expect to hear plenty of Liverpudlian and Geordie/Durham accents!!
Or if you prefer a more exotic sounding name, you need to head down south:
London & Home Counties
Nirankari Sports Sabha – Stevenage
AFC Kumazi Strikers – London
FC Tripimeni-Aris – London
Kerria Sports – London
Ouzavich – London
Venceremos – Middlesex
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