Big Gay Soccer Thread
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Could it not be the same name as the football club, Tottenham Hotspur?
No, they won't do that. No one here knows what a Tottenham is.....just a hot toddy. There was an early practice of naming NFL teams after the same cities baseball team. That is why there are the NY Giants. The Steelers used to be the Pirates. There was actually a Cleveland Indians NFL team for a bit. Many of those teams folded, and all others but the Giants changed their name. Perhaps the NY Giants may have changed theirs as well, but the NY Giants baseball team left for San Francisco in the 50s, leaving the Giants name to the football team. The NFL will want no part of naming their team the same as a corresponding soccer team.
No, they won't do that. No one here knows what a Tottenham is.....just a hot toddy. There was an early practice of naming NFL teams after the same cities baseball team. That is why there are the NY Giants. The Steelers used to be the Pirates. There was actually a Cleveland Indians NFL team for a bit. Many of those teams folded, and all others but the Giants changed their name. Perhaps the NY Giants may have changed theirs as well, but the NY Giants baseball team left for San Francisco in the 50s, leaving the Giants name to the football team. The NFL will want no part of naming their team the same as a corresponding soccer team.
Great stuff as ever Gip, reading your posts is an education !
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No, they won't do that. No one here knows what a Tottenham is.....just a hot toddy. There was an early practice of naming NFL teams after the same cities baseball team. That is why there are the NY Giants. The Steelers used to be the Pirates. There was actually a Cleveland Indians NFL team for a bit. Many of those teams folded, and all others but the Giants changed their name. Perhaps the NY Giants may have changed theirs as well, but the NY Giants baseball team left for San Francisco in the 50s, leaving the Giants name to the football team. The NFL will want no part of naming their team the same as a corresponding soccer team.
Great stuff as ever Gip, reading your posts is an education !
Great stuff as ever Gip, reading your posts is an education !
No worries. If you get an NFL team, it will have to come in with it own unique identity. So here you go.....Trivia time. Of the following names, which ones have never been the name of an NFL team. Just highlight those you think:
Pros
Gunners
Senators
Generals
Colonels
Majors
Knights
Kings
Dukes
Earls
Eskimos
Lions
Tigers
Bears
Tin Men
Scarecrows
Crimson Jihad
Crimson Giants
Brickley Giants
Reds
Greens
Blues
Browns
Maroons
Yellow Jackets
Red Jackets
Dons
Johns
Pauls
Georges
Ringos
Staleys
Stapletons
Rangers
Flyers
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They won't align an NFL team so closely with a football, sorry, soccer team because you immediately alienate the majority of your potential fan base. It'll be the London Knights, or some such.
There's a considerable NFL following in the UK dating back to the mid-80s, when Channel 4 first televised matches. I worry about the logistics of having an NFL franchise in the UK, but not about filling the stands. I just don't see the need for it from this side. I like the NFL the way it is.
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Gunners .Of course, Spurs have an alternative nickname beginning with Y that you missed out.
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Gunners .
Of course, Spurs have an alternative nickname beginning with Y that you missed out.
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Don't see any need to have an NFL team in London.
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I don't know it. You are free to spell it out here. (do you mean SA Spurs....or TH Hotspurs? And what is a hotspur....beyond the obvious?)
The story is that we were originally formed from a cricket club called Hotspur Wanderers (or something similar) and became Hotspur FC. It's supposed to come from Harry Hotspur. Shakespeare wrote about him - he and his family are believed to have owned land nearby.
The Y nickname is, er, the Yids. We have long had connections with the Jewish community through both ownership and location. Just south of Tottenham is an area with a large Orthodox Jewish population. Similar to Ajax in the Netherlands, opposing teams viewed us as a "Jewish" club and would regularly chant about Hitler, make hissing (gas chamber) noises etc etc. Spurs fans adopted it as a badge of honour in an attempt to turn the abuse back on itself. It worked to an extent, except ironically there's an ongoing debate about whether it is offensive for Spurs fans to call themselves "Yids".
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I've never been keen on an NFL team in London - never will, or anywhere in the UK. The NFL should pump some money into the game so that it can be played here, at school / college level, not just reap the cash on the back of what is an American passion. That said, it's pretty likely the browns will play in the UK in the next few years and, as I understand the terms between FES and Cleveland City, they won't be home games as all home games have to be played in CLE. So It won't deprive Browns of a home game which I think would be tragic. I'd also love to spend a weekend in London with my Browns Board pals. Wait til they get the victoria line to Seven Sisters and t do the Walk. N17 isn't really on the tourist map.
Tailgate loving, Steelers hating, Trans-Atlantic Browns fan. Annually disappointed since '88. Annually optimistic since '88. GO BROWNS! -
I've never been keen on an NFL team in London - never will, or anywhere in the UK. The NFL should pump some money into the game so that it can be played here, at school / college level, not just reap the cash on the back of what is an American passion. That said, it's pretty likely the browns will play in the UK in the next few years and, as I understand the terms between FES and Cleveland City, they won't be home games as all home games have to be played in CLE. So It won't deprive Browns of a home game which I think would be tragic. I'd also love to spend a weekend in London with my Browns Board pals. Wait til they get the victoria line to Seven Sisters and t do the Walk. N17 isn't really on the tourist map.
I've never been keen on an NFL team in London - never will, or anywhere in the UK. The NFL should pump some money into the game so that it can be played here, at school / college level, not just reap the cash on the back of what is an American passion. That said, it's pretty likely the browns will play in the UK in the next few years and, as I understand the terms between FES and Cleveland City, they won't be home games as all home games have to be played in CLE. So It won't deprive Browns of a home game which I think would be tragic. I'd also love to spend a weekend in London with my Browns Board pals. Wait til they get the victoria line to Seven Sisters and t do the Walk. N17 isn't really on the tourist map.
Ha what a lovely walk that is, if you like boarded up shops and the smell of weed that is...
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I've never been keen on an NFL team in London - never will, or anywhere in the UK. The NFL should pump some money into the game so that it can be played here, at school / college level, not just reap the cash on the back of what is an American passion. That said, it's pretty likely the browns will play in the UK in the next few years and, as I understand the terms between FES and Cleveland City, they won't be home games as all home games have to be played in CLE. So It won't deprive Browns of a home game which I think would be tragic. I'd also love to spend a weekend in London with my Browns Board pals. Wait til they get the victoria line to Seven Sisters and t do the Walk. N17 isn't really on the tourist map.
I've never been keen on an NFL team in London - never will, or anywhere in the UK. The NFL should pump some money into the game so that it can be played here, at school / college level, not just reap the cash on the back of what is an American passion. That said, it's pretty likely the browns will play in the UK in the next few years and, as I understand the terms between FES and Cleveland City, they won't be home games as all home games have to be played in CLE. So It won't deprive Browns of a home game which I think would be tragic. I'd also love to spend a weekend in London with my Browns Board pals. Wait til they get the victoria line to Seven Sisters and t do the Walk. N17 isn't really on the tourist map.
Indeed, we would need tour guide to find those things beyond Buckingham Palace and Picadilly Circus. I've got cousins there that would help, but your keen eye would be invaluable.
But, before you ask Howie, no, I don't need to play the Crying Game.
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I've never been keen on an NFL team in London - never will, or anywhere in the UK. The NFL should pump some money into the game so that it can be played here, at school / college level, not just reap the cash on the back of what is an American passion. That said, it's pretty likely the browns will play in the UK in the next few years and, as I understand the terms between FES and Cleveland City, they won't be home games as all home games have to be played in CLE. So It won't deprive Browns of a home game which I think would be tragic. I'd also love to spend a weekend in London with my Browns Board pals. Wait til they get the victoria line to Seven Sisters and t do the Walk. N17 isn't really on the tourist map.
Ha what a lovely walk that is, if you like boarded up shops and the smell of weed that is...
Ha what a lovely walk that is, if you like boarded up shops and the smell of weed that is...
Go to Hawaii then where your weed is not smoked but mixed with pineapple and poi.
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Wrong side of London for me! I'll stick to watching the Browns on Gamepass!
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Wrong side of London for me! I'll stick to watching the Browns on Gamepass!
Wrong side of London for me! I'll stick to watching the Browns on Gamepass!
So if the Browns came to London, you wouldn't go because Islington is too far? I don't believe that for a minute!
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Wrong side of London for me! I'll stick to watching the Browns on Gamepass!
So if the Browns came to London, you wouldn't go because Islington is too far? I don't believe that for a minute!
So if the Browns came to London, you wouldn't go because Islington is too far? I don't believe that for a minute!
Tottenham isn't in Islington. . .
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Tottenham isn't in Islington. . .
I was wondering if any of the yids would bite
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Great stuff as ever Gip, reading your posts is an education !
No worries. If you get an NFL team, it will have to come in with it own unique identity. So here you go.....Trivia time. Of the following names, which ones have never been the name of an NFL team. Just highlight those you think:
Pros
Gunners
Senators
Generals
Colonels
Majors
Knights
Kings
Dukes
Earls
Eskimos
Lions
Tigers
Bears
Tin Men
Scarecrows
Crimson Jihad
Crimson Giants
Brickley Giants
Reds
Greens
Blues
Browns
Maroons
Yellow Jackets
Red Jackets
Dons
Johns
Pauls
Georges
Ringos
Staleys
Stapletons
Rangers
Flyers
No worries. If you get an NFL team, it will have to come in with it own unique identity. So here you go.....Trivia time. Of the following names, which ones have never been the name of an NFL team. Just highlight those you think:
Pros
Gunners
Senators
Generals
Colonels
Majors
Knights
Kings
Dukes
Earls
Eskimos
Lions
Tigers
Bears
Tin Men
Scarecrows
Crimson Jihad
Crimson Giants
Brickley Giants
Reds
Greens
Blues
Browns
Maroons
Yellow Jackets
Red Jackets
Dons
Johns
Pauls
Georges
Ringos
Staleys
Stapletons
Rangers
Flyers
Those in Bold were never the names of an NFL team. The others were.
But, there were New Jersey Generals in the USFL.
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Wrong side of London for me! I'll stick to watching the Browns on Gamepass!
So if the Browns came to London, you wouldn't go because Islington is too far? I don't believe that for a minute!
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You decide:
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