A team with no town

[Stevegull]

A coach driver in the oxford services today, told me that Port Vale is the only team that is not named after a town or place..

Is he right?

Is Everton a place/suburb?

Interesting bloke he was

 

[John Boy]

Arsenal ?

 

[Beach Hut]

Arsenal ?

Think they were named after Woolwich Arsenal but moved north of the river.

Pretty certain Everton is a suberb in Liverpool.

 

[clippedgull]

Port Vale is an English association football club who currently play in Football League One. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire one of the six towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent. Stoke is home to two league football clubs, the other being Stoke City whose ground is five miles away.

Along with Arsenal, they are one of only two professional clubs in England not to be named after a place, though they originally took the name Burslem Port Vale, just as Arsenal were originally Woolwich Arsenal.

taken from WikiPedia

 

[clapham_gull]

Everton is a district.

I have a book that claims Arsenal shouldn't be in the top division at all.

Here's the story

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Norris

 

[seagull-lad]

Everton is a suburb of liverpool, was there only last sunday actually!

just before the chelski match as was navigating round to find the hospital me mate was in

 

[Beach Hut]

Everton is a district.

I have a book that claims[b/] Arsenal shouldn't be in the top division at all.

Why not ?

 

[clapham_gull]

Why not ?

read edited post

 

[clapham_gull]

Everton originally played at Anfield, a fact I love to tell Liverpool fans.

 

[algie]

Everton originally played at Anfield, a fact I love to tell Liverpool fans.

I told you that

 

[Beach Hut]

What about Albion in Scottish League 3 ?

 

[Stevegull]

Port Vale is an English association football club who currently play in Football League One. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire one of the six towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent. Stoke is home to two league football clubs, the other being Stoke City whose ground is five miles away.

Along with Arsenal, they are one of only two professional clubs in England not to be named after a place, though they originally took the name Burslem Port Vale, just as Arsenal were originally Woolwich Arsenal.

taken from WikiPedia

I guess that answers that then

clever coach driver

 

[Rangdo]

read edited post

That article is reeeeeeeaaaaaaally long. Can't you give a summary?

 

[clapham_gull]

That article is reeeeeeeaaaaaaally long. Can't you give a summary?

Arsenal finished 5th in 1919, but were voted into the top league "controversially"

 

[Mr deez]

Some dude bribed the FA in 1915 to promote Arsenal even though they only came 5th.

 

[itszamora]

Some dude bribed the FA in 1915 to promote Arsenal even though they only came 5th.

At the expense of Spurs, hence why they hate each other.

 

[Beach Hut]

At the expense of Spurs, hence why they hate each other.

Yep rivalry and hatred goes on for years

 

[Juan Albion]

What about Crystal Palarse? Not what I'd call a proper place.

 

[Statto]

Indeed, to my knowledge it is only Arsenal and Port Vale (in England) who are not named afeter a place.

 

[Wardy]

The title says teams without a town, well loads of teams are named after a CITY so do not have a town.