Obscure places known only because of their football teams

[SUIYHP]

This is a fair point, Brighton would be fairly well known because of the seaside resort as would be Blackpool, Crystal Palace would be pretty well known because of the actual Crystal Palace. Liverpool is always been talked about as is Manchester.

How about chesterfield? They're famous for a dodgy looking church spire?

 

[Skintagain 1983]

Methil = East Fife

Correct TOT.

 

[philsussex]

Burton Albion. Who would ever gave heard of Burton without the team being there?

And Gillingham - that's a town that would happily be forgotten if it weren't for us hearing about their relegation battle every year.

 

[tonymgc]

Galashiels, in the Borders. About 40 miles south of Edinburgh.

And famous for that brilliant tourettes campaigner John Davison

 

[Skintagain 1983]

Battlefield, Glasgow?
Any takers?

Badger.... Put them out of their obvious misery..

 

[Skintagain 1983]

Battlefield, Glasgow?
Any takers?

Badger.... Put them out of their obvious misery..

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Battlefield, Glasgow?
Any takers?

Badger.... Put them out of their obvious misery..

I would have a complete guess at Queens Park. Parks, battlefields, they could be the same thing, right?!

 

[Return of the Rev]

when i see the score fofar 4 east fife 5 i will be a contented man

 

[Skintagain 1983]

I would have a complete guess at Queens Park. Parks, battlefields, they could be the same thing, right?!

A wee but of help there Edna?

Yes it's Queen's Park who play at Hampden Park in Battlefield, although residents wouldn't thank me for reminding them of that. The streets of Battlefield are a dogs toilet - certainly the local dogs think so

 

[Lady Whistledown]

A wee but of help there Edna?

Yes it's Queen's Park who play at Hampden Park in Battlefield, although residents wouldn't thank me for reminding them of that. The streets of Battlefield are a dogs toilet - certainly the local dogs think so

No help at all in all honesty...I was trying to think of Glasgow teams who weren't Rangers or Celtic and the first (alright, only) one I came up with was Queen's Park

 

[jakarta]

Burton Albion. Who would ever gave heard of Burton without the team being there?

And Gillingham - that's a town that would happily be forgotten if it weren't for us hearing about their relegation battle every year.

Burton is WORLD FAMOUS if you are a Beer Drinker - the home of English Brewing, although there are now only 5 Breweries (and 3 are micros) there used to be a dozen or more based in the town

Can't disagree about Gillingham.......

 

[withdeanwombat]

Burton Albion. Who would ever gave heard of Burton without the team being there?

And Gillingham - that's a town that would happily be forgotten if it weren't for us hearing about their relegation battle every year.

Burton Albion...............source of Peter Ward,and a very large brewing town.

Gillingham................source of the caravan?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

This is the test then, isn't it? Is a town famous for anything else other than a football team?

It might only be for having a singer and a fat MP (Rochdale) or for hanging monkeys (Hartlepool) or for being full of, er, seamen (Pompey), but it still means you'd have heard of them if they didn't have a football team.

I'm not sure what Gillingham is famous for, so that probably counts, same goes for Rushden.

 

[fatbadger]

I would have a complete guess at Queens Park. Parks, battlefields, they could be the same thing, right?!

The suburb of Battlefield is on the site of the Battle of Langside, hence the name. Mary, Queen of Scots and all that.

 

[fatbadger]

Without using search engines, which clubs play in these places?

1. Kirkcaldy
2. Methil
3. Battlefield, Glasgow
4. Dumfries
5. Dingwall

Good luck.

Having been to all of these grounds...

Ugliest town of those is Dingwall, ugliest view from the ground - indeed, surely the ugliest sight in all of football - is Methil.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Rochdale is world famous for being the birthplace of the Co-operative movement. Likewise, Burton was famous throughout the British Empire for its beer. And I passed my driving test in Walsall.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The Crystal Palace was famous for being in Hyde Park and being the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851 that celebrated the best of British inventive genius. What went wrong?

 

[perth seagull]

Everton.

 

[HovaGirl]

The Crystal Palace was famous for being in Hyde Park and being the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851 that celebrated the best of British inventive genius. What went wrong?

The Crystal Palace burnt down after they moved it so Sydenham Hill. There was a huge glass structure in Adelaide Square in 1833, which fell down on its opening night.

 

[HovaGirl]

Surprised no one's come up with Accrington Stanley! Where is it? And who was Stanley?