Obscure places known only because of their football teams

[Curious Orange]

But have you never heard of Laurence Olivier

The actor chap from Dorking? Hasn't done much for that place's nationwide fame!!

 

[The Large One]

Queens Park Rangers.

What sort of area is Queens Park? The club don't even play there.

 

[The Large One]

To be fair, it does depend on where you come from. My wife's from Middlesbrough, and she hasn't the first clue where anywhere south of Birmingham is except London. Many people up here would struggle to place Wycombe, Colchester or Reading.

Peasy. In the toilet, underneath the bog roll.

 

[MikeySmall]

Chasetown. 1st I heard about the place was during the FA cup a couple of seasons back.

 

[The Large One]

Fisher Athletic (dd)

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

Bashley. A village of only 300 or so, whose football team got to the 1st or 2nd Round of the FA Cup. You never heard the end of it on South Today for weeks afterwards. As for the place - never heard of it until they started making such a fuss.

 

[surrey jim]

With all these names im suprised Yeovil hasnt been mentioned. What else is in that town? The station is in another county!!

 

[FLAIRtastic]

With all these names im suprised Yeovil hasnt been mentioned. What else is in that town? The station is in another county!!

pardon?

Yeovil, weird weird weird place.
Ready to get flamed but Arsenal? Is there a place in London called Arsenal?

 

[philsussex]

Home of brewing? SHAME ON YOU!!!

Thinking about it, I think Burton may also be the home of Marmite. When I can be arsed I'll get up and have a look at the jar.

 

[philsussex]

Eh? You never read Henry IV, Part 1? Never heard of Charles Darwin?

In any case, who north of Watford would have any idea where Hove was if it wasn't tagged on to Brighton in your team name?

When we played away at Woking a couple of yoofs asked us where Brighton was. They seemed to be under the impression it was up north. Maybe confusing with Blackpool.

Wasn't sure if they were thick or just taking the piss.

 

[Norman Potting]

Yeading (sorry if this has already been posted, can't be arsed to trawl through the thread). Near Slough I believe, or maybe not.

 

[Norman Potting]

Nailsworth is a fairly small village, south of Stroud, Forest Green is little more than a housing estate on the edge of it...up a very large hill...where the ground, at 165m above sea level, is the second highest in the country where professional football is played.

Where is the highest in the country pray tell?

 

[philsussex]

Where is the highest in the country pray tell?

West Brom highest altitude league club:

Highest English football stadiums by altitude - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Brighton M]

Wrexham?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Macclesfield, Shrewsbury, Middlesbrough.

Almost a non-place, Middlesbrough. In 1801 it was a hamlet with a population of just 25 people living in four farmhouses. By 1900, thanks to the iron industry, it had grown to 90,000 and peaked at 165,000 in the 1960s. It's now in serious decline again - down to 139,000. Vast numbers of my mother's family were born and bred in Middlesbrough. And my great great great grandfather died in the workhouse there in 1887.

 

[Castello]

A man named Henry Norris, the Winkleman of his day, bought second division Woolwich Arsenal just before the 1st world war and planned to turn them into the super power of English football. Originally he tried to merge them with Fulham but was blocked by the football league. He then decided to move them to Highbury right on the doorstep of Tottenham Hotspur and Clapton Orient (who incidentally no longer play in the area!). When the league resumed after the war the 1st division was to be expanded by two clubs so the two bottom placed teams, one of which was Spurs were initially given a reprieve. However, somehow Norris arranged a meeting with the league and persuaded (Blatter style probably)them to replace Spurs with Arsenal, who had finished 6th in the second division and therefore had no real claim for promotion.

As such Arsenal are not only the only team to have never been relegated from the top flight but also the only one never to have been promoted to it. Spurs have understandably disliked them ever since.

is the correct answer.

So the next time a gooner says theyve never been relegated, remind them they've never been fairly promoted either. And no I dont support Tottenham, surprisingly few in Tottenham do.

 

[whitelion]

Fisher Athletic (dd)

Bermondsey.........see earlier post!!

 

[whitelion]

With all these names im suprised Yeovil hasnt been mentioned. What else is in that town? The station is in another county!!

The Glovers.

Famous for its glove-making industry.

 

[Lincoln Imp]

Nope, name of the house that the club was formed in. As has been said they pay in Burslem.

I always thought it was named after its location of Burslem Port but thinking about it we could both be right.

Someone mentioned Bournemouth's neighbour Boscombe a way back. There used to be three league clubs that played in the seaside resort next to town by which they were normally named. Then Grimsby went out of the league and some sod sold the Goldstone.

Anyway, this thread will be attracting a lot of interest in Raith for sure. They'll be dancing in its streets.

 

[Vicar!]

Quite surprised Gelsenkirchen hasn't had a mention yet. Unlike Wolfsburg or Eindhoven, this is a town only famous for it's football club, Schalke 04, one of the biggest in Germany.

Gelsenkirchen itself is f***ing miserable. Souless, concrete, non descript. It's been described as a German Croydon and that's probably about right.

I think you will find there is a historical reason for its concrete soul. It is of course an old mining town which rarely endears it to anyone. One decent brew pub however and a pizzeria offering a spag bol pizza of all things. Still the trains run on time even through blinding snow storms, which is just as well when you are based in Düsseldorf.