There are so many odd names for soccer teams around the world.
Bolivia - The Strongest
Argentina - Newell's Old Boys
Switzerland - BSC Young Boys, Grasshopper
There is an Everton in Chile, and a Barcelona in Ecuador.
And oddest of all - Liverpool - can you imagine a swimming pool full of raw liver? Gross!
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features...s-around-world
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Swaziland’s football’s top flight – the Swazi Premier League – is awash with delightfully odd football team names: Green Mamba, Royal Leopards, Mhlumi Peacemakers, Young Buffaloes, Mhlambanyatsi Rovers – while further down the tiers you’ll find Never Die, Russian Bombers, and, er, Manchester United.Eleven Men In Flight, however, get top prize.
We may as well get this one over with: the outfit nicknamed Los Wankeros [Peru] are genuinely derived from the Wanka tribe, an indigenous people who speak the Quechua language and were once part of the Inca Empire.
Moron is part of Buenos Aires – they have a Bishop of Moron and a Moron University – but it’s best known for its Primera B Metropolitana unit Deportivo, whose jerseys have BINGO MORON plastered proudly across the chest.
Botswana might miraculously have the edge on even Swaziland when it comes to deranged team names, with Kanye Swallows, Green Lovers, Extension Gunners, Galaxy and Two-Two-Five – which sounds worryingly like a confusing rival to this very website – all in the running. But Miscellaneous FC, based in Serowe, stand out for failing to even be arsed to come up with a specific name.
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