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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
I thought EPL teams did in fact have team names but through habit or tradition they went with the club name.
Isn't Manchester United the Red Devils, and Arsenal FC the Gunners?
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Exactly. European soccer teams have more colloquial nicknames that are not usually included in the formal name. Some are extremely basic and boring as well: blues, reds, etc.
This is actually a fascinating list of nicknames and shows how the origins are all over the map:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...United_Kingdom