HongKongVillan Posted April 30, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted April 30, 2012 AFC Wimbledon I believe are in Kingston upon Thames too. I might be wrong but they are just renting the stadium in Kingston from Kingstonian FC. But its interesting that AFC Wimbledon or the old Wimbledon is one of those club where they don't really have any identity or association with its own town. ie. they played at Selhurst Park in Croydon when they were in the Prem but Croydon is even further away vs Kingston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KT3AVFC Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Plough Lane, the original Dons home, is most definitely in Wimbledon. Loads of flats on the site now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Yeah, when I think of Wimbledon FC I think of Plough Lane. That was barely a mile from Wimbledon station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Highgate FC play their games in Shirley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Arsenal (London) Chelsea (London) Fulham (London) Queens Park Rangers (London) Tottenham Hotspur (London) Crystal Palace (London) Millwall (London) West Ham United (London) Brentford (London) Charlton Athletic (London) Leyton Orient (London) AFC Wimbledon (London) Barnet (London) Dagenham & Redbridge (London) Do I win a prize? Forgot about London In Champions League draws it's always "Arsenal London" and "Chelsea London" Crazy how Paris has only one team though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Everton had already been covered. Lets add Manchester United (Stretford, Lancashire) to the list too. Also, Notts County are in Nottingham, Nottingham Forest are outside in the borough of West Bridgford. The River Trent acts as the city limits of Nottingham, and the City Ground is on the south bank (map) FWIW, Aston didnt become a part of Birmingham until 1911. We had already won most of our shit by then. Brighton & Hove Albion - Brighton or Falmer? Bolton Wanderers - Bolton or Horwich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 In Champions League draws it's always "Arsenal London" and "Chelsea London" Crazy how Paris has only one team though. We do the same with Internazionale (Inter Milan) too. And Paris is a weird place. It's not a sporting city at all really is it? Mind you, I dont think France is as passionate about Football as a lot of other "football" countries, Rugby (both codes) seems to get a much bigger share of the limelight there than it does here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 So anyway, what other clubs are not named after their respective town or city? **** hundreds what a stupid thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 So anyway, what other clubs are not named after their respective town or city? **** hundreds what a stupid thread This times 100....Even Aston Villa doesn't comply with the retardedness of the O.P.'s argument. Aston is a town and Aston Villa is named after that town . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 edit - was wrong :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Aston is not a town. It is part of Birmingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Anybody mentioned Hibernian yet? Interesting that they have Edinburgh in their club crest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 edit - was wrong :oops: What was you gonna say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Aston is not a town. It is part of Birmingham. But it was a town when Aston Villa FC were founded. It didnt become a part of Birmingham until Aston Villa had existed for 37 years. You seem to be missing that relatively simple concept deliberately! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 edit - was wrong :oops: What was you gonna say? Schalke null vier But they are from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Aston is not a town. It is part of Birmingham. But it was a town when Aston Villa FC were founded. It didnt become a part of Birmingham until Aston Villa had existed for 37 years. You seem to be missing that relatively simple concept deliberately! Fair enough but we should have updated our name when Aston became a part of Birmingham. Afterall, most of our fans do not come from Aston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 edit - was wrong :oops: What was you gonna say? Schalke null vier But they are from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen So that's right isn't it? They are not named after their city because they are called Schalke and not Gelsenkirchen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Aston is not a town. It is part of Birmingham. But it was a town when Aston Villa FC were founded. It didnt become a part of Birmingham until Aston Villa had existed for 37 years. You seem to be missing that relatively simple concept deliberately! Fair enough but we should have updated our name when Aston became a part of Birmingham. Afterall, most of our fans do not come from Aston.Are you telling me that after 37 years of being Aston Villa we should've changed it to Birmingham Villa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Aston is not a town. It is part of Birmingham. But it was a town when Aston Villa FC were founded. It didnt become a part of Birmingham until Aston Villa had existed for 37 years. You seem to be missing that relatively simple concept deliberately! Fair enough but we should have updated our name when Aston became a part of Birmingham. Afterall, most of our fans do not come from Aston. At the time Villa were the biggest and most successful club in world football. Rename the club because of a boundary change? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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