hogso Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Let's just call ourselves Villa FC yeh, the only other Villa I can think of if Pelsall, and who cares about them rite. And before anyone says anything, no I don't know if Pelsall Villa play in Pelsall, or if the No. 48 bus goes there, or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 There's a fair few 'Villa' teams in Argentina (unsurprisingly), but the greatest of all namesakes is Tallinna FC Eston Villa in the fourth tier of Estonian football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 Why does it matter so much? Aston Villa is a good name. I know. I wouldn't be feel right if we were BVFC. But still Aston Villa is a good name for a local league. "Aston Villa" vs "Erdington Rovers" "Small Heath Alliance" vs "Northfield Wanderers" etc But since it's a national league, most clubs are named after the town or city from which they hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 And it's Eston Villa ESTON VILLA FC By far the greatest TEAM the fourth tier of the Estonion Football League has ever SEEN But Gareth are they actually based in Tallinn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 1, 2012 Moderator Share Posted May 1, 2012 And it's Eston Villa ESTON VILLA FC By far the greatest TEAM the fourth tier of the Estonion Football League has ever SEEN But Gareth are they actually based in Tallinn? We actually have a Villa fan from Tallinn whose first name is actually Eston, he used to post here and on the O/S forums, haven't heard from him for a good while but I'm beginning to wonder now…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 There are O/S forums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 And it's Eston Villa ESTON VILLA FC By far the greatest TEAM the fourth tier of the Estonion Football League has ever SEEN But Gareth are they actually based in Tallinn? Who the **** knows? Actually, yes they are. They play in the Lasnamäe SPK Kunstmuruväljak stadium in Tallinn. Although as it goes, I think "FC Eston Villa" is actually their full name, and the "Tallinn" bit was just added onto the English Wiki. I've double-checked, they are in fact simply "FC Eston Villa", ergo they do qualify for this bonkers thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 And it's Eston Villa ESTON VILLA FC By far the greatest TEAM the fourth tier of the Estonion Football League has ever SEEN But Gareth are they actually based in Tallinn? We actually have a Villa fan from Tallinn whose first name is actually Eston, he used to post here and on the O/S forums, haven't heard from him for a good while but I'm beginning to wonder now…. That is wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 It's quite baffiling that someone with access to the internet isn't able do the most basic research into the history of the parish of Aston and of the county of Warwickshire and yet almost exclusively creates topics about these very matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 1, 2012 Moderator Share Posted May 1, 2012 Actually his names not Eston at all, I lied about that bit ;-) but his username there and here was Eston Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 1, 2012 Moderator Share Posted May 1, 2012 There are O/S forums? Not any more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Suretow made sure of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton65ca Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Why does it matter so much? Aston Villa is a good name. I know. I wouldn't be feel right if we were BVFC. But still Aston Villa is a good name for a local league. "Aston Villa" vs "Erdington Rovers" "Small Heath Alliance" vs "Northfield Wanderers" etc But since it's a national league, most clubs are named after the town or city from which they hail. But, as previous posters on this fascinating thread have conclusively demonstrated, that's patently untrue isn't it? not one of the London clubs, for example, is named London anything. yer beating a dead horse there mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Or perhaps tell Coventry to go back to Warwickshire and we can call it Birmingham & Black Country to satisfy the Yam Yams. Get to ****! Birmingham is in Warwickshire too, which is why Warwickshire CCC play their home games on the edge of Birmingham city centre. As a Warwickshire lad, I'll be **** if I am giving that up just because you cant take your mates saying that Villa arent named after Birmingham. Yeah but isn't Coventry basically separate from the rest of the West Midlands and more in touch with Warwickshire? Like I think there is only one bus (907?) that goes from Coventry City Centre to Birmingham City Centre. But there are probably loads of buses that go from Coventry City Centre to Warwickshire towns like Nuneaton, Rugby, Leamington Spa, Kenilworth etc. So surely it makes sense for Coventry to be in Warwickshire rather than the West Midlands? Who made you the Lord of the Land? Places aren't going to be renamed just because you say so, so why are you pedalling this bullshit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sureshot Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 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. Paris technically does have more than one team. Créteil-Lusitanos are in a south-eastern suburb of Paris. There's Paris FC as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 In the subject matter, NOBODY mentioned Benfica! On a similar subject, "Sporting Lisbon" is not that club's name. It's Sporting Clube de Portugal. Lisbon have a third team not containing the name of the city, forget what it's called. It's got a Z in it somewhere. Regarding suggestions that we should have renamed ourselves to "Birmingham Villa"...a city councillor tried this once, and got laughed at by the national press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zatman Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 In the subject matter, NOBODY mentioned Benfica! correct name is Sport Lisboa Benfica. Dublin has loads of these teams Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne Bohemians St.Patricks Athletic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 In the subject matter, NOBODY mentioned Benfica! correct name is Sport Lisboa Benfica. Bollocks, I stand corrected. Sporting Clube de Portugal still stands then. C.F. Os Belenenses are the third one in Lisbon that I mentioned before - they are named after the district of Belem...famous for it's custard tarts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Vitesse in Holland. Play in Arnhem, and Vitesse is simply French for speed/fast. Fast Football Club basically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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