When Saturday comes around

[Chopper]

Junior , gazza , Southport, Happy, Brunob, arky , compo , who else ! ! beardsley ha ha ! on soccer am !

[The Invisible Man]

Not much point me being on it I suppose.

[smallsy]

brunob u r so touchy about being called enfield..meow!!

 

it is only an abreviation. i.e burnham or abbey. if you want everyone to write enfield town then you have to write waltham abbey or burnham ramblers..how do you like thos apples!!!

 

kiss em!

[Tom S]

Enfield and Enfield Town are two separate clubs. If you don't want to type "Enfield Town" in full, just do what most of us do and use "ETFC".

 

You wouldn't abbreviate Dundee United to Dundee, would you?

[Ron Merlin]

Inaccuracy, not pedantry.

[smallsy]

well then i expect you will be writing burnham ramblers and waltham abbey then.

 

also hullbridge sports

brentwood town

concord rangers

london all peoples sports association

and.....romford!!lol.

[MbrunoB]

Quote:

zody said:
in that case I have met him, Bruno, is your dad the guy I was speaking to with glasses and has lost his sight, as we were all walking into the clubhouse. he told me he normal stands behind the goal.

Didnt see South though, busy keeping away from buying me a beer I seem to remember as did junior not buying a 50/50

Sounds like it.

[The Invisible Man]

No, because they can't be confused with other clubs at around the same level (although there is another Burnham, but they don't ramble.)

 

Who else could Abbey be if not Waltham Abbey? And so on. So, it is reasonable to refer to Brentwood as just Brentwood, and not Brentwood Town, because there is not a club just called Brentwood. The Dundee analogy is a good one.

 

Of course there is a club called Sheffield..........

[Gonzo]

"Abbey" could mean....."Abbey Villa Football Club" of the Northern Amateur Football League (div 1A).....or Cambridge United's predecessor which was called "Abbey United" until 1951.....or perhaps it would be even easier to get Waltham Abbey confused with....."Abbey Rangers Girls Football Club"?!

 

Some may also be confused by "Burnham". Is this a reference to the giants of non-league football, "Burnham Market Football Club"? Burnham Market FC

 

Ah, the wonders of Google!

[Southport - TOWNER]

Thought Burnham was in the west country

[Gonzo]

Na, that's Plymouth you're thinking of. Easy mistake to make.

[MbrunoB]

Is that where Junior gets her sense of direction from?

[smallsy]

there is a team called burnham in southern league div one west. some refer to waltham abbey as waltham..hence confusing with waltham forest!!

 

i peronally think it is b0ll0x but y should every time i refer to enfield have to worry about someone goin what team?? who r they?? it is pathetic, pedantic and extremely childish...so there!!!

[Ron Merlin]

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burnhamnumber1 said:
it is pathetic, pedantic and extremely childish...so there!!!

I do take your point, BN1. I know who you mean when you say Enfield on this board. Anyway, without wishing to kick off another argument on who is the "True Enfield", many Towners feel we are the only club worth the name Enfield, we are the true successors etc etc. But seeing as both Enfields play at Level 5 it's probably worth distinguishing between the two. Those lovely folk at Wealdstone do - they refer to us as Turncoats or Enfield Turn, which must be nice for them in their bitter little world, but at least they specify which one they hate!

This is a bit reasonable for me, on reflection. Short answer: yah boo sucks to you, matey! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

[The Invisible Man]

Ron, I presume that that is with knobs on?

[Ron Merlin]

Shiny brass ones, no less.

[The Invisible Man]

Splendid, I thought so. Got to maintain standards, you know.