A rose by any other name....

[Hookey]

Maybe it's just me, but I do like my football club names to be representative of where they come from, i.e. Barking, Basildon Utd, Romford, Southend Manor, Hullbridge, Stansted, Burnham etc etc. Even Corcord has some geographical significance, i.e. Concord Beach.

 

Also Bowers (Named after their first ground in Bowers Gifford) added Pitsea to give a bigger clue to their whereabouts.

 

However, both Beaumont Athletic and London APSA (Could narrow it down a bit lads) do not indicate where they are from. Now we have Mauritius Sports & Pennant FC (Welcome BTW) who's name also offers no clues as to their origins, unless you include Mauritius!!!

 

I realise these clubs are not unique in football and that it is not really a big deal, but I thought as it's a slow day I'd raise it for debate....

[coupwotcoup]

you mean like Arsenal? Didn't realise there was a Concord beach. I will forego the silly jokes akin to Healesy's snozzle..

[Hookey]

Arsenal did it the other way round, they had a tube station named after them.

 

As for Concord.... Here you go.

 

http://www.concordrangers.co.uk/id8.html

[Beeswax]

Originally Posted By: Hookey

Bowers (Named after their first ground in Bowers Gifford)

According to the club's history, they started on a site now covered by Pitsea Market (ie.the back of The Railway PH). So why call themselves Bowers United?

[Hookey]

Because they used to play at Gun Hill, Bowers Gifford, behind where The Gun PH is now.

[Beeswax]

but that was after they played in Pitsea behind the Railway PH, so why Bowers United?

[Hookey]

As you can see, the history on the website contradicts itself.

 

It says it started in '47, then it says it started in '46...

 

"The club began life in an old wooden cricket pavilion in 1947 on the site of what is now Pitsea Market. A move to Gun Meadow, Pitsea saw the purchase of a prefabricated building which was used as changing rooms. The building of the new A13 from Canvey to the Five Bells roundabout saw the compulsory purchase of the ground and the club's move to its current home at Crown Avenue, Pitsea. The ground was purchased from Basildon Development Corporation along with a prefabricated building which still serves as the dressing rooms.

 

After the war years, once stability had come to the nation, many new sporting clubs sprang up. One such club was our own, Bowers United, started in 1946 by Bert Salmon, playing at Gun Meadow"

[Beeswax]

So where did the club begin life? Which statement is correct? I demand the truth?

[Hookey]

Dunno!!

[Beeswax]

If they ended up behind the Gun, they must have started behind the Railway, musn't they?

[Jenko]

Beaumont or Apsa could be called Stepney FC.

 

 

[Hookey]

Originally Posted By: Beeswax

If they ended up behind the Gun, they must have started behind the Railway, musn't they?

Dunno again!!! History is a thing of the past and nostalgia aint what it used to be.

[Hookey]

Originally Posted By: Jenko

Beaumont or Apsa could be called Stepney FC.

APSA play in Newham!!

Oh, I forgot about "Eton" Manor!!!

[onebreast]

i will be embarassed to tell people ive got an away game against Mauritius & pennant sports or whatever the f*ck they are called . What a joke , makes the league sound complete mickey mouse

[Hookey]

It'll be the Dog & Duck next!!!

 

Which is kinda where I was going with the original post.

[Kel]

Weren't Accrington Stanley and Crewe Alexandra both named after pubs?

[coupwotcoup]

I knew that Crewe were, but thought that Accrington were called Stanley, coz they played in Stanley Street. Stanley Villa was their original name I think. Can't be ar$ed to Google..

[Jenko]

Originally Posted By: Hookey

Originally Posted By: Jenko

Beaumont or Apsa could be called Stepney FC.

APSA play in Newham!!

Oh, I forgot about "Eton" Manor!!!

But they originate in Stepney! Don't know about Eton Manor though.

[coupwotcoup]

I used to originate from the Old Globe and Astric Lodge on many a weekend evening around 11pm..

[Hookey]

Originally Posted By: Jenko

But they originate in Stepney! Don't know about Eton Manor though.

From the EM website... "Eton Manor were formed in 1901 by rich and influential families of the likes of Barings, Villiers and Lord Chelsea for the benefit of bringing sport to the door and underprivileged youth of the East End of London"

Probably old Etonians!!!