The European football thread - Page 473

Sdpm100 · 01-02-2007, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Kyiv also has a Viking history so Raiders is a fairly good choice.

Are you going for all proper spellings? Maybe Cologne should be Koln with the umlauts.

No, I'm using the English spellings. And anyway, Cologne don't have a team anymore (there were three in Germany to start with).

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Originally Posted by Russ

Is Owen Hargreaves to United pretty much a done deal?

I don't think so, no.

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Who would sit for him though? Scholes?

Carrick?

Russ · 01-02-2007, 11:48 AM

I'm a Boro fan anyway, but I'm glad to see Man U beating out Chelsea right now. Lesser of two evils for me.

bababui · 01-02-2007, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Sdpm100

No, I'm using the English spellings. And anyway, Cologne don't have a team anymore (there were three in Germany to start with).

Well, the Cossacks was a great idea.

ukhotstove · 01-02-2007, 12:01 PM

Calling a Kiev team Raiders would pretty much be like having a New York team called New York Bombers or New York Terrorists, as Kievs history isn't one of being raiders but of having been raided on numerous occasions through history.

I'd go with say Kiev Engineers (Czech engineers is one of the stories behind football finding it's way to the Ukraine) 1928 Kiev (A take on 1860 Munich, 1928 is the year Kiev played their first game), SC Kiev (Dynamo Kiev started of as a sports club) or nstead of having the initials of sports club you could have Sporting Kiev or Sports Club Kiev or something on those lines.

ukhotstove · 01-02-2007, 12:02 PM

Agghhh it's a baseball team not a football team lol.

bababui · 01-02-2007, 12:03 PM

Ive wanted the Dodgers to change their name to the Los Angeles Crips but no one will take it seriously.

bababui · 01-02-2007, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Agghhh it's a baseball team not a football team lol.

I think your choices are still appropriate.

Russ · 01-02-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Ive wanted the Dodgers to change their name to the Los Angeles Crips but no one will take it seriously.

The Orioles should be Baltimore Homeless Crack Heads. That probably won't make it either.

bababui · 01-02-2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Russ

The Orioles should be Baltimore Homeless Crack Heads. That probably won't make it either.

Randy Newman really nailed the city with his classic 'Baltimore'.

Beat up little seagull
On a marble stair
Tryin' to find the ocean
Lookin' everywhere

Hard times in the city
In a hard town by the sea
Ain't nowhere to run to
There ain't nothin' here for free

Hooker on the corner
Waitin' for a train
Drunk lyin' on the sidewalk
Sleepin' in the rain

And they hide their faces
And they hide their eyes
'Cause the city's dyin'
And they don't know why

Oh Baltimore
Man it's hard just to live
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to life, just to live

Get my sister Sandy
And my little brother Ray
Buy a big old wagon
To haul us all away

Live out in the country
Where the mountain's high
Never comin' back here
'Til the day I die

Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live
Oh, Baltimore
Man, it's hard just to live, just to live

ukhotstove · 01-02-2007, 12:17 PM

Some that would suit a baseball team more are.

Kiev Rivermen - Located on the Dnieper River.

Kiev Reds - Fits many ways with the Russian history but Red Stadium was the first stadium which is said to have been host to Kiev's first game.

Kiev Angels - Statue of Michael Archangel is at the centre of the city and is the historical protector of Kiev.

If you wanted logos would be easy for you to get logos for those teams.

ukhotstove · 01-02-2007, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Ive wanted the Dodgers to change their name to the Los Angeles Crips but no one will take it seriously.

Dodgers works though, as in dodging drive by bullets

Sdpm100 · 01-02-2007, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Some that would suit a baseball team more are.

Kiev Rivermen - Located on the Dnieper River.

Kiev Reds - Fits many ways with the Russian history but Red Stadium was the first stadium which is said to have been host to Kiev's first game.

Kiev Angels - Statue of Michael Archangel is at the centre of the city and is the historical protector of Kiev.

If you wanted logos would be easy for you to get logos for those teams.

I like these. Thanks.

I've already got Horsemen though for Saint Petersburg, so it might be Angels to be a bit different.

I was trying to find who Kiev was twinned with, but I can't find any other than Edinburgh.
It would be good if it was Anaheim or Los Angeles, like I did with Milan's team.

For anyone interested, here is the team list:

Code:

Atlantic League			Continental League
North				North
Amsterdam Pirates		Copenhagen Chill
Dublin Shamrocks		Kyiv _______
London Ravens			Moscow Warriors
Manchester Storm		Saint Petersburg Horsemen
Rotterdam Dockers		Stockholm Royals

South				South
Barcelona Catalans		Athens Capitals
Berlin Bears			Milan Cubs
Dusseldorf Dragons		Prague Bohemians
Madrid Conquistadores		Rome Gladiators
Paris Patriots			Zurich Eagles

bababui · 01-02-2007, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Some that would suit a baseball team more are.

Kiev Rivermen - Located on the Dnieper River.

Kiev Reds - Fits many ways with the Russian history but Red Stadium was the first stadium which is said to have been host to Kiev's first game.

Kiev Angels - Statue of Michael Archangel is at the centre of the city and is the historical protector of Kiev.

If you wanted logos would be easy for you to get logos for those teams.

Like em all but Reds...the Russians murdered millions of Ukranians. im sure they wouldnt like to be reminded of their archrivals.

bababui · 01-02-2007, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Dodgers works though, as in dodging drive by bullets

FYI..the Dodgers name comes from fare dodging on the NYC subway system.

ukhotstove · 01-02-2007, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Like em all but Reds...the Russians murdered millions of Ukranians. im sure they wouldnt like to be reminded of their archrivals.

Reds was the Red Stadium really and the Russian connection an after thought.

bababui · 01-02-2007, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Sdpm100

I like these. Thanks.

I've already got Horsemen though for Saint Petersburg, so it might be Angels.

I was trying to find who Kiev was twinned with, but I can't find any other than Edinburgh.
It would be good if it was Anaheim or Los Angeles, like I did with Milan's team.

For anyone interested, here is the team list:

Code:

Atlantic League            Continental League
North                North
Amsterdam Pirates        Copenhagen Chill
Dublin Shamrocks        Kyiv _______
London Ravens            Moscow Warriors
Manchester Storm        Saint Petersburg Horsemen
Rotterdam Dockers        Stockholm Royals
 
South                South
Barcelona Catalans        Athens Capitals
Berlin Bears            Milan Cubs
Dusseldorf Dragons        Prague Bohemians
Madrid Conquistadores        Rome Gladiators
Paris Patriots            Zurich Eagles

Great set of names SDPM..I would only change the Pirates to London because most of the most famous pirates were English.

ukhotstove · 01-02-2007, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

FYI..the Dodgers name comes from fare dodging on the NYC subway system.

Trolley Dodgers the way the fans got to the stadium to watch the team, that's what the fans were called. Always remember that one as it's pretty much right at the start of the Ken Burns series on baseball.

Sdpm100 · 01-02-2007, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Great set of names SDPM..I would only change the Pirates to London because most of the most famous pirates were English.

Thanks, but most of them came from people posting in my dynasty thread, or me just nicking them from real-life teams, like the Amsterdam Pirates (it also goes well with the city's NFL Europe team, the Admirals).

The London team were originally called Olympics as a tie-in with the 2012 Olympic Games, and then the Yankees when George Steinbrenner bought them.

bababui · 01-02-2007, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Trolley Dodgers the way the fans got to the stadium to watch the team, that's what the fans were called. Always remember that one as it's pretty much right at the start of the Ken Burns series on baseball.

I thought they were fare dodging.

ukhotstove · 01-02-2007, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Sdpm100

I like these. Thanks.

I've already got Horsemen though for Saint Petersburg, so it might be Angels to be a bit different.

I was trying to find who Kiev was twinned with, but I can't find any other than Edinburgh.
It would be good if it was Anaheim or Los Angeles, like I did with Milan's team.

I can come up with them all day, I did a solo league set up with around 100 towns in America using a back drop of the first railways in America and Canada. So got used to looking up what a town or city was famous for, let me tell you it gets easy trying to find a name for Kiev when you've found a nickname for a town in America that as a population of about 150

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Russ All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Essex HON! Posts: 1,923 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	I'm a Boro fan anyway, but I'm glad to see Man U beating out Chelsea right now. Lesser of two evils for me.

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ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 7,175	Calling a Kiev team Raiders would pretty much be like having a New York team called New York Bombers or New York Terrorists, as Kievs history isn't one of being raiders but of having been raided on numerous occasions through history. I'd go with say Kiev Engineers (Czech engineers is one of the stories behind football finding it's way to the Ukraine) 1928 Kiev (A take on 1860 Munich, 1928 is the year Kiev played their first game), SC Kiev (Dynamo Kiev started of as a sports club) or nstead of having the initials of sports club you could have Sporting Kiev or Sports Club Kiev or something on those lines.

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ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 7,175	Agghhh it's a baseball team not a football team lol.

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ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 7,175	Some that would suit a baseball team more are. Kiev Rivermen - Located on the Dnieper River. Kiev Reds - Fits many ways with the Russian history but Red Stadium was the first stadium which is said to have been host to Kiev's first game. Kiev Angels - Statue of Michael Archangel is at the centre of the city and is the historical protector of Kiev. If you wanted logos would be easy for you to get logos for those teams.