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06th Feb 2014

Name it like Beckham; some of the worst/best football club names ever

Hallelujah FC, anyone?

Eric Lalor

With David Beckham telling everyone he’s bought a new unamed MLS franchise in Miami, we look at some of the weirder football team names out there

In Norway, there is a professional ladies football team called Fart. Yep, that’s right….Fart

Fart team

The beautifully named Peruvian football team, Deportivo Wanka. No truth in rumours of the players’ lounge being called the Wanka Bar

wanka

Owned by all round football governing nice guy, Jack Warner, we present to you Joe Public FC from Trinidad & Tobago

Joe Public sw

Not to be outdone by their Peruvian counterparts, this Argentinian club are not setting their sights high. Deportivo Moron FC

moron

We challenge you to come up with a terrace chant for this Ghanaian football club. Ladies and gents, there’s only one

Essienimpong Cape-Coast Mysterious Dwarfs FC

dwarfs

No prizes for guessing the terrace song for this South Korean football club, Hallelujah FC who alas no longer exist

HallelujahFC

And for our climax, we bring you all the way from Indonesia, Semen Padang FC

padang

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Topics:

Miami,MLS,TV