Cyclecar 24 #13 Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) ....so Blades might have been Graves Park Rangers, based on more-or-less locality. Edited August 5, 2020 by Cyclecar punctuation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ridgewalk 95 #14 Posted August 6, 2020 On 04/08/2020 at 15:00, St Petre said: And Chelsea's ground, Stamford Bridge is in the borough of Fulham. That's an odd one that. Chelsea play in Fulham. So when they win a trophy which High Street do they parade on and to which Town Hall ? I do puzzle over important issues like that. On 04/08/2020 at 18:17, St Petre said: I'm trying not to be pedantic Alan but I think Arsenal started out as Woolwich Arsenal, that place being a district in south London before they moved north of the Thames. I believe the club Port Vale was originally named Burslem Port Vale and I think Tranmere is an area in Birkenhead. As for QPR...got me there. Why " Port Vale" at all, what does it stand for ? Lots of clubs were founded by Churches eg. Barnsley St Peters, Everton ( St Domingos), or as Works teams, eg. Thames Ironworks ( West Ham I think). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ridgewalk 95 #15 Posted August 6, 2020 Ps. Apparently Queens Park was an area of North West London Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
St Petre 85 #16 Posted August 6, 2020 33 minutes ago, Ridgewalk said: That's an odd one that. Chelsea play in Fulham. So when they win a trophy which High Street do they parade on and to which Town Hall ? I do puzzle over important issues like that. Why " Port Vale" at all, what does it stand for ? Lots of clubs were founded by Churches eg. Barnsley St Peters, Everton ( St Domingos), or as Works teams, eg. Thames Ironworks ( West Ham I think). Correct, Thames Ironworks became West Ham United. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Grappler 12 #17 Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) No one really knows why Port Vale are called Port Vale, but there are two schools of thought, both plausible. One is that the club was an off shoot of an earlier team called Porthill Victoria (based in Newcastle under Lyme), and from where (apparently) you can see the Valley where the ship canal runs through, with various ports along the route. The road near to Porthill is called Vale Road. The other is that the off shoot club met at Port Vale House in Burslem, and formed a club called Burslem Port Vale, which was shortened to Port Vale. Edited August 6, 2020 by Grappler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ridgewalk 95 #18 Posted August 7, 2020 11 hours ago, Grappler said: No one really knows why Port Vale are called Port Vale, but there are two schools of thought, both plausible. One is that the club was an off shoot of an earlier team called Porthill Victoria (based in Newcastle under Lyme), and from where (apparently) you can see the Valley where the ship canal runs through, with various ports along the route. The road near to Porthill is called Vale Road. The other is that the off shoot club met at Port Vale House in Burslem, and formed a club called Burslem Port Vale, which was shortened to Port Vale. Hard to believe that no ones knows the origin of the name ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
pintor 32 #19 Posted August 7, 2020 38 minutes ago, Ridgewalk said: Hard to believe that no ones knows the origin of the name ? According to records they began as Porthill Victoria, changing to Burslam Port Vale in 1884, they were founder members of the football league second division 1892 ,after a few years they went into liquidation and dropped to the minor leagues, the merged with another club Cobridge church, becoming Port Vale and rejoined the league in 1919 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Parkside 0 #20 Posted August 7, 2020 Before the Owls were a football club they were a cricket team who played football on a Wednesday at Bramall Lane , hence the name The Wednesday . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Markstevo 10 #21 Posted August 11, 2020 On 07/08/2020 at 15:47, Parkside said: Before the Owls were a football club they were a cricket team who played football on a Wednesday at Bramall Lane , hence the name The Wednesday . Wednesday only played their big games at Bramall lane (home of Sheffield United Cricket club) the rest of their games were played at Olive Grove until they moved north of the city (Owlerton) & when Sheffield United Cricket Club lost their revenue they decided to form a professional club (Sheffield United f.c) . Just to put myths to bed a lot of Wednesday fans (not all wednesday fans) seem to think that Bramall Lane was their ground before United was born ( it wasn't they rented the ground for big games because Olive Grove wasn't big enough hence the move to Owlerton ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Michael_W 11 #22 Posted August 12, 2020 4 hours ago, Markstevo said: Wednesday only played their big games at Bramall lane (home of Sheffield United Cricket club) the rest of their games were played at Olive Grove until they moved north of the city (Owlerton) & when Sheffield United Cricket Club lost their revenue they decided to form a professional club (Sheffield United f.c) . Just to put myths to bed a lot of Wednesday fans (not all wednesday fans) seem to think that Bramall Lane was their ground before United was born ( it wasn't they rented the ground for big games because Olive Grove wasn't big enough hence the move to Owlerton ) Sheffield United cricket club were formed as an amalgamation of several Sheffield cricket clubs (united), Bramall Lane was a 'cricket ground' that occasionally was used as a venue for football matches, The Wednesday cricket club leased a wicket there as did a few other cricket clubs, The Wednesday Football club played at various venues around the S2 area including Bramall lane and Sheaf House before they made Olive Grove their home. United were not born they were formed, to make use of Bramall Lane in the winter months and generate revenue because The Wednesday had gone permanently to Olive Grove, and The Wednesday chairman and president Mr Charles Clegg proposed that Sheffield United be formed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...