Freaky Brit names. was RE: [thechat] Celtic vs Chelsea at Seattle en Espanol

[Martin Burns]

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On 7 Aug 2004, at 11:50, William Anderson wrote:

> John Handelaar wrote:
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: thechat-bounces at lists.evolt.org
>> >[mailto:thechat-bounces at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Terry Fowler
>> [snip] >      Chelsea Blues  >      Liverpool Reds  Again, just 
>> 'Blues' or 'Reds'.  There's lots of other Blues and
>> Reds out there too (Aberdeen springs to mind for the latter)
>
> More commonly known as The Dons, tho.

Aye, it only really matters when you've another coloured team in the 
vicinity.

Aberdeen is pretty unique in Scottish football for
a) Only having one team in the city, so no sectarian split
b) Having an almost 1:1 mapping between living in the city and 
supporting the team.

Cheers
Martin
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