You want to provide a cite for any of those? The first one I looked up was Peterborough, which is named for Peterborough & Fletton United. the team it replaced, formed by… a merger.
I take Peterborough back. From wiki:
You get the idea.
I resemble that remark! I’ll have you know I’ve been an idiot since I was 6 years old! If you knew what it was like to be outshone by a Scouser, you’d be more charitable.
Yanks go home!
I think what you’re thinking of is that he retired as captain of England.
Current holders of no fewer than five, yes that’s five, trophies:
Community Shield Holders
World Club Champions
Carling Cup Holders
Premiership Champions
European Cup Holders
If that’s “sucking” I’d like to see what they’re like when they get good
I know where the names come from, but MLS didn’t have the luxury of being founded 100 years ago before Nike and corporate marketing idiots existed and sadly Bethlehem Steel FC has been defunct for 80+ years. Yes, it sucks that MLS gave some of the teams stupid names, but as long as the fans like them who cares if they came from a sponsor, ripping off another team, from a sporting club, or from some clever newspaper editor. I also think that it is somewhat unfair that MLS gets killed for ripping off euro names when there are 37 Arsenals around the word, and I’m pretty sure all of them weren’t founded by workers at a weapons factory.
Are there?
Piker, you win. I still maintain that Real Salt Lake and Houston Dynamo are stupid… but you can have United. 
Don’t forget that D.C. United was partly named what they were because they play in Washington D.C., the capitol of the United States.
There is one in Brazil (and an Everton in Chile) and a bunch in Eastern Europe.
I’ve heard people talking about the five trophies deal for United this season. I’ve always understood the Community Shield to be a pre-season match; do the English really consider that a “trophy”? I’m asking, I honestly don’t know. It seems like putting the Super Bowl, the NFC East Championship, and the Hall of Fame Game in the same category.
-Piker
It only counts when you win it.
The World Club Championship is also more like an exhibition (though to a lesser degree).
The Carling Cup is also a lesser championship. When people speak of winning the treble they’re generally talking about the domestic cup (FA cup in England), the league championship, and the Champions League. I think ManU was the last to do it.
MLS doesn’t have quite the same deal as the CONCACAF champions league is fairly new. Lots of people talk about the domestic treble which would be MLS Cup, the US Open Cup, and the Supporters Shield (best regular season record.) This is fairly contrived, but it’s fun to think about. So far it hasn’t been done.
I understand there are trophies (League Cup) that are less well regarded than others (the European Cup). I was just thinking that there is a big difference between competition trophies and exhibition trophies.
Let’s put it this way- if Man United were relegated but won the FA Cup, Sir Alec (Ferguson) might keep his job. If Man United were relegated but won the Charity Shield/Community Shield/whatever they call it now, he’d be torn to shreds by a pack of angry fans.
Let’s put it this way:
If the reds were relegated there would be great joy in the Blue half of Manchester and quite possibly in most other cities as well, London excepted as most manure fans live there
Well, Beckham’s going to be the world’s first timeshare footballer, accepting a pay cut to pave the way for the deal. I really don’t know how this jibes with FIFA’s multiple registration rules, but then I suppose the old monetary vaseline has soothed such concerns.
I also don’t see how playing a full Italian season, followed by half an American one, leading straight into another Italian one is the best way to maintain fitness for international duty. He’s going to be absolutely knackered unless at least one of his three teams uses him extremely sparingly.
Edit: Rumours that the Milan representatives were forced to sit through a three hour slideshow and pressure sales pitch for the Beckhamshare are unconfirmed, although it is believed that they opted for the mystery gift rather than the boxed set of Wisconsin cheeses.
I think the more interesting rumour is that apparently Beckham is dipping in to his own pocket to help seal the deal. I’ll laugh my ass off if he doesn’t make it to the England squad now, even though I think he deserves his place on the bench.
It’s always nice to see Peterborough mentioned, although none of the fans ever refer to the ‘United’ part. It’s usually ‘Peterbrugh’ or, more commonly, Posh (much to Victoria Beckham’s dismay).
I could care less about Galaxy, but one has to wonder what they are thinking at this point. The $3 million that Milan was offering could have payed for their entire non-Beckham salary budget this year. Now, they are virtually assuring that they will have the same problem that they did last year again this year. Namely, Beckham and Donovan surrounded 9 Blue Square Premier caliber players.
All this so Galaxy can sell a few shirts in Asia, Milan can compete for no trophies, and Beckham can ride the pine in yet another mediocre England World Cup showing in 2010.
I will always maintain a deep-rooted love for Peterborough because they have a few terrific players who I always signed for peanuts at the start of the season in Championship Manager 3 (Matthew Etherington and Simon Davies).
If Yeovil Town ever folded, I’d adopt Peterborough U as my team in a minute.
Sure they sucked last year, but they also, by far, made the most money in the league. Beckham is a cash cow. That’s what they’re thinking. $3m was a completely insulting offer. They would lose more than that in sponsorship clauses having Beckham leave.
After dealing with the smug superiority of Galaxy fans for going on 14 years now, there is a pleasant satisfaction of seeing their management flush all competitive prospects down the drain so they can sell more jerseys in Asia.
-Piker