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Friday, March 29, 2024

Alexandra or Argyle — you just can’t beat a good club name

Every week, English football fans follow the fortunes of their favourite teams, whether they are called United, City, Town or something totally different.

So let’s look at what is the most popular suffix amongst the current 92 clubs in the top four divisions.

The most common is City, featuring 14 teams, followed by United and Town both with 12 representatives each.

Of the remaining clubs, there are five Rovers, while County and Albion have three representatives each.

The only other names that feature more than once are Wanderers and Athletic with two apiece.

Of course, there are many teams like Liverpool, Chelsea and Everton that don’t carry any suffix.

There are no Towns in the Premier League which has four Uniteds and just two Citys.

Ten of the Towns are in League One and Two while there are eight Citys in the Championship.

Of the aforementioned names, perhaps…

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