[Football] The name of the Champions League

[US Seagull]

Baseball World Series, only US clubs.

Toronto Blue Jay's disagree.

For now, at least.

 

[pigmanovich]

My wife, who is still not sure what the difference is between the Championship and the Champions League, would quite appreciate it if UEFA renamed its competitions “The Top League,” “The So So League,” and “The Tin Pot League”

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Maradona's 'hand of God'. Tosser.

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Scotland's 1986 Player Of The Year

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Scotland's 1986 Player Of The Year

C'mon man, we were all cheering Archie Gemmill...

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Champions cup Rugby
Champions trophy Cricket

 

[Eeyore]

Scotland's 1986 Player Of The Year

I wish I had been watching in 1978 when Scotland won the World Cup. I've got the postage stamps though.

 

[trueblue]

Obviously what it ought to be called now is the 'European Super League' but UEFA don't seem to fancy that for some reason.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Okay, I have given it 30 years or so of grace, in the vain hope that someone would correct this error.

But I still find it irritating in the extreme. To be fair for most of those 30 years, it hasn't really affected me that much, but as we edge ever closer to the possibility that we might compete in it I feel I need to speak out.

Who is with me on this?

Are there any other inexplicable decisions that you still struggle with after a long period of time?

Shouldn't there be an apostrophe somewhere in the name, or have I forgotten all the English grammar I wasn't taught in the first place.

 

[BN9 BHA]

The Withdean bothers me more than it should.
Withdean Stadium when we played there or shortened to Withdean. Many of us that went to school in Brighton also did our sports day there and it was always called Withdean Stadium.
Can’t say I remember anyone calling it The Withdean until recently when the Albion are mentioned playing there.

It’s official now know as Withdean Sports Complex

 

[LamieRobertson]

Those teams who either finish top or close to it league…….not long enough?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The Withdean bothers me more than it should.
Withdean Stadium when we played there or shortened to Withdean. Many of us that went to school in Brighton also did our sports day there and it was always called Withdean Stadium.
Can’t say I remember anyone calling it The Withdean until recently when the Albion are mentioned playing there.

It’s official now know as Withdean Sports Complex

This. It was never called The Withdean at the time. It was always, correctly, called Withdean. If you call it The Withdean then you probably weren't there

 

[Bodian]

Looks like The Independent agrees with you.

 

[withdeanwombat]

The World Series in baseball will only be U.S only if Mr Trump succeeds in annexing Canada.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

The Withdean bothers me more than it should.
Withdean Stadium when we played there or shortened to Withdean. Many of us that went to school in Brighton also did our sports day there and it was always called Withdean Stadium.
Can’t say I remember anyone calling it The Withdean until recently when the Albion are mentioned playing there.

It’s official now know as Withdean Sports Complex

Do you mean The Withdean Sports Complex?

 

[The Optimist]

Baseball World Series, only US clubs.

Isn’t it named after The World newspaper? They sponsored it originally, or something like that.

Edit: apparently not ‘For many years, it was believed that the name came from the fact that the original series was sponsored by the New York World Telegram newspaper, thus becoming known as the ‘World’s Series’. However, popular as this explanation may be, it’s not actually true and although the newspaper did report the results of the games, it had nothing to do with the naming of the competition.’

 

[jcdenton08]

Why do they change the name and ruin it? 'Consignia' and 'Scope'. It's the Post Office and the Spastic Society!

 

[Uh_huh_him]

It was always the plain old European Cup when I was a lad.
Anyone know what it was called in other countries?

 

[Bodian]

It was always the plain old European Cup when I was a lad.
Anyone know what it was called in other countries?

"Coupe des Clubs Champions Européens" is what is engraved on the cup itself. Europeans Champions Clubs' Cup

 

[BadFish]

"Coupe des Clubs Champions Européens" is what is engraved on the cup itself. Europeans Champions Clubs' Cup

Is that right? Even when we called it the European Cup?

We should have just gone the whole hog and called it the Johnny Foreigner Trophy

 

[Bodian]

Is that right? Even when we called it the European Cup?

We should have just gone the whole hog and called it the Johnny Foreigner Trophy