Who chose the name "Sporting Fingal" ?

[Tony Soprano]

Sporting Fingal is a cringe inducingly bad name, sounds mickey mouse and doesn't help the credibility of the league, to put it mildly

wouldn't Fingal County be better ?

anyone know anything about the name selection process, were other names in the running, any chance of a name change in the future ?

[The Lep]

I did.

[Charlie Darwin]

I rather like it. Breaks up the monotony of Uniteds, Towns and Citys (cities?).

[Tony Soprano]

what were they thinking ? it's a horrendous name

may as well have gone for Atletico Fingal, Lokomotiv Fingal or Dynamo Fingal, would hardly have been worse

it must be the worst name in European football (MLS or A-League names are a different matter)

[Charlie Darwin]

Well sporting is a word in English, which you can't really say for Atletico or Lokomotiv.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

what were they thinking ? it's a horrendous name

may as well have gone for Atletico Fingal, Lokomotiv Fingal or Dynamo Fingal, would hardly have been worse

it must be the worst name in European football (MLS or A-League names are a different matter)

What do you think of Sporting Lisbon?

[Dunny]

Paul the Octopus.

[Tony Soprano]

Well sporting is a word in English, which you can't really say for Atletico or Lokomotiv.

not used in this manner it isn't. it doesn't sound right

What do you think of Sporting Lisbon?

sounds a lot better than Sporting Fingal, anyway several clubs use Sporting in their name (Gijon, Braga) so it doesn't stand out in those countries

whats wrong with Fingal County ?

[sligo23]

It doesn't matter, they'll be gone soon enough anyway

[Charlie Darwin]

Sporting is a borrowed word from English - it doesn't exist in Spanish or Portuguese. And Sporting Lisbon is an inaccurate abbreviation used by English speakers which is not used in the country itself.

[Tony Soprano]

Sporting is a borrowed word from English - it doesn't exist in Spanish or Portuguese. And Sporting Lisbon is an inaccurate abbreviation used by English speakers which is not used in the country itself.

so its a word they borrow, use incorrectly (adding -ing), and then we reborrow it (despite this new word "sporting" already existing in English and having a different meaning)

we then place it in an unfamiliar position (before the name of the area) in the club name

any wonder the name doesn't sound right ?

[Tony Soprano]

It doesn't matter, they'll be gone soon enough anyway

it does matter - especially if they beat Maritimo, could even make the 4th round of the Europa League

lots of press coverage and sniggering from neutrals - just what the league needs

[osarusan]

lots of press coverage and sniggering from neutrals - just what the league needs

I think the press couldn't give a damn what their name is and there will be no sniggering whatsoever.

[corkharps]

Sporting Fingal is a cringe inducingly bad name, sounds mickey mouse and doesn't help the credibility of the league, to put it mildly

wouldn't Fingal County be better ?

anyone know anything about the name selection process, were other names in the running, any chance of a name change in the future ?

I did! And so did my wife!

[outspoken]

This is one of the most ridicouls things I've ever heard there's nothing wrong with the name sporting fingal , fingal county now that sounds stupid and makes no sense since fingal isn't even a county but evreyones entitled to their opinion but trust me there's no one snigering at our league because of a clubs name

[Charlie Darwin]

so its a word they borrow, use incorrectly (adding -ing), and then we reborrow it (despite this new word "sporting" already existing in English and having a different meaning)

we then place it in an unfamiliar position (before the name of the area) in the club name

any wonder the name doesn't sound right ?

Not quite - it was borrowed by Iberian clubs, probably in an effort to sound more "English," and generally rendered as Sporting Clube de [City]. Those clubs were then referred to by English-speaking folk as "Sporting [City]" because presumably that's what sounds best to the Anglophone ear. So Sporting [City] is basically only used by Anglophones and therefore shouldn't really sound weird except that it's mainly used to refer to foreign clubs.

There's an FC Arsenal Kyiv which sounds a bit weird alright, but that's mainly because Arsenal isn't really used as a prefix anywhere else. In fact, it's a noun so would be better rendered as Kyiv Arsenal.

[ped_ped]

I think the press couldn't give a damn what their name is and there will be no sniggering whatsoever.

I agree. I think most neutrals couldn't care less either. (And by neutrals I mean those who don't follow Sporting Fingal, and don't spend the best part of their day taking petty pot-shots at Sporting Fingal and their fans*)

Personally I think the name is refreshing, better than another F.C., United, Town, City, County . . .

Also, Sporting ______ > ______ United (not to insult fans of Monaghan, Mervue, Waterford, Drogheda . . . even Limerick and Cork, previously, I just thinlk the name SOUNDS better.)



*in before a reference to the number of fans they have / some crack about property developers

[Tony Soprano]

This is one of the most ridicouls things I've ever heard there's nothing wrong with the name sporting fingal , fingal county now that sounds stupid and makes no sense since fingal isn't even a county but evreyones entitled to their opinion but trust me there's no one snigering at our league because of a clubs name

i'm really surprised by this post

you don't find the name sporting fingal embarrassing ? you wouldn't be embarrassed telling people you were a fan of "sporting fingal" ? do you also like the name "Real Salt Lake" in MLS perhaps ?

Fingal is a county, and "Fingal County" would tie in with the fact that the club is supported by Fingal county council as part of their football programme for Fingal county

I think its safe to say there are plenty of barstoolers who snigger at the name - makes me cringe everytime I hear it and I don't even support them, i cringe because its reinforce sterotypes of the LOI as a mickey mouse joke league

[ped_ped]

fingal county now that sounds stupid and makes no sense since fingal isn't even a county

Careful now

i'm really surprised by this post

you don't find the name sporting fingal embarrassing ? you wouldn't be embarrassed telling people you were a fan of "sporting fingal" ? do you also like the name "Real Salt Lake" in MLS perhaps ?

Fingal is a county, and "Fingal County" would tie in with the fact that the club is supported by Fingal county council as part of their football programme for Fingal county

I think its safe to say there are plenty of barstoolers who snigger at the name - makes me cringe everytime I hear it and I don't even support them, i cringe because its reinforce sterotypes of the LOI as a mickey mouse joke league

Just answer me this: Why? What's so awful or embarrassing about it?

[Charlie Darwin]

Surely a Mickey Mouse league would have teams like Fingalland and Fingalworld in it. Eurofingal.

On a serious note, Real Salt Like have since forged genuine ties with Real Madrid. Wouldn't be an awful thing if one of the Sportings reached out to Fingal either.