Post by sandbachhatter on Dec 31, 2016 18:09:47 GMT
Starting this week off early, lest I forget with County playing on a Sunday and having Monday off work!
Thanks to Hermann, who is our host this week, and who has done a fine job. Over to the new kid on the block....
The Club’s 8,000-capacity stadium has no official name but the people have decided to call it The Coliseum of the Bajo Belgrano. ‘Stadium McStadiumface’ was a close 2nd in the public vote.
Thanks to Hermann, who is our host this week, and who has done a fine job. Over to the new kid on the block....
Club Atlético Excursionistas (Argentina)
Sounding like they were formed by one-time devoted followers of The Nash, Excursionistas is an Argentine club which was founded in 1910. They won Primera C in 2016, thus gaining promotion to the 3rd tier of football.
Their home kit is green and white, representative of the grass and the colour of the table cloths used for their picnics back in the day. I don’t have details on why they play away games dressed as Tinky-Winky.
The Club’s 8,000-capacity stadium has no official name but the people have decided to call it The Coliseum of the Bajo Belgrano. ‘Stadium McStadiumface’ was a close 2nd in the public vote.
The Club has its own hymn but Google’s translation makes little sense except for proclaiming “There is another handsome and that handsome is the box of my love.” As beautiful as I thought it sounded, Tina in HR insisted “You can’t be saying that to the new girl, Hermann”.
Back to Excursio, as their fans call them, and in the 1999-2000 season a promotion chance was lost when hooligans got on the pitch to attack opposition players. It cost the Club 21 points. I’m not sure what punishment was given for fielding a 9-year-old goalkeeper in 1927.
ES Sétif
(Algeria)
ES Sétif
(Algeria)
Everyone’s favourite font, ES Sétif, also happens to be an Algerian football team. Formed in 1958, Entente Sportive de Sétif is a highly decorated club which plays in the top level of Algerian football. They play in a 25,000 capacity stadium named Stade 8 Mai 1945.
Both the stadium name and their black/white kit - they originally played in green/white – are in memory of the Sétif massacre.
Both the stadium name and their black/white kit - they originally played in green/white – are in memory of the Sétif massacre.
The Club’s successes include winning the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Cup, 7 league championships and the Algerian Cup 8 times. At the time of writing, Algerian Ligue 1 is a closely fought affair after 15 games and ES Sétif sit 4th just 5 points off the leader, former underground music star MC Alger.
One of the more interesting stories is that their former Algerian international player, Isâad Bourahli, switched allegiance between ES Sétif and USM Alger no less than five times in a ten-year period! They also had a player named Eudes Dagoulou who was born in Bimbo, Central African Republic. I imagine it wasn’t easy to develop relationships if first dates saw Eudes being asked “So, where are you from?” Had their Madagascan midfielder, Amada, been born in Spain, or had a first name of Groove, this paragraph would have been EVEN funnier.
Ethiopian Coffee FC (Ethiopia)
If you’re beginning to fall asleep at reading my long-winded approach to CHASM, then wake up and smell the Ethiopian Coffee FC.
In 1976, “soccer lover civil servants of the country commenced to engage in football when opportunities appeared to be arisen.” Basically, I understand that the Club arose to fulfil the needs of workers at a coffee factory, registered with a league and the rest is history.
The Club’s nicknames are Bunye and Coff Coff. Hopefully that hasn't triggered too many painful memories of the school nurse. Playing in a yellow and black kit, their home ground is the 35,000-capacity Addis Ababa Stadium. The stadium also hosts athletics championships and the legend that is Haile Gebrselassie has raced there.
The Club last won the top league in the 2010-11 season. In the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons, they had the league’s top scorer in Ethiopian international striker, Tafesse Tesfaye. Unfortunately, there seems to be a very strong and well-funded side in the league named Saint George SC, Coffee’s arch rival, and they’ve won the league 28 times! Along with a brief mention of a beer sponsor, Ethiopian Coffee FC’s income “is generated from coffee exporters, coffee suppliers, local coffee wholesalers, coffee growers and coffee roasters.”
Considering some major English clubs have been slow to support women’s football, how wonderful it was to read that the Ethiopian Coffee Women’s Club was formed back in 1996! Unfortunately it lasted only 5 years but it was thankfully reformed in 2012.
In 1976, “soccer lover civil servants of the country commenced to engage in football when opportunities appeared to be arisen.” Basically, I understand that the Club arose to fulfil the needs of workers at a coffee factory, registered with a league and the rest is history.
The Club’s nicknames are Bunye and Coff Coff. Hopefully that hasn't triggered too many painful memories of the school nurse. Playing in a yellow and black kit, their home ground is the 35,000-capacity Addis Ababa Stadium. The stadium also hosts athletics championships and the legend that is Haile Gebrselassie has raced there.
The Club last won the top league in the 2010-11 season. In the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons, they had the league’s top scorer in Ethiopian international striker, Tafesse Tesfaye. Unfortunately, there seems to be a very strong and well-funded side in the league named Saint George SC, Coffee’s arch rival, and they’ve won the league 28 times! Along with a brief mention of a beer sponsor, Ethiopian Coffee FC’s income “is generated from coffee exporters, coffee suppliers, local coffee wholesalers, coffee growers and coffee roasters.”
Considering some major English clubs have been slow to support women’s football, how wonderful it was to read that the Ethiopian Coffee Women’s Club was formed back in 1996! Unfortunately it lasted only 5 years but it was thankfully reformed in 2012.
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HERMANNSAYS
