Towns of the 92 English Football League Clubs and their Historic Diversity

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Towns of the 92 English Football League Clubs and their Historic Diversity : Lulu.com : 9781365970221 : 1365970221 : 12 Oct 2021 : TOWNS OF THE 92 ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE CLUBS by E R Neafcy takes the reader beyond the well known and much loved football clubs of England to the places and towns where the clubs have grown. These place names tell a tale of the diversity of people that lived there and their ways of life. This booklet covers the towns and settlements from which grew the 92 clubs of the English Football League. Some of the stories are surprising. The old English town of 'Northworthy' was later changed by Danish settlers to 'Derby'. The Normans found difficulty in pronouncing 'sn' and so changed 'Snotinghame' to 'Nottingham'. 16th century Spanish occupation of the Netherlands made Norwich first an asylum destination, then a world centre for canary breeding which accounts for the nickname and colours of the football club. The name London, the best known place-name in England,

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