Fascinating Origin Histories

How football clubs got their names, colours, and lasting traditions.

How football clubs got their names, colours, and lasting traditions.

SPOTLIGHT: FOOTBALL'S GREATEST ORIGINS

Why Is It Called a Dugout? Picture this: it’s 1999, and the cameras are snapping like mad at the City […]

How Brazil Got Its Colors In a room filled with anticipation, a man steps forward, the atmosphere thick with tension. […]

Why a Bat Appears on Valencia’s Football Badge As dusk settled one evening in 1238, King James I of Aragon […]

How Hearts Got Their Name: The Story Behind Heart of Midlothian Picture this: it’s a cloudy, grey afternoon in Edinburgh, […]

How a Stadium Dispute Created Football’s Fiercest Rivalry “How much?” The man’s voice cuts through the room, stern and sharp. […]

The Name the River Delivered The sound of Toot! Toot! echoes through the busy port as a large steamship eases […]

The Journey Behind a Legendary Nickname It is the year 1620, and a bearded man yells, “That will do!”He stands […]

How Inter Milan Was Born from AC Milan Milan, Italy. The year is 1908. Inside a smoky room at the […]

How Nottingham Forest Got Their Name “Come on Forest!! Come on Forest!!” A sea of red erupts – shirts, scarves, […]

The Pub Where Football Was Invented “Another pint, Ebenezer? Time to celebrate!”A finely dressed gentleman grins as he raises his […]

How a Single Match Cost Boca Juniors Its Identity The year was 1906. A large cargo ship glided toward the […]

How Juventus Got Its Stripes “Crank.” The crowbar lodged into the lid of a wooden box.“Crank” again. The wood creaked […]

Why Leeds United Play in an All-White Kit Don Revie looks down at the newspaper spread across the desk in […]

The South American Roots of the Champions League Santiago, 1948 – A Glimpse Into the Future It’s 1948. The stands […]

The Argentine Football Team Named After an Irishman It’s the late 1790s, and a young man named William is walking […]