Bands named after football clubs

[Not2shabby]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bears_(band)

 

[Sir Harry Flashman]

Sham 69 were, I believe, named after some grafitti relating to their local team (Hersham, presumably?)

Walton and Hersham F.C. They won the Athenian League in 1969.

 

[TQ3]

The Jam (tarts.)

 

[Wamphray_Loyal]

Night Ranger s

 

[LOL 133]

Manchester United
Real Madrid
Albion Rovers

How's that?

 

[Bob Belcher]

Don't know if anyone else has said it yet, but surely Kaiser Chiefs and their African football equivalent.

Just in the first post and about 4 times subsequently

 

[Vallance]

Chelsea.

 

[Steadybear]

Sporting Kansas city.
Emerson, lake & Parma

 

[blairbear]

Andrew Weatherall was in Boca Juniors with a few other DJs.

Also Amazulu

 

[redstarrob]

beat me to it, ,everton district pipe band will have to be my call

Both good bands mate

 

[Blaze Of Glory]

Los Angeles Aztec Camera

 

[BlueSeaOfGlasgow]

Morten Harket (a-ha)

 

[kilbirnie bear]

Air
Dundee C Lee
St Johnstone Roses

 

[Scarface]

When you figure it out it'll take your breath away.

I remember going to Berlin.

It took my breath away.

 

[Ardsman]

Crusaders.
I can't believe I didn't think of that one sooner. Remember the huge disco hit Street Life?

Indeed. With Randy Crawford on vocals

 

[bluejay]

Grant Hartlepool

 

[TNT]

Whitburney Houston

 

[Davester]

Guns n Bonnyrigg Roses.

 

[gordon_blue]

Manfred Mann City
Johnny Leyton Orient
Ayr Supply
Bette Midlersborough
David Lee Rotherham

 

[Raymondgers]

Fiddlers Green...ermm

 

[Moses McNeil]

Stiff Little FinGERS

 

[BlueHaze]

Quite sure there was a Rangers Flute Band back in the day.

 

[ao2]

They've maybe been mentioned already but there was a band in the 60s called The Rangers. I doubt they were named after us but as we are The Famous you never know :

 

[Davidsmith1]

There are nine artists called Rangers on Discogs:

The name of that record label lol
Bob Malcolm loyal

 

[CMW55]

Toyed with the idea of calling our band “The Famous” but with a name like that you better be fucking good… we are shite unfortunately!!!

 

[TheIbroxonian]

The Elgins

Was waiting for someone to post this. Heaven must have sent you

 

[TheIbroxonian]

St JohnStone Temple Pilots
Picketty NorWitch
Crystal Palace Gayle
Wigan's Chosen Few
Forest Green Day

 

[JRei8790]

St Elmo's (Chicago) fire

 

[Kingging]

Cradle of Fhilth

 

[Tugay1872]

Just in the first post and about 4 times subsequently

I realised that once I scanned through the whole thread earlier today. Just to lazy to edit the comment, my bad haha

 

[___thefamous]

Toyed with the idea of calling our band “The Famous” but with a name like that you better be fucking good… we are shite unfortunately!!!

Good ring to it

 

[Blues and Royals]

Heart Of Midlothian flute band.

 

[Mickethius]

Sham 69 were, I believe, named after some grafitti relating to their local team (Hersham, presumably?)

Posh boys from Woking.

 

[YorkshireBlue]

Aren't they called the Pfizer Chiefs now after Ricky Wilson's pathetic "show me your clean hands" act?

 

[Damski]

Black(Flag)burn Rovers.