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This is a list of fictional sports teams, athletic groups that have been identified by name in works of fiction but do not really exist as such.Teams have been organized by the sport they participate in, followed by the media product they appear in. Specific television episodes are noted when available.
A Team Has No Name. As a huge "Game of Thrones" fan, I love when people tap into the show to come up with their fantasy team names, and this one is almost too obvious, yet no less wonderful.
It is not uncommon for a club to be known in common usage by a name other than its official name, or the name on the badge. Other clubs are more usually known by nicknames or contractions of their full names, for instance, Vasco da Gama is usually called simply Vasco, F.C. Internazionale Milan is contracted to Inter or Inter Milan, Sporting Clube de Portugal is often called Sporting or ...
Sometimes games require the revealing or announcement of cards, at which point appropriate nicknames may be used if allowed under the rules or local game culture. King (K): Cowboy, [1] Monarch [1] King of Clubs (K ♣): Alexander [2] King of Spades (K ♠): David [2] King of Diamonds (K ♦): Julius Caesar, [2] Man with the Axe, [1] One-Eyed ...
The following is a list of games that have been given names that are widely used or recalled in reference to the game or as part of an NFL team's lore. This list does not include games named only after being an NFL / AFL Championship game or Super Bowl game unless they are referred to by a name besides their official yearly name (i.e. 28-3 for ...
America's Team [2] – Reference to the Braves games being broadcast nationwide. The Barves – Another variation of "Braves", derived from a misspelling of the team's name on counterfeit merchandise. Used by detractors, primarily Philadelphia Phillies fans.
The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies – 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [26]; The Death or Glory Boys – 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")
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