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• #120 Reply
  Posted by brian green on 27 Nov, 2017 18:01
• Is Bilbao in Spain?  Yes.  Is there an 'o' on the end of Athletic?  No.  My bad.
• #121 Reply
  Posted by XXVilla on 27 Nov, 2017 18:13
• I think he meant it should be Atletico. Not that I think it really matters in this case should I be accused of virtue signalling...
• #122 Reply
  Posted by brian green on 27 Nov, 2017 18:18
• I meant the club followed by those large numbers of fans with whom many of us became friends home and away when we played them. What is an O between friends?
• #123 Reply
  Posted by Dave on 27 Nov, 2017 19:02
• Quote from: XXVilla on 27 Nov, 2017 18:13

  I think he meant it should be Atletico.
  

  
  Nope - Athletic Bilbao and Atlético Madrid.
• #124 Reply
  Posted by PeterWithesShin on 28 Nov, 2017 23:47
• Quote from: brian green on 27 Nov, 2017 18:01

  Is Bilbao in Spain?  Yes.  Is there an 'o' on the end of Athletic?  No.  My bad.
  

  
  They consider themselves Basque, not Spanish. They get very offended at being called Spanish.
• #125 Reply
  Posted by Dave Javu on 29 Nov, 2017 10:58
• I believe Athletic (and for that matter Milan - not "Milano", and quite a few others) were founded by British ex-pats, hence the name.
  
  Grasshoppers is another example.
• #126 Reply
  Posted by Neil Hawkes on 29 Nov, 2017 12:02
• Quote from: PeterWithesShin on 28 Nov, 2017 23:47

  Quote from: brian green on 27 Nov, 2017 18:01

  Is Bilbao in Spain?  Yes.  Is there an 'o' on the end of Athletic?  No.  My bad.
  

  
  They consider themselves Basque, not Spanish. They get very offended at being called Spanish.
  

  
  I like basques...............oh, sorry, wrong thread
• #127 Reply
  Posted by Comrade Blitz on 29 Nov, 2017 12:05
• Quote from: Dave Javu on 29 Nov, 2017 10:58

  I believe Athletic (and for that matter Milan - not "Milano", and quite a few others) were founded by British ex-pats, hence the name.
  
  Grasshoppers is another example.
  

  
  There are teemz