My friend adds Port Vale and Hearts

Port Vale

The Building: The Port Vale House, a villa where the club's founding members held their first meetings.

The Story: The club was formed in 1876 and took its name from the house where the meetings were held. The house itself was named after the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal, making it a building named after a geographical feature, which a team was then named after.

Heart of Midlothian

The Building: The Heart of Midlothian, a former jail on Edinburgh's Royal Mile (and also the name of a famous mosaic on the street).

The Story: The club was formed in 1874 and took its name from the old jail (which was demolished in 1817 but remained a famous local landmark). The name itself comes from the novel The Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott. A local dance hall club of the same name also inspired the football team's founders.

Posted By: Kangol Canary on August 29th 2025 at 06:36:57

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Millwall was named after a few buildings. Effectively a wall of mills powered by the river (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, Aug 29, 00:00:32
- My friend adds Port Vale and Hearts (Other Football) - Kangol Canary, Aug 29, 06:36:57
- Halifax are named after the bank and you can't have a bank without a building otherwise (Other Football) - Chris Peacock, Aug 29, 00:52:46
  - I see (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Aug 29, 03:16:19
    - New glasses? (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Breadstick, Aug 29, 08:29:08
      - Yea, they've got Roland Rat on the sides (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Aug 29, 10:26:02
        
        Excellent. Worth listening to Rat Rappin’. Hip hop genius. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ken Breadstick, Aug 29, 10:35:10

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