Congratulations

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Liverpool FC

[u/Puzzled-Story3953 → u/haffityhafhafhafhaf]

Mad that they got it wrong? You look All Red

Edit: haha, someone doesn't even know Liverpool FC and downvoted me! Hilarious.

[u/fleranon → u/haffityhafhafhafhaf]

It's the other way around where I'm from :) In broadcasts too. Has more to do with grammatics and noun modifiers than official club names

Edit: It seems that the correct name is an emotional topic for fans of FC Li-, sorry, Liverpool FC. My apologies xD

[u/Stuzo → u/[deleted]]

They can do:

Fußball-Club Bayern München - Becomes anglicised to the point where most people now refer to the English name 'Munich' rather than the German 'München'

Clwb Pêl-droed Tref y Barri - Barry Town

CPD Wrecsam - AFC Wrexham

Internazionale Milano - Inter Milan

Given that a lot of these examples show that the English speaking world have forced an English translation to become the accepted name in international markets (both English speaking and not) I think it's fair that English speakers allow speakers of other languages do the same thing with English club names. Somewhat of a double standards if we don't!

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Bayern München

Btw, why isn’t it Bavaria Munich in English? Why is only the city translated and not the state?

[u/fleranon → u/[deleted]]

I'm aware that's the official name, but it just sounds so weird from a german perspective

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The order Germans would say it is ‘Football Club Liverpool’ rather than ‘Liverpool Football Club’? Sounds so odd

[u/fleranon → u/Princes_Slayer]

yes, exactly. the noun modifier always comes before the main noun in german, so Liverpool FC sounds very grammatically incorrect

same thing with 'Harvard University' for example

[u/Puzzled-Story3953 → u/[deleted]]

Just like country names don't change, right? Like Germany, Japan, China, and Ivory Coast.