Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
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Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
Got to be something simple but why?
Even if you take the second letters from Athletic it still leaves Arse and Accy above the other two
alphabet wise.
Somebody explain WWHHHHYYYYY.
Even if you take the second letters from Athletic it still leaves Arse and Accy above the other two
alphabet wise.
Somebody explain WWHHHHYYYYY.
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
AFC Bournemouth
Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
AFC Bournemouth?
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
AFC is still behind Accrington in the alphabet though?
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
Not if AFC is considered as 3 single separate letters. A single A comes before anything. It would be like FC United coming before Falkirk
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
But it´s not a single letter though, it´s part of Athletic surley?
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
A.f.c thsts why
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
Not really an explanation is it? Accringtontheroyaldyche wrote:A.f.c thsts why
Does anybody sensible have a clear idea of why the football authorities dictate that this should be so?
Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
Tennis courts ?
Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
No football season hitting hard here. What an odd thing to be arsed about.
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
But that is the explanationLisbonclaret wrote:Not really an explanation is it? Accrington
Does anybody sensible have a clear idea of why the football authorities dictate that this should be so?
AFC stands for "Association Football Club" but the "official names" of the teams are AFC Bournemouth & AFC Wimbledon.
As each letter is pronounced individually then the first "word" of their names is A, and so at top of list
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
Not sure whether either of them are Association or Athletic but Bournemouth are considered ahead of Arsenal alphabetically by the FA, which assumes the conside AFC to be a word, although the Premier League and most media sources ignore the AFC and place them appropriately.
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
It's all in the ASCII,
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but not the EBCDIC
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but not the EBCDIC
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
What school did you go to?Lisbonclaret wrote:Not really an explanation is it? Accrington
Does anybody sensible have a clear idea of why the football authorities dictate that this should be so?
A the letter comes before a word starting with A in this scenario
A.F.C therefore comes before Accy
Get some rest
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
Think you have spelt the last part of your name wrong matey. The A in AFC is an abbreviation not a stand alone A.theroyaldyche wrote:What school did you go to?
A the letter comes before a word starting with A in this scenario
A.F.C therefore comes before Accy
Get some rest
Thanks Tony, although I fail to see how AFC can in any language be termed a word.
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
Totally agree. Was done by Bournemouth in the 1970s simply because they wanted to be first in alphabetical order. I always refer to these clubs as Bournemouth & Wimbledon just like I don’t list us all the time as Burnley FC or, for example, Sunderland as Sunderland AFC.Lisbonclaret wrote:Think you have spelt the last part of your name wrong matey. The A in AFC is an abbreviation not a stand alone A.
Thanks Tony, although I fail to see how AFC can in any language be termed a word.
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
Convention states that:Lisbonclaret wrote: The A in AFC is an abbreviation not a stand alone A.
A.F.C. Bournemouth comes before Accrington because 'A.' or 'A(gap)' trumps 'Ac'
Similarly, for example, 'Horse Chestnut' is alphabetically before 'Horsebox' because of the 'gap'
It's just English.....!
Whether or not you consider a prefixed 'AFC' should be ignored much like the 'FC' after Burnley, is another topic entirely!
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
[quote="Selby Claret]Similarly, for example, 'Horse Chestnut' is alphabetically before 'Horsebox' because of the 'gap'
It's just English.....![/quote]
Yet Portsmouth is listed ahead of Port Vale.
It's just English.....![/quote]
Yet Portsmouth is listed ahead of Port Vale.
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Re: Bournemoth above Arsenal and Wimbledon above Accrington
Yet Portsmouth is listed ahead of Port Vale.[/quote][/quote]ClaretTony wrote:[quote="Selby Claret]Similarly, for example, 'Horse Chestnut' is alphabetically before 'Horsebox' because of the 'gap'
It's just English.....!
Well now we are just entering the realms of inconsistency - which I can't try and explain away! But they "should" be the other way around. At least they're not in the same division!
The BBC is showing AFC Bournemouth after Arsenal and Aston Villa (and before Brighton) which suggests they are ignoring the 'AFC' - but then have Wimbledon listed first above Accy in League One......?! Go figure