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September 9

"United" association football clubs

An awful lot of football/soccer clubs have the word "United" at the beginning of their name. Why? HiLo48 (talk) 06:12, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The word "United means "joined together". Such clubs are usually, at some point in their history, an amalgamation of previously existing clubs. Britmax (talk) 07:24, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That may be the case in some places but not in Australia, where I am. Brand new clubs seem to choose the word as if it's fashionable or something. HiLo48 (talk) 07:27, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

True, like any "logo" thing it becomes the thing to do. In my home town here in the UK the local league club changed its name to AFC Bournemouth, adopting the European continental style of having the AFC first. It actually played a part in the club's early 70's change of image. But "United" earned its status as a name of merged clubs, just as "Rangers", Rovers" and rarely "Nomads" was used for a club which took a while to find a fixed home ground. Britmax (talk) 07:41, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Nomads"? More likely to be "Wanderers". --TammyMoet (talk) 11:20, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe, but see Northern Nomads F.C., Anstey Nomads F.C., Oxford City Nomads F.C. and Connah's Quay Nomads FC. Alansplodge (talk) 20:14, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The obvious and possibly correct answer for teams outside the UK is that they are trying to associate themselves, consciously or subconsciously, with successful English clubs like Manchester United - which acquired its name in 1902 having previously been known as Newton Heath, although curiously it wasn't formed by a merger of existing clubs, which one would perhaps have assumed from the name. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:18, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here's why MLS's DC United did it, just as described by Ghmyrtle. Mingmingla (talk) 18:16, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great additions, chaps. The things you learn from a simple question, eh? And Wanderers, well yes. Britmax (talk) 20:40, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Major League Soccer in North America does this quite a lot, and quite annoyingly. Real Salt Lake is the best/worst. Adam Bishop (talk) 00:32, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And for a big (but messy) list, see Association football club names. Nanonic (talk) 06:22, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Japanese film title

Can anyone help me to recall the title of the 2000s Japanese splatter/gore film, where several friends come to brothel, which turns out to be the supernatural one, where the vagina of one prostitute chops off the client's penis and another client tries to avoid erection, being watched by a man with sword? The films begins with the massacre of one previous brothel client. Thanks.93.174.25.12 (talk) 11:46, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My first thought (how do you massacre a single person) was overtaken by a second thought, that in this context I'm not sure I want to know (!) Britmax (talk) 20:47, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Horny House of Horror? ---Sluzzelin talk 09:48, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, thanx--93.174.25.12 (talk) 21:22, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]