Plus: more record runners-up streaks, more longstanding record signings and making most appearances for dad’s team * Mail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU “IN ICELAND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF FOOTBALL CLUBS NAMED AFTER THE NORSE GOD THOR, AND ANOTHER AFTER HIS SON MAGNI,” writes Kári Tulinius. “HERTHA BERLIN WERE NAMED AFTER A SHIP, BUT THAT SHIP WAS NAMED FOR AN OLD GERMANIC GODDESS. ARE THERE OTHER CLUBS NAMED AFTER MYTHOLOGICAL GODS OR GODDESSES?” We touched on this back in 2011, in a question about teams named after fictional characters: The Dutch side Heracles Almelo, Greek club Iraklis of Salonica and recently-relegated Spanish minnows Hércules Alicante are all named after the demi-god son of the father of gods and men, Zeus. Continue reading...
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