Formerly Llansantffraid FC, then TNS Llansantffraid, then Total Network Solutions. When the sponsorship ended they were simply TNS for a while before becoming (possibly via a public vote by fans) The New Saints.
Have any other European top-flight sides had more name changes?
23 March 2017
Jeff dreadnought
Current runaway leaders of both the Welsh Premier League and our very own Biscuit League (see “lists” thread).
As well as holding the record for most name changes (probably), they also hold the record for consecutive wins in top-flight football (27).
24 March 2017
Pirx the purist
Have played their home games in England since ’07 (at Park Hall, Oswestry). Have done more than anyone else to make the Welsh Premier the most boringly predictable league in Europe since the days when only Levski and CSKA ever won the Bulgarian league. TNS aren’t having it all their own way this year, though, with Connah’s Quay and the revived Barry club putting in strong challenges.
6 February 2019
EXXO
Oh for a fiercely competitive league, where anyone can beat anyone on their day!
I’m sure you would all agree that one of the most pleasing final league tables ever is that of the Moroccan top division, 1965-66
1. Wydad Athletic Club (Casablanca) 57 points – League Champions 2. Raja Club Athletic (Casablanca) 56 3. Renaissance Sportive de Settat 54 4. Sporting Club Chabab de Mohammédia 54 5. Kawkab Athletic Club de Marrakech 53 6. TAS (Casablanca) 52 7. Hassania Union Sport Agadir 52 8. Stade Marocain (Rabat) 51 9. Mouloudia Club Oujda 51 10.Racing Athletic Club (Casablanca) 50 11.Maghreb Association Sportive (Fès) 50 12.Fath Union Sport (Rabat) 50 ————————————————————– 13.Club Omnisport de Meknès 49 Relegated to div. 2 14.Maghreb Athletic Tetouan 49 Relegated to div 2
The Association of Football Statisticians posits that the only league that has ever been more ‘competitive’ was a Romanian lower division, 1983-84, where of the sixteen teams, fifteen of them finished with between 28 and 31 points … but there were still runaway leaders who had 38 points, so bollocks to that I say.
6 February 2019
EXXO
Come on then someone lurking in the middle of the maths and football Venn – without googling, you should be able to tell me the scoring system and predominant style of play in the Moroccan league that season, and why it wasn’t really all that ‘pleasing’ at all.
7 February 2019
BOBBY SVARC
Went to Morocco for 6 weeks back in 1982. Saw Agadir v Rabat, can’t remember too much about the game, sadly.
7 February 2019
EXXO
Chewing over the statistics from tonight’s elimination from the Champions League by FC Copenhagen, I see TNS not only didn’t have a shot on goal, but not even a corner to cheer …
… that stat-chew’s quite disappointing, really.
31 July 2019
PETER MCORNITOLOGIST
Stunning 5-0 victory away to Kauno Zalgiris. I now realise why Lithuania are never present at any major soccer finals . Moreover , Elvis Costello scored as he continues his journeyman career.
Huddersfield’s very own… Steve malkmus
Bit of a spillage on that flag…
Formerly Llansantffraid FC, then TNS Llansantffraid, then Total Network Solutions. When the sponsorship ended they were simply TNS for a while before becoming (possibly via a public vote by fans) The New Saints.
Have any other European top-flight sides had more name changes?
23 March 2017
Jeff dreadnought
Current runaway leaders of both the Welsh Premier League and our very own Biscuit League (see “lists” thread).
As well as holding the record for most name changes (probably), they also hold the record for consecutive wins in top-flight football (27).
24 March 2017
Pirx the purist
Have played their home games in England since ’07 (at Park Hall, Oswestry). Have done more than anyone else to make the Welsh Premier the most boringly predictable league in Europe since the days when only Levski and CSKA ever won the Bulgarian league. TNS aren’t having it all their own way this year, though, with Connah’s Quay and the revived Barry club putting in strong challenges.
6 February 2019
EXXO
Oh for a fiercely competitive league, where anyone can beat anyone on their day!
I’m sure you would all agree that one of the most pleasing final league tables ever is that of the Moroccan top division, 1965-66
1. Wydad Athletic Club (Casablanca) 57 points – League Champions
2. Raja Club Athletic (Casablanca) 56
3. Renaissance Sportive de Settat 54
4. Sporting Club Chabab de Mohammédia 54
5. Kawkab Athletic Club de Marrakech 53
6. TAS (Casablanca) 52
7. Hassania Union Sport Agadir 52
8. Stade Marocain (Rabat) 51
9. Mouloudia Club Oujda 51
10.Racing Athletic Club (Casablanca) 50
11.Maghreb Association Sportive (Fès) 50
12.Fath Union Sport (Rabat) 50
————————————————————–
13.Club Omnisport de Meknès 49 Relegated to div. 2
14.Maghreb Athletic Tetouan 49 Relegated to div 2
The Association of Football Statisticians posits that the only league that has ever been more ‘competitive’ was a Romanian lower division, 1983-84, where of the sixteen teams, fifteen of them finished with between 28 and 31 points … but there were still runaway leaders who had 38 points, so bollocks to that I say.
6 February 2019
EXXO
Come on then someone lurking in the middle of the maths and football Venn – without googling, you should be able to tell me the scoring system and predominant style of play in the Moroccan league that season, and why it wasn’t really all that ‘pleasing’ at all.
7 February 2019
BOBBY SVARC
Went to Morocco for 6 weeks back in 1982. Saw Agadir v Rabat, can’t remember too much about the game, sadly.
7 February 2019
EXXO
Chewing over the statistics from tonight’s elimination from the Champions League by FC Copenhagen, I see TNS not only didn’t have a shot on goal, but not even a corner to cheer …
… that stat-chew’s quite disappointing, really.
31 July 2019
PETER MCORNITOLOGIST
Stunning 5-0 victory away to Kauno Zalgiris. I now realise why Lithuania are never present at any major soccer finals . Moreover , Elvis Costello scored as he continues his journeyman career.
21 July 2021