best discovery ever when the euro and world cups were on was turning off english commentators and just listening to the crowd through the home cinema system
Except that "Ajax Amsterdam" is actually the club name, and same thing with Barcelona (or would you prefer Barca to just be called "FC", even though it would be a bit confusing?)
not so much the inaine commenatry that gets my goat, more the constant bleating on about how "england won the world cup in 66" "manure won the CL on a balmy night in barcelona" blah blah blah, all this when you are watching games that have no relevance to the actual game you are watching
not so much the inaine commenatry that gets my goat, more the constant bleating on about how "england won the world cup in 66" "manure won the CL on a balmy night in barcelona" blah blah blah, all this when you are watching games that have no relevance to the actual game you are watching
Except that "Ajax Amsterdam" is actually the club name, and same thing with Barcelona (or would you prefer Barca to just be called "FC", even though it would be a bit confusing?)
No, it's AFC Ajax (Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax).
Ajax, The AFC, The Amsterdammers, they're all fine with me. But Ajax Amsterdam sounds like something an amateur would say. Or a woman. It just sounds wrong.
Barcelona: fair enough. Though I have yet to come across any Dutch or German commentators consistently saying "FC Barcelona" throughout a match, which sounds too artificial.