Middle Earth Football League
By Rose G
Disclaimer - All Tolkien's, not making money. The football teams are not mine.
This is what you get when you let me lose around Tolkien and Football Focus on BBC1. Me wondering about what teams the characters would support and why. BTW, I am a major Arsenal fan, so my views on the other clubs are one sided. Anyone who doesn't know all about the English League will not get any of this.
Aragorn - West Ham United. Full of promise, but with an uphill slog to prove it. Everyone respects them, but no one really knows them. Able to change very quickly from one look to another.
Gandalf - Manchester United. Leaves everything to the very last moment. Always wears a bright strip. The most powerful team around, and has lots of less powerful friends. Has an ongoing row with Arsenal.
Frodo - Canvey Island FC. A tiny club that goes a long way in competitions that are too large for it, and wins many friends along the way.
Sam - Plymouth Argyle. Well used to supporting lost causes, such as Frodo. Easy going doesn't like travelling and rarely has any idea of what he's doing.
Merry - Southampton FC. The team everyone forgets, as they are tucked away out of sight. Never complains but just gets on with it. Somehow manages to get good results, and not afraid of a struggle.
Pippin - Wimbledon FC. The Crazy Gang. Always up for a laugh, thought hopeless by most, but can pull off major shocks. Also never stops eating even after defeat.
Legolas - Chelsea FC. Very flashy and upfront. Makes strange alliances with foreigners, but never stays with them for long.
Gimli - Leeds United. Not pretty but dour. Not afraid to get physical and slug it out for hours on end. Wary of anything new, strange or flashy, and highly successful. Also, richer than they should be.
Boromir - Sheffield Wednesday. Reckons he and he alone ought to rule the city. Not above using force, and a scrounger.
Faramir - Sheffield United. Reckons he ought to rule the city. Not quite as good as the other team, but very tough. Not everyone's first choice - an acquired taste that you can fall in love with. Maybe.
Elrond - Liverpool FC. Been around for years, and always winning. Respected by everyone, loved by hardly anybody. Very fond of singing, and keeping people in their right place. Used to their favourites being stolen by others.
Treebeard - Preston North End. One of the oldest clubs in the world. Takes ages to do nothing, and has a special friendship with Manchester United.
Sauron - Arsenal FC. Much as I love them. Dishes out violence but can't take it back. Extremely ancient defence, and a dangerous front line. Never quite gets as much power as he would like. Always comes off second best, and has ongoing rows with Manchester United.
Saraman - Leyton Orient FC. Similar to Arsenal, but always looking up to them. Would love to make a name for themselves, but haven't got the guts.
Nazgul - Galatasaray. A thoroughly nasty club that plays in black, with thoroughly evil supporters.
Tom Bombadil - The German National side. Very strange. What else is there to say?
Halbarad - West Ham Reserves. He gets on mine, and definatly Aragorn's reserve string, willing to fight forever to please the first team, but not as good as their boss.
All right, for most normal people this probably wasn't very funny, and the references didn't make any sense. That is because I am a football fanatic, utterly obsessed, and I live in a football mad area. There are no supporters for Spurs because no one is daft enough to support them (sorry Spurs fans, but up the Gunners!) and I didn't mean to offend any Galtasaray and German fans, this is just my opinion of the clubs in question.
The bit about West Ham Reserves is Cockney Rhyming Slang that I know well, me being an East End gal, and means nerves.
By Rose G
Disclaimer - All Tolkien's, not making money. The football teams are not mine.
This is what you get when you let me lose around Tolkien and Football Focus on BBC1. Me wondering about what teams the characters would support and why. BTW, I am a major Arsenal fan, so my views on the other clubs are one sided. Anyone who doesn't know all about the English League will not get any of this.
Aragorn - West Ham United. Full of promise, but with an uphill slog to prove it. Everyone respects them, but no one really knows them. Able to change very quickly from one look to another.
Gandalf - Manchester United. Leaves everything to the very last moment. Always wears a bright strip. The most powerful team around, and has lots of less powerful friends. Has an ongoing row with Arsenal.
Frodo - Canvey Island FC. A tiny club that goes a long way in competitions that are too large for it, and wins many friends along the way.
Sam - Plymouth Argyle. Well used to supporting lost causes, such as Frodo. Easy going doesn't like travelling and rarely has any idea of what he's doing.
Merry - Southampton FC. The team everyone forgets, as they are tucked away out of sight. Never complains but just gets on with it. Somehow manages to get good results, and not afraid of a struggle.
Pippin - Wimbledon FC. The Crazy Gang. Always up for a laugh, thought hopeless by most, but can pull off major shocks. Also never stops eating even after defeat.
Legolas - Chelsea FC. Very flashy and upfront. Makes strange alliances with foreigners, but never stays with them for long.
Gimli - Leeds United. Not pretty but dour. Not afraid to get physical and slug it out for hours on end. Wary of anything new, strange or flashy, and highly successful. Also, richer than they should be.
Boromir - Sheffield Wednesday. Reckons he and he alone ought to rule the city. Not above using force, and a scrounger.
Faramir - Sheffield United. Reckons he ought to rule the city. Not quite as good as the other team, but very tough. Not everyone's first choice - an acquired taste that you can fall in love with. Maybe.
Elrond - Liverpool FC. Been around for years, and always winning. Respected by everyone, loved by hardly anybody. Very fond of singing, and keeping people in their right place. Used to their favourites being stolen by others.
Treebeard - Preston North End. One of the oldest clubs in the world. Takes ages to do nothing, and has a special friendship with Manchester United.
Sauron - Arsenal FC. Much as I love them. Dishes out violence but can't take it back. Extremely ancient defence, and a dangerous front line. Never quite gets as much power as he would like. Always comes off second best, and has ongoing rows with Manchester United.
Saraman - Leyton Orient FC. Similar to Arsenal, but always looking up to them. Would love to make a name for themselves, but haven't got the guts.
Nazgul - Galatasaray. A thoroughly nasty club that plays in black, with thoroughly evil supporters.
Tom Bombadil - The German National side. Very strange. What else is there to say?
Halbarad - West Ham Reserves. He gets on mine, and definatly Aragorn's reserve string, willing to fight forever to please the first team, but not as good as their boss.
All right, for most normal people this probably wasn't very funny, and the references didn't make any sense. That is because I am a football fanatic, utterly obsessed, and I live in a football mad area. There are no supporters for Spurs because no one is daft enough to support them (sorry Spurs fans, but up the Gunners!) and I didn't mean to offend any Galtasaray and German fans, this is just my opinion of the clubs in question.
The bit about West Ham Reserves is Cockney Rhyming Slang that I know well, me being an East End gal, and means nerves.