[Albion] Albion: do you know what the word means without googling it?

[sakooshi]

Without having to look it up or ask anyone

 

[Is it PotG?]

This song from one of my favourite bands introduced me to the word and its meaning.

 

[nickbrighton]

having looked it up, it appears I did not know what it actually means, and now I do, the club name actually makes no sense!

 

[wolfie]

White. As in cliffs and albino. Also as an archaic term for England

 

[US Seagull]

Yes. Obviously.

 

[Clive Walker]

Some sort of boat?

 

[US Seagull]

White. As in cliffs and albino. Also as an archaic term for England

Which is why West Brom never made all that much sense to me. I don't remember any sweeping white cliffs there.

(Yes, I know the archaic term for England still applies)

 

[studio150]

Yes, who doesn't?

 

[Fungus]

I used to think it mean “United”, on the basis that the two towns were united as one football club.

 

[Brovion]

It's a shortened (and corrupted) version of the the Latin expression: 'Terra caeruleo et albo minus', which means 'Land of the Blue and White stripes'. (You can almost see the word 'Albion' at the end).

 

[rippleman]

Yes.

An alternative name for Great Britain. Think it derives from Greek but not sure.

 

[beorhthelm]

latin origin for the island as covered, it also evolved into a Victorian term meaning "togetherness" which is where Football comes in.

 

[Gazwag]

I looked it up a long time ago

Its the Greek name of Britain - I think myth about the person/god who founded the country was called Albion


Edit: Just looked it up again - William Blake came up with the myth about the god, who was actually the son of Poseidon - apparently Albion had 12 sons, who obviously formed the first football team (before football was officially invented in the 90's). The names were

Hand
Hyle, Coban, Guantok, Peachey
Brereton, Slayd, Hutton, Scofield, Kox,
Kotope, Bowen.​

 

[Stato]

Which is why West Brom never made all that much sense to me. I don't remember any sweeping white cliffs there.

(Yes, I know the archaic term for England still applies)

WBA had the 'Albion' suffix first. They used it because there was an sub district of West Bromwich called Albion where some of the players/founders had links. BHA formed from the defunct Brighton & Hove Rangers and were going to use 'United', but there was already a Hove United. Presumably they picked Albion because of the white cliffs, but also because WBA had set the precedent. I seem to remember that Albion Rovers, one of the very few teams that don't have a place name, formed from two teams and kept both suffixes.

 

[Lurchy]

As in the old name for England.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

it was King "Dioclician" of "Surrey" (Syria), who had 33 daughters, the eldest being called "Albyne". The princesses are all banished to Albion after plotting to murder their husbands, where they couple with the local demons; their offspring became a race of giants. The chronicle asserts that during the voyage Albyne entrusted the fate of the sisters to "Appolyn", which was the god of their faith. The Syrian king who was her father sounds much like a Roman emperor, though @Diocletian (3rd century) would be anachronistic, and Holinshed explains this as a bungling of the legend of Danaus and his fifty daughters who founded Argos.

So basically a regular music poster on NSC who was from Surrey (which used to be Syria) moved to Albion to set up the warehouse trading group Argos.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Albion - old name used for Britain - just like Alba, which is an old name for Scotland

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

I always assumed it was Old English for "nil".

 

[US Seagull]

WBA had the 'Albion' suffix first. They used it because there was an sub district of West Bromwich called Albion where some of the players/founders had links. BHA formed from the defunct Brighton & Hove Rangers and were going to use 'United', but there was already a Hove United. Presumably they picked Albion because of the white cliffs, but also because WBA had set the precedent. I seem to remember that Albion Rovers, one of the very few teams that don't have a place name, formed from two teams and kept both suffixes.

Did not know that about West Brom. Learned something today.

Think that means I can take the rest of the day off, right? And it's only just 9am. Fantastic.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Without googling or looking at the other answers I believe it has to do with a certain part of England.