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Real football fans support Me-Nan

Forget Arsenal, Chelsea or Manchester United, the most popular football team in the British Isles is Inter MENAN.

But we're not talking about old ladies enjoying a kick-about. The cheeky club name is the one adopted most often by the tens of thousands of players who enjoy a weekly competitive game with their mates.

Scores of small-sided teams are turning their backs on tradition and choosing hilarious handles in the hope it will inspire them to get pun over their rivals.

And a survey of more than 3,000 teams that turn out weekly to play in Soccer Sixes leagues nationwide has revealed full the extent of the naming craze.

The more inventive teams include: A Game Of Throw-Ins, Club Tropicana Drinks FC, Finding Neymar and AC A Little Silhouette Of Milan.

And variations of the most popular have been compiled into a Names Championship league table that has Bayern Neverlosen and Unathletico Madrid vying for top slot.

Six-a-side soccer is one of the fastest growing sports in the UK. Soccer Sixes operate the UK’s largest network of FA-affiliated leagues, with more than 30,000 active players.

Ross Spacey, Soccer Sixes Managing Director, says: “Our players put a lot of time and effort into their team names. It’s a big thing for them.”

“Whether a name makes them play any better is debatable, but it always puts a smile on people’s faces.”

S6 Names ChampionshipNo. of Teams
Inter Menan18
Bayern Neverlosen12
Unathletico Madrid12
Teenage Mutant Ninja Skrtels11
Nottinya Forest9
Leave My Arcelona8
Puyol Pantsdown7
50 Shades O’Shea7
Murder On Zidane’s Floor7
Exeter Gently6
Tekkerslovakia6
Multiple Scoregasm5
Petr Cech Yourself5
Sex, Drugs & Carlton Cole5
Wanyama’s In Pyjamas5
Dynamo Kebab4
Ivory Toast4
Paris Ganjaman4
Real Social Dads4
Stroke Titty4
Beercelona4
Substandard Liege3
Who Ate All Depay3
Borussia Teeth3