Slimbridge

Reasons To Adopt

Slimbridge work as a second team because they come with their own geography: England, Thornhill Park Cambridge Gloucestershire, and a set of rivalries you will absorb faster than you expect.

• Old enough to matter

  1902 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.

• Something to defend

  The cabinet is not empty: Hellenic League Premier Division and Gloucestershire Northern Senior League. Small enough to recite from memory, big enough to argue about in a pub.

• Close to the pitch

  Thornhill Park Cambridge Gloucestershire holds about 1,500. You can hear the defenders shouting at each other, which is the single best argument for lower-capacity football.

• You get a nickname

  Known as Swans. That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.