What is the longest sports-team name, and what is the silliest? My vote goes to Borussia Moenchengla

What is the longest sports-team name, and what is the silliest? My vote goes to Borussia Moenchengladbach.

James, London, UK

• While accepting that it's only in translation that these seem endearingly eccentric, I'd like to offer the following:

  Stuttgart Kickers and Energie Cottbus from Germany, Young Boys Berne and Grasshoppers from Switzerland, Jeunesse Esche from Luxembourg, the perennial Ghanaian champions Hearts of Oak, Carl Zeuss Jena from (I think) the Czech republic, and virtually any team in the Japanese J league.

  However, the most annoying name must surely be the Football Kingz - yes it is spelt with a z - who are Auckland's representatives in the National Soccer League here. Grrr!

  Guy Hearn, Sydney, Australia

• Perhaps the silliest match (and corresponding result) has to be the oft-quoted "East Fife 5 - Forfar 4".

  Guy Dowman, Tokyo, Japan

• The Japanese first division team now known as Avispa Fukuoka were, until very recently, called Fukuoka Blux. "Blux" was short for "Brave Lads with Ultimate X" - "X" being the secret ingredient required by all successful footballers. An inspired name change if ever there was one.

  Joe Myall, Kurume, Japan

• I agree that it has to be a team from the Japanese league. Grampus Eight is fairly silly - Yokohama Flugels is sillier - but Purple Sanga takes the proverbial biscuit.

  Dan Penny, London, UK

• My vote for the silliest goes to The Mighty Ducks, a professional ice hockey in Anaheim, California.

  Peter Post, Boston USA

• Further to Guy Dowman, I always think that result sounds better as East Fife 4 Forfar 5 (just try and pronounce the "V")

  Craig, London

• In the Guardian soccer diary a few years ago there was 7-a-side team with the glorious title of Far Canals, changed by an eagle-eyed match arranger to Distant Waterways. Sheer poetry.

  Carla, Crewe UK

• Some time ago myself and a group of friends were dumbstruck that there was actually a place called Cowdenbeath! Needless to say we are now keen supporters of the "Blue Brazil" and suggest to anyone to visit and cheer them on as we are currently riding high at the top of our division. Cowdenbeath may be a silly name but the people there are wonderful and the football may not be sublime but the people are wonderful!

  Guy Wyon, Hemel UK

• On-the-rise Inverness Caledonian Thistle is probably one of the longest, but it was created by merging two non-league teams - if the third Inverness team (Clachnacuddin) had been merged too it would have been even longer. For daft names I would suggest Forres Mechanics, Rushden & Diamonds and Inter Cardiff.

  Andy, Slough UK

• As a Hibs supporter, I always found the name of our Edinburgh rivals 'Heart of Midlothian' rather posy. From the title of a Walter Scott book y'know. Pretentious sods.

  Seth, Edinburgh UK

• I think the best name I have discovered whilst touring the world is in Israel. The team plays in the first divison and goes by the name Hapoel Beer Shaver.

  Ben Wolfosn, Brasil

• Grasshopper Zurich has always struck me a pretty silly.

  David Anand, London UK

• There used to be a team, all of the Norman Hunter mould, called The Chorlton-cum-Hardy Weskit Tearers. Do they still exist ?

  Ray, Canterbury

• I always thought "Mamelodi Sundowns" from South Africa a bit of an exotic name.

  John Duffy, New York

• Carl Zeiss Jena are sponsored by Carl Zeiss who make lenses etc for cameras so that's fair enough; the name scans rather well i think BUT....surely the worst name of all is 'Total network solutions FC' who play in the Welsh league. I mean. What's all that about.

  Ted , Edinburgh UK

• The silliest... Engelbert Lumbumbashi, African club champions in the late sixties.

  LB, London UK

• The South American Everton hail from Chile and, as a Liverpool fan, I was delighted to see that they were recently beaten by the brilliant named O'Higgins in a thrilling 3-2 goal fest.

  Roger Hadwen, London UK

• South London football pub anorak legend has it that there was once a amateur team that played on the local green space on Sunday morinigs that dubbed its Borussia Tooting Glad Bec It may only have ever been a rumour but I do so want it to be true.....

  Nigel Rogers, London UK

• Starting with Borussia, their full name is in fact Verein fuer Leichtathletik 1900 Moenchengladbach. It is however beaten by the Dutch team NAC Breda - full name Bredase Voetbal - en Atletiekvereniging Nooit Aphouden Altjd Doorgaan - Aangenaam Door Vermaak en Nuttig Door Ontspanning Combinatie, formed by a merger of the two clubs NOAD and ADVeNDO. Tarxien Rainbows of Malta is my favorite silly name!

  Graeme, Slough, UK

• Wakefield Trinity Wildcats must be one of the longest names in the world

  matt,

• I was going to say Borussia Moenchengladbach but you beat me to it, Maybe Leigh RMI (Leigh Railway Mens Institution) is a good candidate, Ebbsfleet united? But I like the idea of the Young Boys, something is not right there

  Andy Scates, Coventry

• There is a co-recreational soccer side here that takes the proverbial cake for its silly name: The Naughty Muffins. Rather proud to be an alumnus.

  Tim Paul, Seattle USA

• Well, I think Wolverhampton Wanderers with 22 letters wins the battle of the English clubs, or Inverness Caledonian Thistle for Scottish. Outside of the UK, though, there is a football team called Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu FC in New Zealand making it 94 letters long

  Dan, Bristol UK

• I believe RMI in Leigh RMI stood for Railway Mechanics Institute.

  Mike, Bristol UK

• The silliest name to me is the New Orleans Pelicans that was just changed from the New Oreleans Hornets.

  Cullin, Bronx, NY, US