Niche Derby! TA: Arsenal and Port Vier are the only two teams in England that are not named after the place
3:00 tomorrow morning, in the third round of the League Cup, Arsenal will play against the League One team Port Vier.
According to TA, these two teams are the only two teams in the English Football League that are not named after their locations.
Port Vile is a club located in Burslam, Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, western England. They participate in the League One, and the club's name comes from the Harbour Valley of the Trent and Mersey Canals.
Arsenal was founded on December 1, 1886 by workers in the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, southeast London. Its earliest name was Dial Square FC. In 1893, the team joined the English Football League system and became the first Southern club to join.