The 2026/2027 Premier League season is about to get underway – August 21, in case you’d forgotten! – so attention will naturally turn back to players creating and tinkering with their respective FPL clubs, getting their squads in the right order and ensuring they can score as many points as possible.

A crucial aspect of Fantasy Premier League‘s enduring allure lies in its unique blend of sporting knowledge, risk-taking, tactical nous, and it is all topped off with an unexpected dash of comedic wit – encapsulated within the confines of your team’s name. It’s a golden opportunity to let your sense of humour shine, potentially earning you much mirth and plenty of admiration from your friends and colleagues, not to mention fellow FPL enthusiasts.

A name that allows you to transfer a part of your personality directly to your team. For the most part, constructed in puns, these veritable identity cards add a humorous touch to a game that many see as a real competition. FPL players have once again vied with each other to come up with the best names for their teams, while always remaining within the bounds of respect, an essential element of the FPL community.

To this end, this article has compiled the 275 most humorous and fun-filled team names that can be found – and that you too can rely on – in the game that more than 8 million users around the world are playing this year.

Many of the best-loved team names on the circuit are correlated with the identity of legends or, more simply, retirees from the green rectangle. Derived from the names of cinematic works, everyday expressions or pop-culture subjects (music, books, posters), these names are sure to remind you of great football moments, whether good or less enjoyable.

You’ll find, for example, ‘Alba and the 40 speeds’, a reference to the famous tales of the Thousand and One Nights published in 1701, or ‘Rooney Tunes’, a quirky format for a programme that was no less quirky and will appeal to older generations. Others are just classic puns and word-play: ‘Baines on Toast’, ‘It would be Ruud not to’ and so on.

Premier League Players

While the legends are well represented, the current Premier League players are not to be outdone. Some of whom, moreover, are a major source of inspiration to millions of players across the globe. Erling Haaland, whose name has been used on several occasions, is one of the favourites.

From ‘Haalandaise Sauce’ to ‘Walking in a Winter WonderHaaland’, the Man City striker is no exception to the rule. What is also interesting about this type of format is that all players, regardless of their level or popularity in the eyes of the general public or the media, can find their names used as inspiration by FPL players.

Not only do Premier League players get the treatment, but those competing outside of the English top-flight see their names used by FPL players. Some Championship players are no exception, as are many of their colleagues across Europe.

Many of them have played in the Premier League, as in the case of Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy, Leroy Sane, Olivier Giroud and Daley Blind, all of whom have not been forgotten by their respective fans. While some of the puns are immediately obvious – or rather obvious to the ear – others are more subtle and take longer to understand – which makes them even easier to grasp.

As football becomes increasingly globalised and many glories reach the end of their careers – or are still some way off – Fantasy Premier League players have also had to adapt to these changes.

But the opportunities are all the greater for it. Mario Balotelli has moved to Asia, where a ‘Balotelli-Tubbies’ team is still named after him. Representatives of Major League Soccer, the Brazilian Serie A and more are present in the list, as can be seen from the extensive array of names below.

Managers

While players are a major part of the inspiration of Fantasy Premier League players, coaches, current and former, are not forgotten. ‘TenHager, Better, Faster Stronger’ in tribute to Daft Punk on the one hand, ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ transformed into ‘The Secret Life of Pep’ of another, no one, absolutely no one, is safe.

Some of the best inspirations include the famous ‘Murder On Zidane’s Floor’, ‘Smack My Bilic Up’ and ‘Kindergarten Klopp’. And if you thought that only legal entities were targeted by users’ puns, you were finally far from the truth.

Teams

Because yes, even clubs do not escape the rules of the Fantasy Premier League. Premier League, Bundesliga, Liga, Championship or Premier Soccer League (the South African first division championship): no league is spared.

Among the funniest appellations, we will find in particular the “Champagne SuperRovers”, “Bilbao Baggins”, “Dallas Buyers Club” and again “Bayer Neverlosin'” – perfectly adapted to the magnificent season crossed by the men of Xabi Alonso, who ended Bayern Munich’s dominance to clinch the Bundesliga crown in the 2023/2024 campaign.

Other Options

• Alice in Hangeland
• Nani McPhee
• Goal of Duty
• The Vincibles
• Smells like Team Spirit
• School of Hard Knocks
• Every Day I’m Shuffling
• Don’t Be Upsetti, Eat Some Spaghetti
• Marco Polo
• Norfolk n’ Good
• Covid VARiant
• Sex and the City

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​​​​Undeniably, “Alice in Hangeland” is one of the finest and wittiest in the lineup. A masterful mix of a classic novel and a legendary player, it’s a prime example of the humorous potential of team naming in FPL.

If you now have 275 different sources of inspiration, they ultimately represent only a tiny part of an infinity of possibilities, each more pointed than the other.

A cleverly constructed name reflects not only the humour and creativity of the one who found it, but also its understanding of football, players and its culture in the general sense of the term, whether the latter is footballing or more spread out. This is an essential, perhaps the most important, part of the FPL experience. This is the essence of a game.

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson looks to have got himself into hot water once again after appearing to punch a man in the face while live-streaming on his Kick channel.

Footage shows Rampage striking a man in the face after the individual allegedly acted inappropriately at a party.

The 48-year-old is seen hitting streamer SweaterGxd – whose real name is Adrian Javier Sandoval – in the face twice at Jackson’s “TaKO Tuesday” party on the platform Kick.

During the footage, Jackson can be heard saying, “Don’t touch my girlfriend,” and, at another point, saying, “I don’t play that gay s***. Don’t touch my d***. Respect straight people.”

During the encounter, there appears to be an awkward atmosphere as Sandoval, who seems to be streaming himself at the time, looks unsure as to whether the events are serious or in jest.

Later in the more than seven-hour-long stream, the pair seemed to put their differences behind them after Sandoval apologises. Rampage accused the streamer of clip farming, and the former UFC star and his friends took exception to Sandoval’s use of a racial slur.

After shaking hands and making up, Sandoval asked Jackson to punch him in the stomach in jest a few times, blows that are said to be delivered at 40% of the fighter’s power. Jackson said the earlier strikes were landed at about 15% power, with his weaker hand.

Video: Rampage Jackson Punches Streamer

In recent times, Jackson has taken to streaming on Kick, where he has 303,000 subscribers. The live stream in which the events took place has to date attracted 207,000 views.

Earlier in the stream, current UFC fighter King Green made an appearance. Green recently opened the UFC 329: McGregor vs Holloway 2 card with a first-round knockout of Terrance McKinney.

The incident is the latest in a series of issues for Rampage and his family. Jackson’s son Raja was arrested on a charge of felony assault last September after an incident at a professional wrestling show appeared to go wrong. Raja pleaded guilty to a count of felony battery in May.

Jackson is a former UFC light heavyweight champion, having won the belt by beating Chuck Liddell in the first round with a Knockout of the Night performance at UFC 71 in Las Vegas.

His last mixed martial arts bout was a knockout loss to legend Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator 237 in 2019. His record stands at 38 wins and 14 losses.

Former undisputed boxing world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has given Anthony Joshua his advice on how to beat Tyson Fury in their anticipated all-British superfight later this year.

New footage released on X shows the Ukrainian advising the British heavyweight on how best to make such a fight go in his favour.

In the footage, which shows the pair training in the same gym, Usyk says that Fury often backs up into the corner in early rounds so opponents advance, and that he then uses his long reach to land counter punches. Usyk says he was expecting this game plan in their fight and that it is best to wait until after the sixth round to advance, when Fury tires and loses his speed.

Joshua may be wise to listen to the man they call “The Cat.” Usyk beat The Gypsy King two times via decision, one a split and one unanimous, and he has an undefeated professional boxing record of 25-0. Usyk is also the only man in the four-belt era to become the undisputed heavyweight champion when he beat Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia in May 2024.

Both British fighters are scheduled to fight this weekend as they work towards that November date.

Anthony Joshua will face Albanian heavyweight Kristian Prenga on Saturday at the Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia, while Fury will fight Poland’s Mariusz Wach in Thailand today for the inaugural WBC Metta Humanitarian Belt.

Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury Failed Fights

Fury and Joshua had agreed to fight in 2021, even signing a deal, but the bout fell through as the former was ordered to complete a trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder.

Fury has recently, though, cast doubt on the match-up, suggesting the bout may yet still collapse and that he is prepared to fight somebody else if it was necessary.

The remarks from The Gypsy King drew fierce criticism from Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn, who said that Fury is, in fact, the more likely to pull out and that it was he that pulled out of the failed 2021 fight.

Video: Usyk Teaching Joshua How to Beat Fury

“Check the facts, check the resume. If you really want to pick one fighter who’s more reliable than the other, I don’t think it’s a close-run race,” Hearn said.

“He’s got the most solid resume and the most professional attitude of any fighter I’ve ever worked with. Can we say the same about Tyson Fury? No. That’s the reality of the situation,” he added.