Can you pronounce it? This is the club with probably the longest name in the world

From now on, the logo of the Spanish elite league La Liga will be emblazoned on the jerseys of the Clwb Pêl Droed Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Football Club. “This is an exciting agreement for us that brings together the two biggest names in world football,” the club said on Wednesday.

In short, the club from the town with the longest name in the world is called CPD Llanfairpwl. Top scorer Marquis Holland emphasized that the print would definitely give the team a boost for the season. That’s also necessary: ​​the club is currently in penultimate place in the North Wales Coast West League Division One after two defeats from the first three games.

According to its own information, La Liga is the elite league with the most followers on social media. The partnership will see it bring a range of initiatives to North West Wales, the elite class said. To celebrate the agreement, the league also donated a new town sign in which the five double Ls were replaced with the La Liga logo.

The 58-letter place name was created in the 19th century as a marketing gimmick. Originally the place was just called Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll. But when a railway line ran through the village in the 1850s, the residents looked for a way to encourage travelers to stop over.

This is the second coup for a club from Wales in just a few years. In November 2020, US actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took control of AFC Wrexham. In the summer the club was promoted to the fourth English league.

By the way, the name of the city means in Welsh: “St. Mary’s Church (Llanfair) in a hollow (pwll) white hazels (gwyn gyll) close by (goger) of the fast vortex (y chwyrn drobwll) and the Tysilio Church (llantysilio) at the red cave (gogo goch).”