按：看球的时候，发现布莱顿球迷在高兴的时候会大喊“Albion”，而不是“Brighton”，这里找了篇文章，便于大家理解布莱顿的英语名字由来。

你是否曾经好奇过，布莱顿的全名“布莱顿和霍夫阿尔比恩”这个名字是怎么来的？

我们通常只称他们为布莱顿，但他们的全名是布莱顿和霍夫阿尔比恩（Brighton and Hove Albion）。这是为什么呢？

布莱顿（或许应该说全称：布莱顿和霍夫阿尔比恩）成立于1901年，初名为“布莱顿和霍夫联合”，是一支半职业球队，总部位于Ship Street的七星酒吧。

球队成立后不久（在还没开始比赛之前！），就改名为布莱顿和霍夫阿尔比恩，因为有另一支当地球队（霍夫FC）反对。

新组建的布莱顿（布莱顿和霍夫阿尔比恩）取代了“布莱顿和霍夫巡游者”在南部联盟的位置，其余的，就是我们知道的历史了。

为什么队名里有“霍夫”？

霍夫是一个紧邻布莱顿的小镇。它们一起组成了布莱顿和霍夫市。

{楼主这里也查了其他的信息，说是在1863年布莱顿和霍夫地区成立了一家板球俱乐部，使用了“Albion”这个名字。几十年后，在1900年，该板球俱乐部改组成了足球队，并继续使用了“Albion”作为队名。在20世纪70年代，这个名称逐渐被用作球队正式的称呼，并沿用至今。}

首先，阿尔比恩这个词实际上指的是英国的岛屿。它被凯尔特人、古罗马人和公元4世纪的希腊地理学家使用过，阿尔比恩大不列颠岛最早的名字。

阿尔比恩的字面意思是“白色土地”，指的是英国南部海岸的白垩悬崖。当然，布莱顿和霍夫附近也有很多巨大的白垩悬崖。

"阿尔比恩”的本地渊源

也有一种说法认为，由于布莱顿很多企业在球队成立之前就已经使用阿尔比恩这个名字，球队创始人决定将阿尔比恩加入队名来推广这些本地企业。很聪明。

然而，根据官方俱乐部记录，关于为什么选择阿尔比恩这个名字，并没有真正的原因，尽管布莱顿成立时，西布罗米奇阿尔比恩最近刚刚赢得了多个足总杯冠军，并且是足球联盟的创始成员之一。尽管如此，目前没有发现西布罗米奇与布莱顿之间的联系。

所以就是这样。球队基本上被称为”布莱顿和霍夫不列颠尼亚”以向大不列颠岛及其历史名称致敬。也许他们徽章上的海鸥应该披上英国联盟旗帜。只是一个想法…

按：所以他们球迷在高兴的时候大喊“albion”，类似于鲁能球迷喊“山东”或者建业球迷喊“中原”，吧？

英语原文：

Ever Wonder why, and how, Brighton and Hove Albion got their name?

We usually just refer to them as Brighton but their full name is Brighton and Hove Albion. Why?

Formed in 1901 as ‘Brighton and Hove United’ the club was a semi-professional team which was based at the Seven Stars pub in Ship Street.

The team changed its name to Brighton and Hove Albion shortly after was formed (and before they had played a game!) as there were objections from another local side, Hove FC.

The newly formed Brighton and Hove Albion replaced Brighton and Hove Rangers in the Southern League and the rest, as they say, is history.

Why Hove?

Hove is a town which is right next to Brighton. Together they make up the City of Brighton and Hove.

Brighton is much bigger than Hove but the team has played in both towns over the last century and represents both settlements.

Okay, so that part of their name is simple.

Why Albion?

As for Albion, this part is bonkers! You will notice a few British teams have this in their name instead of United or City or Rovers (West Bromwich Albion, Burton Albion and Stirling Albion) and there is a curious reason for this.

Firstly, the term Albion actually means the island of Britain. It was used by the Celts, ancient Romans and Greek geographers dating way back to the 4th century and Albion was the earliest name given to the island of Great Britain.

Albion literally meant ‘white land’ and that was in reference to the white cliffs which pepper the South Coast of England. And there are, of course, huge white cliffs close to Brighton and Hove.

Local connection to Albion

There are also suggestions that due to many businesses in Brighton using the Albion name way before the team was formed, the founders decided to promote these local businesses by adding Albion to the team name. Smart.

However, according to the official club records, no real reason has ever been given as to why Albion was selected, although at the time of Brighton’s formation West Bromwich Albion had recently won multiple FA Cup tietles and were one of the founding members of the Football League. Still, there is no known connection between West Brom and Brighton.

So, there you have it. The team is basically called Brighton and Hove Britain as a nod to the Island of Great Britain and its historic name.

Perhaps that Seagull on their badge should be draped in a union jack flag. Just a thought…

来源链接：

https://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/news/ever-wonder-where-brighton-and-hove-albions-name-came-frome