Can you guess which team he supports?

Name changes and football don’t usually mix well  -see “MK Dons”, “Assistant Referee” and “Andrew Cole” - but a 20-year-old student from North Lanarkshire has slain the dragon named Common Sense, choosing to change his name by Deed Poll to Motherwell Football Club.

Mr Football Club, formerly known as Frazer Boyle, paid just £33 to legally change his name and has already applied for a new driving licence and passport. Of his decision, Motherwell says:

“I am the only Motherwell fan in the house so I don’t think anyone understands why I did it.

“My girlfriend isn’t too bothered but I’m not sure if she’d be happy maybe being known as Mrs Motherwell Football Club eventually.”

Unsurprisingly, a spokesperson from the UK Deed Poll service said they thought the change was a “good idea”, and that Football Club is one of 50,000 Brits who have changed their name this year.

[BBC Scotland]

Nutty couple change their names and face the consequences

Meet the couple formerly known as Gerard and Elizabeth Donnely, who in 2003 had the bright idea of changing their names to David and Victoria Beckham. The duo from Belfast, who are dead ringers for their namesakes, found their little joke hilarious at first, but then things started to turn a bit ugly:

All the ground windows at the front of their Tullymore Gardens home - which proudly displays a plaque with the house name Beckingham Palace - have been smashed and the couple are so worried about further attacks that they said they will not be removing the wooden boarding that is currently securing the house.