On occasion I’ve been accused of “not knowing when to stop” and “not being able to leave ‘well-enough’ alone,” among other things and this week’s challenge is a prime example of that. The list that makes up this question probably could have been a short as ten clubs long, but no, I couldn’t leave it at that. Instead I had to list every club- all 50+ of them! Did I stop there? No, of course not. In many cases if there was more than one club that met the criteria I chose the more obscure club. I even went overboard where club names where concerned- whenever possible I avoided using abbreviations. Click through and you’ll learn what you need to do with this needlessly exhaustive and complicated list.Here is the list of clubs:
- Morski Klub SportowyPogoń Szczecin
- Verein für Bewegungsspiele Lübeck von 1919 Eingetragener Verein
- Miejski Klub Piłkarski Kotwica Kołobrzeg
- Hamburger Sport-Verein Eingetragener Verein
- Miejski Klub Sportowy Darlovia Darlowo
- Lüneburger Sport-Klub von 1901 Eingetragener Verein
- SKP Gryf 95 Slupsk Football Club
- Fußballclub Anker Wismar 1997 Eingetragener Verein
- Fotball Club Gute
- Fußball-Club Hansa Rostock Eingetragener Verein
- Djurgårdens Idrottsförening
- Fußball-Club Pommern Stralsund Eingetragener Verein
- Braunschweiger Turn-und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895
- Sportverein Traktor Dargun
- Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 Eingetragener Verein
- Greifswalder Sportverein 04 Eingetragener Verein
- Kauno futbolo beisbolo klubas
- 1. Fußball-Club Magdeburg Eingetragener Verein
- Vorpommersche Fußbal-Club Anklam
- Goslarer Sport Club von 1908 Eingetragener Verein
- Ipswich Town Football Club
- Klub Sportowy Lechia Gdańsk Spółka Akcyjna
- Fußballclub Rot-Weiß Erfurt Eingetragener Verein
- Klub Sportowy Olimpia Elbląg
- Verein für Leibesübungen Stade
- Elana Toruń
- Football Club Polotsk
- Malmö Fotbollförening
- Hertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892 Eingetragener Verein
- Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna
- Frankfurter Fußball-Club Viktoria 1991 Eingetragener Verein
- Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław SA
- Football Club Baltika Kaliningrad
- King’s Lynn Football Club
- Skanör Falsterbo Idrottsföreningen
- Skonto Football Club
- Mittetulundusühing Jalgpalliklubi Football Club Flora
- 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 Eingetragener Verein
- Football Club Pskov-747 Pskov
- Jalgpalliklubi Tammeka Tartu
- Ballspiel-Verein Borussia 1909 Eingetragener Verein Dortmund
- Go Ahead Eagles
- Soester Turn-Verein von 1862 Eingetragener Verein
- Door Oefening Sterk Kampen
- FK SDYuSShOR Veliky Novgorod
- Football Club Groningen
- Sportsklubben Brann
- Sportclub Preußen 1906 Eingetragener Verein Münster
- Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging
- Verein für Leibesübungen von 1899 Eingetragener Verein Osnabrück
- Arsenal Football Club
- Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club
Here is what you need to do with this list: 1) Tell me what all of these clubs have in common- it is a very specific thing. 2) Break the list down into the four appropriate groups.
When you’ve completed these two simple tasks (and they are probably pretty simple even with all of my attempts at obfuscation) send your answers and your hate mail to avoidingthedrop@gmail.com by midnight next Tuesday!

Geeze, Fuse. Just finding the common names of all these will take forever.
Exactly.
Finally got that done. Now to figure out what the hell you’re getting at.
Oh, please share the hate mail?
I regularly call Fuse an ass for his quizzes, but that’s as bad as I’ve ever called him.
If you were Mags, my hate mail would consist of one (1) 3000×2000 picture of the USMNT home, away and third kits. He’d flip over so many sashes, writ so large.
But…you’re not Mags. So I’ll just grumble and admit defeat on Tuesday evening.
. . . . yeah. I got nothing.
More clues would be helpful ….