If they had to adopt the Manchester name what would have been wrong with Manchester Swinton Lions. Seems to work ok for Aussie teams, Cronulla Sutherland, St George Illawarra etc. Could have been a good branding thing; using ‘MSL’ on leisurewear etc.

True, Swinton aren’t exactly a household name currently, but you can’t just disregard 100+ years of history.

Indeed, when they played at Gigg Lane, they were known as Swinbury Lions.

Is old traffird not in Manchester, last time i went it was and all the times before it was.

So do Leeds not play in Leeds as they play in Headingley Trafford is an area of Manchester.

Bizarre argument. Of course Old Trafford is in Manchester.

The Man Utd website gives their address as Manchester, as does the Royal Mail.

Oh no it isn't! (Is it pantomime season yet?)

As bizarre as it may seem Old Trafford is in Stretford which is not and never has been, in Manchester.

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Yes but so is Wigan

No, because Headingley is in Leeds.
Trafford isn't in Manchester.

It really isn't that hard to understand.

It's not in Manchester. It's in Stretford, Trafford.

That's in Greater Manchester, but so is Salford, Wigan, Bury, Bolton, Sale, Swinton, Leigh, Oldham and Rochdale.

There will be no issue calling them Manchester Lions then if Greater Manchester and Manchester are synonymous.

And Father Christmas lives in Lapland Finland so it must be true eh ? What's so hard to understand, Old Trafford is in errr Trafford that has nothing to do with the City of Manchester.

[iGreater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million.[2] It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the cities of Manchester and Salford. Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, and designated a functional city region on 1 April 2011.[/i

Let's just call them Greater Manchester Lions then.

If anything and this wouldn't at all be controversial at all, if Swinton were to defer to a city status a better bet would be Salford Lions. After all Swinton is part of that city, Salford is administered from 'Swinton' Town Hall.

Seriously, what’s wrong with you people. It’s in Manchester. You have simply chosen one narrow definition of Manchester simply for bizarre internet d|ck measuring contests.
In the same way as London is not defined simply as the tiny area of the City of London.

In common usage, in postal terms, in a myriad of other usages it’s in Manchester. But carry on with this batsh|ttedry if you like fellas. Much like Jean Capdouze it’s both strange and unnecessary.