About us

OK here's the short version...

The story of Renaissance began on a sodden Saturday night in February 2005 after watching Everton take a beating at the hands of Manchester United in the FA Cup.

Aaron, Andrew, and Chidi discussed the merits of forming a five-a-side football team whilst juiced up on grappa and after much deliberation concluded it was a worthwhile venture.

It was a long and torturous process finding a name for the team and many possibilities were put forward, including: 'Bête Noires', 'The Contemptibles', 'Ministry of Defence', 'Wine, Women, & Song', and 'Stop! Or My Team Will Shoot'.

But it wasn't until weeks later, after an intensive workshop and brain-storming session, that David suggested the name, Renaissance.

We all ooh-ed and aah-ed, patted each other on the back, and reached unanimous agreement in choosing a name to strike terror in the hearts of opposition from Barnes to Bayswater and beyond.

Rv2 refers to the website and stands for Renaissance Version 2. Factually, of course, this is now the third version of the website but we're sticking with the name Rv2 because we can't afford to design a new logo and rebrand our office stationery.

And that's the very short story of how Renaissance came to be.
Keywords: grappa, workshops, wandle centre, wine, women, and song.

You can find us applying our own artistic brand of the beautiful game in the Top Corner managed 2007 summer league at Camden.

Renaissance glossary

it's all about...
a phrase used to wrap up a general idea or rant.
(e.g. "it's all about positional knowledge")
(e.g. "it's all about Mr. Lee")

shoot her!
used when a player is within shooting distance of goal.
taken from one of the Jurassic Park films.

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