The Lions
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- See also: Lion (disambiguation)
In geography, The Lions (Peaks) are located in the North Shore Mountains north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
In sports, The Lions can refer to several professional sports teams including:
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[edit] Rugby
- British and Irish Lions of rugby union
- The Great Britain national rugby league team is known as the Lions
- Swinton Lions RLFC have been known as "the Lions" since Victorian times
[edit] Gridiron
- Detroit Lions of the National Football League
- British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League
[edit] Australian Rules Football
- Brisbane Lions, an Australian Rules Football team in the AFL.
- Fitzroy Lions, an Australian Rules Football team formerly in the AFL.
- Subiaco Lions an Australian Rules Football team in the WAFL.
- Huonville Lions, an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Australian Football League Southern Football League (Tasmania), also known as the Southern Football League, in Tasmania, Australia.
- Suncoast Lions, an Australian Rules football club and feeder club for the Brisbane Lions.
- North London Lions, an Australian Rules Football team based in London.
- Victoria Lions are an amateur Australian rules football club based in Canada
[edit] Soccer
Many teams around the world have adopted the lion as an emblem.
- East End Lions in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in Sierra Leone.
- Young Lions, an under-23 soccer team from Singapore.
- Sannat Lions, a football club from the village of Sannat on Gozo, Malta.
- Heart of Lions, a member of the Ghana Telecom Premier League.
- Lions of Mesopotamia from Iraq.
In addition, many teams bear a lion logo without using an epithet. These include:
[edit] England
- Chelsea
- Aston Villa (which has a Scottish Lion Rampant)
- Middlesbrough, which has a Lion Rampant
- Sunderland has a badge flanked by two black lions.
- Burnley has a badge flanked by two gold lions.
- Crewe Alexandra have a red lion centrally located on their badge.
- Millwall's nickname is "The Lions" and their ground is called The New Den
- Shrewsbury Town, including the mascot Lenny the Lion.
- Tranmere Rovers feature a blue Lion Rampant quartered on their badge.
- Yeovil Town has a badge flanked by two yellow lions.
- Chester City feature a lion's head on their badge.
- Macclesfield Town features a blue Lion Rampant holding a wheatsheaf on their badge.
- Stockport County are yet another club with two lions flanking their badge.
- Halifax Town has a badge flanked by two gold lions.
[edit] Scotland
- Glasgow Rangers (which has a Scottish Lion Rampant)
- Dundee United (which has a Scottish Lion Rampant)
- Livingston of the Scottish First Division and also have a Scottish Lion Rampantl
- Berwick Rangers (which has a couple of Scottish Lions with one Lion Rampant)
- Cowdenbeath feature a Scottish Lion Rampant quartered on their badge.
[edit] Germany
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen who play in the top division of the Bundesliga have their badge flanked by two red lions.
[edit] Indoor football
- Columbus Lions are a charter member of the World Indoor Football League.
[edit] Baseball
- Saitama Seibu Lions of Japan's Pacific League
[edit] Speedway
- Oxford Lions are a British Speedway team based in Oxford, England
[edit] Basketball
- San Beda Red Lions from the Philippines.
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