The champion clubs of the last 10 seasons can’t have their names changed.
 
Season 41  DERRY PATRIOTS
Season 43  RED STAR LLAMA
Season 44  MIDLAND FC
Season 47  BYKER GROVE BEAVERS
Season 48  GREAT PRESTON AFC

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No manager is allowed to change a team name more than once in 10 seasons.

39 Falkirk Hotspur        to Falkirk Scorpions    - Peter Spall
39 Copenhagen Kings       to Lokomotiv Spartak    - Ray Wallace
40 Village Park           to Jacobs FC            - Tony Mccleary
41 Dursley Hawks          to Shieldfield Wednesday- Graham Brown
 
This restriction only applies to the manager who made the change and not to the clubs name.