For the sports team in Grand Theft Auto IV, see Liberty City Cocks (HD Universe).
Not to be confused with Liberty Cock, a newspaper company in GTA III and GTA Vice City.
The Liberty City Cocks is a soccer team based in Liberty City, mentioned in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Description[]
In GTA III (2001) the team seems to be playing at Liberty Memorial Coliseum (also known as Bush Stadium) in Aspatria, Staunton Island, while in GTA Liberty City Stories (1998), the stadium is undergoing renovations. In GTA Liberty City Stories, the team has an official fan shop whose main building is right across the stadium. Many Cocks fans can be seen walking around Bush Stadium and some can even be heard asking others if they are a fan of the Liberty City Beavers (their fierce rivals). The Cocks and the Beavers have known meetings, implying that there is a fierce rivalry/derby.
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, on The Tight End Zone, a program on West Coast Talk Radio, Derrick Thackery mentions a match between Liberty City Cocks and Liberty City Beavers. The second occurs in September 2001, with the Cocks beating the Beavers 3-0.[citation/verification needed]
In Grand Theft Auto Advance, Asuka Kasen orders Mike to injure one of Vice City Mambas quarterbacks to increases the chances of the Liberty City Cocks winning the match.
Oddly, despite the fact that the team crest and rivalry with the Beavers, plus an article from Liberty Tree, all show that they are a soccer team, the field inside the stadium and the "Two-Hand Toss" mission suggests that they play American football. This may be an oversight by Rockstar; however, it is possible that the Cocks also field a football team – this is somewhat akin to the New York Giants, who shared an association with the MLB's New York Giants. Additionally, there was an American football team called the New York Yankees in the 1940s, who were owned by Dan Topping, a former part-owner of the MLB's New York Yankees.
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Trivia[]
- Another one of Rockstar's crude humorous jokes, the word "cock" can mean a rooster, or (more likely) a penis.
- Carl from GTA III is a notable Cocks fan.
- The midfield logo of the Cocks in Grand Theft Auto Advance resembles Foghorn Leghorn from Looney Tunes.
- Michael Hunt, the DJ of Head Radio, is a noted fan of both the Cocks and its rival team, the Beavers.
- The same can be said about their stadium name, Bush Stadium, which can mean a plant, or pubic hairs. It could also be a reference to the Bush family.
- An outfit named as the Cox Mascot Outfit can be rewarded to the player in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories after the completion of Slash TV. This suggests that the term Cox is either a colloquial term for the team or the name of their mascot.
- Bush Stadium is similar to Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, though the stadium is much more similar to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The civil rivalry between fans of the Cocks and Beavers is similar to the civil rivalry of University of Oregon Ducks (Liberty City Cocks) and the Oregon State University Beavers (Liberty City Beavers).
- The rivalry between the Cocks and the Beavers could also be a reference to the infamous Portland Timbers–Seattle Sounders rivalry, which is considered the most intense and hostile soccer derby in the United States.
See Also[]
- Liberty City Cocks (HD Universe) - The sports team in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.