What is the origins of your teams nickname??

PompeyBoy

Portsmouths is Pompey and the origins are lost in the mists of times although there are numerous theories I know Sunderland (the Mackems)is the city and not the team, and it means 'we mack em they attack em'. So this is open to city nicknames too. Where does Geordie originate from and did people from Hartlepool(monkeyhangers) really hang a monkey beleiving it to be a spy?? POMPEY

Dalek Dave

Hartlepool DID hang a monkey thinking it was a French Spy. Luton are The Hatters as it was a town famed for it's Hat industry. (Co-incidentally, Stockport are also know as The Hatters) Watford's nickname is SCUM! (Well it is in Luton anyway).

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Baconbutty

Huddersfield Town - The Terriers - after the Yorkshire Terrier. Not very exciting I'm afraid. L***s U****d - I think they are still the Peacocks (the last 62.5% of the letters are correct anyway) :)

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Manique

I thought Pompey's name was was something to do with a french ship that sank close to Portsea Island a few hundred years ago. A Fellow Pompey Fan Steve Elliott

PompeyBoy

I heard a similar story. A French ship called Pompey got damaged and drifted down the Solent at which point the locals went out in there fishing boats, captured it and it was displayed in the inlet of water where the M275 now stands. This is the story I like to beleive although I am not certain of how much truth there is to it.

moon_stick

I think this[^] will answer most of your questions!

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PompeyBoy

Dalek Dave wrote:

Watford's nickname is SCUM! (Well it is in Luton anyway).

They share this nickname with Southampton Luton are The Hatters as it was a town famed for it's Hat industry. and theres me thinking they made vans there :doh:

LittleYellowBird

My club, the Canaries (Norwich City) got their name because breeding canaries was a popular past time in Norwich (I know weird or what?) I think that the origin of Geordie is that George was a very popular name for a first son in Newcastle. The footie team are called 'the Toon' because of their sweet & endearing accent (its how they say 'Town')! :-D

Ali

Aamir Butt

You all know about Gunners, right? For those of you who don't, Arsenal was a team started by factory workers who used to make Guns or Artillery. That's why the name Gunners.

PompeyBoy

Alison Pentland wrote:

My club, the Canaries (Norwich City) got their name because breeding canaries was a popular past time in Norwich (I know weird or what?)

Is it really? I always assumed it was because of the colour of the shirts.

LabVIEWstuff

Alison Pentland wrote:

because of their sweet & endearing accent

Ah thanks pet! There's lots of possible explanations for the term Geordie most of which stem from being King 'Georges' men in some war against the Scots. My favourite however comes from the fact that early bell-shaped shallow mines that dotted the area were called Geodes, and the men that worked them were called Geoders which later became Geordies. It's Andy B

LittleYellowBird

I don't think so, I think the shirts came after the name. :) (It would be better the other way around!)

Ali

Maximilien

The nick name for the "Les Canadiens de Montreal" is (in english) "The Habs" for Habitants kind of perogative for the french canadiens that played in the team in the early years. Now it changed to "Le Suck" de Montreal. :|

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Pete OHanlon

Another mine flavoured variant was that this was because of the miners lamp that was favoured in the pits around Newcastle, where the Northumbrian miners used lamps designed by George Stephenson as opposed to the Davy lamp.

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Nagy Vilmos

Local team is Woking FC and they're called The Cards becasue Woolsey had a palace here dontchaknow. As an extra crossdressingthread point, Norwich Chair-Dorris Delia Smith comes from Woking.

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Henry Minute

Oh no they didn't. :) Study says Monkey Hangers Innocent[^]

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Everybody knows that it is Winchester. Named after The Kinks.

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