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What is the origins of your teams nickname??

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  • P 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

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    Nagy Vilmos
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    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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    • P 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

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      fly904
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      I bet you can't tell me who the Chairboys are and why without using Google.

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      • P 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
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        Is it true that if you laid all the women in the Bigg on a Saturday night from end-to-end that no one would be suprised?

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

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          • F fly904

            I bet you can't tell me who the Chairboys are and why without using Google.

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

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            • P 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

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              soap brain
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              'Team Awesome'. I think it's self-explanatory. :cool:

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              • F fly904

                I bet you can't tell me who the Chairboys are and why without using Google.

                My failometer is detecting vast quantities of FAIL! "Its SQL - hardly programming..." (Caslen)

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                Dan_Martin
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                The Chairboys are Wycombe Wanderers, and I believe it's because of the local furniture industry. My team, Bristol City, is rather boringly called The Robins. I presume it's because of the red shirts but I don't know. Hello, by the way. This is my first post.

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                • D Dan_Martin

                  The Chairboys are Wycombe Wanderers, and I believe it's because of the local furniture industry. My team, Bristol City, is rather boringly called The Robins. I presume it's because of the red shirts but I don't know. Hello, by the way. This is my first post.

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                  Correct, Well done.

                  danmartin9581 wrote:

                  My team, Bristol City, is rather boringly called The Robins.

                  Other west country clubs (Swindon and Cheltenham) are called the Robins aswell so I think it might be local thing. Another thing is that a few years ago (before I got banned from Ashton Gate for flicking half a trebor mint in the vicinity of a player) they had mascots running around the pitch dressed in cat outfits which always got in fights with traveling mascots, not sure if they're still there or why.

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                  • N Nagy Vilmos

                    Is it true that if you laid all the women in the Bigg on a Saturday night from end-to-end that no one would be suprised?

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                    Pete OHanlon
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                    Yes, and it would be one heckuva slime trail.

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                    • D Dan_Martin

                      The Chairboys are Wycombe Wanderers, and I believe it's because of the local furniture industry. My team, Bristol City, is rather boringly called The Robins. I presume it's because of the red shirts but I don't know. Hello, by the way. This is my first post.

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                      danmartin9581 wrote:

                      Hello, by the way. This is my first post.

                      Welcome, make yourself at home pull up a chair and just chill.... It's a great place to hang!

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                      • P 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

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                        Henry Minute
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                        Wolverhampton Wanderers, or Wolves as they are rather imaginatively known, get their nickname from their habit of scoffing all the pies at away grounds. Once described by a local newspaper as being "like a pack of ravening wolves", and it stuck.

                        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                        • L 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

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                          LittleYellowBird
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                          LabVIEWstuff wrote:

                          Ah thanks pet!

                          Eeee, ya a canny lad! :-D

                          Ali

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                          • P 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

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                            Duncan Edwards Jones
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                            Grimsby are "the Cod heads" after the (now defunct) local fishing industry

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                            • P 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

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                              Team When-Does-The-Rugby-Season-Start?

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                              • P 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

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                                I don't have a team - I have a fan base that doubles as armed minions that are bent to my will as I see fit.

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                                  LabVIEWstuff wrote:

                                  Ah thanks pet!

                                  Eeee, ya a canny lad! :-D

                                  Ali

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                                  Alison Pentland wrote:

                                  Eeee, ya a canny lad!

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                                  • D Dan_Martin

                                    The Chairboys are Wycombe Wanderers, and I believe it's because of the local furniture industry. My team, Bristol City, is rather boringly called The Robins. I presume it's because of the red shirts but I don't know. Hello, by the way. This is my first post.

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                                    Ooh, fresh meat [evil grin] :-D Elaine (friendly fluffy tigress)

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                                    • A 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.

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                                      Indeed, the Woolwich Arsenal, the royal armoury. We moved from Woolwich to North London around the time of the first world war. +5 for the first mention of the Gunners in this thread!

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