What sort of crap nickname is...

[KLF]

Spalding's nickname is the Tulips. That is a tremendous nickname.

Again, to do with their local industry. Flower mad they are, up there.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Hartlepool United - "The Monkey Hangers" - During the Napoleonic wars the citizens of Hartlepool allegedly hanged a monkey believing it to be a French spy.

 

[Fungus]

Also when I was a boy my Dad used to laugh at West Ham being called 'The Irons', but he wouldn't tell me why. "West Ham fans? They're all Irons! he would laugh.

Hmm, I want to know more about this. Rhyming slang?

 

[User removed 4]

Hmm, I want to know more about this. Rhyming slang?

iron hoof=poof

 

[Fungus]

iron hoof=poof

Iron hooves = pooves?

 

[8ace]

Founded as Thames Ironworks I believe.

 

[Icy Gull]

Tottenham - The Lilleywhites, quite naff for a football team surely?

 

[NMH]

I have always thought The Cherries a twatish nickname. Apparently their ground was built on a cherry tree orchard.
Leading on from that what could OUR nickname be NOW considering our new ground has been built on a university ?

The Goodfornothings
The Future-dole-queuers
The Lazy-spotted-oiks-with-no-future
The Mostly-foreign-opportunists ?

 

[User removed 4]

Iron hooves = pooves?

Er, no mate, iron hoof = poof, thats the rhyming slang.

 

[Brovion]

Iron hooves = pooves?

Iron hoofters = poofters.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Again, to do with their local industry. Flower mad they are, up there.

It would be interesting to draw up a map of traditional UK Industries based on football club nicknames.

 

[Jerryatric]

Wycombe are called the Chairboys because of the tradition of chair-making in the town of High Wycombe. The nickname was used in the early days of the Club but was only resurrected after the 1980's fanzine Chairboys Gas dug out the name from the history books.

 

[Amahwrang]

I have always thought The Cherries a twatish nickname. Apparently their ground was built on a cherry tree orchard.
Leading on from that what could OUR nickname be NOW considering our new ground has been built on a university ?

The Debtors

My other team St Mirren - The Buddies always liked this

Birmingham (Alternative) The Currymen ....................... I'll get my non-pc coat on

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

So they should have been known as the MINTSERS?

I think thats what opposition fans think we are called!

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Founded as Thames Ironworks I believe.

Is the CORRECT answer.

 

[Working class pride]

palace - the glaziers. Makes sense. the stereotype o a palace fan is boring Nigel from Coulsdon who works as a double glazing salesman and supports palace. It all fits.

 

[User removed 4]

Iron hoofters = poofters.

No,No,No!!!! its iron hoof/poof...........................guvnor

 

[User removed 4]

It would be interesting to draw up a map of traditional UK Industries based on football club nicknames.

You really need to get out more !!

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Well we would be The Seamen then..... asking for trubble

That would be Staines?

 

[8ace]

No,No,No!!!! its iron hoof/poof...........................guvnor

Hoof and poof don't really rhyme though, unless you prounce one of them funny.