The term 'Nigels'

[S'hampton Seagull]

I'm showing myself up here, but what does 'Nigels' in terms of Palace fans mean?

Obviously I can work out it's less than complimentary, but I've not heard it until recently and was hoping someone will enlighten me.

Cheers!

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

my understanding is it originates from Millwall, who's reference to 'Nigel' is someone who's a bit of a geek (or Poindexter, if you please)
'Malcolm's' is another term i've heard, from that Synex advert of the late 70's

 

[algie]

Are you the chap on the Exeter board?

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

Are you the chap on the Exeter board?

I don't think it means that

 

[Simster]

It comes from the fact that Nigel is the sterotypical name of a boring dullard, and of the sort of gimp you are likely to bump into in the dreary suburban sprawl that is Bromley, Purley, Coulsden and various other boring places that Palace draw their support from.

 

[S'hampton Seagull]

It comes from the fact that Nigel is the sterotypical name of a boring dullard, and of the sort of gimp you are likely to bump into in the dreary suburban sprawl that is Bromley, Purley, Coulsden and various other boring places that Palace draw their support from.

Ah I see. A good description of your average Palace fan!

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

It comes from the fact that Nigel is the sterotypical name of a boring dullard, and of the sort of gimp you are likely to bump into in the dreary suburban sprawl that is Bromley, Purley, Coulsden and various other boring places that Palace draw their support from.

you are indeed Dr Samuel Johnson and I claim my £5

 

[Simster]

Ah I see. A good description of your average Palace fan!

Indeed, which is why Millwall and Charlton fans have used it for a few years now. To be honest, as far as I'm concerned it's a far better put down than our "pikey" one. We all know there are only one set of pikeys, and that is Gillingham.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

With NSC being cleaned up lately and not being able to call a Palace fan a muggy **** anymore this is their new derogatory description which they'll comprehend

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

From Wikipedia (so it must be right)

"Nigel" - In Australian English it is a colloquial term for a male social misfit or a person without friends, originating from the name being unusual in the 1980s and alliterating with 'no-friends'.

 

[Garage_Doors]

I thought it was reference to the advert for "Knockoff Nigel".

 

[Sussex Nomad]

I'm in XTC, time to make plans for Nigel!

 

[fataddick]

Don't know whether it was Millwall, Albion or Charlton fans who started it, but it dates back to the mid-90s. There was a nerd character in Eastenders called Nigel, who announced in one episode that he was a Palace fan. There's lot of cases where just one tiny incident ends up as a nickname for decades. Millwall fans call us Trainspotters because of an article in the Evening Standard about how the chair of our former players association had paid for the renovation of an old steam loco and had it renamed The Addick. We call them Spanners because one of their hooligan fans threw a spanner onto the pitch in some game. *shrugs*

 

[5 Zero]

This term comes from the Milwall knuckle-draggers which should say it all. They try and make out there such gezzers and double 'ard bastards and that because most of us have actually had an education, were a buch of geeks. We know different though!

 

[Scotty Mac]

Don't know whether it was Millwall, Albion or Charlton fans who started it, but it dates back to the mid-90s. There was a nerd character in Eastenders called Nigel, who announced in one episode that he was a Palace fan. There's lot of cases where just one tiny incident ends up as a nickname for decades. Millwall fans call us Trainspotters because of an article in the Evening Standard about how the chair of our former players association had paid for the renovation of an old steam loco and had it renamed The Addick. We call them Spanners because one of their hooligan fans threw a spanner onto the pitch in some game. *shrugs*

please tell me it wasnt this great man, nigel bates

id always liked him. if this is true then ill have to reconsider his spot in my top 20 eastenders characters

 

[Simster]

This term comes from the Milwall knuckle-draggers which should say it all. They try and make out there such gezzers and double 'ard bastards and that because most of us have actually had an education, were a buch of geeks. We know different though!

 

[fataddick]

please tell me it wasnt this great man, nigel bates

That's the guy.

 

[Shanker45]

My Dad's called Nigel !

 

[strings]

My Dad's called Nigel !

So is mine And he took me to my first ever game at the Goldstone.

 

[smudge]

I think "Timmy's" would also fit.