Why are Palace fans referred to.......

[Doctor Crawley]

As Nigel's on this forum?
I've noticed this term used many times,over the past couple of years that I have viewed....but don't understand it.
Is it something to do with Nigel Martin?Thats my only guess.

 

[fataddick]

Charlton, Millwall and other clubs' fans also call them Nigels. It's after a character called Nigel in Eastenders who was (a) a nerd and (b) mentioned being a Palace fan on the soap.

 

[Se20]

Started by those lovable rouges from Bermondsey, who's collective brain cells came up with the name Nigel, in reference to a stereotypical geeky Palace fan from Surrey.
Charlton picked up on it, and now it's ironically used by the weeds, a club with the most middle class fans in England.

 

[PHCgull]

lovable rouges

****

 

[The Optimist]

and now it's ironically used by the weeds.

I think you mean "and ironically it's now used by the weeds". And yes I can see the irony in being geeky enough to point out a grammatical error.

 

[banjo]

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Oh I love a game of hangman. T ?

 

[PHCgull]

oh i love a game of hangman. T ?

score!

 

[bravohotelalpha]

As Nigel's on this forum?
I've noticed this term used many times,over the past couple of years that I have viewed....but don't understand it.
Is it something to do with Nigel Martin?Thats my only guess.

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Why, oh why, oh why can't you JCL's just have your own forum - haven't you heard this one is for proper fans.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Oh I love a game of hangman. T ?

Ooh, I was going to go for a C.

 

[theyellowdinosaur]

Started by those lovable rouges from Bermondsey, who's collective brain cells came up with the name Nigel, in reference to a stereotypical geeky Palace fan from Surrey.
Charlton picked up on it, and now it's ironically used by the weeds, a club with the most middle class fans in England.

What about all the plastic fans at Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd, Man City etc. who clearly have more middle and upper class, 1 game a season "fans", and you would need more money to live in Croydon than it is where I'm from, face it football is for working-class fans despite Sky and the premier league trying to sterilise football, was it middle-class fans who watched us play at withdean?

 

[BN9 BHA]

Started by those lovable rouges from Bermondsey, who's collective brain cells came up with the name Nigel, in reference to a stereotypical geeky Palace fan from Surrey.
Charlton picked up on it, and now it's ironically used by the weeds, a club with the most middle class fans in England.

Who you calling middle class you facking mug!
Did you make this up?

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

was it middle-class fans who watched us play at withdean?

To be fair, I know many middle class fans who went to Withdean. Although the palace chap was probably only motivated by jealousy in his comment.

 

[theyellowdinosaur]

Who you calling middle class you facking mug!
Did you make this up?

I love how they also call us "weeds", let's face it their not any 'harder' than brighton fans, but because some of them wear all black and scarves over their mouths they think that they're some kind of firm

 

[theyellowdinosaur]

To be fair, I know many middle class fans who went to Withdean. Although the palace chap was probably only motivated by jealousy in his comment.

I know their was obviously middle-class fans, there is at every club, but my point is we aren't anywhere near having the most middle-class fans, it seems that [MENTION=25756]Se20[/MENTION] thinks you're middle class if you don't burn your own town

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

I know their was obviously middle-class fans, there is at every club, but my point is we aren't anywhere near having the most middle-class fans, it seems that [MENTION=25756]Se20[/MENTION] thinks you're middle class if you don't burn your own town

 

[Dandyman]

Started by those lovable rouges from Bermondsey, who's collective brain cells came up with the name Nigel, in reference to a stereotypical geeky Palace fan from Surrey.
Charlton picked up on it, and now it's ironically used by the weeds, a club with the most middle class fans in England.

I am a member of the aristocracy, you frightful little oik.

 

[Se20]

I know their was obviously middle-class fans, there is at every club, but my point is we aren't anywhere near having the most middle-class fans, it seems that [MENTION=25756]Se20[/MENTION] thinks you're middle class if you don't burn your own town

I think you're middle class if you live in a house

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

... at all?

 

[BN9 BHA]

I love how they also call us "weeds", let's face it their not any 'harder' than brighton fans, but because some of them wear all black and scarves over their mouths they think that they're some kind of firm

SeaWEED i expect.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I think you're middle class if you live in a house

Not a council flat like you