Bets/Worst eL Club Nicknames

[galwayhoop]

following in a long line of pointless threads here goes....

As most Clubs have a nickname I would just like to (pointlessly of course) see peoples favourite and least favourite.....

Best Nickname:
Bohs: The Gypsies

Worst Nickname:
Sligo: The Bit o' Red

[galwayhoop]

Mod - Please change title of thread to Best and not Bets (typo)

[noby]

Oh I wouldn't say it's a pointless thread. Surely the point of this thread is another Galway slagging Sligo (or vice-versa) dig.

[Neish]

Derry-The Queen's Men ;):D

[galwayhoop]

Oh I wouldn't say it's a pointless thread. Surely the point of this thread is another Galway slagging Sligo (or vice-versa) dig.

honestly isn't. you can read thru my history if you like and you'll see i haven't got the penchant for slagging sligo that others from my town do. i do happen to think it is a fairly silly nickname though.

[Dodge]

best; none. Absolutely none have any originality.

Worst; Shels' claim to be the first team ever to wear red; "The Real Reds" and Dolan's Superisation of our real nickname; "Supersaints". Rebel Army is another of his poxy creations

[Réiteoir]

Shels - The Bob-a-Jobs

Rovers - Rovers

[Risteard]

Rebel Army is another of his poxy creations
Wrong. It was BL round about 2003/04. Although he has often insinuated that it was his ie. Since the 2005 players left . . . . the Rebel Army are still . . . . . . . .
I never heard him claim he made it up although someone said before that he has done . . . . . possibly you?

Add in the Stadium of Light moniker which is about as imaginative as Christmas present socks.

[dcfcsteve]

Derry-The Queen's Men ;):D

That's so poor that even I'm embarassed for you Neish...... :o

[noby]

honestly isn't. you can read thru my history if you like and you'll see i haven't got the penchant for slagging sligo that others from my town do. i do happen to think it is a fairly silly nickname though.
Fair enough. Is 'Bit o'red' actually used as a nickname, or is it just the name of the supporters club/trust? I've never heard anyone say 'we're playing the bit o'red tonight'.

[dcfcsteve]

best; none. Absolutely none have any originality.



I'm not aware of any other footballing team called 'The Candystripes', so surely that is both original and descriptive ? It's certainly no less original than Everton's 'The Toffee Men', and at least we've got the colours of our confectionary-reference right :)

Same with Rebel Army (original only in football though - not re GAA). Mighty Mons is fairly original - albeit a bit lame.

Agreed though that we're low on good nicknames that aren't either lazy abbreviations (e.g. Bohs, Rovers, Harps, Town, Drogs) or hackneyed nicknames used aplenty in England and Scotland (the Hoops, the Reds, The Blues etc)

[galwayhoop]

Fair enough. Is 'Bit o'red' actually used as a nickname, or is it just the name of the supporters club/trust? I've never heard anyone say 'we're playing the bit o'red tonight'.

i think that sligo fans use it but i agree i don't think anyone else does.

you can see the prem div nicknames here (http://foot.ie/forumdisplay.php?f=38)

and 1st division ones here (http://foot.ie/forumdisplay.php?f=44)

looking at it now i think Kildares name 'the Thoroughbreds' is fairly silly too - although admittedly it is better than, say, 'the Studs' or some such other Bloodstock related nickname!

[Mr A]

Nicknames are usually stupid anyway, I don't see why some people view it as necessary for all clubs to have one.

[dcfcsteve]

Fair enough. Is 'Bit o'red' actually used as a nickname, or is it just the name of the supporters club/trust? I've never heard anyone say 'we're playing the bit o'red tonight'.

It is Sligo's 'official' nickname.

You wouldn't hear someone say 'we're playing the Toffee Men/Saddlers/Hatters/Quakeers' etc re English teams either.

That's just made me realise that English clubs will always have an inherent advantage over Irish ones when it comes to nicknames. Many English towns specialised in and were famous for a single industry that the local football team has a ready-made nickname based on :

Northampton : The Cobblers
Luton : The Hatters
Sheffield Utd : The Blades
Walsall : The Saddlers
Scunthorpe : The Iron
Darlington : The Quakers

Very few towns in Ireland specialised in any particular occupation - and those that did were mostly in the industrialised north. Derry was a huge centre for shirt-making, for example - so maybe we should be called 'The Shirt Lifters......' :p

[CJTheGull]

Well Kildare is called The Thoroughbred County and has long been connected to horses so it's not that bad. What about team crests - have you seen the Kilkenny one - it has a little soft black kitten on it that looks like our cat at home. Surely they could have come up with something a little more menacing like a roaring puma for 'The Cats' instead of a little fluffy joke.

[galwayhoop]

That's just made me realise that English clubs will always have an inherent advantage over Irish ones when it comes to nicknames. Many English towns specialised in and were famous for a single industry that the local football team has a ready-made nickname based on :

......
Sheffield Utd : The Blades .....


I see where you are coming from. But did half of the city take midweek breaks to go out and howl at the moon or something :confused:

[Dodge]

Thoroughbreds is alright. So is candystripes now that I think of it.

I think Lim til I die suggested that his club should be called "the Blades" which I thought was funny but most of his Limerickers (sic) didn't

[WoodquayBoy]

What about the Queenstown boys down in Division One! Personally I have the Sun-isms such as Drogs, Shams, Mons. Awful sounding (my main concern is they keep going and starting calling us the Gals, and whenteams beat us, we'll be subject to chants of
'nothing but our b*tch*s,
you're nothing but our b*tch*s
nothing but our b*tch*s,
you're nothing but our b*tch*s'
;0)

[WoodquayBoy]

Galway Hoop wrote:
you can see the prem div nicknames here

and 1st division ones here


Missing a good few there, including the obvious one of The Students (or burger flippers) for UCD, as well as The Cats, De Towen and what ever you're having yourself.
How about Wexford, have ye a nickname or are ye just The Kids?

[galwayhoop]

How about Wexford, have ye a nickname or are ye just The Kids?

NKOTB

[showgies]

The Bit O'Red is Rovers official nickname.

Despite it not sounding too original, I may be mistaken but I don't think any other team use it, so it is unique.

[The Man Himself]

best = the blues
worse = the cats

[dcfcsteve]

How about Wexford, have ye a nickname or are ye just The Kids?

Young Boys Fern.....

[GuisaSaigon]

Where does "The Bit O' Red" come from? Is it because Shligo have a "bit o' red" on their shirts? Or is there another bizarre explanation?:confused:

[dcfcsteve]

Where does "The Bit O' Red" come from? Is it because Shligo have a "bit o' red" on their shirts? Or is there another bizarre explanation?:confused:

They have a 'Lorra Red' I'd say. Especially before they switched back to the stripes....

[DmanDmythDledge]

Hate 'The Students'. 'The College' is better but it's not great either.

[GuisaSaigon]

They have a 'Lorra Red' I'd say. Especially before they switched back to the stripes....
Maybe they should be known as "The Lorra Red" or perhaps " The Bit O' White" :rolleyes:

[jebus]

I think Lim til I die suggested that his club should be called "the Blades" which I thought was funny but most of his Limerickers (sic) didn't

He suggested we call our SC group that, and some of us did think it was funny, but most had objections because they felt it was a bit of a hooligan name, rather than a SC name. I personally disliked it because of my hatred for Sheffield United. Nempton who posts here pretty irregularly these days came up with a nickname for Limerick 37, The Limmings, which is fairly good I think, considering that club makes the lot of us want to attempt suicide at one point or another.

As for other clibs nicknames, Bit O' Red has to be the worst club nickname in the history of this sport, I don't care if you can dig up a prison team nicknamed the Child Killers because Bit O Red would still top that poll :p

[GuisaSaigon]

Galway took their name form their GAA teams :D
Still hurting RF? We've never invited our GAA teams to Terryland, only to be stood up :o Maybe "the bit o' red " has something to do with the colour of your necks? ::p

[GuisaSaigon]

Lmfao!

[dcfcsteve]

Nempton who posts here pretty irregularly these days came up with a nickname for Limerick 37, The Limmings, which is fairly good I think, considering that club makes the lot of us want to attempt suicide at one point or another.

If you're gonna have a nickname, at least spell it right ! :D

It's Lemmings..... :p

[jebus]

If you're gonna have a nickname, at least spell it right ! :D

It's Lemmings..... :p

:confused: One of us isn't getting the joke anyway!!

[gilberto_eire]

Galway took their name form their GAA teams


Up ya boyya The Bit O' red could be in a lost worst position we could out of the Hurling championship ya boya like the Tribal army :D:D Can't your club come up with a proper nickname probably only get that with a bit of history and tradition.

That's Lovely Hurling nora

not only can he not write a message that makes any sense(see 2nd post), once again he says ''galway took there name frm the GAA''.... your wrong AGAIN. the GAA name is ''The Tribesmen'' coming from the ''City of the Tribes'', not ''Tribal Army. :rolleyes:

[gilberto_eire]

The same thing you took it from the GAA nickname :D Get a proper one you shanks. Hey get the Hurls out ya boyya !

ya we took it from the GAA!!..... your not the smartest person ive ever encountered!.

Dundalk?... give Kildare GAA there nickname back as ye must have stole it!!:rolleyes:

Cork? also not allowed use anything to do with Rebels in your names anymore!!

its great to read of sligo's ''unique'' nickname, someone of the not too smart mind-set forgot the F in OF!! :D

[gilberto_eire]

Well it would have come from the GAA using it as well. I am not saying y9ou can't use but don't deny who was youing it first ! Dundalk is fair enough totally different county. I think Gilberto is turning into a likkte grren eyed Monster. :D

Now will Galway ever beat Mayo not if they have Wille Jo Up Ya Boyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

im not arguing with a 5yr old, does your mum know you skipped school today?!:confused:

[dcfcsteve]

:confused: One of us isn't getting the joke anyway!!

Got ya. But not sure how many others would. :)

[WoodquayBoy]

Well done Rocketfingers, ye have a cool nickname, I wish we had a cool one too because, after all, that is all that counts. I'm off to cry now at the sadness of it all

[GuisaSaigon]

Poor RF, if it wasn't bad enough that Shligo GAA refused to attend the Showgrounds after his clubs attempts to jump on their bandwagon, they then lost to a club who really should be in the first division and hadn't won at home all season, and now the general consensus seems to be that they have a crap nickname too. :( No wonder he's throwing his toys out of his pram. I'd better leave this sensitive and important debate alone:rolleyes:

[WoodquayBoy]

Very true, very true, I look forward to the day, hopefully it is not too long in coming, then at least the pain of losing to a club without a tradition won;t be an issue.
By the way, why are we all still living in the past. Thought the Genesis report meant we should look to the future, so here's one, who will be the big club down the line? Surely Wexford, after all, as Whtiney said, 'the children are our future'

[superfrank]

Surely Shams is the worst nickname. It sounds pathetic and it's not even their nickname.

Can't say I like "the Seagulls" but Rocky the Seagull has always been a good hate-figure in the local community.

[Erstwhile Bóz]

"Drogs" makes me puke blood through my eyes every time I read it and defecate through my ears every time I hear it. Such an ignorant Anglo nickname. "That's a fahnny name for a tahn, Paddy -- Droggidawh?"

[sadloserkid]

Thoroughbreds is alright. So is candystripes now that I think of it.

I think Lim til I die suggested that his club should be called "the Blades" which I thought was funny but most of his Limerickers (sic) didn't

It's come up a couple of times. I got shouted down years ago as did LTID in more recent times I think. I wouldn't be overly keen on it myself anymore tbh, maybe for something unofficial...

The lazy Lims/Drogs/Mons/Shams thing bugs the hell outta me too.

[Paddyfield]

I never liked names like the Supersaints or the Thoroughbreds. They are so smug and false.

Usually, the media call Galway United "the westernerers" and Cork City are "the Leesiders".

Most people refer to Bohmeians as "Bohs" (and not the Gypsies) and to Shelbourne as "Shels" (not the Reds) and St Patricks Athletic as "Pat's" (not the Supersaints)

At the risk of being tarnished as anti-Sligo, I have never heard anyone speak the words "Bit O'Red"; I have been to many games in Sligo and know a few of their fans. However, it is totally unique and unmistakeable. Can we modernise it and call them the Red Bits from here on?

:cool:

[gilberto_eire]

God you must be getting really jealous Gilberto, The Bit O'Red did invite theGAA team to the Showgrounds nothing wrong with that it was not like we were looking to nick their nickname or anything :D. hey are you any good at taking a line ball ? As taht is what you call corner kicks down there ? :D

that wasnt even my comment you responded too that was GUISAsaigon!!... my god you just seem stupider by the post, stop annoying me now good lad and hop off back to school!!;)

[superfrank]

Galway united nicknamed the Tribesmen
Galway Hurlers nicknamed the Tribesmen
Galway GAA Football Team Nicknamed the Tribesmen
Galway Camogie players Nicknamed the Tribesmen
Galway is nicknamed the City of Tribes and, afaik, has been long before the advent of organised sports.

[GuisaSaigon]

The camogie team are actually the Tribeswomen or Tribes"chicks" as ye seem to call them up there.:rolleyes:

[WoodquayBoy]

And don't forget the lady footballers, they are the Tribesmen too, and the handball team. We've no imagination down here. Still, its better than the one ye have with Bit O Red. Or is that Bitter Reds? Red Bits? Are ye all Commies, or have ye some terrible genital infections?

[holidaysong]

That's just made me realise that English clubs will always have an inherent advantage over Irish ones when it comes to nicknames. Many English towns specialised in and were famous for a single industry that the local football team has a ready-made nickname based on :

Northampton : The Cobblers
Luton : The Hatters
Sheffield Utd : The Blades
Walsall : The Saddlers
Scunthorpe : The Iron
Darlington : The Quakers

Very few towns in Ireland specialised in any particular occupation - and those that did were mostly in the industrialised north. Derry was a huge centre for shirt-making, for example - so maybe we should be called 'The Shirt Lifters......' :p

Dundalk FC - The Railwaymen.

I quite like that as a nickname, comes from our club originally being the railway works team GNR Dundalk. As with those English clubs, it isn't just something made up out of nowhere. Infinitely better than 'Duns' anyway... :o

[WoodquayBoy]

Are Dundalk not the Lilywhites? Is Duns not just a Sun abbreviation?

[GuisaSaigon]

FFS i thought you may have heard of humour down there you saps ! :rolleyes:
Oh is that what you call it. Run down to FAS and enroll in the clown's course, RF. Come back with your "humour" when you get funny.