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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
Mod - Please change title of thread to Best and not Bets (typo)
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.
Derry-The Queen's Men ;):D
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by noby
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
Shels - The Bob-a-Jobs
Rovers - Rovers
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 . . . . . . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
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.
That's so poor that even I'm embarassed for you Neish...... :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Neish
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'.Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayhoop
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 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
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)
i think that sligo fans use it but i agree i don't think anyone else does.Quote:
Originally Posted by noby
you can see the prem div nicknames here
and 1st division ones here
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!
Nicknames are usually stupid anyway, I don't see why some people view it as necessary for all clubs to have one.
It is Sligo's 'official' nickname.Quote:
Originally Posted by noby
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
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.
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
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
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)
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?
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Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy