Club nicknames

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Originally Posted by Passive

Yeah, without doubt the most ridiculous thing I've ever read in my life.

We have been called "Rovers" for nearly a century. Remember that eighty year period when we completely dominated LoI football? Well people took to calling us Rovers then and it's not going to change. 15 leagues, 24 cups, we're a freakin' institution. Has Sligo ever won anything? Why on Earth would Sligo be called Rovers ahead of us?

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Passive we we're officially founded in 1928 but unofficially in 1900, so if my mathimatics are correct we've been called rovers 1 year longer than yee. And that 80 year long dominance in Irish football was more like 60. yee have won more trophies than us but guess which of us was the last one to win a major trophy, us as in Rovers and not Shams. Whos bottom of the Premier Division and guess whos top of the first, cant wait to see ya playing in the graveyard next season, since we're on the subject of death hows your future looking. Yee have won 15 leagues and 24 cups how come you still get the same gates as us and we are in a town thats a population of 20000 and your in one of 1.2 million. One more point why do you call Bohs, Gypos when your the ones who are homeless and brakeing into pubs. For those few reasons thats why we are called Rovers ahead of yee and thats why yer called Shams and ya better be getting used to that name cause yer fans are living up to it.

That's such a load of ridiculous twaddle that I'm not even going to respond.

Call us whatever you want if it makes you feel better.

breaking into pubs?!? this story still doing the rounds? rovers fans break into a bar and leave the booze alone? doesnt quite fit, does it. the bozo soccer casualties lost their flag, the rest is them lying to their pals in dalyer so the dont look like the yellow tossers that they are.

the reason the filth are called gypos is their nickname, the one they chose for themselves, is the gypsies. if it is 'anti traveller' as one black and tan posted earler to call them gypos, perhaps they should start by changing their official nickname themselves. They could return to bells acadamy aka the irish hibernians (the british military unit that executed volunteers in 1916 and helpped break the strikes in 13 that the bores were founded by)?

Rovers are Rovers or the Hoops. The 'cup specalists' line the press come out with is a bit cringeworthy though. And that engerlish lad at a game a few seasons back who yelled 'come on shamrocks' at the top of his voice nearly got lynched.

i have a new one 'the only club in the 26 counties that pays tax'?

Sligo are the bog rovers, or s h i t e, depending on your angle. I can understand them trying to claim our nickname, but the rest of you should be ashamed of yourselves. And as for 'we were unofficially founded 20 years before we were founded, jog on. worst reply ever.

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The name Sligo Rovers first appeared around 1908 and a junior team bearing the name competed in the Junior cup in 1910 and 1919. There is no further record of a club bearing the name until 1928 when the Rovers as we now know them were formed.

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From Sligo Rovers official website. Now if I understands my mathematics that means Shamrock Rovers were formed seven years before any team calling itself Sligo Rovers.
According to the Wikipedia encyclopdiea the nickname of Sligo Rovers is Bit o' Red http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sligo_Rovers while Shamrock Rovers are called the Hoops or Rovers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamrock_Rovers . And the bottom of the Premier division is still above the top of the First Division until the end of the final the of the season. Not that I care but Im waiting on a large download and have nothing better to do.

It's amazing the self importance some Club's get from being top of the First Division, seriously, Sligo trying to claim Rovers - I'd be conident enough to put a large wager on it that should you mention the name in conversation about Football that 99.9% of people would automatically assume Shamrock Rovers the other 0.1% are unfortunately from Sligo. :D

I guess the Vikings is quite naff, but then again so are many nicknames, and it seems that it's a standard part of any clubs itinerary these days, us and Kildare had to come up with something...I suppose it can be like band names, they just get more acceptable over a long period of time...I mean "the Beatles"?...c'mon! ;)

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Originally Posted by EireBadBoy

It's amazing the self importance some Club's get from being top of the First Division, seriously, Sligo trying to claim Rovers - I'd be conident enough to put a large wager on it that should you mention the name in conversation about Football that 99.9% of people would automatically assume Shamrock Rovers the other 0.1% are unfortunately from Sligo. :D

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Im not being self-important thinking that we have a bigger right to being called Rovers than shams do.The fact that we are just top of the first division is not my only point so read the rest. there club is a joke and it has been run like a joke for a long time. But if 99.99% of fans call them Rovers before they call them Shams then i'll accept defeat, but until then their shams (in my mind and everyone elses in sligo). That sh!te about us being called bog rovers is typical shams crap, that the only urban center in Ireland is in Dublin. Read Eammon Sweenys 'Only One Read Army' cause it will do ya a world a good and if that doesnt help you can use it to forcefully remove your head from your ass. There is another world outside Dublin.

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Originally Posted by Da Real Rover

I think we should make a pole on this, surley one of yee Cork monitors would do us a favour and just show The shams fans who actually thinks there called Rovers. They've been deluding themselves for too long.

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Polls like that are for nerds that think they are right all the time.

Even better is why not next weekend anyone thats at whatever game they happen to be at, ask the person beside them "How did Rovers get on the weekend" I bet that no one at all will tell you the score of Sligo v Kildare match first

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Originally Posted by joeraki

"How did Rovers get on the weekend" I bet that no one at all will tell you the score of Sligo v Kildare match first

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Unless you're from the north west

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Originally Posted by 1 9 2 8

Unless you're from the north west

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or at a first division game ;)

as long as shamrock rovers are in the premier, and probably for a while after, you'll be sligo and they'll be rovers. to everybody except yourselves and maybe galwaymen.

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Originally Posted by GavinZac

as long as shamrock rovers are in the premier, and probably for a while after, you'll be sligo and they'll be rovers. to everybody except yourselves and maybe galwaymen.

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Dont forget the Athlone lads.

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Originally Posted by GavinZac

as long as shamrock rovers are in the premier, and probably for a while after, you'll be sligo and they'll be rovers. to everybody except yourselves and maybe galwaymen.

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Ok, so until November they will be known as Rovers?

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Originally Posted by sligoman

Ok, so until November they will be known as Rovers?

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did you just read until that point, feel all excited, and hit the reply button?

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Originally Posted by Da Real Rover

Read Eammon Sweenys 'Only One Read Army' cause it will do ya a world a good and if that doesnt help you can use it to forcefully remove your head from your ass. There is another world outside Dublin.

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Just as well, I'm from Derry!! Don't wannae be ANOTHER Dublin suburb!! :D

'The Candystripes' will be all the rage this year what with the remake of Willy Wonka and all - won't it, please say 'Aye'!!

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Originally Posted by EireBadBoy

'The Candystripes' will be all the rage this year what with the remake of Willy Wonka and all - won't it, please say 'Aye'!!

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You've really lost me now.

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Originally Posted by Da Real Rover

Im not being self-important thinking that we have a bigger right to being called Rovers than shams do.The fact that we are just top of the first division is not my only point so read the rest. there club is a joke and it has been run like a joke for a long time. But if 99.99% of fans call them Rovers before they call them Shams then i'll accept defeat, but until then their shams (in my mind and everyone elses in sligo). That sh!te about us being called bog rovers is typical shams crap, that the only urban center in Ireland is in Dublin. Read Eammon Sweenys 'Only One Read Army' cause it will do ya a world a good and if that doesnt help you can use it to forcefully remove your head from your ass. There is another world outside Dublin.

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You're obviously not the brightest or have never travelled. To say people refer to sligo as Rovers is preposterous and delusional. You have no right to call yourself Rovers at all. In fact I would bet that upon the foundation of your club that they decided to call themselves Rovers in our honour. Dont worry other clubs have done this too.

How's our future looking? Not up to speed are you? Our future has never been brighter. For the first time we have people, that is us the fans, who are in charge of the club with no hidden agendas. The club will be run properly for a change.

I seem to remember when your stand was being constructed some locals breaking in and trying to burn it and other incidents like your fans charging into dressing rooms but I dont remember reading that in sweeney's delusional book.

And as for the gypo fan who thinks we went mad when you lot went on about being "The Biggest Club" that is the funniest thing I've read in a while :D

You can do polls til your cows and sheep come home but outside of your town absolutely NOBODY refers to you lot as Rovers.

Sligo the biggest daytripping support ever. Rovers fans are ALWAYS there.

KOH

Rebel Army struck me as a bit cringe-worthy to start with, but its taken off and its good for chants etc., so I'm happy enough with it. It also prevents us being called Cork, the Rebels (we're not bogballers), the leesiders etc. Personally I just refer to us as City, wouldn't go around saying I follow the Rebel army or anything. Simple fact is, its a good marketing tool/publicity thing, so no complaints.

Bad ones- vikings or thoroughbreads are bad enough IMO, but I don't really care all that much.

Must say I detest The Rebel Army, too many bad memories.
The C a w k thing is just Waterford peoples failure to speak or spell properly.
We'll use City as we have 12 months on Derry and they can be Derry. Great.
Our own best chant was "Cups of Tea" chanted to the "Here we go" chant very fast.

I know i only started following (Derry) City in 1985 due to one or two problems with the IFA, but lets not get into that, but Derry City were founded in 1928 so we have been around a lot longer than Cork City and we were called City in the old days as well but we could always share it with you