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[Football] Premier League nickname deathmatch



Tesco in Disguise

Where do we go from here?
Jul 5, 2003
3,926
Wienerville
Playing the cherries on Saturday made me think of the extent to which teams' nicknames strike fear into the hearts of their opponents, with cherries being the least intimidating (though I suppose they do have a pit inside them you could choke on). Here is my list of Premier League teams' nicknames, in order of how deadly I consider them to be.

Gunners. Guns.
Red devils. Questionable morals, plus a trident.
Hornets. We've all seen My Girl.
Hammers. Oft-used murder weapon.
Wolves. The deadliest of the dogs.
Spurs. Can do some damage on the right shoes.
Terriers. Not the biggest dogs, but they've got teeth.
Foxes. Presumably about joint with terriers.
Eagles. Scary birds.
Seagulls. Unlucky if you're a chip.
Magpies. Like shiny things but more peaceful than seagulls.
Bluebirds. More placid still, I would think.
Cherries. Potentially fatal pit.
Toffees. Need proper chewing or could be hazardous.
Pensioners. Many of them voted for Brexit, which will kill us all.
The cottagers. Can thwart planning permission, but not much going forward.
Citizens. All the power of the demos, but difficult to organise for a 1-on-1.
Saints. I don't think they have any special powers.
Clarets/Reds. Abstract concepts.

I think we're about mid-table. Not that intimidating, but they lend themselves for a good chant. Plus, they must be one of the only nicknames that actually occasionally naturally show up at games.
 


GT49er

Well-known member
Feb 1, 2009
46,473
Gloucester
The irony of club nicknames is that The Irons can happily visit The Cottagers, but not be even slightly embarrassed chanting homophobic chants at the Seagulls.
 






The Rivet

Well-known member
Aug 9, 2011
4,512
The irony of club nicknames is that The Irons can happily visit The Cottagers, but not be even slightly embarrassed chanting homophobic chants at the Seagulls.

Surely that is only irony if you understand cockney and gay terminology?
 






JBizzle

Well-known member
Apr 18, 2010
5,798
Seaford
They'd all die in a fight with this bloke:

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Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,110
Surrey
Playing the cherries on Saturday made me think of the extent to which teams' nicknames strike fear into the hearts of their opponents, with cherries being the least intimidating (though I suppose they do have a pit inside them you could choke on). Here is my list of Premier League teams' nicknames, in order of how deadly I consider them to be.

Gunners. Guns.
Red devils. Questionable morals, plus a trident.
Hornets. We've all seen My Girl.
Hammers. Oft-used murder weapon.
Wolves. The deadliest of the dogs.
Spurs. Can do some damage on the right shoes.
Terriers. Not the biggest dogs, but they've got teeth.
Foxes. Presumably about joint with terriers.
Eagles. Scary birds.
Seagulls. Unlucky if you're a chip.
Magpies. Like shiny things but more peaceful than seagulls.
Bluebirds. More placid still, I would think.
Cherries. Potentially fatal pit.
Toffees. Need proper chewing or could be hazardous.
Pensioners. Many of them voted for Brexit, which will kill us all.
The cottagers. Can thwart planning permission, but not much going forward.
Citizens. All the power of the demos, but difficult to organise for a 1-on-1.
Saints. I don't think they have any special powers.
Clarets/Reds. Abstract concepts.

I think we're about mid-table. Not that intimidating, but they lend themselves for a good chant. Plus, they must be one of the only nicknames that actually occasionally naturally show up at games.

Astonishing: Nearly 22 hours and not a single Nigel has come on here to smugly announce they're above us in that table.

Mind you, that's probably the only table in which they'll be above us for a while, unless you count the "who's got the shittest ground" league table obviously.
 







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