Football Club Nicknames

[el punal]

Just found this little gem. Apparently, Hayes and Yeading United are called the Mushrooms, because the board keep the supporters in the dark.

I know, it's Friday and there's no meaningful match on this weekend and I'm bored. Anyway, anyone else got a funny or unusual nickname story?

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

No, but the answer to 5 down in today's I crossword - Mushroom (3,3) is Ink Cap. Who'd have thunk it?

 

[Taybha]

would like to know which club has changed its nickname the most , we must be up there , without looking ,anybody know which club were called The Rakers , had this in a quiz night a few weeks back nobody in the room got it right .

 

[el punal]

would like to know which club has changed its nickname the most , we must be up there , without looking ,anybody know which club were called The Rakers , had this in a quiz night a few weeks back nobody in the room got it right .

A bit of guess here, but rakers shortened from moonrakers, a description for smugglers. This term, I believe, applied to those naughty boys in Dorset. So my choice would be Weymouth.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Who were originally known as the ********* Old Centrals

 

[Collingburnian]

Suggest "The Rakers" might be Swindon. Swindon is in Wiltshire (I was born there) and people from Wiltshire are known as Moonrakers.

 

[Buzzer]

I was reading about AFC Stamford on the Beeb website recently and they are nicknamed The Daniels - after Daniel Lambert who was the world's heaviest man around 1800.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37765884

 

[Taybha]

Nope none correct yet

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[Albion my Albion]

New Brighton AFC in Wallasey?

 

[sams dad]

New Brighton AFC in Wallasey?

Own up now, you googled that, didn't you?

 

[Albion my Albion]

New Brighton AFC in Wallasey?

I remember them being on Rake Lane. I travel to Liverpool, although bit rarely, to the pay department of our company in Wallasey.

 

[Taybha]

New Brighton AFC in Wallasey?

where were you at the quiz night ? yes , New Brighton .

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

would like to know which club has changed its nickname the most , we must be up there , without looking ,anybody know which club were called The Rakers , had this in a quiz night a few weeks back nobody in the room got it right .

What were you doing there, working the scoreboard?

 

[AmexRuislip]

Hanwell Town FC in Middlesex are called the Geordies.
The club was formed in 1920 by a group of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne working in the area, who adopted the black and white stripes of Newcastle United as their colours. They played in the London League during the 1920s but dropped down to more local leagues after World War II.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanwell_Town_F.C.

 

[Reagulls]

I've always thought, are there any other teams who are able to chant their nickname at the said bird/animal/etc entering their stadium during a match whenever it chooses?

 

[SUIYHP]

I've always thought, are there any other teams who are able to chant their nickname at the said bird/animal/etc entering their stadium during a match whenever it chooses?

Torquay?

 

[Medwayseagull]

I've always thought, are there any other teams who are able to chant their nickname at the said bird/animal/etc entering their stadium during a match whenever it chooses?

Millwall ?

 

[mikeyjh]

I've always thought, are there any other teams who are able to chant their nickname at the said bird/animal/etc entering their stadium during a match whenever it chooses?

Bristol City, Swindon, Notts Co, Newcastle, Huddersfield etc etc etc