Old nicknames

[G@v]

Which English clubs used to have these nicknames?
1. Glassblowers
2. Steampigs
3. Chemics
4. Colliers
5. Shipbuilders
6. Fartowners
7. Villagers
8. Wire
9. Loiners
10. Gallant Youth

 

[ozbash]

ok mate,
steampigs-wigan ??
wire-warrington??
fart owners ??

 

[G@v]

You got the Warrington one Tony.......what about the Fart owners?

 

[ozbash]

seems a strange name for a club

 

[G@v]

Fart owners comes from the club's old ground which is named after the district of Fartown in the town of??? Maybe they should have called it Gastown!

 

[Willow]

Fartown? Definite case for a name change there.
Not anywhere Smerkinhorpe by any chance?
Gav are these the old nicknames of current ESL clubs?
Or have a few since departed?
I think 'The Shipbuilders'might be Hull.
???

 

[G@v]

I suppose some of them might be a bit difficult for non Poms amongst us. Four of them are SL teams one will be back in SL from next year, and one was kicked out of the NFP a couple of years ago.

Sorry Willow, wrong with the Shipbuilders.

 

[G@v]

Some clues
1. Glassblowers - Down at the Jungle
2. Steampigs - Always seem to have BIG forwards
3. Chemics - Nordic Pirates
4. Colliers - Not a Ton
5. Shipbuilders - Cumbrian team, Clydes surname.
6. Fartowners - They might be ?????
7. Villagers - A Leeds club, sadly no longer with us.
8. Wire = Warrington
9. Loiners - Two codes of Rugby and Cricket
10. Gallant Youth - Up t'hill from Dewsbury

 

[TheSaint]

A few of the Australian ones:

Fruit Pickers.
Fruit Pickers.
Fruit Pickers.
Blood And Bandages
Shoremen
Bay Siders?
Berries

Yes, at least three clubs where known as the fruit pickers.

 

[imported_kier]

Am I allowed to enter? Or is this just for the non-poms?

 

[TheSaint]

The fart owners have to be St Helens. They are Scoucers after all.

 

[G@v]

Kier, go onthen, put them out of their misery.

 

[G@v]

How many bloody fruit pickers do you lot have?
Fruit Pickers. Western Suburbs
Fruit Pickers. Cumberland?
Fruit Pickers. Parrammatta?
Blood And Bandages. St George
Shoremen. Balmain????????
Bay Siders?
Berries. Canterbury-Bankstown

 

[TheSaint]

I think the Shoremen where Norths who apparently were a Warfie Club (or ferry workers) before becoming Upper Class under achievers. I could be wrong. The others were all right. I love that fruit pickers tag. Wests old home at Ashfield is urban jungle. I couldn't imagine an orchard ever existing there and find it funny when you see the area refered to as the "Western Suburbs" on old buildings.

 

[Willow]

That's right, Norths were originally called the Shoremen.
They changed their name about 80 years ago after receiving sponsorship from some company with a 'Bear' brand. Can't remember but I think they sold some household product like shoe polish or floor wax.

I always thought that Blood and Bandages was the original nickname for St George but can't find much to support this. I have something here that says thejersey was known as 'Blood and Bandages' but there's nothing definite about the team actually being called that. I'm wondering if that's a myth. Happy to be proven wrong.
They were offcourse known for a while as being the 'Dragon Slayers'. However, there's no real indication as to when. They seemed to have this nickname in the late 20s and early 30s.

Before St George came in 1st grade in 1921, they were briefly known as the 'Illawarraites' (sp).
In fact, they were officially known as WestsIII (3rd grade team) when the NSWRL moved the boundaries between 1911-1915.
But everyone still called them St George... now that sounds familiar.

 

[G@v]

Which teamwere originally called the Watersiders?

 

[Willow]

The Bay siders?
Sounds vaguely familiar. Easts?
I read once that Easts were very briefly called the Cockerels after the French team but changed this to the Roosters after a dust up amongst club offcials.

 

[Willow]

Sorry Gav. I have no idea who the Watersiders are. UK or Aust?

 

[G@v]

Willow, it's an Australian club!

 

[imported_kier]

1. Glassblowers Castleford
2. Steampigs Bradford
3. ChemicsWidnes
4. Colliers .....this one I'm not sure of........Featherstone?
5. Shipbuilders Barrow
6. Fartowners Huddersfield
7. Villagers Bramley
8. Wire Warrington
9. Loiners Leeds
10. Gallant Youth Batley