saintmatt Posted 30 July, 2019 Share Posted 30 July, 2019 Famous may be the wrong word, I probably mean most often used in place of our actual name. I saw something on Twitter yesterday ranking us third in the Premier League for this, behind Wolves (probably fair) and Blues (Chelsea- not quite sure that’s right). Tottenham were down as the Lilywhites for some reason, but otherwise I think they’d have ranked in the top 2 with Spurs. But it got me thinking; I always refer to us as Saints and I’m pretty sure opposition fans and the press do it much more often than not. Wonder why that it vs the frequency in the cases of other clubs. Not sure of the point of this thread, but it beats some of the other stuff written on here hands down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 30 July, 2019 Share Posted 30 July, 2019 For PL I’d say: Wolves Spurs Saints City United Foxes In general: Barca Celtic Rangers Real Bayern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Posted 30 July, 2019 Share Posted 30 July, 2019 For PL I’d say: Wolves Spurs Saints City United Foxes In general: Barca Celtic Rangers Real Bayern Not sure how most of those shown above count as nicknames when they're actually basic abbreviations - in most cases one word from a two-word full club name. Wolves, Saints, Foxes really are nicknames although clearly Wolves includes 5 of the first 6 letters of the team name so maybe its an abbreviation as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 30 July, 2019 Share Posted 30 July, 2019 Not sure how most of those shown above count as nicknames when they're actually basic abbreviations - in most cases one word from a two-word full club name. Wolves, Saints, Foxes really are nicknames although clearly Wolves includes 5 of the first 6 letters of the team name so maybe its an abbreviation as well. Yeah I get what you mean. No nicknames but how they are more often referred as. Not many say “Glasgow Celtic” etc. I’d say we have one of the most famous nicknames in England if people were asked to quickly say the first English football team nickname that came into their head. I guess a few would reply “spurs” or “united” but they’d be wrong, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 30 July, 2019 Share Posted 30 July, 2019 Citizens surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted 30 July, 2019 Share Posted 30 July, 2019 Yeah I get what you mean. No nicknames but how they are more often referred as. Not many say “Glasgow Celtic” etc. I’d say we have one of the most famous nicknames in England if people were asked to quickly say the first English football team nickname that came into their head. I guess a few would reply “spurs” or “united” but they’d be wrong,Celtic's nickname is 'the Bhoys', they have never been known as 'Glasgow Celtic' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfahaji Posted 30 July, 2019 Share Posted 30 July, 2019 Wolves are the only one where it sounds a bit odd NOT to use it, so they win. I usually stick to ‘Tottenham’ but even a lot of official sites simply go with Spurs, but they wouldn’t go with ‘Saints’. Think we have a case for third place though. Pretty sure the Tweet you are referring to was “how acceptable it is to casually drop the nickname into conversation”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 30 July, 2019 Share Posted 30 July, 2019 (edited) Celtic's nickname is 'the Bhoys', they have never been known as 'Glasgow Celtic' Read again. I didn’t say nickname, I agreed with the other poster about my suggestions not being nicknames. But after some quick research you are indeed correct they have never been called Glasgow Celtic. Edited 30 July, 2019 by OttawaSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 30 July, 2019 Share Posted 30 July, 2019 Only known as Glasgow Celtic in their song 'Its a grand old team', so it fits the line better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Timmier Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 Apparently Tottenham's official nickname is the 'Lilywhites'. I doubt any of their own fans even refer to them as that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 Apparently Tottenham's official nickname is the 'Lilywhites'. I doubt any of their own fans even refer to them as that!! I refer to them as that to my Spurs supporting mates when on the wind up, especially over their lack of trophies for many years yadda yadda. Works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 What about the papers headers we’ve had in the past? Saints sinners Saints alive Saints go marching in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 What about the papers headers we’ve had in the past? Saints sinners Saints alive Saints go marching in Still the best paper headline but not Saints is "Super Caley go ballistic - Celtic are atrocious" After Inverness Caledonian Thistle beat Celtic at Parkhead 1-3 in the Scottish Cup - John Barnes got the tin-tack a couple of days later. Apologies for the deviation from the subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 My favourite non-Saints headline comes from many years ago, when Crystal Palace had a player called Gerry Wueen playing for them. During one game, he had a fight with an opposition player and was sent off. Newspaper headline the following day was "Queen in Brawl at Palace"...... Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 Interesting that nobody has mentioned our fishy neighbors yet. I'd say their nickname is at least as widely used as ours, if not more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 Interesting that nobody has mentioned our fishy neighbors yet. I'd say their nickname is at least as widely used as ours, if not more. I thought of them, but this discussion is only about those who dine at the top table, not out of bins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 Interesting that nobody has mentioned our fishy neighbors yet. I'd say their nickname is at least as widely used as ours, if not more. Assuming you mean the P word and not Skates, it's because it's not really their name, the word was used as a nickname for the town years before that football club was ever formed. Also, the the thread was about proper football clubs not care in the community tin pot clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 (edited) Assuming you mean the P word and not Skates, it's because it's not really their name, the word was used as a nickname for the town years before that football club was ever formed. Also, the the thread was about proper football clubs not care in the community tin pot clubs. Sorry but I have to disagree. Regardless of the origin of the name, it is most definitely recognised as their official (and only, outside of Southampton) nickname. https://www.football-stadiums.co.uk/articles/club-nicknames/#league-one Definitely agree about the last bit though Edited 31 July, 2019 by Sheaf Saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 That's a very good headline saintmatt, much depends on how old you are. When I was a kid Wolves were by far the biggest nickname "brand" whilst other well known ones included The Blades, The Owls, The Gunners, The Toffees, The Geordies even Pompey. I can't recall Man C, Man U, Chelsea or Liverpool having particularly famous nicknames at the time and even 'Spurs' was not that famous. The Seasiders was also a top team but alas no longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 Sorry but I have to disagree. Regardless of the origin of the name, it is most definitely recognised as their official (and only, outside of Southampton) nickname. https://www.football-stadiums.co.uk/articles/club-nicknames/#league-one Definitely agree about the last bit though The point is not whether it's their nickname, it's that it became their nickname only because it was the town's nickname long before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo1976 Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 I thought of them, but this discussion is only about those who dine at the top table, not out of bins. so why have fans been spouting on about celtic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 What about the papers headers we’ve had in the past? Saints sinners Saints alive Saints go marching in My favourite headlines were after a great game the Echo or football echo would often have a headline Ding, Dong Dell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 31 July, 2019 Share Posted 31 July, 2019 I always thought our nickname was Underdogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 1 August, 2019 Share Posted 1 August, 2019 Glad to see this discussed. I utterly love our nickname, use it to generally describe us and think it has a certain cache, partly because it isn't just a derivative of our name. What I loathe is "So'ton" or "S'ton" being used as an abbreviation. One of the reasons our nickname works is that "Southampton" is too long a name for some headlines or graphics, but we should be trying to get the wider media to use Saints not apostrophes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 1 August, 2019 Share Posted 1 August, 2019 Glad to see this discussed. I utterly love our nickname, use it to generally describe us and think it has a certain cache, partly because it isn't just a derivative of our name. What I loathe is "So'ton" or "S'ton" being used as an abbreviation. One of the reasons our nickname works is that "Southampton" is too long a name for some headlines or graphics, but we should be trying to get the wider media to use Saints not apostrophes. Talking of apostrophes, My lady has often walked into a game I’m watching and asked me who are Wham - Ars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 1 August, 2019 Share Posted 1 August, 2019 When I worked in Belgium one of my colleagues always referred to ' London Arsenal' which got on my t*ts ! I told him it was wrong but he was a bit like Trigger and could only see Rodney as Dave !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 1 August, 2019 Share Posted 1 August, 2019 (edited) Talking of apostrophes, My lady has often walked into a game I’m watching and asked me who are Wham - Ars. That just made me think of when I worked for the Reading Evening Post many moons ago, in those days the back page of the paper (most local papers really years ago) had a blank space across the bottom. At 4:30pm a grumpy bloke would come in and set up a little machine, like the one found in schools before photocopiers existed, and type up the football scores and a small run of papers would be printed with the days results. I got a couple of them to put in Saints. One bloke did his best and succeeded in getting taken off Saturday afternoon duty as for ages he abbreviated as many teams as he could to amuse himself, Arsenal was obvious so was Partick Thistle, one Saturday he pushed the boat out and the complaints rolled in as those checking their Pools coupon all of a sudden saw lots of saucy words. Think the steel town just south of Hull on the north east coast was the tipping point Edited 1 August, 2019 by John Boy Saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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