Nickname Quiz
Borrowing the quiz idea from the other thread, here is the quiz question.
What are the 13 clubs of this season's 92 with a job type or trade as their primary nickname? Please note I am not counting Chairboys, Tractor Boys, Pirates or Pilgrims. It needs to be something like Tailor, Cooper etc.
For bonus points, name the club with a former job nickname, but since changed to an animal nickname, and a second club that has a job for one of their secondary nicknames.
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Crystal Palace were Glaziers now Eagles
Millers - Rotherham
Brewers - Burton
Mariners - Grimsby
Glovers - Yeovil (although I think Che has another animal-based nickname)
Trawlermen - Fleetwood
I'm guessing Rovers doesn't count.
or Rangers
Hatters - Luton
Cobblers - Northampton
Bonus bonus points for @mooneyman as that was not even the club I was thinking of! That makes 16 total (13 + 3).
@Chris - no Rovers or Rangers, correct.
We are at 7 +1, so another 6 + 2 needed.
Royals from Reading - surprising how many people earn a good living from that trade
Villains
Gunners, Shrimpers
Good shout @DevC, though I did not include it as a job.
@LX1 - Gunners and Shrimpers were on the list, but not Villains.
4 + 2 needed still.
Potters
Peterborough - piano tuners
Bury - chartered accountants
Leeds - landscape gardeners
Dons of Wimbledon
Potters leaves it as 3 + 2 needed.
@eric_plant - I think Bury are actually The Undertakers, and Leeds are the Dogwalkers.
Not sure everyone from your side of the pond would agree with you @Shev .
Bloody colonials, coming over here stealing our princes. It’s a betrayal of everything the 17.4m people voted for. English princes for English virgins just like the good old days - that’s what I say. Vote Nigel - he wouldn’t shack up with some foreign bird.....
Saddlers, Railwaymen
Well done @LX1 - 1 + 2 remaining.
@DevC - it seems on both sides of the pond, complete hysterical division over everything is the norm now. Those poor royals would be torn asunder.
As I am off away from my desk, here are the remaining answers:
Silkmen - Macclesfield
Secondary name: Colliers, Barnsley
Changed name: Dockers to Lions, Millwall
Another bonus question: which three league teams share a non-colour nickname? From the same general area of the country, no less.
Robins.
Spot on! Bristol City, Swindon and Cheltenham form the West Country Songbird Gang.
Plus Charlton. Group of robins are called a round.
Another silly nugget: Here is the Premier League table for this season, but if the clubs all kept their original names:
1 - St. Mark's (West Gorton)
2 – Liverpool
3 – Chelsea
4 – Hotspur
5 – Dial Square
6 – Newton Heath LYR
7 – St Luke’s
8 – St. Domingo
9 – Leicester Fosse
10 – Thames Ironworks
11 – Watford
12 – Crystal Palace
13 – Newcastle
14 – Boscombe
15 – Burnley
16 – St. Mary’s YMA
17 – Brighton
18 – Riverside AFC
19 – St. Andrews Cricket & Football Club
20 - Huddersfield
Weren't Reading known previously as the Biscuitmen before the Royals.
They were. And if Chairboys aren't allowed not having Silkmen!
Silkman is a dictionary definition as "one who sells silks", whereas I cannot find one for Chairboy other than fan of Wycombe Wanderers...though I am sure it can feel like a chore at times!
@Shev ..didn't know that! I take it back.
Think someone posted this link ages ago on here https://thebeautifulhistory.wordpress.com/
A quirky site which you can get lost in for a couple of hours
Ah, this is my kind of site, thanks @LX1!