Magpies Newcastle United Based on black and white colour of home strip Magpies Notts County Based on black and white colour of home strip [5] Mariners Grimsby Town The club is based on the coast Mighty Whites Leeds United Based on the colour of the home strip Peacocks Leeds United (Virtually obsolete). Stems from the former name of the Elland Road stadium, The Old Peacock Ground, which was in turn named after the nearby The Old Peacock pub[6]. Millers Rotherham United Based on ground name (Millmoor) Minstermen York City York Minster is a famous landmark in the city Monkey hangers Hartlepool United During the Napoleonic wars the citizens of Hartlepool allegedly hanged a monkey believing it to be a French spy.[7] O's Leyton Orient Before Squad numbers on shirts, Orient Players wore Large Letter Os on their shirt backs Owls Sheffield Wednesday Based on name of local area (Owlerton), after a visitor to the city drew a cartoon depicting Sheffield Wednesday as an owl. Pensioners Chelsea Originates from the Chelsea pensioners, based at the nearby Royal Hospital Chelsea Pilgrims Boston United Local links to the pilgrims who went to the New World Pilgrims Plymouth Argyle Local links to the pilgrims who went to the New World Pirates Bristol Rovers Local links to shipping Pompey Portsmouth The nickname for the city Pool Liverpool Short version of name Pools Hartlepool United Short version of name Poppies Kettering Town Stadium built on a former poppy field Posh Peterborough United Believed to derive from former manager Pat Tirrel proclaiming that he was looking for: "Posh players for a posh team" [8] Potters Stoke City Local links to the pottery industry QPR Queens Park Rangers Abbreviation of club name Quakers Darlington Local links to religious movement R's Queens Park Rangers Final initial of club abbreviation, QPR Railwaymen Crewe Alexandra Local links to railways Rams Derby County Folk song "The Derby Ram", and by extension an emblem of the city [9] Rebels FC United of Manchester The club having been formed by disaffected fans after the takeover of Manchester United by Malcolm Glazer. Red Devils Crawley Town Red Devils Manchester United Nickname originally belonged to nearby rugby league team Salford Red Imps Lincoln City Colour of home kit and legend of the imp statue in Lincoln Cathedral Reds Liverpool Colour of home kit Reds Nottingham Forest Colour of home kit Riversiders Blackburn Rovers After a side of the ground adjacent to a river Robins Altrincham Colour of home kit same as a robin's chest Robins Bristol City Colour of home kit same as a robin's chest Robins Charlton Athletic Colour of home kit same as a robin's chest Robins Cheltenham Town Colour of home kit same as a robin's chest Robins Swindon Town Colour of home kit same as a robin's chest Rovers Blackburn Rovers Shortened name Rovers Bristol Rovers Shortened name Vikings Doncaster Rovers Rovers Tranmere Rovers Shortened name Royals Reading The town is in the Royal County of Berkshire. Saddlers Walsall Links to the saddle making industry Saints Southampton St. Mary's Church Young Men's Association Saints St Albans City Salop Shrewsbury Town Traditional name for the town of Shrewsbury and also Shropshire as a county Sandgrounders Southport Town is on a stretch of coast known for its expansive sandy beaches School of Science Everton 1928, comment of Everton's attractive style of play with the team being called 'scientific' or 'the school of science Seadogs Scarborough Athletic Proximity to the coast Seagulls Brighton & Hove Albion Based on coast, also a response to the similar sounding nickname 'Eagles' of their arch rivals Crystal Palace Seals Chester City Old ground named Sealand Road Seasiders Blackpool Based on coast Shakers Bury Club's first chairman, JT Ingham, said before a Lancashire Cup game with Blackburn, "We will shake them. In fact, we are the Shakers." [10] Shaymen Halifax Town Originates from the club's ground Shots Aldershot Town Short version of name Shrews Shrewsbury Town Short version of name Shrimps Morecambe Possibly related to the fishing/shrimping industry in the region Shrimpers Southend United A historic local industry; alliterative Silkmen Macclesfield Town Local links to the silk industry Sky Blues Coventry City Colour of home strip Sky Blues Manchester City Colour of home strip Smoggies Middlesbrough From the industrial pollution, or smog, from the steel and chemical plants surrounding the town Spireites Chesterfield Due to famous crooked spire in the town Sports Eastbourne Borough Due to team's previous name of Langney Sports F.C. Spurs Tottenham Hotspur Short version of name Squirrels Formby Formby's nature reserve is home to one of England's largest remaining populations of red squirrels Stags Mansfield Town Stanley Accrington Stanley Based on official name Stripes Stevenage Borough Based on the pattern of the home strip Super Hoops Queens Park Rangers Based on the pattern of the home strip Tangerines Blackpool Colour of their home kit Terras Weymouth Club plays in a terracota coloured kit Terriers Huddersfield Town Named after the Yorkshire Terrier breed of dog Tigers Gloucester City Colour of home strip Tigers Hull City Colour of home strip Toffees Everton Back in the 1950s and 1960s a woman in a blue and white dress used to walk around before the game and throw toffees to people in the crowd, a tradition since revived. The other league teams then referred to them as the "Toffees" [11] Toon Newcastle United Local pronunciation of 'Town', meaning City Centre where the ground is situated Tractor Boys Ipswich Town Local links to agriculture[12] Tricky Trees Nottingham Forest Trotters Bolton Wanderers In the 19th century, one of their pitches was adjacent to a piggery and clearances often end up in there. Players had to 'trot' through the pig-pens to retrieve the balls.[13] Tykes Barnsley Colloquial name for a Yorkshireman. Tynesiders Gateshead Gateshead is located on Tyneside U's Cambridge United Initial of name U's Colchester United Initial of name U's Oxford United Initial of name United Leeds United Valiants Port Vale Based on official name Vics Northwich Victoria Based on shortening of official name Vikings Doncaster Rovers Villans Aston Villa Based on official name Wolves Wolverhampton Wanderers Based on shortening of name Yellows (unofficial) Cambridge United Colour of home kit Yellows Mansfield Town Colour of home kit. The team is also known as the Stags, as evidenced by the stag head on their crest. Yids Tottenham Hotspur For the club's North London Jewish heritage
