Can you name the English Premier League Nicknames?

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Premiership Nicknames Quiz

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Published: January 10th, 2009
Category: Sports
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Tags: Soccer Quizzes, league, premier, premiership, English Premier, League Nicknames, english, team, nickname

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	Alex:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 04:29 GMT	8 points
	Good quiz, fun when you are from the US and don't hear the nicknames much.

	celtic_fc:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 04:40 GMT	1 point
	well done..

	bencraft:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 06:49 GMT	6 points
	Great quiz, as is the football league one. Cheers sporcle!

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	chillicothe20:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 07:16 GMT	1 point
	Not English, so I only got one (Tigers). Got it by guessing animals and such.

	Uhlan:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 10:05 GMT	3 points
	Got all of them, cos I'm English

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	jesus:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 10:34 GMT	12 points
	@dayecarter: Aston Villa have always been called the villains. And for Man City citizens is a relatively new nickname. I think they changed it from the sky blues a few years ago.

	C_W_Browne:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 11:35 GMT	7 points
	Chris. How can you complain its too naglo-centric when half the sports on this website are sports that no one outside of the US plays (besides basketball)

	davidr:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 11:58 GMT	7 points
	@dayecarter: I'm not really a football fan but I managed to work out Villa's nickname without having heard it before. I got Man City's because it also accepts `City', which was my lame guess.

	chrismet:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 12:03 GMT	5 points
	@Mr badman, I was being tongue in cheek in relation to the complaints about the US bias from a few days back.

	davidr:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 12:09 GMT	1 point
	@Chris: Yes. Somebody says that for every single quiz about something outside the US. If it was ever funny, it stopped being funny a while ago.

	davidr:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 12:10 GMT	-2 points
	@"God": Wasn't the Sky Blues Coventry rather than Man City?

	chambers:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 12:30 GMT	2 points
	at least it lets you have 'sky blues'

	chambers:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 12:31 GMT	7 points
	i'm surprised only 43.8% of people get 'the black cats. the picture is a bit of a clue...

	jesus:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 12:48 GMT	3 points
	@davidr: i think they were both sky blues. As jack says its accepts sky blues for man city.

	MikeHolmes:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 12:58 GMT	3 points
	got them all second time round :) first time i spent far to much time trying to think of that bird on WBAs crest, just to find out it was baggies

	jism:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 13:37 GMT	3 points
	Man City have been called the Citizens for at least 25 years now. "Pool" should also be acceptable for Liverpool. As for the West Brom name, I actually typed in "Throstles" and it came up with "Baggies" so it's all good.

	delToro87:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 14:23 GMT	8 points
	@dayecarter - Liverpool are commonly known as the Reds - the Kop is the name for one of the stands behind the goal, and is not exclusive to Anfield (eg Elland Road also has a stand known as the Kop)

	davidr:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 14:27 GMT	2 points
	@Jack: I kicked myself for missing that one when I went back to the main page. But it did mean that I got `Seagulls' in the Football League quiz, even though I couldn't tell you which club's nickname it is! :-)

	davidr:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 14:38 GMT	5 points
	@Fergus: There are tens of Kops around the UK and even abroad, such as the Kop de Boulogne at the Parc des Princes in Paris. They're named after Spion Kop hill, site of a battle in the Boer War, because the steep terraces are reminiscent of the the shape of the hill.

	charlie:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 14:56 GMT	2 points
	Can i get a mention in the credits on this one as i wrote this and the football league one...

	charlie:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 14:58 GMT	1 point
	Great quiz, as is the football league one. Cheers sporcle! __________________________________________________________ It's a pleasure ben... lol

	charlie:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 15:12 GMT	3 points
	Good idea, but I think some of them are a little outdated. I'm English and have grown up on football but some of these i've never heard. Man City and Villa seemed especially obscure. And the first thing I tried for Liverpool was The Kop, because when I think of The Reds, I think of Man U. _________________________________________________________________ Manchester united have a recognized nickname of red devils. There were numerous ones i accepted for villa. And citizens is a recognized nickname for man city. There are also lots of kops around the country

	Tim Allen:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 15:32 GMT	1 point
	@Davidr: It might not be funny, but it certainly is true.

	ChanandlerBong:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 16:04 GMT	3 points
	As a die-hard football fan, I have never heard Chelsea called "Pensioners". Also, due to the large Jewish population around Tottenham, they were originally called the "Yids" as an insult. However, nowadays the term is used by their own fans as a nickname and term of endearment, for example "Yid Army".

	chrismet:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 16:20 GMT	3 points
	@davidr. I don't read every comment posted on every quiz so had no idea how often the (admittedly bad) joke has been used. Don't see why I have to get the attitude for it. @ChandlerBong, Middlesbrough were also called Smoggies as an insult but is now used by the Boro fans e.g. Smoggies in Europe flags/scarves during our UEFA Cup run.

	delToro87:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 16:24 GMT	3 points
	@davidr Yes that was what I was saying! Just cited Elland Road as it was the first that I thought of that calls an end the Kop (largely because I am a Leeds fan)

	Catherine_F:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 16:35 GMT	2 points
	I tried "pie eaters" for Wigan, is that name reserved for the fans, not the team? And Chanandler, as a laid back sort of football fan, I have certainly heard Chelsea called the Pensioners, but just be happy that at least it takes Blues too.

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	jesus:	Jan 15th, 2009 at 16:47 GMT	1 point
	No. Thats a name for people from Manchester. Doofus.

	charlie:	Jan 15th, 2009 at 18:00 GMT	6 points
	@gemini Nope. Its a nickname for people from the whole of manchester, nothing to do with the football clubs.

	Blue_Iguana:	Jan 16th, 2009 at 01:49 GMT	-3 points
	being an avid football fan i am ashamed to admit i didn't get chelsea. The only thing i could think of was Chelski, it didn't even come into my mind that it was simply 'blues', let alone pensioners.

	RobH:	Jan 16th, 2009 at 22:00 GMT	1 point
	Missed Bolton. Knew what is was and kicked myself. @ ChanandlerBong, Pensioners was Chelsea's nickname for a long time and I don't think it's ever been dropped; just used less. It's certainly well known enough to be in this quiz.

	Sabrestar:	Jan 17th, 2009 at 20:59 GMT	2 points
	I can't understand why so many people don't know Boro for Middlesbrough, as they are called by their nicknames almost as much as they are by their full name. I'd say that Boro, Spurs and Wolves were by far the most used nicknames in English football. The Pensioners was Chelsea's nicknames for years and years, but I think they dropped it as it didn't sound cool. It's a shame because it's a unique name while lots of teams are known as the Blues.

	worldleaderpretend:	Jan 26th, 2009 at 19:14 GMT	2 points
	Man city have been known as the Citizens for donkeys years. They were also known as the sky blues as were Coventry City.

	Drago1234:	Feb 2nd, 2009 at 17:25 GMT	1 point
	Some teams are reffered to by their nicknames more than others e.g. Manchester United are often just called 'United' because it's easier than saying 'Red Devils', however Middlesbrough get called 'Boro' as much as their real name.

	Moose:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 18:23 GMT	3 points
	I love that it accepts 'Barcodes' for newcastle! We use that name for them a lot, I'd completely forgot what their real nickname was. Good sense of humour, quizmaster!

	Arthur:	Feb 15th, 2009 at 19:29 GMT	0 points
	Arsenal should be known as arses. Joking

	ch7:	Mar 15th, 2009 at 12:30 GMT	1 point
	I have always heard Chelsea as the "Blues"