walmai wrote:Sister of fu wrote:I'm sure Joe Hart is now to old for the U21. Think he is now 22 and didn't play in the last game.
Hart is slated to start for the seniors against Egypt. Deservedly so, imho.
You lot are rumoured to be interested in gayzumping Bongo FC to loan him aren't you
Actually...are you now Bongo FC? Ah no...I see you are now Wrist Ham.....hahaha
Manchester United are known as the MU Rowdies (after the NASL's Tampa Bay Rowdies) and play at the Trafford Devilbowl, since their acquisition by the American Glazer family.
Birmingham City are referred to as Bongo FC in reference to their chairman's involvement in the pornography industry (bongo is slang for porn).
Blackburn Rovers are known as Blackeye Rovers in reference to the team's somewhat aggressive tactics.
Leeds United are referred to as Dirty Leeds, because of their historically uncompromising football style (more recently Nasty Leeds, following the manager Dennis Wise's statement that he wanted the team to be "nasty" in order to avoid relegation).
Wigan Athletic are known as Plucky Little Wigan or PLW, in reference to the media's patronising attitude to this overachieving club. This echoes the similarly patronising epithet "plucky little Belgium," used by British newspapers in 1914 to describe their resistance to the German invasion.
Liverpool are known as Gissagong FC ("Give us a gong", in a Scouse accent), as a result of their chief executive's disappointment upon discovering his Champions League-winning players had been overlooked in the 2006 New Year's honours list. An alternative name is "Merseyside Redskins", since their acquisition by US owners.
Sunderland are known as SundIreland since the club's takeover by former Republic of Ireland international Niall Quinn and his appointment of fellow Irishman Roy Keane as manager.
Manchester City are known as Human Rights FC since being taken over by former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, usually known as Trashcan Sinatra in The Fiver. With the 2008 takeover by the Abu Dhabi Investment Group they are now referred to as Human Rights FC 2.0.
Newcastle United were known for a while as Newcastle United Comedy Club, NUCC, or Jongleurs FC after a chain of British comedy clubs, following a series of bizarre incidents like manager Graeme Souness' public falling out with striker Craig Bellamy, and an on-field punch-up between teammates Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer. More recently the club has been referred to as the Barcodes (or Satan's Barcodes) due to their black and white striped shirts, and since the appointment of Joe Kinnear as Newcastle Eff Cee after Kinnear's regular use of profanities.
West Ham have become known as Bad Boys Inc since adding the controversial Bellamy and Dyer to a squad that already includes notorious troublemakers such as Bowyer and Anton Ferdinand. After Gold and Sullivan bought the club they were known as Wrist Ham, a reference to the owners involvement in the pornographic industry.
Aston Villa have been referred to as Buffalo Vills since the club's acquisition by Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner.
Derby County are nicknamed Ramsbottom County mainly because of their poor performance, especially in the 2007–08 Premier League season. The team's official nickname is the Rams.
Scunthorpe United are known as Firewall FC because of the difficulty in getting emails containing the name of the club through some forms of spam-blocking software (see Scunthorpe Problem)
QPR are known as RMP or Rich Men's Plaything after their takeover by billionaire owners Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone
Stoke City are known as Rory Delap F.C., for the number of goals they score from their Republic of Ireland international midfielder's long throw-ins.
The Glasgow teams Celtic (with a traditionally Catholic fan-base) and Rangers (with traditionally Protestant fan-base) are referred to as "The Queen’s Celtic" and "The Pope’s O'Rangers", when in fact the opposite would be appropriate.
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