The origin of Arsenal's nickname is closely related to the club's history: Arsenal was founded in the second half of 1886 by a group of Scottish workers from the "Royal Arsenal" in Woolwich. Due to their humble background, the team's Conditions were so tight that even the jersey came as a gift from Nottingham Forest. It also went through three name changes. It was not until 1913 that the team moved its home stadium to Highbury and it was officially called "Arsenal".
Arsenal first rose to prominence in the 1930s, and then enjoyed another spell of glory in the 1970s. But after Frenchman Arsene Wenger took office, Arsenal truly became one of the representatives of the strongest teams in the Premier League, and the resounding nickname "Gunner" gradually replaced "Arsenal."
Interestingly, this nickname is not unique to Arsenal. A rugby team in Edinburgh is also nicknamed the Gunners.
Aston Villa Aston Villa: Villains
The name of the Aston Villa football club comes from a building called Villa in the Aston area of ??Birmingham. Crossd's church, where the early members decided to form the club at a meeting. This is where the nickname Villains comes from.
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers: Wanderers Rover
In the UK, there are many teams named Wanderers (Rovers, Rangers, Wanderers). The original meaning is that the team is for Pursue honor without fearing long journeys and wanderings. Blackburn's nickname is actually derived from the full name of the club, which is the second half.
In addition, Blackburn also has a nickname of rose, which is related to the flowers on its team logo.
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers: Trotters
Trotter means galloping horse, which is similar to the meaning of "wanderer", both of which mean running for honor.
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic: Addicks
It is said that this was the name of a fish shop next to the club in the early 20th century. Charlton's players generally love to eat cod, and every time they entertain the visiting team, they always have to have a big meal of seafood, hence the name.
Charlton’s other nickname, The Swordsman, is related to the sword on the club’s emblem.
Chelsea Chelsea: Blues/Pensioners
The name of the Blues is related to the color of the jersey.
Another nickname originated from the story of Chelsea veterans during the war. Currently the former is mostly used.
Everton Everton: Toffees
The origin of Toffee Tong is very interesting. It turns out that 125 years ago, Everton players would They gathered in a nearby candy store to chat and eat desserts, especially toffee. Over time, "toffee" became synonymous with the team. Also, Everton were once known as The Toffeemen, which has something to do with it.
Fulham Fulham: Village Cottagers
This nickname comes from Craven Cottage, the ancient home ground of Fulham team, and this villa is located in a village, hence its name.
Liverpool: The Reds
When the English League was established in 1878, Everton was the only participating team in Liverpool City, and they rented Anfield Stadium as their home stadium. In 1892, a dispute over business operations led to an internal schism. Most of the team's players decided not to rent the Anfield stadium and instead camped at Goodson Park. The club's name remained Everton. However, three players did not leave Anfield, so the owner of the stadium, Houlding, recruited a group of Scottish players to establish a new team with three people as his team. Due to the late registration, Houlding later decided to form the Liverpool team. In 1894, in order to distinguish it from Everton's jersey color, and in addition to the preference of new Scottish players, the team finally selected red as the color of their home jersey. Based on the color of their jerseys, people also call this team the Red Army.
Manchester City Manchester City: City Team City / Citizens
Manchester City Football Club has always regarded itself as a representative of the city of Manchester, so they proudly call themselves "City Team" "City people in."
Manchester United: Red Devils
The Red Devils nickname comes from the fact that Manchester United's jersey is red. In addition, because Manchester United's prominence in the history of British football has frightened all opponents, fans also proudly associate their team with the "Devils", and the name "Red Devils" is popular in England. Of course, the original nickname "Red Devils" was more aimed at Manchester United fans, because they would set off a "red storm" whether at home or away. However, after the name became louder and louder, the "Red Devils" eventually became the name of the Manchester United team and fans. Public nickname. For this reason, Manchester United later specially added the image of a little devil to the club's matches.
Middlesbrough: Boro
The abbreviation evolved from the Brough (pronounced bo_ro) in the team's English name.
Newcastle Newcastle: Magpies
Newcastle’s mascot is the magpie. Moreover, Newcastle's traditional team uniform has always been black and white, which is also because the feathers of the magpie happen to be these two colors.
Portsmouth Portsmouth: Pompei
Portsmouth is a famous port city in England. In the early days, it was used for military purposes. Pompeii was actually a military port. nickname.
Reading Reading: Royals / Biscuitmen
This club has nothing to do with the British Royal Family. It got the nickname Royals because Reading Football Club is located in Bakersey In the former royal domain of the Er region.
The name Biscuit Man comes from a biscuit factory in Reading called Huntley & Palmers.
Sheffield United Sheffield United: Blades
This is related to the traditional steel industry in the city of Sheffield. The knives produced here were once famous in Britain.
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur: Tottenham Spurs
Spurs is the abbreviation of Hotspurs. Regarding the origin of Hotspurs, there is a theory that Tottenham Hotspur’s earliest home ground was Northumberland Park. In Shakespeare’s works, Northumberland was the place where Harry Hotspurs rose to prominence. When naming the club, some people like literary allusions and showoff. The boys at Literary School decided to use Hotspurs as the name of their football club.
Another theory is that Hotspurs was the name of a local earl.
Watford Watford: Hornets
Watford's traditional jersey is black and yellow striped fir, which looks like the colors of the Hornets. And this nickname also means being difficult to deal with.
West Ham West Ham: Hammers
In 1900, a group of Thames Iron Works workers established West Ham United, and the Hammers became their best spokesperson. and logo, from which the team's nickname was derived. And corresponding to West Ham's advocacy of risk-taking and offensive play, this hammer has indeed staged many good shows of randomly "hammering" opponents to death.
Wigan Athletic Wigan: Latics
Latics evolved from the second half of the club's name. In England, there are many teams with this name. For example, Oldham Athletic is also nicknamed Latics.