Guardian club nicknames quiz

[Jedi boro]

Good one this one as it requires some lower league knowledge as well.

Football quiz: British club nicknames

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-club-nicknames?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WhatsApp

 

[Capybara]

11/12. Let down by my knowledge of NI geography.

 

[Jedi boro]

10/12 for me I actually got that one...

it was the Red Devil’s and q8 ( the beavers etc) that got me

 

[ticker_tape]

10/12 Sunderland one which I think they are wrong and the pyramid one no8

 

[Jedi boro]

No sunderland is right

Spoiler: Reason

as they ran a competition to find a nickname after they moved to the sol as they realised they didn’t have an official one

 

[ticker_tape]

I knew their nickname was that as a kid.

 

[Jedi boro]

Not officially though hence my post

 

[Jedi boro]

See

Spoiler: Web link to story

. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/feb/22/newsstory.sport4

 

[ticker_tape]

quite good that spoiler thing.

 

[ticker_tape]

I do remember something about it, their 2nd choice was never used until the 90s and like smoggy was meant as a slight.

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

9/12. Should have known 1 of them as Club is next Town along.

 

[Same_as_before]

4 must do better

 

[Second Mate]

5 :((n)

 

[indeedido]

7/12 and I was quite pleased. Some anoraks above

 

[A]

6/12, and a couple of those were lucky guesses!

 

[RedAsABeetroot]

7

 

[ticker_tape]

One of the questions I was told by someone here who told me about his Biscuit town.