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Post by Andrewlang on Nov 11, 2020 23:10:36 GMT
"What a load of rubbish. Why do people have a fascination of trying to change the club and who we are.
It’s not the most interesting name or most sexy. But it’s our CUFC, and that’s how it should stay.
We don’t need to ‘glam it up’ or change the fucking badge"
Yeah, broadly agree. I do think the badge and nickname are naff but they're ours and I embrace that part of us.
I don't mind things like that changing but it should be an organic process if it ever happened. Things like the moose came about that way rather than someone having to design it.
Andrew
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Post by harrymonk on Nov 12, 2020 0:03:25 GMT
It is a truly terrible nickname. "United" ditto. We should be "the Scholars" or something along those lines. Perhaps "the Founders" to acknowledge the Cambridge rules. Even something like "the Boatmen" would be an improvement. Could combine the intellectual theme with the boat one and go with ‘the Cunning Punts’. Massive opportunity for a Spoonerism there |
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Post by Mark of Carnage on Nov 12, 2020 6:46:35 GMT
I'm a fan of tradition so maybe 'the wasps' but I wouldn't mind if we used the nickname 'the ewes'.
I really never feel comfortable with the colour yellow being associated with us. We are black and amber.
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Post by Russ Greaves on Nov 12, 2020 6:57:01 GMT
Could combine the intellectual theme with the boat one and go with ‘the Cunning Punts’. Massive opportunity for a Spoonerism there Well spotted... |
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Post by camloyal on Nov 12, 2020 7:37:48 GMT
"What a load of rubbish. Why do people have a fascination of trying to change the club and who we are. It’s not the most interesting name or most sexy. But it’s our CUFC, and that’s how it should stay. We don’t need to ‘glam it up’ or change the fucking badge" Yeah, broadly agree. I do think the badge and nickname are naff but they're ours and I embrace that part of us. I don't mind things like that changing but it should be an organic process if it ever happened. Things like the moose came about that way rather than someone having to design it. Andrew Am I right in saying the black cats was the result of a fans vote? Mackems being the organic version. Always struck me as very naff |
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Post by pj on Nov 12, 2020 8:17:11 GMT
Was there really any need for Sunderland to change their nickname just because they moved stadiums?
The Cantabs would be appropriate for us as an abbreviation of Cantabrigian?
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Post by El Goodo on Nov 12, 2020 9:02:34 GMT
What a load of rubbish. Why do people have a fascination of trying to change the club and who we are. It’s not the most interesting name or most sexy. But it’s our CUFC, and that’s how it should stay. You mean like when we stayed as Abbey United rather than changing the name to Cambridge United, or when we didn't bother introducing our current badge in 1986? |
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Post by neilmc4 on Nov 12, 2020 9:17:54 GMT
First person to suggest "The Dons" will be strung up by the testicles from a floodlight pylon.
For those to young to remember , during the Beck glory years when we actually received (grudgingly) a modicum of attention from the national press , a certain rag - I won't call it a newspaper because frankly I wouldn't wipe my arse with it - decided without consulting anyone that we were to be known as The Dons.
Thankfully most people who bought it just looked at the pictures instead of reading it so it never caught on.
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Post by ilovechadders on Nov 12, 2020 9:59:23 GMT
"What a load of rubbish. Why do people have a fascination of trying to change the club and who we are. It’s not the most interesting name or most sexy. But it’s our CUFC, and that’s how it should stay. We don’t need to ‘glam it up’ or change the fucking badge" Yeah, broadly agree. I do think the badge and nickname are naff but they're ours and I embrace that part of us. I don't mind things like that changing but it should be an organic process if it ever happened. Things like the moose came about that way rather than someone having to design it. Andrew Am I right in saying the black cats was the result of a fans vote? Mackems being the organic version. Always struck me as very naff They were the Rokerites when they played at Roker Park. Should have kept the name rather than trash their history. |
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Post by Lobster on Nov 12, 2020 10:33:22 GMT
The Abbots or The Lepars for me. Anything else is just pony.
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Post by genghis on Nov 12, 2020 10:57:35 GMT
I'm a fan of tradition so maybe 'the wasps' but I wouldn't mind if we used the nickname 'the ewes'. I really never feel comfortable with the colour yellow being associated with us. We are black and amber. Who, on god's green earth, has ever referred to the U's as the Ewes? |
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Post by spartacus on Nov 12, 2020 11:31:57 GMT
Chants aimed at the players referencing female sheep would be a bit too embarrassing for all concerned I think! It's a pity the club's fans haven't managed to come up with something decent that's stuck in the hunted years or so they've had so far. If the club still exists in another hunted years and still goes as the U's I'm sure that generation of fans will be bemoaning their predecessors so I think it's time we did have a decent nickname if we can come up with one and make it stick.
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Post by gstictok on Nov 12, 2020 12:44:07 GMT
The Abbots or The Lepars for me. Anything else is just pony. Not Lobsters then  |
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Post by laker on Nov 12, 2020 13:30:39 GMT
I like “U’s” but then I’m a traditionalist. I dislike all of the other nicknames mentioned so far as I don’t associate it with us.
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Post by relay22 on Nov 12, 2020 14:21:08 GMT
I like “U’s” but then I’m a traditionalist. I dislike all of the other nicknames mentioned so far as I don’t associate it with us. Me too, something great to hear "Come on you U's" with the crowd in full voice as we win a Corner in front of the NRE ! Ugh, missing the Abbey, Big Time ! |
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