Railwaymen nickname

[TonySoprano]

It's always irked me that crewe have this nickname and not us.

Surely we're even more qualified than crewe for this.
Albert Jenkins must be turning in his grave.

Always irked me that we dont have an official nickname at all.
Wonder if we could have a vote and petition the club to recognise our chosen nickname.

[IDM]

Why shouldn’t Crewe have that name.?

There’s no reason why clubs can’t have the same nickname, take The Hatters, for example.

[Fal]

It's always irked me that crewe have this nickname and not us.

Surely we're even more qualified than crewe for this.
Albert Jenkins must be turning in his grave.

Always irked me that we dont have an official nickname at all.
Wonder if we could have a vote and petition the club to recognise our chosen nickname.

We do have a nickname "pub team having a laugh"

[Filo]

It's always irked me that crewe have this nickname and not us.

Surely we're even more qualified than crewe for this.
Albert Jenkins must be turning in his grave.

Always irked me that we dont have an official nickname at all.
Wonder if we could have a vote and petition the club to recognise our chosen nickname.

The Butterscotchmen was a nick name we had

[TonySoprano]

It's always irked me that crewe have this nickname and not us.

Surely we're even more qualified than crewe for this.
Albert Jenkins must be turning in his grave.

Always irked me that we dont have an official nickname at all.
Wonder if we could have a vote and petition the club to recognise our chosen nickname.

The Butterscotchmen was a nick name we had

I'm not sure that's the case, not officially anyway

[TonySoprano]

Why shouldn’t Crewe have that name.?

There’s no reason why clubs can’t have the same nickname, take The Hatters, for example.

I didn't say crewe shouldn't have it

[IDM]

You said we were more qualified.  Crewe is/was a huge railway works too, so if anything, equally qualified..

[danumdon]

The Flying Scotsmen?

We built it and don't we still have a covenant for being Scottish!

[RoversInSpain]

The River Don seemed to have played a big part in Doncaster’s early beginnings and placement of the town…..so how about ‘The Rivermen’

[johnny rovers]

Being a railwayman myself, I strongly feel the club don't plug this enough and celebrate our railway heritage and the links between the plant works and the club. As pointed out by the original poster. I think some of the boxes at the eco power should be named after some of the famous loco's built in Doncaster.

[Reg of the Rovers]

The River Don seemed to have played a big part in Doncaster’s early beginnings and placement of the town…..so how about ‘The Rivermen’

We can walk on to a bit of Nick Drake then which would be nice!

[TonySoprano]

You said we were more qualified.  Crewe is/was a huge railway works too, so if anything, equally qualified..

Qualified yes, equally? No.
Given how well literally were created by "railwaymen" plus flying Scotsman, mallard etc.

[idler]

It's always irked me that crewe have this nickname and not us.

Surely we're even more qualified than crewe for this.
Albert Jenkins must be turning in his grave.

Always irked me that we dont have an official nickname at all.
Wonder if we could have a vote and petition the club to recognise our chosen nickname.

I remember some calling us the pirates in the late 50s. The Green Un used to have a logo for each team with their match reports. Crooked spire for Chesterfield, windmill for Rotherham etc. ours was a player with a pirates hat on.

[Pancho Regan]

It's always irked me that crewe have this nickname and not us.

Surely we're even more qualified than crewe for this.
Albert Jenkins must be turning in his grave.

Always irked me that we dont have an official nickname at all.
Wonder if we could have a vote and petition the club to recognise our chosen nickname.

I remember some calling us the pirates in the late 50s. The Green Un used to have a logo for each team with their match reports. Crooked spire for Chesterfield, windmill for Rotherham etc. ours was a player with a pirates hat on.

Dave, I was just going to post that I had a distant memory of us being known as The Pirates but I thought I might have been dreaming!

[waldron40]

You said we were more qualified.  Crewe is/was a huge railway works too, so if anything, equally qualified..

Qualified yes, equally? No.
Given how well literally were created by "railwaymen" plus flying Scotsman, mallard etc.

Crewe works was built in 1840 and started loco production in 1843.
Doncaster works was built in 1853, focusing on repairs and maintenance. It commenced loco production in 1867
Crewe Alex was founded in 1877. Doncaster Rovers founded in 1879

[TonySoprano]

You said we were more qualified.  Crewe is/was a huge railway works too, so if anything, equally qualified..

Qualified yes, equally? No.
Given how well literally were created by "railwaymen" plus flying Scotsman, mallard etc.

Crewe works was built in 1840 and started loco production in 1843.
Doncaster works was built in 1853, focusing on repairs and maintenance. It commenced loco production in 1867
Crewe Alex was founded in 1877. Doncaster Rovers founded in 1879

And ?

[GazLaz]

It's always irked me that crewe have this nickname and not us.

Surely we're even more qualified than crewe for this.
Albert Jenkins must be turning in his grave.

Always irked me that we dont have an official nickname at all.
Wonder if we could have a vote and petition the club to recognise our chosen nickname.

Can you have an “official” nickname? Sounds a contradiction to me.

[idler]

It's always irked me that crewe have this nickname and not us.

Surely we're even more qualified than crewe for this.
Albert Jenkins must be turning in his grave.

Always irked me that we dont have an official nickname at all.
Wonder if we could have a vote and petition the club to recognise our chosen nickname.

I remember some calling us the pirates in the late 50s. The Green Un used to have a logo for each team with their match reports. Crooked spire for Chesterfield, windmill for Rotherham etc. ours was a player with a pirates hat on.

Dave, I was just going to post that I had a distant memory of us being known as The Pirates but I thought I might have been dreaming.

Neil, I think that when Norman Curtis was our manager for a season the Green Un pirate even looked like him.

[Petche]

I thought we were The Vikings?

[TonySoprano]

It's always irked me that crewe have this nickname and not us.

Surely we're even more qualified than crewe for this.
Albert Jenkins must be turning in his grave.

Always irked me that we dont have an official nickname at all.
Wonder if we could have a vote and petition the club to recognise our chosen nickname.

Can you have an “official” nickname? Sounds a contradiction to me.

Yes, and it's not . We're one of the few without one.

[BobG]

You said we were more qualified.  Crewe is/was a huge railway works too, so if anything, equally qualified..

Qualified yes, equally? No.
Given how well literally were created by "railwaymen" plus flying Scotsman, mallard etc.

You better look up the famous locos built by Crewe Tony. And don't forget both Swindon and Crewe were bigger than the Plant. Tbh, Swindon Town probably has most right to the 'Railwaymen' nickname.

BobG

PS. Look up the definition of 'nickname' too while you're at it.

Actually, I'll save you the trouble seeing as you never seem able to get anything right:

"Nickname, or informally a "moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing. It is distinct from a pseudonym, pen name, stage name, or title, although the concepts can overlap".

So, you can't  have an official or formal nickname.

[Donnywolf]

The Flying Scotsmen?

We built it and don't we still have a covenant for being Scottish!

.... and almost a Saltire for our first kit

[Donnywolf]

You said we were more qualified.  Crewe is/was a huge railway works too, so if anything, equally qualified..

Qualified yes, equally? No.
Given how well literally were created by "railwaymen" plus flying Scotsman, mallard etc.

Crewe works was built in 1840 and started loco production in 1843.
Doncaster works was built in 1853, focusing on repairs and maintenance. It commenced loco production in 1867
Crewe Alex was founded in 1877. Doncaster Rovers founded in 1879

And ?

I think the Post is pointing out they were first to every criteria mentioned and so perhaps deserve(d) to br first to The Railway men

[IDM]

QED..!

[DonnyBazR0ver]

The Flying Scotsman is the express
service between London &  Edinburgh.

Flying Scotsman is the locomotive, along with other Engines which pulled the train on The Flying Scotsmans service.

As said above, in the days when nicknames were used more often, particularly when the industries the towns were synonymous with, were thriving, we were referred to as the Butterscotchmen. This seems to have died along with the decline of Parkinsons.

Many nicknames have historical value so we can't just pick a random name and hope it sticks. Even when the Viking Badge emerged, we're never really tried to promote the nickname 'The Vikings' on scarves, Flags, mugs etc (apart from the badge of course), even when having the Vikettes dance troupe and the VSC. Our mascot is a dog, not a Viking so our identity to the outside world is fuzzy to say the least.

Likely, the Butterscotchmen will be seen as no longer contemporary, so if anything, the Vikings is the only one we could really promote and get behind. First steps could be updating the Wikipedia page and official website.

I think it's a good idea Tony. I look forward to seeing your campaign to get a nickname adopted. 

[Herbert Anchovy]

According to an edition of the Topical Times Football annual that I had in around 1977 our nickname is/was The Vikings?

There was also a chant from around the same period that went “The Vikings, The Vikings de de de de de de WAR!!”

[DonnyBazR0ver]

You said we were more qualified.  Crewe is/was a huge railway works too, so if anything, equally qualified..

Qualified yes, equally? No.
Given how well literally were created by "railwaymen" plus flying Scotsman, mallard etc.

You better look up the famous locos built by Crewe Tony. And don't forget both Swindon and Crewe were bigger than the Plant. Tbh, Swindon Town probably has most right to the 'Railwaymen' nickname.

BobG

PS. Look up the definition of 'nickname' too while you're at it.

Actually, I'll save you the trouble seeing as you never seem able to get anything right:

"Nickname, or informally a "moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing. It is distinct from a pseudonym, pen name, stage name, or title, although the concepts can overlap".

So, you can't  have an official or formal nickname.

I wondered if my memory was playing tricks with me, but  Victoria Beckam thought differently back in 2002 (more likely Cowell)

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[TonySoprano]

You said we were more qualified.  Crewe is/was a huge railway works too, so if anything, equally qualified..

Qualified yes, equally? No.
Given how well literally were created by "railwaymen" plus flying Scotsman, mallard etc.

You better look up the famous locos built by Crewe Tony. And don't forget both Swindon and Crewe were bigger than the Plant. Tbh, Swindon Town probably has most right to the 'Railwaymen' nickname.

BobG

PS. Look up the definition of 'nickname' too while you're at it.

Actually, I'll save you the trouble seeing as you never seem able to get anything right:

"Nickname, or informally a "moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing. It is distinct from a pseudonym, pen name, stage name, or title, although the concepts can overlap".

So, you can't  have an official or formal nickname.

You really are a pedantic old fart aren't you  .

More famous than the flying Scotsman or mallard ? No didn't think so.

We're they literally started by railway workers? No they weren't.

As far as official nicknames, of course clubs can have them.

[Nudga]

Should be Biscuit Billy's. 

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Reading are the Biscuitmen.