Never knew our nickname used to be " Colliers"

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    They became the Seagulls in the 1970s(?) when their rivalry with Crystal Palace was heating up. They had three very bitter FA Cup games against each other, as well as going for promotion together from the third and second divisions.

    Palace's fans would shout: "Eagles! Eagles!" and, as far as I understand it, Brighton genuinely changed their nickname to 'Seagulls' so that it rhymed with 'Eagles'.

    (I feel sad that I know more about sodding Brighton than my own club, based on the content of this thread.)
     
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    Colliers is a bit of a mouthful to say though, Tykes is easier.

    Sunday matchday thread can be Colliers vs Rovers.
     
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    I started in 61 and only knew us as the Colliers. It was a family thing, my dad grandad and auntie (who took me to more matches than most) all called us Colliers.
     
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    I knew it was in theory, just never heard anybody use it
     
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    The Colliers, nickname of Fev Rovers :)
     
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    My dad is 80 and been going down since a kid. He used to sell programmes on Grove Street when we kicked off at 3:15 to allow time for miners to get in post shift.
    I started early 70’s and knew us as the Colliers in those early years.
    Would love us to reclaim our heritage and use it again.
     
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    Does it for me.... never felt that tykes was just us... 'reds' we are, but so are others... Henceforth I am stepping back to our heritage...

    coyc
     
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    It was the Colliers in the 1950s when I first started going to Oakwell and I suspect earlier. Wombwell Speedway Team of the late 1940s were called the Colliers too.
     
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    Yep - my dad took me and called us The Colliers. Early 70s.

    Then again, he called us all sorts of things from time to time.
     
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    As an avid collector and reader of Rothmans Football Yearbooks from being a really young kid, I always knew that The Colliers was one of our nicknames as that was one of the facts they gave on the club page of each team. However, I think my first match was in '75 or '76 and I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to us as that, other than me and my friends shouting it ironically.

    Be interested to know when it went out of fashion, or if it was ever really a thing.
     
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    This is 90-91 Vintage and it's still referring to us as the colliers then.

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    Our badge has a glass blower and a collier on it, two of the old industries in Barnsley from
    when Pontius first became a pilot. Way back, both my wife's and members of my family were
    stone workers in the quarries in the Barnsley area until that particular industry died out.
     
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    was it after Norman Collier because our tannoy always been so bad :)

     
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    I think it was due to our collective love of Lassie.
     
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    It goes back to the days when Huntley and Palmer were based in the town. The Royals is a fairly recent nick name, named after the royal county of Berkshire.
     
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    Better than Reading;) ;) Biscuitmen
     
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    i've always known reading as the royals i think because its royal berkshire
     
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    took a while but it got there,lol, loving your work, "whats that lassie,Clarkeys took all first team down the pit,to show them how hard the fans have to work"
     
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    Question on Head Hunters today " what football ground is known as the Wembley of the North.?"
     
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    Grove Street Colliers :D

    Coygsc.
     
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