As I understand, where Hillsborough is now was some sort of livestock market predominantly trading pigs. Add to that the huge number of pork shops around Hillsborough (about 5 Bere's, Crawshaw's, Lilly's and others) there is no contest.
RE: the pigs wednesday are the pigs because many years ago they had a player called trotter which is where the blunts and us got the name from.
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It's got all the Oinkers going It's got all the Oinkers going, saying that all the other clubs in South Yorkshire try to get in on the Pigs thing.