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Post by badengas on Nov 17, 2022 8:28:18 GMT
Are we The Gas, The Pirates, or both ?
All the badge talk got me thinking, and I personally only ever refer to us as The Gas. The same seems true of rival fans and the TV and Press.
I don't want the badge to change but if we are looking at a rebrand "The Gas" somehow needs to be included.
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Post by percy on Nov 17, 2022 9:00:36 GMT
Historically The Pirates and we should keep this name. No one sings songs about their official nickname do they? Pirates is a good nickname compared to robins, reds, chairboys etc!!
The Gas probably should be incorporated into merch and maybe the badge too as it is what we all identify with.
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Post by imanobody on Nov 17, 2022 9:01:05 GMT
Totally agree, the Gas has to be on the badge in some form. Will be disappointed if it’s left out
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Post by yattongas on Nov 17, 2022 9:11:16 GMT
Gas innit .
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Post by stapletongas on Nov 17, 2022 9:27:02 GMT
Both
Pirates is historical and I have no recollection of reference to the Gas when I went to Eastville in the 70's, it's a much more modern day thing and thanks to the Darkside for giving it to us!
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Post by yattongas on Nov 17, 2022 9:29:13 GMT
Both Pirates is historical and I have no recollection of reference to the Gas when I went to Eastville in the 70's, it's a much more modern day thing and thanks to the Darkside for giving it to us! Think the Gas nickname came about 1980 …… happy to be corrected if anyone else remembers it earlier or later ? |
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Post by lympstonegas on Nov 17, 2022 10:41:16 GMT
Both Pirates is historical and I have no recollection of reference to the Gas when I went to Eastville in the 70's, it's a much more modern day thing and thanks to the Darkside for giving it to us! Think the Gas nickname came about 1980 …… happy to be corrected if anyone else remembers it earlier or later ? Love that we’re are known nationally as the Gas. Whilst I’m from the Pirates era I’m so glad the sh** rebranded us - in retrospect they must hate it. So sorry Sh1!heads your feeble attempt to rebrand us to the sags ain’t never going to work. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2022 10:46:11 GMT
If two nicknames are good enough for West Brom, The Throstles & The Baggies, then why can't we have two.
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Post by axegas on Nov 17, 2022 11:13:08 GMT
The problem with “The Gas” is how do you market that? With a blue flame I guess? Whilst the Pirates is very marketable and also very kid friendly.
Agree with others, that we’re both, but a blue flame on our badge instead of a Pirate would just seem… wrong.
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Nov 17, 2022 11:32:02 GMT
Are we The Gas, The Pirates, or both ? All the badge talk got me thinking, and I personally only ever refer to us as The Gas. The same seems true of rival fans and the TV and Press. I don't want the badge to change but if we are looking at a rebrand "The Gas" somehow needs to be included. I would imagine the replies to that would be, very much, age related. For me, i always loved our official nickname but it’s evident that, if ever we have appeared on TV or are spoken of in the media then we are more often referred to as the gas and gasheads. |
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Nov 17, 2022 11:33:26 GMT
Both Pirates is historical and I have no recollection of reference to the Gas when I went to Eastville in the 70's, it's a much more modern day thing and thanks to the Darkside for giving it to us! The 82 really scored an OG with that, didn’t they 😂. |
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Post by Squiffy on Nov 17, 2022 11:35:00 GMT
I think that there is room for both monikers. Official nickname (oxymoron alert) links to the club name (see post on crest thread), our history and has marketing potential for all age ranges. (Pirates are always popular with children…not sure Robins are!). I see the term Gashead as more of a supporters reference and relates to urban history rather than a club/team descriptor. (NB: The gas reference is a bit more difficult to take beyond the name in terms of branding/imagery as there’s nothing tangible only a gasometer or gas bottle: sexy, I think not).
Take Spurs for example. Named Spurs after 14th C Sir Henry Percy, better known as “Harry Hotspur” who had land in Tottenham and liked cock fighting, hence the cockerel on the crest. Nickname “the lilywhites” because of the white shirts but the supporters refer to themselves as the “Y**” Army, a derogatory term originally hurled as abuse at their Jewish fan base but taken up and embraced as a badge of honour. All those terms coexist and I don’t see Daniel Levy trying to consolidate them and erase the original identity of the club.
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Post by Midsomer Murderer on Nov 17, 2022 11:35:34 GMT
The problem with “The Gas” is how do you market that? With a blue flame I guess? Whilst the Pirates is very marketable and also very kid friendly. Agree with others, that we’re both, but a blue flame on our badge instead of a Pirate would just seem… wrong. Ah the blue flames- WYHTB ? |
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Post by yattongas on Nov 17, 2022 11:36:28 GMT
If two nicknames are good enough for West Brom, The Throstles & The Baggies, then why can't we have two. Throstles ? Well I’ve never ever heard that before and I thought I was pretty good on football teams nicknames ! Everyday is a Skool day 😀👍 |
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Nov 17, 2022 11:37:12 GMT
Think the Gas nickname came about 1980 …… happy to be corrected if anyone else remembers it earlier or later ? Love that we’re are known nationally as the Gas. Whilst I’m from the Pirates era I’m so glad the sh** rebranded us - in retrospect they must hate it. So sorry Sh1!heads your feeble attempt to rebrand us to the sags ain’t never going to work. Neither has their sad attempt at calling us the 14 ers. The seem to have totally forgotten that we never went bankrupt, leaving local businesses going out of business or very close. As Clive Dunn used to say, in dads army, they don’t like it up em 😂 |
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Post by baggins on Nov 17, 2022 11:44:58 GMT
If we're the Gas then new badge should be Johnny Fart Pants surely.
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Nov 17, 2022 11:49:08 GMT
If two nicknames are good enough for West Brom, The Throstles & The Baggies, then why can't we have two. Aye. City have got two as well: The sh** and the ‘Teds. |
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Post by baggins on Nov 17, 2022 11:52:21 GMT
If two nicknames are good enough for West Brom, The Throstles & The Baggies, then why can't we have two. Aye. City have got two as well: The sh** and the ‘Teds. I generally blend the 2 into 1. Saves time. |
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Post by Westy on Nov 17, 2022 12:41:03 GMT
images.app.goo.gl/BrWihpMV4HzC7jnX7We could have a new mascot! Kinda prefer the pirate though, and I like how we're more like Bristol Rovers: The Pirates aka. The Gas. I vote both, blue flame branding and mascot would suck
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Post by stuart1974 on Nov 17, 2022 12:47:10 GMT
Club is the Pirates, fans are Gas?
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