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Post by titchthephot on Apr 10, 2017 10:05:39 GMT
Just wondered why football teams such as ourselves have the name 'Rovers'? I can understand how some have 'Athletic' (obviously a former athletics club that formed a team), and City/Town but 'United' is a bit of a puzzle as well. I seem to remember ready about Plymouth somewhere but I can't remember the whole story. 'Hotspurs' is another odd one. If 'Rovers' is due to the fact that they 'Roved' about before finding a home then they could just as easily have been called 'Roamers'. (or 'Moaners' as them done the road could be called!!). Any ideas?
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Post by Colyton Gas on Apr 10, 2017 10:07:37 GMT
Alexandra for Crewe is nomenclature that mystifies?? Also Academical  for Hamilton is a funny one. |
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Post by Marshy on Apr 10, 2017 10:09:13 GMT
Nothing to see here;
Rover and out.
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Post by dinsdale on Apr 10, 2017 10:20:44 GMT
Just wondered why football teams such as ourselves have the name 'Rovers'? I can understand how some have 'Athletic' (obviously a former athletics club that formed a team), and City/Town but 'United' is a bit of a puzzle as well. I seem to remember ready about Plymouth somewhere but I can't remember the whole story. 'Hotspurs' is another odd one. If 'Rovers' is due to the fact that they 'Roved' about before finding a home then they could just as easily have been called 'Roamers'. (or 'Moaners' as them done the road could be called!!). Any ideas? Rovers came from us not having a permanent home and moving around. Quite apt |
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Post by pirate49 on Apr 10, 2017 10:24:52 GMT
One of the listed synonyms for a 'rover' is a pirate, or a pirate ship...........also sea rover.
Perhaps we are the only 'Rovers' team with a genuine reason for having that name!
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Post by titchthephot on Apr 10, 2017 10:31:52 GMT
To err is human.....to Arrrrrrrr is Pirate!!
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Post by olskooltoteender on Apr 10, 2017 10:55:04 GMT
One on the listed synonyms for a 'rover' is a pirate, or a pirate ship...........also sea rover. Perhaps we are the only 'Rovers' team with a genuine reason for having that name! "Rover" is an antiquated variant of "pirate" and I believe it's cognate with "Reiver" which means pretty much the same thing. These words are generally used in the context of sea-borne raiders such as the Vikings or early Anglo-Saxons, which is why the emblem of the car firm Rover is a Viking-style ship. Eyethankyew . . . 😏 |
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Post by althepirate on Apr 10, 2017 10:58:11 GMT
Just wondered why football teams such as ourselves have the name 'Rovers'? I can understand how some have 'Athletic' (obviously a former athletics club that formed a team), and City/Town but 'United' is a bit of a puzzle as well. I seem to remember ready about Plymouth somewhere but I can't remember the whole story. 'Hotspurs' is another odd one. If 'Rovers' is due to the fact that they 'Roved' about before finding a home then they could just as easily have been called 'Roamers'. (or 'Moaners' as them done the road could be called!!). Any ideas? Rovers came from us not having a permanent home and moving around. Quite apt Yes this the answer methinks. We are still doing it..we hope!! |
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Apr 10, 2017 11:08:45 GMT
Just wondered why football teams such as ourselves have the name 'Rovers'? I can understand how some have 'Athletic' (obviously a former athletics club that formed a team), and City/Town but 'United' is a bit of a puzzle as well. I seem to remember ready about Plymouth somewhere but I can't remember the whole story. 'Hotspurs' is another odd one. If 'Rovers' is due to the fact that they 'Roved' about before finding a home then they could just as easily have been called 'Roamers'. (or 'Moaners' as them done the road could be called!!). Any ideas? Rovers came from us not having a permanent home and moving around. Quite apt Thing is, we'd only been around for a year (afaik) when we changed from Black Arabs to Rovers, so we couldn't have moved around that much. I guess it was a prediction. A better prediction than Blackburn made, though, who have been at Ewood Park for 125 years. |
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Post by spiess1 on Apr 10, 2017 12:08:10 GMT
The other Rovers should be Wanderers.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2017 12:42:30 GMT
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Post by gaelgas on Apr 10, 2017 13:53:35 GMT
Alexandra for Crewe is nomenclature that mystifies?? Also Academicals for Hamilton is a funny one. Hamilton Academical was formed by ex pupils of Hamilton Academy, lots of rugby and football teams up here are school old boys teams, same down south but you tend to call them Old ...ian's, eg Old Dunstablians. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2017 15:00:51 GMT
Roving was part of 19th century English as what we would now term "hiking"
It's why you'd call a dog "rover". It meant gadding about from moor to dale.
Rovers was a way of saying the club were nomadic and moved around.
United is obvious - 2 or more clubs joining together.
Something interesting of note - Albion is the oldest known name for the island of Britain. Not sure how that got mixed up.
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Post by Colyton Gas on Apr 10, 2017 15:13:13 GMT
 Same reason as Sheffield Wednesday but formed on a Thursday. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2017 15:16:29 GMT
View AttachmentSame reason as Sheffield Wednesday but formed on a Thursday. I hear Ashton working Weekdays are never short of players |
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Post by pirate49 on Apr 10, 2017 15:27:31 GMT
One on the listed synonyms for a 'rover' is a pirate, or a pirate ship...........also sea rover. Perhaps we are the only 'Rovers' team with a genuine reason for having that name! "Rover" is an antiquated variant of "pirate" and I believe it's cognate with "Reiver" which means pretty much the same thing. These words are generally used in the context of sea-borne raiders such as the Vikings or early Anglo-Saxons, which is why the emblem of the car firm Rover is a Viking-style ship. Eyethankyew . . . 😏 Thats wot i sed! |
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