Huddersfield Barracudas at Arena 84 and the rest followed!

did you have to bring that up

The club’s first colours were red, amber and black — Dewsburyesque. In the 1880s they changed to a solid red jersey, white shorts and black socks. The hue of the jersey was turkey red, hence some early nicknames being the Scarlet Turkeys, the Royal Reds or just simply the Reds.

Salford were a decent side in certain periods of the 1890s and early Edwardian era. So that particular nickname was an affectionate moniker rather than one that took the mick for being shite — which is what Salford were in 1998 when the fanzine of the same name surfaced.

i agree. its about tribalism

remember in the world club championship many years .superleague down under . hunter mariners.they were based in the hunter valley newcastle area. simmo called them the hunters there was talks of names for the merge of st.george dragons. illawarra steelers. the steel dragons

Now that would have been shocking! I think Wests Tigers was a good compromise for nicknames, though.

I think they're pretty lame to be honest. It's fine for the kiddies regarding the mascots and what-not, I think our Rufus the Robin is great in that respect, but I hate it when games are advertised as Rhinos vs Bulls, Wildcats vs Giants and all that b*llocks.

Yeah I'm not too fond if when they do that, either. Much prefer it when they say Leeds vs Bradford, etc. Think that's just a personal thing though and many have differing opinions. At a school I work in in Leeds, they always refer to them as the Rhinos.

I think Rochdale Hornets have it by some distance.

Take it to it's extreme and clubs could be know just by their nicknames and their city be secondary. That would make it a lot easier for franchises to be moved around the country like in American Football, eg. Birmingham Bulls, Dublin Dragons, etc...

I can't see that ever happening, but you never know...