It is no argument that the English Premier League is one of the most interesting football Leagues in the world, it has the highest number of supporters and viewers. The EPL has some teams that can influence people’s schedules by making them watch the match even if they have a tight schedule, most football lovers plan their weekend based on the available matches because highlight no fit be like a live match.
There are 20 teams in the English Premier League and each one of them has different history and facts. Anyways let look at the nicknames of some of these teams and how they got it.
Arsenal: The Gunners
Arsenal’s nickname is a reference to the club’s origins, having been formed by workers from the Royal Arsenal armament factory in Woolwich, which produced munitions, weapons (such as artillery and small arms), and explosives.
Chelsea: The Blues
The original nick is called “The Pensioners” because of their association with the famous hospital home to British war veterans but “The Pensioners” was dropped in the 1950s on the say-so of coach Ted Drake, a former star player, who felt it was an embarrassment and went on TV to tear it down. For want of a better name, Chelsea went with “The Blues” from then on.
Manchester City: The Citizens
One of City’s first nicknames, after rising from the embers of failed club Ardwick FC, was “The Brewerymen” with many of the club’s officials and directors involved in the brewery trade. The Citizens nickname has evolved from the word City but doesn’t convince everyone as many football folks call City.
Liverpool: The Reds
While nothing is intriguing about the nickname that pays tribute to their shirt colour, the club’s nickname is ‘The Reds’ and whilst it comes from the club colours of all red, the nickname was only truly inherited after Liverpool switched to wearing red shorts and socks in 1965 at the request of Bill Shankly.
Manchester United: The Red Devils
Local rugby league club Salford is credited with helping United find their nickname. It’s thought that the French media were so impressed by all-red Salford’s performances on tour in France in 1934 they branded them ‘Les Diables Rouges’. Legendary United manager Sir Matt Busby, who had seen eight players among 23 lives lost in the Munich Air Disaster in 1958, apparently liked the nickname, thinking the reference to the devil sounded intimidating. The club began officially implementing the devil logo into its merchandise and it was added to the team’s badge in 1970.
Leicester City: The Foxes
The county is the birthplace of fox hunting with Hugo Maynell establishing his pack of hounds there in the 18th century and Leicestershire has hosted some of the most famous fox hunts in the UK. Leicestershire’s fame as a fox hunting hub inspired the nickname and choice of the club’s emblem, with a simple fox design appearing on the club’s shirts for the first time in 1948.
Southampton: The Saints
Southampton was originally founded at St. Mary’s Church, on 21 November 1885 by members of the St. Mary’s Church of England Young Men’s Association. They became St. Mary’s FC in 1887–88, before adopting the name Southampton St.
Tottenham Hotspur: The Lilywhites, Spurs
The club started as the Hotspur Football Club, formed by schoolboys from Saint John’s Middle-Class School and Tottenham Grammar School, most of whom played for the Hotspur Cricket Club formed two years earlier. The clubs were named in honour of Sir Henry Percy, a 14th-century knight nicknamed Harry Hotspur for his aggressive horseriding style.
Wolverhampton Wanderers: Wolves
The Wolves nickname was an easy step from the name of Wolverhampton, but it took some time for it to be adopted. The wolf design the club is renowned for, also giving rise to the nickname, wasn’t the Wanderers’ first insignia. A wolf first appeared on a Wolves kit during the 1970s, before the animal was incorporated into the club badge during the 1980s.
West Bromwich Albion: The Baggies, The Throstles
The club’s first popular nickname was ‘The Throstles’, the Black Country word for the thrush birds that frequent the hawthorn bushes from which the club’s Hawthorns ground took its name. The Baggies nickname has several explanations, none of which have convinced everyone. One is that it represents the gatekeepers who would gather up the gate takings in big cloth bags and as they moved along the pitch the crowd would chant “here come the bag men” or “here comes the Baggies” at them.
Everton: The Toffees
The ‘Toffees’ nickname originated very early in the history of the club, and its genesis is still argued over with two local rival toffee shops playing a large role in the club’s early history.
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