Derivation of Football Nicknames
| Arabs | Nickname for the fans of Dundee United (coined during the severe winter of 62-63 when the club took desperate measures to get a match played. They used a tar burner to melt the ice and spread around several tons of sand to get the game played. Amazingly the game was allowed to go ahead with some observers suggesting they had taken to the sand like Arabs). |
| Baggies | Nickname for West Bromwich Albian. |
| Bantams | Nickname for Bradford City. |
| Bhoys | Nickname for Celtic. |
| Black Cats | Nickname for Sunderland AFC. |
| Booming Cannon | Nickname for Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas. |
| Canaries | Nickname for Norwich City |
| Chipolopolo | Nickname for the Zambian National team. |
| Clockwork Orange | Nickname for the Dutch National team in the 70's |
| Cottages | Nickname for Fulham FC. |
| Foxes | Nickname of Leicester City. |
| God | Nickname for Dennis Bergkamp. |
| Gunners | Nickname for Arsenal. |
| Hammers | Nickname for West Ham. |
| Imps | Nickname for Lincoln City. |
| Invincibles | Nickname for the Arsenal side of 2003-4. |
| Iron | Nickname for Scunthorpe United. |
| Irons | Nickname for West Ham. |
| Lions | Nickname for Millwall. |
| Magical Magyars | Nickname for the legendary national Hungarian side of the 1950's. |
| Magpies | Nickname fro Newcastle United and Notts County. |
| Monkeyhangers | Nickname for Hartlepool. |
| Old Firm | Nickname for Rangers and Celtic. |
| Pompey | Nickname for Portsmouth. |
| Posh | Nickname for Peterborough. |
| Red Devils | Nickname for Manchester United. |
| Spireites | Nickname for Chesterfield. |
| Spurs | Nickname for Tottenham Hotspur. |
| Toffeemen | Nickname for Everton |
| Trotters | Nickname for Bolton Wanderers. |
| Wednesday | Nickname for Sheffield Wednesday. |
| Wizard of the Dribble | Nickname for Stanley Matthews. |
| Yo-Yo's | Nickname for Stirling Albion FC. |
| Zebras | Nickname for Juventus |