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List of English Football Club Nicknames

In this article we look at all of the current teams in the top 4 leagues in England and their various nicknames

We will look at the stories behind some of the more obscure ones in future articles

Premier League Team Nicknames

Team Nickname
AFC Bournemouth The Cherries
Arsenal The Gunners
Aston Villa The Villans, The Villa, Villa
Brentford The Bees, The Reds
Brighton & Hove Albion The Seagulls, The Albion
Chelsea The Blues, The Pensioners
Crystal Palace The Eagles, The Glaziers
Everton The Blues, The Toffees, The People’s Club
Fulham Cottagers, Whites, Black and White army
Leeds United The Whites, United, The Peacocks
Leicester City The Foxes
Liverpool The Reds
Manchester City The Citizens, City, The Sky Blues
Manchester United The Red Devils
Newcastle United The Magpies, Geordies
Nottingham Forest Forest
Southampton The Saints
West Ham United The Irons, The Hammers, The Academy Of Football
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves, The Wanderers

League 1 Nicknames

Team Nickname
Accrington Stanley Stanley, Accy Stanley
Barnsley The Tykes, The Reds
Bolton Wanderers The Trotters, The Wanderers
Bristol Rovers The Pirates, The Gas
Burton Albion The Brewers
Cambridge United United, The U’s
Charlton Athletic The Addicks, Red Robins, The Valiants
Cheltenham Town The Robins
Derby County The Rams
Exeter City The Grecians
Fleetwood Town The Cod Army
Forest Green Rovers Rovers, The Green, FGR, The Little Club On The Hill, Green Army
Ipswich Town Blues, Tractor Boys, “Pride of East Anglia”
Lincoln City The Imps
MK Dons The Dons
Morecambe The Shrimps, Red and White Army (Now Red and Black Army), Seasiders
Oxford United The U’s, Yellows, The Boys from Up the Hill
Peterborough United The Posh
Plymouth Argyle The Pilgrims, Argyle, The Green Army
Port Vale The Valiants, The Vale, The Valeites
Portsmouth Pompey
Sheffield Wednesday The Owls
Shrewsbury Town Salop, The Blues, The Town, The Shrews
Wycombe Wanderers The Chairboys, The Blues

League 2 Nicknames

Team Nickname
AFC Wimbledon The Dons, The Wombles
Barrow AFC The Bluebirds
Bradford City The Bantams, The Paraders, The Citizens
Carlisle United Cumbrians, The Blues
Colchester United The U’s
Crawley Town The Reds, Red Devils
Crewe Alexandra The Railwaymen, The Alex
Doncaster Rovers The Rovers, Donny, Vikings
Gillingham The Gills
Grimsby Town The Mariners, Mighty Mariners, Town
Harrogate Town Town, The Sulphurites
Hartlepool United Pools, Monkey Hangers
Leyton Orient The O’s, Orient
Mansfield Town The Stags, Yellows
Newport County The Exiles, The Ironsides, The Port, The County
Northampton Town The Cobblers
Rochdale The Dale
Salford City FC The Ammies
Stevenage The Boro
Stockport County The Hatters, County
Sutton United The Us, The Amber and Chocolates, The Yellows
Swindon Town The Robins
Tranmere Rovers Super White Army, Rovers
Walsall The Saddlers

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