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English Football Club Nicknames

Across
Oldham Athletic, Wigan Athletic: shortened version of club name
A.F.C. Bournemouth: stadium built on an orchard
Manchester City: it's a familiar word, just spelled with a Y instead of an I
Sheffield F.C.: world's oldest football ____
Stoke City: formerly a ceramics industry hub
AFC Wimbledon, MK Dons: Though they share an obvious nickname, they hate each other
West Bromwich Albion: from their loose uniforms
Preston North End, Cambridge City, Tottenham Hotspur: all play in solid white
Manchester United
Cardiff City: from the crest, not the local weather!
West Ham United: club formed by Thames Ironworks
Hartlepool United: Hartlepudlians once hung a monkey, believing it to be a French Spy.
Sheffield United: from the local steel & blade producers
Swansea City: shortened from town name
Bolton Wanderers: stadium abutted a pig farm, where players had to "trot" through the mire to retrieve errant balls
Shrewsbury Town: shortened from town name
Queens Park Rangers: from the club's iconic striped uniforms
Derby County: from a folk song "The Derby Ram"
Wolverhampton Wanderers: from shortened town name
Down
Norwich City: from the Norfolk bird breeding fad
Torquay United: from the emblematic coastal bird
Fulham: stadium incorporates an actual cottage
Leicester City: town's outline looks like this animal, also commonly hunted in the area
Doncaster Rovers: rovers is another term for these Norse raiders
Sunderland: from their "lucky" local legendary animal
Birmingham City, Everton, Chelsea, Ipswich Town, Shrewsbury Town, Southgate United, Worcester City
Reading: from the local cookie factory
Crystal Palace: origins unknown
Bretford, Barnet, Basildon
Newcastle United, Notts County: both play in black and white
Watford: from the yellow and black uniforms
Brighton & Hove Albion: seaside club chose this to mock rival's Crystal Palace's nonsensical avian nickname
Charlton Athletic: from the local pronunciation of "haddock" fish
Seven teams share this nickname, after the color of the slash on the bird's chest
Fleetwood Town: from the local fishing armada
Arsenal: club formed by workers of the Royal Arsenal
Hull City: from the gold and black stripes of uniform
Liverpool (and others) from the uniforms' color
Southampton: from a link to the St. Mary's Young Men's Association
Sheffield Wednesday: from the local area (Owlerton)