What Would We Change Our Name To??

[Razam]

Southend of Prittlewell on Sea Town FC

Southend Pleasure Pier FC

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

personally, I don't see what the fuss is about, after all, all teams have a nick-name, ie, shrimpers. Hulls' nickname is 'the tigers', so whats wrong with that.
That said, Americanisation needs to stop

Quite a bit of fuss about it in Hull.

Go on a Hull City forum and say that you cant see anything wrong with them changing their official name from Hull City to Hull Tigers and see what sort of response you get.

 

[TrueBlue]

Wasn't Southend Saxons mooted a number of years back?

Southend Nectars? (Sainsbury link)

Yeah the club were thinking of re-branding - I was in two minds saxons I think has so much more marketing appeal but Shrimpers is tradition.

But these plans were shelved years ago

 

[KAB]

If any club need to re-market/brand then St Pauli are the most impressive model. They created an identity that fans bought into and they achieved it without changing their name, which is always the lazy option anyway.

 

[shallowshrimper]

The sight of the Blue Belles dancing in jack boots might raise more than my eyebrows :blush:

Tsk tsk, and you beat me to it

 

[ooh-andy-ansah]

Ream Rovers with Joey Essex as chairman :omg:

 

[ChalkwellShrimper]

Southend of (the village of) Prittlewell Town.

That's where we got the name from, or the South-end part anyhow.

 

[Tampa Blue]

Having just seen FC Red Bull Salzburg playing in the Europa League how about "FC Snakebite Southend" or am I showing my age now - do people still drink snakebite??

 

[LennySUFC]

Having just seen FC Red Bull Salzburg playing in the Europa League how about "FC Snakebite Southend" or am I showing my age now - do people still drink snakebite??

I can confirm it is as cheap and deadly as it's ever been!

 

[chapperzUK]

Having just seen FC Red Bull Salzburg playing in the Europa League how about "FC Snakebite Southend" or am I showing my age now - do people still drink snakebite??

They love Red Bull in Austria, you can pretty much go anywhere and see the logo. Although I do believe it started there ...

As for Snakebites, as Lenny said they are still available as deadly but boy are they nice!!

 

[Razam]

Yeah the club were thinking of re-branding - I was in two minds saxons I think has so much more marketing appeal but Shrimpers is tradition.

But these plans were shelved years ago

Why couldn't he have Saxons in addition to Shrimpers?
Quite a few teams have more than one Club nickname (Man City: Sky Blues & Citizens, Newcastle: Magpies & The Toon, & aren't Bristol rovers call The Gas as well as the Pirates?). We could be know as the Shrimpers & the Saxons? I agree Saxons has more scope marketing wise - maybe we could replace Elvis with Sir ..... The Saxon, and have another fans comp for the name.

 

[chapperzUK]

Why couldn't he have Saxons in addition to Shrimpers?
Quite a few teams have more than one Club nickname (Man City: Sky Blues & Citizens, Newcastle: Magpies & The Toon, & aren't Bristol rovers call The Gas as well as the Pirates?). We could be know as the Shrimpers & the Saxons? I agree Saxons has more scope marketing wise - maybe we could replace Elvis with Sir ..... The Saxon, and have another fans comp for the name.

I like it. Never understood why he had Elvis J Eel, always thought Eels was a cockney thing too. Also never liked the nickname of "The Blues" as it is so generic.

 

[GodblessArthurRowley]

Ron Martin FC

 

[McNasty]

Ron Martin FC

Are they the initials of words describing our beloved leader.

 

[Tampa Blue]

Ron Martin FC

We really could sing that "No-one likes us and we don't care"

 

[chapperzUK]

Are they the initials of words describing our beloved leader.

Or even AFC Ron Martin :winking:

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Very long pier FC.

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Very long pier FC.

Or FoTEoP FC? (Fishing off the end of the Pier Football Club). I know, I know. It doesn't quite "flow", does it?

 

[shrimperton]

Rons Rovers!!

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

We have links with Henry VIII from Ann Boleyn (hope that is the correct spelling) so we could be the Essex Tudors .....:nope: