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| Quote: Boss Hog "Since virtually all other clubs` fans call us "Warrington W*ankers". Why don`t we exploit this, & change the club`s name.
Imagine the publicity we could get from this, & all the taunts would stop, since that is our name anyway.'"
The badge could be like the Northern Soul badge but with the fist slanted slightly with some " " " " marks either side to imply movement. |
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| Quote: Winslade's Offload "The old Roman settlement at Warrington was centred on Wilderspool and Stockton Heath and had a network of roads connecting it to Manchester, Chester etc. Since the old Roman name for the settlement was (probably) Veratinum we should perhaps call ourselves the Veratinum Wires. Mind you, they didn't make much wire in those days so we might have to change it to the Veratinum Togas.'"
Rogues Gallery was at the first Veratinum v Wigan derby, and still refuses to answer questions about thst Roman rapscallion Chrisus Bridgus |
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| Quote: Asgardian13 "Yes you can get around it by not using the club's full name ( where copyright exists in the name ). You may not be surprised to learn that many soccer clubs HAVE tried to copyright their town/city's name, but the courts have given them short shrift. The club wants to establish 'Wolves' as part of the official name of the club so that they, and only they, can produce merchandise with this brand. 'Wire' and 'RLFC' are public domain so anyone can use them. When modern branding was not around, lots of 'Wire' or 'Warrington' merch was sold by all and sundry - notably in my experience in 1974 when we won so many trophies. Lose the 'Wolves' part of the brand and, next time we get to Wembley, the stuff in Wolfware won't look much different to the gear sold around Wembley Stadium by chancer Londoners! The fact that Warrington does not attract anything like the volume of merch sales of the top soccer clubs is all the more reason to protect such sales as they do have!'"
To a traditionalist, there is no wolf in the Warrington coat of arms. It was added by Warrington Borough Council ltd without the consultation of its inhabitants. As it was
to remove Lancashire as our county too!
To a traditionalist it is still Lancashire
Love Wires, Love Warrington Wolves. Love Warrington RLFC, Love Lancashire.
Hate pies, Hate councils. |
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| Quote: lefty goldblatt "Rogues Gallery was at the first Veratinum v Wigan derby, and still refuses to answer questions about thst Roman rapscallion Chrisus Bridgus'"
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Am I not right in saying that the club's original name was "Warrington Zingari"?
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| Quote: Ganson's Optician "Am I not right in saying that the club's original name was "Warrington Zingari"?'"
Ah yes, Warrington Zingari ( "the gypsies", Ita). Formed 1873 / 1879 ? |
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| Quote: Winslade's Offload "Ah yes, Warrington Zingari ( "the gypsies", Ita). Formed 1873 / 1879 ?'"
Is their ground currently situated to the left of "Toast Rack Bridge" on Walton Drag |
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Yes, just opposite the newly opened UKIP recruitment offices (Veratinum Branch).
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Just thought I'd add that I noticed that the Twitter account for the official app (here: https://twitter.com/WarringtonApp) makes no mention of "Wolves" in it's page name or bio. That is all. |
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Just thought I'd add that I noticed that the Twitter account for the official app (here: https://twitter.com/WarringtonApp) makes no mention of "Wolves" in it's page name or bio. That is all. | |
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Can we at least get this right if we are going to use our original name please? We are THE WIRE. Not The Wires, it's in the singular, always has been, and we are all Wire fans. The original name was 'Wirepullers,' for fairly obvious reasons, and was later shortened to what we have now.
NOW THE WIRE!
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I'm sure I had a blue silk effect scarf with primrose thin cord tassels which I bought from the club souvenir shop that said "The Wires" on it.
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I also bought a rugby ball shaped enamel pin badge that had on it "Wires" also bought from the club shop.
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and for decades I've been wrongly chanting " Wiyurz Wiyurz....!"
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| Quote: rubber duckie "and for decades I've been wrongly chanting " Wiyurz Wiyurz....!"'"
You have, and they were most definitely wrong. |
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Warrington RLFC: The Wire, NOT Warrington Wolves
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The official nickname was always "The Wire", but a nickname should be exactly that - how people come to refer to you. "Wires" is equally as established in that respect, so (The) Wire/Wires is fine by me.
On a related note, I noticed on Friday that Warrington Town have a new badge that no longer has "The Wire" written on it. As this appears to have coincided with the real Wire reintroducing merch with it on, have Town relinquished the copyright?
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