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Dear Huddersfield RLFC
When are you going to get rid of that silly name 'Giants' and go back to something more traditional. A few teams never had a silly name e.g. St.Helens, Hull KR and Hull FC others got rid of theirs e.g. Hunslet, Doncaster, Featherstone Rovers, Wakefield Trinty and Halifax and good luck to them. RL is not an extension of Disneyland!!!
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Somehow seems less silly than Fartown
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Barracudas has a nice ring to it..............
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| Quote: Harlequin "Dear Huddersfield RLFC
When are you going to get rid of that silly name 'Giants' and go back to something more traditional. A few teams never had a silly name e.g. St.Helens, Hull KR and Hull FC others got rid of theirs e.g. Hunslet, Doncaster, Featherstone Rovers, Wakefield Trinty and Halifax and good luck to them. RL is not an extension of Disneyland!!!'" Harlequin-isn't that a conventional Buffoon? |
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who cares
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Rochdale Hornets have much to answer for. Bloody new-fangled names.
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| Quote: bilko1941 "Harlequin-isn't that a conventional Buffoon?'"
I think you will find that the Harlequin character was a bit more than a clown. I was hoping maybe for a sensible discussion about the names of RL clubs. I dislike the Sky/Murdoch imposition of Disneyfied names the game has been subject to. Murdoch does not give a damn about RL he only cares about TV ratings and if he thought 'Monster Truck Racing' would produce better TV rating RL would be shown the door in short order! Also just remind me. Wasn't Bilko a conman?  |
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| Quote: Clearwing "Rochdale Hornets have much to answer for. Bloody new-fangled names.'"
Rochdale Hornets have been called that since 1871! Not from when Sky/Murdoch came along and disneyfied the game. |
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| Quote: Harlequin "I think you will find that the Harlequin character was a bit more than a clown. I was hoping maybe for a sensible discussion about the names of RL clubs. I dislike the Sky/Murdoch imposition of Disneyfied names the game has been subject to. Murdoch does not give a damn about RL he only cares about TV ratings and if he thought 'Monster Truck Racing' would produce better TV rating RL would be shown the door in short order! Also just remind me. Wasn't Bilko a conman? ![]()
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| Quote: Harlequin "Rochdale Hornets have been called that since 1871! Not from when Sky/Murdoch came along and disneyfied the game.'"
Tongue in cheek, mate. I'm with you on scrapping them all. Barring Hornets, of course  |
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start a silly thread like this if it fills in between visits to the specialist fella but get your facts correct !
I remember that HULL were at one time the SHARKS!
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| Quote: Crackerjack "start a silly thread like this if it fills in between visits to the specialist fella but get your facts correct !
I remember that HULL were at one time the SHARKS!'"
Dear Crackerjack,
I think the specialist fella might be more busier than you think. There seems to be many suitable cases for treatment out there given that some people seem to be easily impressed with names like Giants, Bulls, Vikings... etc. Also you are right about Hull 'Sharks'. Anyhow, someone needs to explain to me that if disneyfying club names is such a good thing. How come none of EPL teams have done it yet? |
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| Quote: bilko1941 "Anamerican tv show Sgnt Ernie Bilko played by Phil Silvers.Try the on line dictionary for Harlequin .The clubs name by the way is The Huddersfield Giants.I still prefer Fartown.'"
Dear Sgnt Bilko,
I understand that Huddersfield is the spiritual home of R.L. The George Hotel, 1895, The Northern Union etc.. Where does the word 'Giants' fit into that great tradition? I agree with you Fartown would be a better suffix. It is not unknown to suffix a district onto the town/city name Hull KR, Preston NE, Plymouth Argyle, Bradford Northern!!, Liverpool Stanley (a district of Liverpool, later to become City). |
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| Quote: Harlequin "Dear Sgnt Bilko,
I understand that Huddersfield is the spiritual home of R.L. The George Hotel, 1895, The Northern Union etc.. Where does the word 'Giants' fit into that great tradition? I agree with you Fartown would be a better suffix. It is not unknown to suffix a district onto the town/city name Hull KR, Preston NE, Plymouth Argyle, Bradford Northern!!, Liverpool Stanley (a district of Liverpool, later to become City). ![]()
I have a lot of sympathy for your views on this subject, i am not a great lover of the modern names myself. I think the Cougars may have been the start of it all, and to be fair it has not all been bad.
Bradford made a huge success of it, and the whole summer thing for a long time before they got into trouble, It also seems to work very well for Leeds, The Rhino's and the Bulls both slip very easily of the tongue.
Regards Huddersfield, I think it was the fans choice from one or two possibles if i remember, and in any case such is the regard for Mr Davy among the Fans that i think if he wanted to call them the Honeybee's or the Hobo's or indeed any other name it would be acceptable.
Many still refer to them as Fartown and i'm sure a lot of that is down to habit and length of time watching them. You know the old saying about "he who pays the piper " I'm happy with that, i reckon he has earned the right to call them what he wants.
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| Quote: Jo Jumbuck "I'm happy with that, i reckon he has earned the right to call them what he wants.'"
Well, whatever he called them after the wigan game seemed to work |
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