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Vikings? |
Yorkshire’s
commercial director Andy Dawson said, “We wanted a new name that has relevance
to the region". The
Vikings have been ingrained in Yorkshire for over 1,000 years and are woven
into the fabric of the county’s history. One of their legacies was establishing
the Ridings of Yorkshire, which is still apparent in the geographical make-up
of the region today.
Fans
have not taken to this idea, preferring Yorkshire Steel or Yorkshire Tykes. Some
even wanted to drop the second name all together.
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Hagar Boycott |
Glamorgan
have decided that no nickname is better than a bad one. The Welsh county
changed their name last year from Glamorgan Dragons to Welsh Dragons, only drop
the Dragon moniker all together for the 2013 season
Chief
executive Alan Hamer explained: “After careful consideration, we have taken the
decision to simply call ourselves Glamorgan.
“I
think we need to be honest and admit that the decision taken last year to
rebrand our one-day team as the Welsh Dragons has not been as effective as we
had hoped.
“Glamorgan
is a strong brand and next year will be our 125th anniversary - we are a club
with a proud history and we believe that today's announcement is in the club's
best interests.”
I
saw some one the other day campaign for them to be called the Glamorgan
Rock-Bottoms which I thought was harsh, if not a tiny bit humorous.
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Gloucestershire's new leggie? |
When
I think of the Gloucestershire Gladiators I don't think of Michael Klinger’s
men and I don't think of Russell Crowe and his buddies either. I imagine John
Fashanu coming in down the order remembering to 'focus' and (karate) chopping
down to third man. I can also envisage Wolf bowling some highly lofted leg
breaks.
Northamptonshire
Steelbacks sound like a team from the Orthopedic Outpatient department of
Northampton General (is there such a place?) and as for the Surrey Brown Caps,
where I come from you get your brown cap when you take a lady up the dirt path
for the very first time!
There
doesn’t need to be these gimmicks in county cricket. Do Sussex sell more
shirts with a Shark on the badge? Do sponsors pay THAT much more money? Somerset have gone along fine after dropping the ‘Sabres’ a couple of years
ago.
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The real Sussex badge |
Even
the national side is getting in on the act, following the RFU naming their
second string England Saxons the ECB announced that the ‘A’ side who will still
compete against other ‘A’ sides would be known as England Lions. I asked a
friend in work if he had watched the Lions the other week and his response was
a pretty blunt,....“I
can’t stand rugby”!
With
all that aside at least we are safe in the knowledge that what ever one of the
18 first-class counties want to call their one-day sides, they will never be as
bad as The Scottsdale Community College Fighting Artichokes.
Yorkshire Diggers was the popular choice in Gods own County.
ReplyDeleteGods own County is Lancashire and yes Diggers would be more popular than Vikings. Will say its less like Lightning more like Shower on this side of the Penines. Bring on Covered Stadiums let alone covered pitches
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