United & Wednesday-The nickname Pig

[happyhippy 11]

You may be right about the farm and its the first time ive heard this but to all united fans that look at this and think its funny at least we wednesday didnt use a second hand name Blades or should i say cutlers and if you dont know what im on about wednesday used to be the blades before united and you were the cutlers but we decided to move to owlerton therefore becoming the owls dropping the name blades but then united thought ooooo we like that second rate name we will now be named the blades, so we may be pigs but at least we can make our own nick name up

 

Both sides were known as "The Blades" or "The Cutlers" right up to the 1920's in the press.

[Serendipity1 10]

utd are pigs because there ground is the sty! lol , we are owls because we are very very wise you see !!! lol oh you got to have a laff all:hihi::clap:

 

If the owls are called the owls due to them being wise, why oh why are they in so much debt, not the best team in sheffield never mind yorkshire, considered a bid from Mr ken Bates and reckon your ground wasn't a pig sty when for a fact it was........................See previous posts!

 

 

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllll Piggy !!!!! OINK OINK ?

 

Up The Blades!

[sccsux 10]

IIRC Sheffield Wednesday got thier name 'cause they used to only play on a Wednesday night (when first formed)

[mrteabag 10]

ha ha ha sheffield wednesday formed ha ha ha ha ha plonk sorry just laughed my head off they aint formed now or even have form :D:D

UP THE BLADES

[bladesufc1 10]

The Wednesday football club was formed on 4th September 1867. The football club first played its games at the Olive Grove Sports Ground in Heeley before moving to a new stadium in the Owlerton district of Sheffield.

The first Ordnance Survey maps (1850's) mark a building close to where the stadium now stands as 'Swine Cottage'. They also show another farm on Penistone Road, south of where the North Stand is situated, which was also believed to be a large piggery. Pork farming is thought to have been practised in the area since the early 1800's, and did not cease until around 1900 when the city's rapid expansion put an end to livestock production in the area. At its height the "Owlerton Piggery," as it was known, provided work for some 50 employees.

Initial discussions about a nickname began soon after the Wednesday arrived at Owlerton. In reference to their new home, most club officials were in favour of "The Owls." However, another suggestion was also popular. In view of the area's strong tradition of pork farming, a popular grass-roots alternative was "The Pigs."

Although the name "Owls" prevailed, many working class supporters continued to refer to their team as "t'pigs." A popular song of the time "They may be t'Owls to some, (but they'll always be pigs to me)" was performed in music halls across South Yorkshire. As late as the 1920's, fans used to welcome their team onto the field with the characteristic grunting sound we still associate with the club. This peculiarity was once referred to by BBC commentator Edward Milburn, who famously described Hillsborough as a "sea of grunts" moments after The Wednesday won the First Division title in 1932.

[Zaytsev 10]

A strange coincidence is it not that two of the finest purveyors of pork products, Lillys Pork Stores and Beres are situated not a trotters throw from the badly maintained sty that is Hillsborough Stadium.

[saxon51 10]

This peculiarity was once referred to by BBC commentator Edward Milburn, who famously described Hillsborough as a "sea of grunts" moments after The Wednesday won the First Division title in 1932.

Or, due to bad reception, it just sounded like he said that!!:hihi:

[Zaytsev 10]

Or, due to bad reception, it just sounded like he said that!!:hihi:

 

:hihi: I have just passed a kidney at that. Outstanding :hihi:

[happyhippy 11]

Or, due to bad reception, it just sounded like he said that!!:hihi:

 

:hihi: Quality :hihi:

[Longcol 602]

The Wednesday football club was formed on 4th September 1867. The football club first played its games at the Olive Grove Sports Ground in Heeley before moving to a new stadium in the Owlerton district of Sheffield.

The first Ordnance Survey maps (1850's) mark a building close to where the stadium now stands as 'Swine Cottage'. They also show another farm on Penistone Road, south of where the North Stand is situated, which was also believed to be a large piggery. Pork farming is thought to have been practised in the area since the early 1800's, and did not cease until around 1900 when the city's rapid expansion put an end to livestock production in the area. At its height the "Owlerton Piggery," as it was known, provided work for some 50 employees.

Initial discussions about a nickname began soon after the Wednesday arrived at Owlerton. In reference to their new home, most club officials were in favour of "The Owls." However, another suggestion was also popular. In view of the area's strong tradition of pork farming, a popular grass-roots alternative was "The Pigs."

Although the name "Owls" prevailed, many working class supporters continued to refer to their team as "t'pigs." A popular song of the time "They may be t'Owls to some, (but they'll always be pigs to me)" was performed in music halls across South Yorkshire. As late as the 1920's, fans used to welcome their team onto the field with the characteristic grunting sound we still associate with the club. This peculiarity was once referred to by BBC commentator Edward Milburn, who famously described Hillsborough as a "sea of grunts" moments after The Wednesday won the First Division title in 1932.

 

Blades fanzines (and Owls ones for that matter) are hardly noted for their historical accuracy.

 

As far as I'm aware the site of Hillsborough was formerly a meadow by the river Don.

 

There real answer to what Hillsborough was before being the Wednesday gound might be found on the old maps advertised here.

 

http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks28815.htm

[madowl 10]

Blades fanzines (and Owls ones for that matter) are hardly noted for their historical accuracy.

 

As far as I'm aware the site of Hillsborough was formerly a meadow by the river Don.

 

There real answer to what Hillsborough was before being the Wednesday gound might be found on the old maps advertised here.

 

http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks28815.htm

look its simple... to "us Owls" The Blades are Pigs.... And to the "Blades" we are the Owls...

apart from that, according to the tenical lads we had at the ground the other week due to the flood, the river don ran through what would now be the leppings lane end of the ground {west stand} the river was diverted away to open up more ground... how much is correct i dont know but... if there was a river b4 ground.... there couldnt have been and pig farm could they?

[segasonic 11]

The Wednesday football club was formed on 4th September 1867. The football club first played its games at the Olive Grove Sports Ground in Heeley before moving to a new stadium in the Owlerton district of Sheffield.

The first Ordnance Survey maps (1850's) mark a building close to where the stadium now stands as 'Swine Cottage'. They also show another farm on Penistone Road, south of where the North Stand is situated, which was also believed to be a large piggery. Pork farming is thought to have been practised in the area since the early 1800's, and did not cease until around 1900 when the city's rapid expansion put an end to livestock production in the area. At its height the "Owlerton Piggery," as it was known, provided work for some 50 employees.

Initial discussions about a nickname began soon after the Wednesday arrived at Owlerton. In reference to their new home, most club officials were in favour of "The Owls." However, another suggestion was also popular. In view of the area's strong tradition of pork farming, a popular grass-roots alternative was "The Pigs."

Although the name "Owls" prevailed, many working class supporters continued to refer to their team as "t'pigs." A popular song of the time "They may be t'Owls to some, (but they'll always be pigs to me)" was performed in music halls across South Yorkshire. As late as the 1920's, fans used to welcome their team onto the field with the characteristic grunting sound we still associate with the club. This peculiarity was once referred to by BBC commentator Edward Milburn, who famously described Hillsborough as a "sea of grunts" moments after The Wednesday won the First Division title in 1932.

 

As a Blade, it pains me to say it but that's apparently a fake article. Wednesday didn't win the league in 1932 - they came in third.

I did live close to the Wednesday sty for 5 years though and hated walking past because it stinks of sewage. That's not a childish dig either, it really does ... maybe it's the stinky ghosts of porcine mammals that were farmed on the site many moons ago.