The Glossary

comeonyousaints.com glossary 07/08

                                                        

One of the delights of an Unofficial Website is the ability for its contributors to introduce nicknames for players, places and the like.

For those of you new to the comeonyousaints.com website, many of the terms used on the message boards will probably be somewhat confusing.

This glossary has been compiled to ease your path through the plethora of nicknames and jargon regularly found on the message board. Many of these are self-explanatory, notes are provided where applicable….

If you have any queries, or indeed can fill in any blanks (especially pictures of players, staff etc.), please leave a note on the message board and we'll up date the Glossary as soon as possible giving due credit where applicable.

 

CURRENT SAINTS PLAYERS:

 

GRANT ANDERSON (centre) (A*) –

JOE ANSBRO (centre) –

CHRIS ASHTON (full-back) – Ash, Flash, Crashton, Asbo

JOHN BRAKE (wing) (A*) –

DAMIEN BROWNE (lock) - DB1, Damo, Charlie, Leroy (Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown)

CHRIS BUDGEN (prop) – Bludgeon, Chicken (because of his penchant for the odd KFC)

JAMES CANNON (lock) (A*) –

JOHN CLARKE (utility back) – JC, Cooper, Nobby

PAUL DIGGIN (wing/fullback) – Digger, Digs

JAMES DOWNEY (centre) –

MARK EASTER (No. 8) -

SIMON EMMS (prop) –

BARRY EVERITT (fly-half) – Kenny

DARREN FOX (flanker) – Foxy, Fantastic Mr Fox

JOE GRAY (hooker) (A*) –

WILL HARRIES (full-back) (A*) –

DYLAN HARTLEY (prop, hooker) - Rabbit

MARK HOPLEY (back-row) - Hoppers 

PHIL HOY (lock) (A*) –

JOHNNY HOWARD (scrum-half) – Frankie, Badger

ROBBIE KYDD (centre) – Kyddo

SEAN LAMONT (wing) - Monty, Stormin' Norman

COURTNEY LAWES (lock) (A*) –

BEN LEWITT (back-row)- Bluey

MATT LORD (lock) – Lordy, The Wookie, Chewy

STEVEN MYLER (fly-half) – Smyler

EWAN MURRAY (prop) – Eugene

BARNEY PURBROOK prop) (A*) –

ALEX RAE (back-row) –

BRUCE REIHANA (full-back) – AirBruce, Spruce, Brucie Bonus (from a certain Mr B. Forsyth), Bruiser

MARK ROBINSON (scrum-half) - Sharky

KARL RUDZKI (back-row) –

PAUL SHIELDS (hooker) –

CHRISTIAN SHORT (lock) –

DAVID SMITH (wing) (A*) –

TOM SMITH (prop) - Wee Tam

CARLOS SPENCER (fly-half) - Los, King Carlos, KC

BARRY STEWART (prop) – The Bear

NEIL STARLING (centre) – Starlo

SOANE TONGA’UIHA – Tiny

PAUL TUPAI (back-row forward) – Toops

IAN VASS (scrum-half) – Vassy

JOHN VICKERS (prop) (A*) –

DAVE WARD (hooker) –  

 

note (A*) denotes a Senior Academy player.

 

SAINTS STAFF etc.

KEITH BARWELL - Uncle Keith (term of endearment for the club's owner), UK

MAGGIE BARWELL - Auntie Maggie (Keith's wife - see above)

JIM MALLINDER (head coach) – Big Jim, Melinda

DORIEN WEST (forwards coach) – Nobby, Doreen

PAUL GRAYSON (Backs Coach)- Grays, Grayse, Larry,

LENNIE NEWMAN (Team Manager) -

ALLAN ROBSON (Chief Executive) - Mr Prawn Sandwich (so named after Roy Keane's famous out burst in football that corporate hospitality guests were more interested in their food and drink than the game), Mr PS

DAVID POWELL (Head Groundsman) - Piggy

GEOFF ALLEN – Uncle Geoff (Stadium Announcer)

CHRIS WEARMOUTH – (Saints Communications Manager) - Barfly (Chris’s moniker on coysdc) 

NICK JOHNSTON (Head of Performance) - The Hood *note* Nick is due to officially start work at Saints in the 2008/9 season.

TIM EXETER (Performance coach) - Tex

JAMES SINCLAIR (Academy Director) -

ROB HUNTER (Academy coach) - Eeyore (because he always looks gloomy)

CLIFF EATON (Medical Manager) -

KEVIN BUCKBY - The Kit Man

BERNIE (Saints Mascot) - A fun loving hound whose role in life is to gee up the support and generally make a fool of himself. Kiddywinks, do not be swayed by what the old gits tell you - BERNIE IS REAL - there is no-one inside him, he is a proper dog. Bernie just loses his head occasionally......

 

FORMER SAINTS

PAT BARNARD - Barney

ALAN BATEMAN - Batman

MARTIN BAYFIELD - Bayfs, Hagrid

NICK BEAL – Bealer

ANDREW BLOWERS – AB, Hurricane

SELBOURNE BOOME – Boomer

JAMES BROOKS - Archie

DANIEL BROWNE – DB2 (Damo is DB1)

BEN COHEN - Air Ben, Big Ben, Kingsthorpe's Finest

MARK CONNORS – Buzzard, Deso

MATT DAWSON – Daws, Jar Jar

SHANE DRAHM – Shine, Wee Drahm

DAVID GERARD – Daveeed, Daddy

WYLIE HUMAN - Coyote

MARTIN HYNES – Hynsey

CHRIS HYNDMAN – Handyman

PETER JORGENSEN – Jorgy

CORNE KRIGE - Blitz

PAT LAM - Lammy

JOHN LESLIE – JL, Long John

IAN McGEECHAN - Geech

ROBBIE MORRIS - Roboprop

GARY PAGEL - OGP (One Gary Pagel)

JOHN PHILLIPS – JP

ANTHONY “BUDGE” POUNTNEY - Budge

DAVID QUINLAN - Quins, DQ

BRENDAN RATCLIFFE – Rats

DAN RICHMOND – Danny Boy, Dan the Man

ORIOL RIPOL – Rips, The Golden Snitch, (not Raspberry, he hated it!)

TIM RODBER – The Mighty Tim

JOHN RUDD - Rhino

JOE SHAW – Sideshow Bob

WAYNE SHELFORD - Buck

JON SLEIGHTHOLME - Sleights

WAYNE SMITH – Smudger, WS

MARK SODEN - Snowy

ALAN SOLOMONS  – Solly

JOHN STEELE - Tin Man

MATT STEWART – Muttley, Sarge

MARC STCHERBINA – Stitch

TEVITA TAUMOEPEAU – TT, Mr T

STEVE THOMPSON - Wally

MARK TUCKER – Tucks, Kidger

 

REFEREES:

ED MORRISON - Father Ted

ASHLEY ROWDEN - Random, "Clive Norling?"

ROY MAYBANK - Mayhem

STEVE LANDER - Slander

CHRIS WHITE - Persil

TONY SPREADBURY - Spreaders

DAVE PEARSON - Piglet

DAVID ROSE - Rosie

MARTIN FOX - Foxy

 

Places:
BATH - The Wreck (Recreation Ground)

BRISTOL - The Mem (Memorial Ground)
GLOUCESTER - Castle Grim (Kingsholm)
LONDON IRISH - The Madjet (Madejski Stadium)
LONDON WASPS – The Lost Causeway (Causeway Stadium - now back to Adams Park)

LEICESTER - Wellbad Road, WR (Welford Road), Pooh Corner
NORTHAMPTON - FG, Piggy's Patch (after the groundsman)

SARACENS – VR (Vicarage Road)
TWICKENHAM - HQ, Twickers, The Cabbage Patch

 

Clubs:

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE ONE

 

BEDFORD BLUES – SOBs (Saints Old Boys)

CORNISH ALL BLACKS (Launceston) – Lanson

CORNISH PIRATES –

COVENTRY – Cov

DONCASTER – Donny

ESHER –

EXETER CHIEFS – Chuffs

LONDON WELSH –

MOSELEY –

NEWBURY –

NOTTINGHAM –

PERTEMPS BEES –

PLYMOUTH ALBION –

ROTHERHAM – Roth

SEDGLEY PARK –

 

GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP

BATH – Barf, The Pretty City, The Shower
BRISTOL RUGBY - Brizzle, Brizz, Showgirls (from their former name "Bristol Shoguns")
GLOUCESTER - Glaws, Glass Door, Gloss
HARLEQUINS - Hairy Queens, HardlyWins, Sequins
LEEDS TYKES -
LONDON IRISH - Oirish, "Not Nots" (ie. Not London, Not Irish - err, not funny)
LONDON WASPS - Pests
NEWCASTLE FALCONS - Budgies
SALE SHARKS - Stale
SARACENS - Sarries, Sorries, FezHeads
WORCESTER - Wuss
LEICESTER - Tiggers, Tigs, Leicesternil, Listeria, Licefester, Cheetahs, Pooh Corner Posse (PCP)
 

 

OTHER NAMES/ SAYINGS:
THE OFFY - The Official Saints website

TERRY MORRIS – El Tel (Terry was the Chron’s Rugby Correspondent)

BRIAN MOORE - Pitbull

AUSTIN HEALEY - LTA, Little Thatched Austin
ROB ANDREW - Squeaky (originally because of his clean image, nowadays because he is always moaning!)
JEREMY GUSCOTT - Persil Boy (because he never got his shirt dirty whilst playing)
DANNY GREWCOCK – Scrumcap

MILES HARRISON (Sky Sports) – Smiley Miley

STUART BARNES (Sky Sports) – Lardy, K**bhead (copyright Howlin)
DEWI MORRIS (Sky Sports) - The Florist, The Nodding Dog

CLIVE WOODWARD – Woodentop, SirClaive, Woowar,

WANDIES - The Wanderers, Saints Second XV

O WENDY - Knock, knock...Who's there?...O Wendy....O Wendy who?..."Oh, Wendy Saints, go marchin' in"

FROONING - informal FRiday afternOON drinkING get together for a swift half of shandy, generally 5 o'clock onwards at The Malt Shovel, Northampton, all welcome!

BRUCE BRUCE BRUCE! - A terrace chant which starts  when Bruce Reihana takes the ball deep in his own half and starts to run forwards. A cry of expectation!
 

BBB - Ben's Bum Brigade (from the girlies on the Official site who appreciate the qualities of Mr Cohen's backside)

THE LOMULATOR – Now mostly in disuse. A translating device at the cutting edge of technology needed to decipher the more cryptic (i.e most!) of the messages posted by Lom.

JETSCO - The Jimmy's End T-Shirt Company. A small clothing operation set up by members of comeonyousaints.com with a view to providing alternative quality Saints clothing for supporters whilst raising money for charity.

KIA KAHA - "Be Strong" in Maori, a favourite saying of former coach Wayne Smith

Uncle Keith's Magnificent Erection -The Tetley's stand

Uncle Keith’s Magnificent Tackle – Statue located in front of the Tetley Stand.

The Lighthouse - the Express Lifts Tower

Hats on wheels - literal translation of a French phrase describing Saints attacking play early in matches

STH - Season Ticket Holder

NWL - Nothing Without Labour (Book by Brian Barron - A history of the club)

TUGBY RHYMES - Rugby Times - a weekly rugby newspaper

 

 

pictures courtesy of Empics, Claire Jones, David Lowrence, Simon Robinson, Colin Henson, Chris Hoddle, Simon Hendy, Lorraine O'Mahoney, Will Percy, Phil Hollis and Ben Hoomans.

 

 

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Compiled by Phil (Mav). last updated 12/02/2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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