Worst team title in Oz sport?

[Bundy Shark]

You guys above have mentioned the above already but they are stupid names like Heart, Roar, Suns, Victory.

 

[SharkLabelSociety]

All the A-League team nicknames.

Also, Jimbob is slower than a snail on Valium.

 

[Long Suffering Sharkie]

I played for the Bomaderry Swamprats. That has to be up there along with the Dapto Canaries!

Dapto Canaries isn't that bad....Dapto has a strong history of coal mining - the canary was the creature that kept the miners alive back in the day....if it died the miners had to get the hell out of there due to buildup of poisonous gases.

 

[dier]

What about the Maitland Pumpkin Pickers?

 

[Thresher]

funny you mentioned the depression, as I understand the depression was in the 1930's
The South Sydney Rabbitohs 1908.
Rabbitohs must have been selling rabbits on the streets of redfern before the depression.

I am not knocking you, I found that info interesting, as did not know what a rabbitoh was untill now.

The 1890's depression was arguably worse than the 1930s one

 

[sharks2010]

What about the Maitland Pumpkin Pickers?

gay. Like the people from there

 

[fitz]

Newcastle Yowies

 

[Thresher]

Swans is surely up there

even today there's a lot of swans on the Yarra river around South Melbourne, when Sydney got the team they kept the mascot and held onto a lot of South Melbourne fans by doing so, Swans still have a big Melbourne following

 

[bullshark77]

]The 1890's depression [/B]was arguably worse than the 1930s one

I am going to look it up

 

[bullshark77]

The 1890's depression was arguably worse than the 1930s one

Mate, from what I can tell the 1930's depression way way worse to the magority of Australians than the 1890-1893 depression. Sounds like the 1890 depressiion didnt really affect the magority of Australians in the way the Great Depression of the 30's did
"Between 1890 and1893, a severe economic depression caused the closure and collapse of many banks. The Federal Bank of Australia ran out of money and closed. In April 1893 the Commercial Bank of Australia, one of Australia's largest banks, suspended operations. Twelve other banks soon followed. Those who had put their savings into building societies, as well as those who had borrowed heavily to fund their own speculative investments, found themselves in desperate straits. Businessmen, pastoralist farmers and land speculators weren't able to pay their overdrafts, and thousands of small and large investors were ruined."

 

[gando2230]

Goldcoast - seagulls.

 

[gando2230]

Goldcoast -chargers

 

[Thresher]

Mate, from what I can tell the 1930's depression way way worse to the magority of Australians than the 1890-1893 depression. Sounds like the 1890 depressiion didnt really affect the magority of Australians in the way the Great Depression of the 30's did
"Between 1890 and1893, a severe economic depression caused the closure and collapse of many banks. The Federal Bank of Australia ran out of money and closed. In April 1893 the Commercial Bank of Australia, one of Australia's largest banks, suspended operations. Twelve other banks soon followed. Those who had put their savings into building societies, as well as those who had borrowed heavily to fund their own speculative investments, found themselves in desperate straits. Businessmen, pastoralist farmers and land speculators weren't able to pay their overdrafts, and thousands of small and large investors were ruined."

I've seen arguments for both sides, that's why I said 'arguably'. Regardless, during both eras there were barrow-men hawking rabbits that had been trapped by other ridiculously poor people.

 

[A.Snowden]

Any A-League team name. But that just goes with the sport. Shiiiiiiiiiiit

 

[thedarkshark]

i played for the margaret river gropers... but the worst name goes to our nemesis the dunsborough dungbeetles

 

[evertonshark]

Adelaide 36ers

 

[Thresher]

I used to play indoor cricket for a team called the Brown Trout Bombers (I was responsible for the name lol)

 

[WillyInBris]

During the depression people were on the verge of starvation. Redfern and Surry Hills were particularly poor. Rabbitohs were men who sold rabbits to eat (usually from a cart). You know how the milkman was called the milko? Similar thing.

FMD I just learnt something on this forum.

Thankyou

 

[WillyInBris]

Mate, from what I can tell the 1930's depression way way worse to the magority of Australians than the 1890-1893 depression. Sounds like the 1890 depressiion didnt really affect the magority of Australians in the way the Great Depression of the 30's did
"Between 1890 and1893, a severe economic depression caused the closure and collapse of many banks. The Federal Bank of Australia ran out of money and closed. In April 1893 the Commercial Bank of Australia, one of Australia's largest banks, suspended operations. Twelve other banks soon followed. Those who had put their savings into building societies, as well as those who had borrowed heavily to fund their own speculative investments, found themselves in desperate straits. Businessmen, pastoralist farmers and land speculators weren't able to pay their overdrafts, and thousands of small and large investors were ruined."

"Citation required"

http://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1890/decade_landing_11.html?tabRank=2&subTabRank=2

 

[WillyInBris]

Canterbury Crabs but Canterbury Eagles won out