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| Thread ID: 117684 | 2011-04-29 02:56:00 | What Sports Team To Cheer For? | Ulsterman (12815) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1198282 | 2011-04-29 02:56:00 | I am not an avid watcher of sports but I am vaguely interested. I would like to be able to identify which teams come from where but the names of the teams conjure up some sort of secret society. The teams are almost always identified by a name such as the Mystics or the Highlanders. There is no clue in the name of the team and it seems that if you want to know what town they represent or what sport they play, you need to be up with the play – there is no room for the casual observer. There was, recently, a very important basketball match – or at least it seemed to be very important – but I have no idea who was playing who as they only named the teams by their, seemingly, secretive names. It is a name and home town known only to the initiated. What I wonder is, if you are passionately interested in sport, wouldn’t you like to see other people at least take an interest? Why would you not call them the Auckland Mystics or the Wellington Highlanders? If they were identified in that way I would then know which team came from where and I would know who to cheer for. I have always had a passing interest in rugby union, but because the teams are no longer identified by the town they represent, I have no idea what team represents Auckland or Wellington or anywhere. Because of this, my passing interest is waning as I have no idea who to cheer for. Is there a list of names somewhere that I could consult, or are the names going to remain part of a seemingly secret society known only to sports aficionados? |
Ulsterman (12815) | ||
| 1198283 | 2011-04-29 03:06:00 | When your national cricket team is called the Black Craps there isn't much to cheer for. I think it's bloody damn stupid that we have moronic team names like Black Socks, White Socks, Black Sticks... Really? What the hell is all of it about?? Does every NATIONAL team need a nickname that has the words BLACK or WHITE in them? |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1198284 | 2011-04-29 03:07:00 | Considering that they will not be playing each other, does it really matter? One is a girl's netball team, the other a drunken gang of male rugby players :) |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1198285 | 2011-04-29 03:34:00 | Considering that they will not be playing each other, does it really matter? One is a girl's netball team, the other a drunken gang of male rugby players :) All Blacks Black Craps Tall Blacks Tall Ferns Silver Ferns Black Sticks White Sticks Black Ferns All Whites White Socks Black Socks Ice Blacks ... ... ... ... Really? |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1198286 | 2011-04-29 03:35:00 | I am not an avid watcher of sports but I am vaguely interested. I would like to be able to identify which teams come from where but the names of the teams conjure up some sort of secret society. The teams are almost always identified by a name such as the Mystics or the Highlanders. There is no clue in the name of the team and it seems that if you want to know what town they represent or what sport they play, you need to be up with the play – there is no room for the casual observer. There was, recently, a very important basketball match – or at least it seemed to be very important – but I have no idea who was playing who as they only named the teams by their, seemingly, secretive names. It is a name and home town known only to the initiated. What I wonder is, if you are passionately interested in sport, wouldn’t you like to see other people at least take an interest? Why would you not call them the Auckland Mystics or the Wellington Highlanders? If they were identified in that way I would then know which team came from where and I would know who to cheer for. I have always had a passing interest in rugby union, but because the teams are no longer identified by the town they represent, I have no idea what team represents Auckland or Wellington or anywhere. Because of this, my passing interest is waning as I have no idea who to cheer for. Is there a list of names somewhere that I could consult, or are the names going to remain part of a seemingly secret society known only to sports aficionados? Canterbury = Crusaders Otago = Highlanders Wellington = Hurricans Waikato = Chiefs Auckland = Blues Easy. Anything else? |
xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 1198287 | 2011-04-29 04:03:00 | Considering that they will not be playing each other, does it really matter? One is a girl's netball team, the other a drunken gang of male rugby players :) I wouldn't be so sure, there are more 'team sports' than just netball & rugby ... :devil |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1198288 | 2011-04-29 05:00:00 | Canterbury = Crusaders Otago = Highlanders Wellington = Hurricans Waikato = Chiefs Auckland = Blues Easy. Anything else? Thank you for that. But how do you know? Is there a list somewhere? A website perhaps? What if I lived in Kaitaia or Blenheim, for example? How would I know who to cheer for? |
Ulsterman (12815) | ||
| 1198289 | 2011-04-29 05:25:00 | It actually gets worse than that when the news media announce that the 'canes won or the 'tahs etc. :) | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1198290 | 2011-04-29 05:31:00 | The basketball game was between the Cairns Taipans and the New Zealand Breakers | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1198291 | 2011-04-29 05:37:00 | I thought everyone knew that "The Blues" were Birmingham City ? www.bcfc.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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