PopePiusX Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Have Manchester United been presented with an old lady? I don't like the sound of that. It's too much like a form of slavery. I bet she was suffering from dementia. Bless you HRH Wendy She was donated to Wayne Rooney. The practice has since been discontinued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Although we moved to Owlerton (pronounced Ollerton) in 1899, the Owls nickname didn't come about until somewhere around 1913 I think. As in the OP somebody presented a model Owl. If they could talk Sheffieldish then we'd probably be still known as the blades. Even in the book "Romance of the Wednesday" from 1926 the author was still complaining that we shoud be known as the blades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Man with Owl = happy Man when Owl is taken away and swapped with cap = not so happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sotonowl Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 This is very interesting,if the blunts were first of all the cutlers and then became the blades (all sheffield related names) when we gave the name up,when exactly did they become the pigs and why?Maybe the link is the answer to why anyways up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_iron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PrincessWendy Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I reckon Owlstalkers should club together a buy the club a new Owl. We could present it at a game and it could live at the back of the kop. Be cool as flip that. A proper Owl flying about the kop on match days. We could train it to intimidate the opposition and sh!t on the away fans. I just realised. This would only be possible for night matches.Bless you HRH Wendy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurnscoe_OWL Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 (edited) My Polish isn't very good, does this have anything to do with SWFC? Edited November 1, 2012 by Thurnscoe_OWL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopePiusX Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 (Fernando - 1976) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Monkey Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 The truth is we became known as the owls because there was an owl on the shirt badge. (Taken from the book 'encyclopaedia of British birds', copyright 1904 edition) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horny owl Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 So is that a picture of Ozzie Owls great great great great great great great great great great great grandad????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisewoodowl Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 (edited) Some time ago on the Sheffield History website we got this message . Has anyone heard this story before? There was a run of 4 straight wins in February 1911. Robertson scored 31 goals in 173 games for Wednesday. "I am researching the career of my great uncle George Robertson, a Scottish internationalist who played for Sheffield Wednesday between 1910 and 1920. George was indirectly responsible for Wednesday becoming known as the Owls when he presented the team with an owl as a mascot and they won their next 4 home games without conceding a goal. I would love to hear from anyone who has any information on George's time in Sheffield or any photographs of him or Wednesday teams in which he appeared. Attached are two photographs of George, one with the owl he presented to the club and one with his first Scottish Cap." I did a bit of research on this a few years ago. I think this came from The Romance of the WEDNESDAY " In 1912 player George Robertson presented the club with a mascot in the shape of an Owl, though Wednesday stressed that they hoped that the gift of the mascot would not lead to them being known as The Owls instead of their real nickname “The Bladesâ€. The owl was placed under the roof of the North Stand in the October of that year and Wednesday won their next four games without conceding; a new nickname was born." Edited November 1, 2012 by wisewoodowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I think UTd were called the Cutlers at the time?? Utd were once called the Little Mesters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosbyKitchens Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I reckon Owlstalkers should club together a buy the club a new Owl. We could present it at a game and it could live at the back of the kop. Be cool as flip that. A proper Owl flying about the kop on match days. We could train it to intimidate the opposition and sh!t on the away fans. My Wife's college american football team in the States, Auburn University, do this. Their motto is "War Eagle" not sure what that means, but they fly a bloody great eagle around the stadium before the games. Considering there's usually about 80,000 people there, it must be bloody well trained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowyOwl13 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Pretty sure Crystal Palace had an eagle fly around before their match against Millwall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paulos_Medication Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Utd were once called the Little Mesters Only when Derek Geary was playing for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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