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Stupid/Weird nicknames

paulie8290
paulie8290 Posts: 23,345
edited June 2019 in Fun, Jokes & Captions
Watching The Gold Cup and the commentator keeps refering to Mexico as El Tree, made me think what other stupid/weird nicknames are their for football teams or countries.

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  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,345
    New Zealand women is also weird-Football Ferns
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    paulie8290 said:
    Watching The Gold Cup and the commentator keeps refering to Mexico as El Tree, made me think what other stupid/weird nicknames are their for football teams or countries.
    Gold Cup?

    There is only one Gold Cup and that is run at Cheltenham in March, other incarnations need to be qualified with detail.

    See no issue with the NZ women being called Football Ferns, it is their national symbol after all. 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,345
    Riviera said:
    paulie8290 said:
    Watching The Gold Cup and the commentator keeps refering to Mexico as El Tree, made me think what other stupid/weird nicknames are their for football teams or countries.
    Gold Cup?

    There is only one Gold Cup and that is run at Cheltenham in March, other incarnations need to be qualified with detail.

    See no issue with the NZ women being called Football Ferns, it is their national symbol after all. 
    Didnt know that was NZ national symbol so thats ok haha.


    Gotta say I disagree tho on your other point, Gold Cup is the football event.

    The horse racing event is The Cheltenham Gold Cup.

  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    paulie8290 said:
    Riviera said:
    paulie8290 said:
    Watching The Gold Cup and the commentator keeps refering to Mexico as El Tree, made me think what other stupid/weird nicknames are their for football teams or countries.
    Gold Cup?

    There is only one Gold Cup and that is run at Cheltenham in March, other incarnations need to be qualified with detail.

    See no issue with the NZ women being called Football Ferns, it is their national symbol after all. 
    Didnt know that was NZ national symbol so thats ok haha.


    Gotta say I disagree tho on your other point, Gold Cup is the football event.

    The horse racing event is The Cheltenham Gold Cup.

    No football event has ever been referred to as The Gold Cup. The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the...Gold Cup, like The Open is The Open and not the British Open.
  • Rossman92
    Rossman92 Posts: 3,659
    paulie8290 said:
    Watching The Gold Cup and the commentator keeps refering to Mexico as El Tree, made me think what other stupid/weird nicknames are their for football teams or countries.
    It's not El Tree, it's El Tri, meaning Tri-Color. It just means the 3 colors on their flag and the colors they play in. Red, White, and Green
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,345
    Riviera said:
    paulie8290 said:
    Riviera said:
    paulie8290 said:
    Watching The Gold Cup and the commentator keeps refering to Mexico as El Tree, made me think what other stupid/weird nicknames are their for football teams or countries.
    Gold Cup?

    There is only one Gold Cup and that is run at Cheltenham in March, other incarnations need to be qualified with detail.

    See no issue with the NZ women being called Football Ferns, it is their national symbol after all. 
    Didnt know that was NZ national symbol so thats ok haha.


    Gotta say I disagree tho on your other point, Gold Cup is the football event.

    The horse racing event is The Cheltenham Gold Cup.

    No football event has ever been referred to as The Gold Cup. The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the...Gold Cup, like The Open is The Open and not the British Open.
    Wrong this event is the Gold Cup.

    When tbe Euros are on its not Uefa Euros, like the Gold Cup is not CONCACAF Gold Cup.

    Google The Gold Cup and you see this event before Cheltenham
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,345
    Rossman92 said:
    paulie8290 said:
    Watching The Gold Cup and the commentator keeps refering to Mexico as El Tree, made me think what other stupid/weird nicknames are their for football teams or countries.
    It's not El Tree, it's El Tri, meaning Tri-Color. It just means the 3 colors on their flag and the colors they play in. Red, White, and Green
    Ah makes sense, sounded like El Tree haha
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,303
    paulie8290 said:
    Riviera said:
    paulie8290 said:
    Riviera said:
    paulie8290 said:
    Watching The Gold Cup and the commentator keeps refering to Mexico as El Tree, made me think what other stupid/weird nicknames are their for football teams or countries.
    Gold Cup?

    There is only one Gold Cup and that is run at Cheltenham in March, other incarnations need to be qualified with detail.

    See no issue with the NZ women being called Football Ferns, it is their national symbol after all. 
    Didnt know that was NZ national symbol so thats ok haha.


    Gotta say I disagree tho on your other point, Gold Cup is the football event.

    The horse racing event is The Cheltenham Gold Cup.

    No football event has ever been referred to as The Gold Cup. The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the...Gold Cup, like The Open is The Open and not the British Open.
    Wrong this event is the Gold Cup.

    When tbe Euros are on its not Uefa Euros, like the Gold Cup is not CONCACAF Gold Cup.

    Google The Gold Cup and you see this event before Cheltenham
    But that’s because it is on now if you googled that in February or March it would bring up the Cheltenham gold cup. 

    Depends on your outlook but if you asked 100 people what the gold cup is a minimum of 90% would say a race at Cheltenham 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,760
    paulie8290 said:
    Riviera said:
    paulie8290 said:
    Watching The Gold Cup and the commentator keeps refering to Mexico as El Tree, made me think what other stupid/weird nicknames are their for football teams or countries.
    Gold Cup?

    There is only one Gold Cup and that is run at Cheltenham in March, other incarnations need to be qualified with detail.

    See no issue with the NZ women being called Football Ferns, it is their national symbol after all. 
    Didnt know that was NZ national symbol so thats ok haha.


    It’s called the haka.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,906
    guinnessaddick said:
    paulie8290 said:
    Riviera said:
    paulie8290 said:
    Watching The Gold Cup and the commentator keeps refering to Mexico as El Tree, made me think what other stupid/weird nicknames are their for football teams or countries.
    Gold Cup?

    There is only one Gold Cup and that is run at Cheltenham in March, other incarnations need to be qualified with detail.

    See no issue with the NZ women being called Football Ferns, it is their national symbol after all. 
    Didnt know that was NZ national symbol so thats ok haha.


    It’s called the haka.
    Eh?

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    paulie8290 said:
    Riviera said:
    paulie8290 said:
    Riviera said:
    paulie8290 said:
    Watching The Gold Cup and the commentator keeps refering to Mexico as El Tree, made me think what other stupid/weird nicknames are their for football teams or countries.
    Gold Cup?

    There is only one Gold Cup and that is run at Cheltenham in March, other incarnations need to be qualified with detail.

    See no issue with the NZ women being called Football Ferns, it is their national symbol after all. 
    Didnt know that was NZ national symbol so thats ok haha.


    Gotta say I disagree tho on your other point, Gold Cup is the football event.

    The horse racing event is The Cheltenham Gold Cup.

    No football event has ever been referred to as The Gold Cup. The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the...Gold Cup, like The Open is The Open and not the British Open.
    Wrong this event is the Gold Cup.

    When tbe Euros are on its not Uefa Euros, like the Gold Cup is not CONCACAF Gold Cup.

    Google The Gold Cup and you see this event before Cheltenham

    And the winner is Paulie, by a short nose

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