Footballing Animals Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mansfield Town FC

Mansfield's badge has the head of a stag on a yellow and blue background (their other nickname is The Yellows). Barnsley are known as The Tykes (a name for Yorkshiremen), Tottenham are The Spurs and Birmingham The Blues.

Answer: Hartlepool FC

The reason for the nickname is too complicated to reproduce here - take a look at http://www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/history/thehartlepoolmonkey.asp. Sheffield United are called The Blades because of the city's history of making cutlery, Middlesbrough are known as The Smoggies, and Burnley are The Clarets.

Answer: Southend United FC

Southend even have a shrimp on their club badge. Ayr are known as The Honest Men, from Robbie Burns' poem "Tam O'Shanter", Peterhead are called The Blue Toon and have a fish on their badge, while Portsmouth are called Pompey, and there are a host of theories as to the reason for that - see http://www.welcometoportsmouth.co.uk/pompey.html

Answer: Morecambe FC

Morecambe's badge is a white shrimp on a red background; Sunderland are called The Black Cats (there are two black lions on their badge); Raith are simply The Rovers and Bristol Rovers are The Pirates (there's one on their badge) and The Gas.

Answer: Fleetwood Town FC

Fleetwood's nickname derives from the fact that, until the 70's, the town was a major deep-sea fishing port, but that has totally declined and only inshore fishing is now carried out. Liverpool are known as The Reds, Aberdeen as The Dons (the Don is one of the city's two rivers), and Ipswich as The Tractor Boys.

Answer: Leicester City FC

Leicester have a fox on their club badge. Both Coventry and Manchester City have nicknames which reflect their kit - The Sky Blues and The Light Blues respectively, while Blackburn are called The Riversiders after the River Blakewater which runs through the town.

Answer: Ross County FC

Ross County are based in Dingwall and are the most northerly top-flight team in the UK. Both Inverness and Partick are known as The Jags, while Motherwell are called The Steelmen because until 1992 when the Ravenscraig plant was closed down, the town was the steel-making centre of Scotland.

Answer: Watford FC

Oddly Watford's club badge has a hart (a male deer) on it, but they are known as The Hornets as they used to wear a strip with hoops on it. Bury are called The Shakers, Exeter are The Grecians, and Burton are The Brewers (Burton is one of the biggest beer-making centres of the UK).

Answer: Derby County FC

Derby have been known as The Rams since the 1890's when they formed a link with The First Regiment of Derby Militia. Nottingham Forest are known simply as Forest, Wimbledon are known as The Wombles and Preston are The Lilywhites.

Answer: Dagenham and Redbridge FC

Livingston, Aston Villa and Millwall all have a lion on their club badges. Dagenham, for fairly obvious reasons, are known as The Daggers.

Answer: Brentford FC

Brentford have two bees and a beehive on their club badge. Brechin are called the Hedgemen after the beech hedge that grows behind their terrace, Bolton are called The Trotters because their first ground a hundred years ago was close to a piggery. Berwick, despite the fact that the town is in England, play in the Scottish League, are called The Black and Gold after their home kit colours.

Answer: Huddersfield Town FC

Huddersfield's club badge has a Yorkshire Terrier holding a football perched on top of it. Reading, because they are based in the Royal County of Berkshire, are called The Royals, Charlton are called the Addicks (from Athletic) and Doncaster are The Vikings, because in 1972 they were sponsored by a Rover car dealership and Rover's mascot was a Viking.

Answer: Alloa Athletic FC

Annan play in the same colours as Alloa, but don't have hoops, so are known as The Black and Gold. Clyde rejoice in the nickname of The Bully Wee (no-one can agree why) and Cowdenbeath are called The Blue Brazil - to find out why go to http://www.scotland-mad.co.uk/roll/edz1/cowden__wheres_the_beef_387661/index.shtml

Answer: Queen's Park FC

Queens's Park are the only amateur side in the Scottish Football League - they play at Hampden, home of the Scottish national side - although the ground holds over 50,000 fans, Queen's Park home crowds average 750! St Johnstone, not surprisingly are called The Saints; Stevenage FC were, until 2010, named Stevenage Borough FC, so their nickname is The Boro, and St Mirren are apparently called The Buddies because when Benjamin Disraeli visited Paisley he found the people so friendly!

Answer: Crystal Palace FC

Dundee United are known as The Terrors since a famous come-back victory over Celtic in 1949. Falkirk's nickname The Bairns come from an old local saying : "Better meddle wi the deil (devil) than the bairns o' Falkirk." QPR are known as The Hoops from their kit.