Bcfc Nickname

On the Live chat session tonight a question was asked around bringing the robin badge back to the kit.

Steve stated that he felt the Robin was not a symbol or fear and that bringing the robin back was not a huge priority at the moment.

The conversation developed a little after that and was suggested that BCFC adopted a new nickname, so how would people feel about this and do they have any suggestions on what it might be.

keep original badge and bring back the robin and put it on the back near the collar above blackthorn

Slightly confused.

Our nickname is the Robins.

Slightly confused.

Our nickname is the Robins.

Yes, but it was debated as to whether this could change similair to Sunderland when they moved to a new stadium.

Im probably full of it but it seems like about 50 teams round here have the nickname 'the robins'

so much that if you mentioned the nickname to a south west neutral they might not even identify a city fan

granted some people may be well attached to it but i reckon it could be considered

how do you come up with a new nickname though, picking your own name is dead hard .

Dont want a corporate rebranding of any type ha ha

Im probably full of it but it seems like about 50 teams round here have the nickname 'the robins'

so much that if you mentioned the nickname to a south west neutral they might not even identify a city fan

granted some people may be well attached to it but i reckon it could be considered

how do you come up with a new nickname though, picking your own name is dead hard .

Dont want a corporate rebranding of any type ha ha

Very similair views to SL.

Might not be a priority to change the badge but it is our nickname, always has and in my and alot of peoples opinion always should be.

Bristol City FC, The Robins

Might not be a priority to change the badge but it is our nickname, always has and in my and alot of peoples opinion always should be.

Bristol City FC, The Robins

That's fine, just wanted to guage views because I thought it would be an interesting topic. Pretty close so far on the poll, very early yet though.

change the nickname, everyone has the robins anyway.

Since we are moving to a new stadium, a new nickname would be nice. How about a Blackbird sitting in a Wurzel tree with a can of natch. There is too many teams with The robins. So cmon thee blackbirds!

If we were to change it, I believe during the new stadium move will be the best time to do so. It started as Bristol Babes then to Robins, something that distinguishes us better could be worth looking at.

Might not be a priority to change the badge but it is our nickname, always has and in my and alot of peoples opinion always should be.

Bristol City FC, The Robins

My thoughts exactly - END OF DEBATE

Might not be a priority to change the badge but it is our nickname, always has and in my and alot of peoples opinion always should be.

Bristol City FC, The Robins

It maybe our nickname but we have a current badge that does not reflect it, it looks like 2 unicorns

humping a ship and a castle

Now if ever Bristol city did change the nickname then the badge would have to change to reflect it!!

This depends on the nickname and some badge designs to go with it to turn a few supporters heads

in favour!!!

The current crest represents the whole of bristol and we are not part of the gas? bristol rugby?

It maybe our nickname but we have a current badge that does not reflect it, it looks like 2 unicorns

humping a ship and a castle

Now if ever Bristol city did change the nickname then the badge would have to change to reflect it!!

This depends on the nickname and some badge designs to go with it to turn a few supporters heads

in favour!!!

The current crest represents the whole of bristol and we are not part of the gas? bristol rugby?

Exactly so lets change it back to the Robin? The current badge has no meaning to Bristol City FC

is there anyone on here who remembers the bristol babes ?

seriously what is the big deal with that tacky piece of 70's shite? The badge we have now is much better than that. The best badge we have had was our 50's badge - a much more accurate coat of arms. Much like the rugby badge.

seriously what is the big deal with that tacky piece of 70's shite? The badge we have now is much better than that. The best badge we have had was our 50's badge - a much more accurate coat of arms. Much like the rugby badge.

Key factor is a new design..

I have never liked the crest, to many people have used it from the council, Bristol rovers, Bristol rugby club,

gloucester cricket club to every thing Bristol ''we are not rovers'' or the others i stated, the rovers are the pirates and however shite their badge it represents them, the crest has no real ID to Bristol City, Bristol yes, but us as a club no, and i have read how irritated some get when the media refer us to as just ''BRISTOL'' it's the same feeling for me with this crest badge it has no ID of it's own to me or to our club, the robin may need a revamp granted but it is what we are called ''Bristol City fc The Robins'' we should have a badge to reflect our nickname and if that is to change ''the nickname'' then that should go hand in hand with our club badge...

From ''we want our robin back'' facebook group

The Robin is undoubtedly a icon of Britain featuring on Christmas cards but from 1976 for nearly two decades was along with the Suspension bridge the emblem of Bristol City fc. This period was without doubt the most successful but also turbulent in the clubs history. For a time during this period it seemed City had established themselves in the first division before becoming the first ever team to suffer three successive relegations and occupying bottom spot of the fourth division by early 82.

In the mid nineties the decision was taken to change the clubs emblem back to a crest. Now some ten years and more on this move has still yet to really catch the imagination of fans or even become an instantly identifiable image associated with Bristol City fc. Ask most fans of other fans what is the nickname of Bristol City fc? Instantly it's the Robins. Ask what features on the club badge and the answer is the Robin and Suspension bridge not the crest of Bristol! Even the media constantly use the Robin and Suspension bridge seemingly in the mistaken belief it really is Citys current badge.

There's something unlovable about the Crest. Its not really ours, Bristol City have no greater claim on it than anybody else and parts of the design have indeed been used by the noxious Gas in the past, the egg chasing lot up Gloucester road, the Bristol Car company and part currently looks suspiciously like the anti sport eating councils image. The Gas have as much claim to this badge as we do and we do not need a symbol that represents all of Bristol including Easton, East Vile, Fishponds and Whorefield.

In the Robin and Suspension bridge we have the perfect emblem of our club. Here with its Suspension bridge is a celebration of a marvel of architecture which nobody else can lay claim to. Couple this with the Robin a Spirited fierce fighter, willing to battle with rival birds to the death to defend its territory and we have something to be proud of.

This robin works, its simple, instantly recognisable with a perfect balance of red , white and black catching the onlookers attention and remaining in the memory. The Crest simply does not work in the same manner, its fussy, unoriginal, forever tainted with its association with others and the terrible and the repellent stigma pictured .

So Someone out there design something new, lets see it??

seriously what is the big deal with that tacky piece of 70's shite? The badge we have now is much better than that. The best badge we have had was our 50's badge - a much more accurate coat of arms. Much like the rugby badge.

same here, i dont understand the love-in a lot of people have with the robin badge. It looks like a primary school kid has just been messing around on photoshop and lumped a few objects on top of each other! the current badge is far classier and represents the whole of Bristol as we should aim to do so and not allow the gas a god-given right to the north of the city.

On the Live chat session tonight a question was asked around bringing the robin badge back to the kit.

Steve stated that he felt the Robin was not a symbol or fear and that bringing the robin back was not a huge priority at the moment.

The conversation developed a little after that and was suggested that BCFC adopted a new nickname, so how would people feel about this and do they have any suggestions on what it might be.

Robins are tough , really tough ........aard as snails , aarder than snails!

Change nickname ............NO.

pirates and eagles ..........NO THANKS.

come on steve use the robin.

we love the robin , its Bristol City.

Let the charltons and swindons and cheltnams step aside ...we are the robins and were going to the prem.

is there anyone on here who remembers the bristol babes ?

Bristol babes was a cross over of 2 clubs, Bristol south end and Bedminster more or less Bristol south end

The club's genealogical tree is complex. There are two 'family lines'. One is via southville (formed in 1887) and Bedminster (1889). The other is via Bristol south end (formed 1894) and Bristol city (formed 1897). The present Bristol city Association Football Club resulted from the amalgamaton of Bedminster and Bristol City at the end of the 1899-1900 season. Since bedminster's predecssor, southville, were formed in the Queen victoria's jubilee year (1887) it would seem reasonable to propose that the 1997-8 campaign should mark the centenary of the current club.

The arranged marriage of 1900, between the two south bristol clubs, probably prevented a repeat of the problems of East bristol, where both warmley and st. george had dispanded the previous seasons.

The Bedminster board, particulary chairman A.W.Francis and secatary W.H.Burland, pushed the idea of amalgamation strongly, and it was agreed on 10th april 1900 at a crowded Bristol citys shareholders meeting, held at the Temperance Hall Bedminster. During the first season home matches would be shared between citys (bristol south end) headquarters at st.johns lane and Bedminsters Ashton gate ground, which had hosted the England v Wales international in march 1899.

Victorian Bristol was a hotbed for boxing, cricket and rugby, and it was not until 1882 that an association was formed (warmley). Professionalisam was as late as 1897, when Bristol city, Bristol st george, Eastville rovers and Warmlry took the plunge. Then next year Bedminster followed suit. But by 1900, competition had reduced the numbers to two, rovers and city. And these two remained local rivals until Bristol rovers vacated Eastville stadium at the end of 1985-86 season. The actual date of southville's formation has proved elusive. Various potted histories of the club, such as in the Bristol evening news (15 september 1894), give their birth as 1887, and no match reports appear before 15th october of that year. On 12th november, southville took part in the inaugural gloucestershire senior professional cup match. Among the clubs prominent members were the Gyles brothers. Charlie founded a local sports shop which exists today. Southville played their home games at Bedminster park, now called Greville smyth park. Encouragement from Dr W.G.Grace, who refereed a gloucestershire cup at warmley in 1889, and active help from Dr E.H.Cook, led to a liasion with Bedminster cricket club, hence the change of name. Bedminster played in maroon and old gold shirts in greenway bush lane southville.

The next season (1890-91) Bedminster won the Gloucestershire cup, beating warmley 2-0, and in 1891 they first played in the FA Amateur cup the following season, Bedminster's popularity was such that 4,000 people watched a Gloucestershire cup semi final against st.george in 1894. Competition arrived in the form of Bristol south End, formed in 1894 when an internal dispute in the Bedminster club coincided with the disbanding of Bristol south. The name was suggested by Mr J.A Stevens, secretary of the Bristol & district league, who was an admirer of Preston north end. The committee chose the colours of red shirts and navy blue shorts. Turned down by the Bristol and district league, they arranged an attractive list of fixtures which included Preston north end, Tottenham hot spur and Swindon town.

For six years there was rivary between Bedminster and Bristol south End, who were renamed Bristol city halfway through that period. he first local derby -- the minsters aganst the garibaldians -- was on 23rd march 1895, when 4,000 saw Bristol south end 2-0 at Green bush lane. In 1896, Bedminster moved to Ashton gate, beating staple hill 4-2 in the first match, although the official opening was delayed until the first match of the western league season, 1-1 draw with warmley. The 1896-97 season was also notable for the first league matches between Bedminster and Bristol south end. Warmley won the compitition that season, Bristol south end were 2nd and Bedminster 3rd. Then came the move to professionalism. A 10-0 home defeat by old carthusians in the first round of the FA Amateur cup helped Bristol south end think they might be suited to the professional world. Bedminster followed suit a year later, and in 1898-9 both clubs were playing in the southern league. A crowd of 10,250 saw the two teams meet at st.johns lane in december 1898.

The change to professionalism had bought a change of name too - from bristol south end to Bristol city. Sam hollis came from Woolich Arsenal to manage Bristol city and two years later he moved to Bedminster. Hollis helped Bristol city win the Gloucestershire cup and the western league, and in 1898 the club received one vote in an unsuccessful bid to join the football league. A first major honour looked to be Bristol citys 1898-9, but southampton won the last southern league match 4-3 to force city in to runners up spot. In 1900, Bedminster and Bristol city merged --Now remember Bristol south end now Bristol city played at st.johns lane and Bedminster played at Ashton gate --- They adopted the red shirts of Bristol city and, after an experimental season using TWO GROUNDS and three seasons at st. johns lane, the Ashton gate ground of Bedminster became the permanent home of the now merged club with the name Bedminster dropped for Bristol city. Bob campell was manager, but within a year sam hollis was to take over, just as the Bristol babe entered the football league. In 1901 Bristol city were successful in an application to join the football league, finishing joint top of the poll, despite having to compete with clubs seeking re-election to the second division. The club's first second division game was on 7th september 1901 when paddy o'brien's two goals bought a 2-0 win at Blackpool. The first home game - a 3-0 win over stockport - saw a crowd of 7,000 at st.johns lane. Not untill 1904 did BRISTOL CITY MOVE TO ASHTON GATE. By then the record attendance had been raised to 17,909 on the occasion of a second round FA cup tie against sheffield united and Bristol city decided to make Ashton gate their home as THEY OUT GREW St.johns lane, so if they decided to have stayed then steve lansdown today could be looking to move from st.johns lane.

So in truth ashton gate was Bedminsters ground, St.johns lane was Bristol south end A.K.A Bristol city's Ground

all that went in the merge was the bedminster name and in the end st.johns lane ground, so city have moved a few times in their history as even Bedminster who were part of what was to become Bristol city moved to ashton gate from another area ie: green bush lane, chuck in southville at Greville Smyth Park we have had a few venues before we settled at Ashton gate, question is who as a fan is your loyalty now? Bristol south end, Bedminster, Bristol city, Southville? as at the time the rivalry matched city and rovers.....

Bedminster park NOW Greville Smyth Park

green bush lane

ashton gate

st.johns lane

For me it's quite simple, if it aint broke don't fix it, but if you do go ahead and fix it and it gets broke, then fix it back to when it wasn't broke.

Maybe we should just sell out, we could be the 'Lloyds TSB Black Horses' playing in the new 'Andrex Stadium'

With a nod to the real source of Bristol's wealth:

Slave Traders

Keep the coat of arms, a Robin could be placed discreetly somewhere on the shirt though?

the current coat of arms is a cartoon

bring back the robin

Keep the coat of arms, a Robin could be placed discreetly somewhere on the shirt though?

"The Bristolians"

seriously what is the big deal with that tacky piece of 70's shite? The badge we have now is much better than that. The best badge we have had was our 50's badge - a much more accurate coat of arms. Much like the rugby badge.

Just like John ATYEO used to wear.

I agree wholheartedly. the club is Bristol CITY so what could be more relevant than the Coat of Arms of that fair City ?

As for the Robin, it's a pleasant and traditional nickname but it's not really calculated to strike terror into the hearts of the opposition: how about THE SCARLET VULTURES or something similar ? (suggested with tongue very much in cheek!)

We're not a Rugby club. Nicknames should stay in the 70's, along with the Robin and communists.

I don't have any particular attachment to the Robin and would not have a problem if it was ditched as the clubs nickname. That said it would depend on what the new nickname was.

I've always liked 'bulldogs' as a nickname. Very British and tough sounding. Been done by the ice hockey team though.

The Bristol Fighter was a very sturdy WW1 biplane. The best two seater aircraft of that war. Could develop a nickname out of that.

Bristol Babes is a bit too feminine for a football team imo.

As for the Robin, it's a pleasant and traditional nickname but it's not really calculated to strike terror into the hearts of the opposition:

If its terror we are after what about the suicide bombers?