Never knew our nickname used to be " Colliers"

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    #1 portsmouth tyke, Jan 6, 2021
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    #2 Baka, Jan 6, 2021
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    In the first Rothmans book I ever got - 94/5, just after I started going to games - I think it said our nickname is Tykes, Reds, or Colliers.

    I have never heard anyone, though, even a very old fan, use it.

    Similarly, calling games between us and Doncaster 'the Pitmen derby' is not something I have ever heard a Barnsley fan use.
     
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    #3 Cowboy, Jan 6, 2021
    I started watching in the early/ mid sixties and it was always "The Colliers"
    Tykes usually got mentioned if playing someone from outside Yorkshire.
    On a personal note I love "The Colliers" as it speaks volumes for our heritage.
     
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    #4 Simon De Montforte, Jan 6, 2021
    My dad always called them the Colliers. I think the Tykes came around in the 60s. Interestingly, they have Coventry as the Bantams ( Sky blues) and Bradford city as the Paraders (Bantams). Always thought Huddersfield were always the Terriers.
     
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    #5 JLWBigLil, Jan 6, 2021
    Spot on, mate. Same for me, too.
     
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    #6 sadbrewer, Jan 6, 2021
    It was.....although I can't ever remember Reading being the biscuitmen
     
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    #7 Lone Striker, Jan 6, 2021
    It was and The Tykes was also used. And if you go back far enough of course there’s The Saints.

    But in nearly 60 years following the Reds, I’ve only ever heard our fans use “The Reds” as our nickname.
     
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    #8 Sestren, Jan 6, 2021
    I didn't see the Rothman's books, but I'd have started following about the same time and I remember reading those three nicknames in a list somewhere - maybe the stickerbook for the Premiership season? Like you, never heard anybody actually use Colliers. I always think that 'Tykes' tends to mostly be used by non-supporters on television etc (with the exception of online usernames of course - used to use it myself in one of the very early incarnations of this forum!).
     
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    #9 Lone Striker, Jan 6, 2021
    The Terriers is relatively new - 70s or 80s I think.

    And who’d want to be associated with a Yorkshire Terrier - our Bulldog is a bit more like it.
     
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    #10 higgybaby, Jan 6, 2021
    Always thought Brighton was seagulls
     
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    #11 Tarntyke, Jan 6, 2021
    Always used for Barnsley v Rotherham games
     
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    #12 Andy Mac, Jan 6, 2021
    According to an erstwhile poster we are THE YORKSHIRE TYKES.
     
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    #13 Tarntyke, Jan 6, 2021
    Halifax used to be the Shaymen
     
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    #14 TonyTyke, Jan 6, 2021
    I think this should be used again.

    [edit corrected reply]
     
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    #15 Cunning Stunt, Jan 6, 2021
    There's an old cigarette card I have the series was called 'club nicknames'

    We were the Colliers on that.
     
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    #17 Andy Mac, Jan 6, 2021
    WBA vs Burnley
    Throstles v Turfites

    or

    Baggies v Clarets?
     
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    #18 Tarntyke, Jan 6, 2021
    When I was a young teenager in the 70s I remember a guy who always stood on the old Spion Kop shouting ‘ Baaarnsley Miners,Baaarnsley Colliers’ Think it was the only thing he ever shouted
     
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    #19 portsmouth tyke, Jan 6, 2021
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    I actually like " Colliers" like you say its more fitting to the town and area, rather than " The Tykes" which is a term used for all Yorkshire folk
     
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    #20 upthecolliers, Jan 6, 2021
    My user name should have told you we were the colliers, mind thee Im 70 year old and the younger posters would not have known.
     
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