"Tufty"... Please explain?

[RogerNilsen]

Sorry if I've missed something glaringly obvious but why/where did "tufty" come from?

I understand "hoofy / hoofball" for Blackwell but must have missed this one.

Please help

 

[Bladeloyal]

Sorry if I've missed something glaringly obvious but why/where did "tufty" come from?

I understand "hoofy / hoofball" for Blackwell but must have missed this one.

Please help

In his younger days with bradwayhad his hair tuffed up at the front

 

[mattbianco1]

Thank god for this thread

 

[TJB.]

I understand "hoofy / hoofball"

Same deal with Tufty. He's known for playing tuftball. Quick, smooth passing on the deck, like a tuft of hair gliding along a barbershop floor.

Hope this helps.

 

[sheffielder]

Any chance of pinning this thread?

 

[boo radley]

Just for the younger folk. I'm sure many will be used in game analogies once we start playing?

 

[Pinchy]

It was his nickname when he was a player and it's stuck...

 

[Blade56]

 

[Kenilworth]

He helps children and old ladies and Hammond to cross the road

 

[Alfreton14Blade]

"Tufty" has always sounded a bit indecent to me.

Sort of like "I'm getting aroused - I'm starting to get a bit of aTufty on..."

 

[Grappler]

As said above, it related to the character, "Tufty the Squirel", which older readers will remember

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Rufty-Tufty

 

[BigBed]

I can feel the effect this thread is having on my life already!!
I'm going to leave it now though, as I still have a small amount of will to live left!!

 

[Boxer Blade]

Hope all those answers clear it up for you roger

 

[Kenilworth]

It's cos he's partial to Nuts

 

[Keen Blade]

Inspired by one of Lydon's posts today , I appeal to all of us to cease using the nickname 'Tufty' for Chris Wilder.
It isn't even his nickname - as far as I can discover , it's Alan Knill's , following the latter's near-fatal incident with a bicycle and a squirrel - just Google "Alan Knill Squirrel" for confirmation in press articles at the time.
Please let's stick to CW or Wilder.
'Tufty' is not only an embarrassing moniker , it's factually incorrect.

I will withdraw my appeal if anyone can present cogent evidence of CW being happy to be called 'Tufty'.

 

[Rodley]

It is his nickname.

 

[zablade]

How about "outofhisdepthty" ?

 

[judge]

Would you also like us to cure cancer and get cats and dogs to get along?

 

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

Inspired by one of Lydon's posts today , I appeal to all of us to cease using the nickname 'Tufty' for Chris Wilder.
It isn't even his nickname - as far as I can discover , it's Alan Knill's , following the latter's near-fatal incident with a bicycle and a squirrel - just Google "Alan Knill Squirrel" for confirmation in press articles at the time.
Please let's stick to CW or Wilder.
'Tufty' is not only an embarrassing moniker , it's factually incorrect.

I will withdraw my appeal if anyone can present cogent evidence of CW being happy to be called 'Tufty'.

Where in a major period of negotiation on incoming and outgoing players regarding building a quality squad to finally after 6 seasons achieve promotion this season.

Yes your appeal is important and has to be taken seriously , and not a thought of what the fuck , get a life

 

[Jonboy60]

I don't know CW personally, but the people who do, and I can call these people good friends, know him on a personal level as tufty. I've never asked why.

 

[Keen Blade]

It is his nickname.

Since when ? Any foundation for your assertion ?

 

[mattbianco1]

just Google "Alan Knill Squirrel"

That's brilliant..

"Fancy dress shops have run out of squirrel costumes ahead of Scunthorpe United's match on Saturday, despite the club asking fans not to wear them.

The run on fluffy rodent outfits was prompted by the return of former manager Alan Knill, who last year suffered serious injuries in a bizarre collision with one of the animals.

Knill, who now manages Torquay after leaving Scunthorpe in 2012, was riding a bicycle when a squirrel ran between his spokes, causing him to fly over his handlebars.

The manager had to be taken to hospital and spent some time recovering. The squirrel died.

Knill told the Scunthorpe Telegraph: "It was quite serious at the time. I was flying through the air.

"I came off my bike at 20-whatever miles an hour, an ambulance was called and everything - I could have died."

Scunthorpe fan Ben Drage tweeted his club asking whether anyone who turned up to the match in "squirrel attire" could be banned from their Glanford Park ground.

A club spokesman replied on the official Twitter account saying: "No you won't be banned. However, the club would prefer it if you didn't dress up in 'squirrel attire'."

Concerns were raised at the club after a run on squirrel outfits at a number of the town's fancy dress shops.

The manager of Celebrate fancy dress store in Scunthorpe, Matthew Stevenson, told BBC's 5Live he had sold out of costumes before Friday.

A face painter booked to provide extra squirrel effects due to the high demand has also sold out and he is now hunting for a second.

Mr Stevenson told the BBC: "Since the beginning of the week, when (people became aware that) Scunthorpe were playing Torquay, customers have been coming in asking to buy squirrel outfits, squirrel tails, squirrel whiskers, little squirrel noses.

"We've completely sold out."

Knill had an unhappy return to Glanford Park as the hosts eased to victory with a 3-1 win over Torquay."

 

[mattbianco1]

I've never asked why.

Could you please?

 

[Rodley]

Since when ? Any foundation for your assertion ?

Ask any of the Handsworth Blades. Or anyone who played with him under Bassett, or watched SUFC at that time. It's his nickname.

 

[Barney]

How about "outofhisdepthty" ?

Really?

 

[Jonboy60]

Could you please?

I'm on it now.

 

[Barney]

Btw, it is his nickname. Something to do with his hair back in his day.

 

[Rodley]

Really?

Both the gag and the sentiment were crap Barn weren't they. Low level WUMing!

 

[zablade]

Really?

No not really.

...well maybe not.