What's this rubbish on Wikipedia?

[torridon]

Their rivals also played at Bramall Lane, United's only home and it was from this that United's rivals would use the uncomplimentary nickname "The Pigs", in reference to Pig Iron, a intermediate produce in Steel production, hinting that United were the secondary club and therefore the "Pig Iron" of the Steel City.

Just read this on Wikipedia, what a load of old tosh surely.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Clearly written by a Wendy. And thus I say to them...

 

[Torrix1889]

Anyone can edit wiki. ..don't let it boil your piss. They are just looking for a better reason to call us pigs than our kit looks like streaky bacon! The FACT that Hillsborough was the site of a Piggery and that a butchers apron is traditionally blue and white really winds them up!

 

[Rodley]

I call them pigs because Hillsborough was home to a piggery when they moved there amongst the other indisputable historical evidence.

They call us pigs because even 130 years ago they lacked individuality, class, a sense of humour and imagination.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED YOU PIG BASTARDS, WE STILL HATE YOU MORE

 

[Rodley]

When this man is your talisman as fans, FFS, we couldn't be any different.

 

[stringjunior]

View attachment 28436 When this man is your talisman as fans, FFS, we couldn't be any different.

*Pukes*

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Their rivals also played at Bramall Lane, United's only home and it was from this that United's rivals would use the uncomplimentary nickname "The Pigs", in reference to Pig Iron, a intermediate produce in Steel production, hinting that United were the secondary club and therefore the "Pig Iron" of the Steel City.

Just read this on Wikipedia, what a load of old tosh surely.

The grammar is atrocious.

 

[WhiteHawk]

Is the pig farm thing actually true though? We say it is and they say it isn't.

 

[8lade]

I call them pigs because Hillsborough was home to a piggery when they moved there amongst the other indisputable historical evidence.

They call us pigs because even 130 years ago they lacked individuality, class, a sense of humour and imagination.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED YOU PIG BASTARDS, WE STILL HATE YOU MORE

and on the subject of originality, I remember somebody doing this to the Wednesday wiki entry (the pig farm thing) about 5 years ago.

 

[DifferentClass]

The only thing that matters is we invented the term, they didn't pick it up till years later, and they should stick to calling us Blunts.

 

[mattbianco1]

Their rivals also played at Bramall Lane, United's only home and it was from this that United's rivals would use the uncomplimentary nickname "The Pigs", in reference to Pig Iron, a intermediate produce in Steel production, hinting that United were the secondary club and therefore the "Pig Iron" of the Steel City.

Just read this on Wikipedia, what a load of old tosh surely.

Anybody can edit wikipedia

 

[TJB.]

I had a pig fan at a wedding the other week telling me it started in the 70's. They called it us first (of course) because of the rock-solid, intelligent 'streaky bacon' theory. We started calling it them after their logo got redesigned to that crap parrot thingy, and somebody said it looked like a pig.

Could be some truth in it, but frankly it's a tiresome debate with no winner ever declared.

Let's just say they're the pig scum and let it lie, shall we?

 

[Isar]

View attachment 28436 When this man is your talisman as fans, FFS, we couldn't be any different.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

The only thing that matters is we invented the term, they didn't pick it up till years later, and they should stick to calling us Blunts.

They used to call us Arabs thinking it was derogatory until the Arabs suddenly became very wealthy. They only started to call us pigs in the 80's after they realised that is what we called them, then of course they thought they had started it.
As far as I know, we call them pigs because pigs are thought of as dirty, smelly animals and for no other reason. All this stuff about them playing on what was a piggery and butchers aprons is just someone trying to work out a reason for it, as is them saying it's because we play in bacon shirts.
They are pigs because they are pigs and we invented it as an insult.

 

[DifferentClass]

They used to call us Arabs thinking it was derogatory until the Arabs suddenly became very wealthy. They only started to call us pigs in the 80's after they realised that is what we called them, then of course they thought they had started it.
As far as I know, we call them pigs because pigs are thought of as dirty, smelly animals and for no other reason. All this stuff about them playing on what was a piggery and butchers aprons is just someone trying to work out a reason for it, as is them saying it's because we play in bacon shirts.
They are pigs because they are pigs and we invented it as an insult.

Why Arabs? Because of big Pakistani population around BDTBL? Someone needs geography lessons...

 

[FTPE]

I call them pigs because it really pisses them off.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

Why Arabs? Because of big Pakistani population around BDTBL? Someone needs geography lessons...

Dunno, you'll have to ask a pig but I'll bet you can't find many who will admit to remembering it. I assume it's because they considered Arabs as dirty and uncouth.

 

[Bert]

Is the pig farm thing actually true though? We say it is and they say it isn't.

It isn't true, it's a complete invention.

 

[Rodley]

It isn't true, it's a complete invention.

Check the Russian maps Bert

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

The only thing that matters is we invented the term, they didn't pick it up till years later, and they should stick to calling us Blunts.

Exactly so - in the mid 60s I used to stand on the John Street terrace and a younger guy who always stood near me wore rather stylish cap which had a badge on it which read " If pigs could fly Hillsborough would be an airport"

I never heard any mouth breather use the term 'pig' about us until well into the 80s

UTB

 

[8lade]

It was 1979 (I was 14) when I first heard it used at school, one of theirs used it against a Blade about 2 years younger than me (streaky bacon explanation and all), which is why I can place the year.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

I had a pig fan at a wedding the other week telling me it started in the 70's. They called it us first (of course) because of the rock-solid, intelligent 'streaky bacon' theory. We started calling it them after their logo got redesigned to that crap parrot thingy, and somebody said it looked like a pig.

Now I go back a long way with United and was "made" into a Blade by my Uncle. Whilst my memory of those days is a long time ago, I can CLEARLY remember the "new" pigs logo of that time (the one they have just got rid of) being defaced by him with 2 x pointed pigs ears on top and a curly pigs tail on the bottom. That was 1973 when it was introduced. Whether Blades were referring to the S6 lot before that time as pigs is for older Blades to say, but I can categorically remember those images of the defaced badge.

Any earlier anyone?

UTB

 

[JPBrods]

Have you ever read the Sheffield Wednesday wikipedia entry?
The constant subtle attempts to frame Wednesday in a good light are hilarious.

 

[JPBrods]

I mean, look at this cherry picked nonsense.

 

[Roygbiv]

I mean, look at this cherry picked nonsense.

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Wonder what happened to make them so insecure as a group

 

[JPBrods]

Wonder what happened to make them so insecure as a group

Knowing deep down inside that your 'enormous' football club hasn't played in the Premier League for 17 years and Manchester United, Liverpool et al don't actually care about you would drive any rational man insane eventually.

Or so, that's how it would appear.

 

[Radders]

Now I go back a long way with United and was "made" into a Blade by my Uncle. Whilst my memory of those days is a long time ago, I can CLEARLY remember the "new" pigs logo of that time (the one they have just got rid of) being defaced by him with 2 x pointed pigs ears on top and a curly pigs tail on the bottom. That was 1973 when it was introduced. Whether Blades were referring to the S6 lot before that time as pigs is for older Blades to say, but I can categorically remember those images of the defaced badge.

Any earlier anyone?

UTB

Not earlier, but I agree with you. I've been following the Blades since the early '60s. We started referring to them as pigs in '73 when they changed their logo to the one they've only recently got rid of. It quite clearly had a pig's snout on (supposed to be the owl's face) and they were duly named the pigs.

 

[Sheffsteel]

Exactly so - in the mid 60s I used to stand on the John Street terrace and a younger guy who always stood near me wore rather stylish cap which had a badge on it which read " If pigs could fly Hillsborough would be an airport"

I never heard any mouth breather use the term 'pig' about us until well into the 80s

UTB

I was a kid in the 70's.

I'm being 100% honest here
I heard us call it them from about 1974 ish, around the time they designed their new badge of an Owl.
Some Blades said it looked more like a pig than an owl, there was even a pig trotter thing on it.

First heard Wednesday call it us in the early 80's.

I'm pretty sure the pig farm, steaky bacon theories are just a wind up.

 

[Pierre's PC]

Is the pig farm thing actually true though? We say it is and they say it isn't.

Back in the early 90's I worked on the Yorkshire Electricity GIS system where the cable network was digitised.

The original paper maps were Ordnance Survey maps and there was indeed a piggery on the Penistone Road side of Hillsborough.

 

[Sheffsteel]

Back in the early 90's I worked on the Yorkshire Electricity GIS system where the cable network was digitised.

The original paper maps were Ordnance Survey maps and there was indeed a piggery on the Penistone Road side of Hillsborough.

That might be true but if it's always been on the site of a piggery then why wait until 1973 to start using the name "pig".

Some event must have happened to inspire that name and from my memory Wednesdayites were so proud of their new badge design of a simplified Owl outline, so some Blades commented that the badge looked like a pig.