ITE and pigs

[SwissBlade]

As in united-ite and Wednesdaysh-ite

Does anyone else use it in the uk?

And where does it originate from.

Same with pigs

 

[cahill]

Died out here in the late 1970's. We now refer to each other as Blades and Pigs.

 

[bricktop]

As in united-ite and Wednesdaysh-ite

Does anyone else use it in the uk?

And where does it originate from.

Same with pigs

I don't think either are used anywhere else in the UK.

On a slightly different one one of the pigs who i know on Facebook has come up with a theory that all Blades are armchair supporters who never go to the Lane.

 

[blade too long]

I have friends who are wolverhampton wanderites and a west bromwich albionite
I fell out with the palacite, always cadging free drinks , more of a parasite
some Blackburn Roverites still diss Keane
Tottenham Hotspurites dont want to contemplate losing Harry
during the war my dad played for his prisoner of war team stalag 5 hut 3 their fans were known as stalagtites

last one scab forest fans are also known as men in tites

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Died out here in the late 1970's. We now refer to each other as Blades and Pigs.

No, we refer to each other as Pigs and Pigs. It's all quite pathetic really.

 

[stannyblade]

so where does the term pigs come from? Any truth in the rumour that swillsborough was built on a pig farm?

 

[Russ]

Old joke at school. If Pigs could fly, Hillsborough would be an airport.

 

[TAMUS]

so where does the term pigs come from? Any truth in the rumour that swillsborough was built on a pig farm?

.............................You jolly well know it was a big pig farming area in the 20th century , stop fishing .

 

[dkc Blade]

Apparantly there insurance claims after the great Sheffield Flood include lots of claims for lost livestock in the Hillsborough / Swine Cottage area

 

[tomtheblade]

Spireites?

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Spireites?

Thanks to the utterances of GayRonSmeg, Pig fans ought to be called Gobshites.......

 

[alcoblade]

Any truth in the rumour that swillsborough was built on a pig farm?

No, but it will do anyway.



UTB

 

[blade too long]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Zu0Prb3jfO8
gary megson , before he changed his surname and tinted his hair red

 

[WorkingtonBlade]

As far as I'm aware, 'ite' is a standard term used pretty much country-wide. I've heard it used relating to numerous clubs. It also certainly didn't die out in Sheffield in the 1970s. When I was in Sheffield in the 1980s it was more often used than 'Blade' or 'Owl'. I remember 'pig' being used only occasionally.

 

[bladesfan]

I have badges from the late 70's with who said pigs carn't fly etc "one of them said the Blades will make the Alamo look like a picnic on Boxing day that was 1979" OK we know what happend there 4 shots and four goals and they are still wan###g over it. I have never met a grunter that has any proof that they called us pigs before that time. They could never do anything on their own thinking. All the Badges were sold in the Sportsman after 77 78ish.

 

[Bladeloyal]

I have badges from the late 70's with who said pigs carn't fly etc "one of them said the Blades will make the Alamo look like a picnic on Boxing day that was 1979" OK we know what happend there 4 shots and four goals and they are still wan###g over it. I have never met a grunter that has any proof that they called us pigs before that time. They could never do anything on their own thinking. All the Badges were sold in the Sportsman after 77 78ish.

it all started when they changed there badge to the one they have now some artist just added a snout and a curly tail and we called big jack ,piggy jack ,who in turn called mel sterland the flying pig .
then theres lillies pork store on penistone road . it all adds up .it did start 1977/78

 

[moDtheGod]

Surely "ite" is massively common to refer to a supporter of someone or thing? It's not even unique to football. "Thatcherite" is a fairly obvious one.

 

[TAMUS]

I prefer Scargilite myself .

 

[kingston RAWW]

Ohhh. ohhhhhhhohh, the Israel-ites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrTdCLpk6n8&feature=related

 

[JohnDenver]

Or...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9CH1n9tNV0

 

[Pedro Verde]

it all started when they changed there badge to the one they have now some artist just added a snout and a curly tail and we called big jack ,piggy jack ,who in turn called mel sterland the flying pig .
then theres lillies pork store on penistone road . it all adds up .it did start 1977/78

Started way before 77/78

 

[blade too long]

I notice Sheffield Wednesday ladies manager is called John Hamm ond, eggs are cheap at the co op

 

[Hodgyman]

My recollection was that Mel Sterland once scored a goal that was televised and in the interview afterwards he referred to his approach to goal as "like a flying pig". It was after that time that I first heard the name Pig being aimed at Wednesday players.
Interestingly enough, Mel Sterland was one of the most popular Wednesday players of his time, but was brought up properly as a Unitedite before he played for "the dark side".

 

[Darren]

I agree that the whole "pig" thing came in in the late 70's. As far as I can recall, supporters of both clubs started to referring to supporters of the other by that name around that time.

As for "ite", it comes from the Latin "ites" which means a follower or adherent. It most likely entered the English language through its frequent use in the King James Bible (Israelites, Moabites, Levites etc etc).

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ite

 

[Paulus]

If I remember rightly there was a pig in the style of their badge painted on the kop in the late 70's

 

[broomhillblade]

I agree that the whole "pig" thing came in in the late 70's. As far as I can recall, supporters of both clubs started to referring to supporters of the other by that name around that time.

As for "ite", it comes from the Latin "ites" which means a follower or adherent. It most likely entered the English language through its frequent use in the King James Bible (Israelites, Moabites, Levites etc etc).

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ite

Are the Spireites in there? It's been a while since I last read my bible....

 

[DeepcarBlade]

I agree that the whole "pig" thing came in in the late 70's. As far as I can recall, supporters of both clubs started to referring to supporters of the other by that name around that time.

As for "ite", it comes from the Latin "ites" which means a follower or adherent. It most likely entered the English language through its frequent use in the King James Bible (Israelites, Moabites, Levites etc etc).

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ite

The first time I heard them being called pigs was on the supporters coach to Ipswich in 1972.