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This is an incomplete list of U.S. college nicknames. If two nicknames are given, the first is for men's teams and the second for women's teams, unless otherwise noted.
Brentford Football Club is a professional association football club based in Brentford, West London, England. The team competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Nicknamed "The Bees", the club was founded in 1889 and played home matches at Griffin Park from 1904 before moving to the Brentford Community Stadium in 2020.
London Bees is an English women's football club affiliated with Barnet F.C. They play in the FA Women's National League South. The club has been in existence under several names since 1975, originally being called District Line Ladies F.C.. The team were re-branded as London Bees after joining the new WSL 2 for the 2014 season.
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The club's nickname of "The Bees", reflected in their amber and black shirts, is likely to have come from the location of apiaries close to the Underhill ground in the early years of the 20th century. [45] Coincidentally, this nickname is similar to those of two of Barnet's neighbours, Watford ("The Hornets") and Brentford (also "The Bees").
Brentford Women was founded by Roger Crook as an under-14s team in July 1990 when his daughter needed somewhere to compete. [2] [3] After playing in various local youth leagues they merged with SmithKline Beecham to form the senior team Brentford Beechams, who played in the Greater London Women’s Football League. [4]
By nickname "Ain'ts*" – New Orleans Saints, NFL; rhyming play on the non-standard English negative ain't [30] "America's Team" – Dallas Cowboys, by sports media [31] "B.I.L.L.S.*" – Buffalo Bills, by detractors, acronyms for "Boy I Love Losing Super Bowls", in reference to the team's failure to win the Super Bowl in four straight tries during the early 1990s [32]
Boston Bees, the 1936–1941 name of the Boston (later Atlanta) Braves Major League Baseball franchise; Bracknell Bees, an English ice hockey team; Brentford F.C., an English football club; Burlington Bees, a Class A minor league baseball team; Coventry Bees, an English motorcycle speedway team; New Britain Bees, a baseball team