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Brentford's nickname is "The Bees". [89] The nickname was unintentionally created by students of Borough Road College in the 1890s, when they attended a match and shouted the college's chant "buck up Bs" in support of their friend and then-Brentford player Joseph Gettins. [89] Local newspapers misheard the chant as "Buck up Bees" and the ...
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.
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.
The Bees stayed in Football League Two for the following 2009–10 season, which started with four wins from their first six games. A poor run of form would follow, including a 13-game winless streak, and after five consecutive defeats left the Bees close to the relegation zone, Ian Hendon was sacked in April with two games of the season remaining.
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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