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Peterborough & Fletton United were also commonly called "the brickies" [26] in reference to the large brick industry in Peterborough, however the nickname was dropped when the club went bankrupt. In 2002 Victoria Beckham filed a counter-claim with the UK Patent Office over the club's application to register their nickname of "Posh" for use on ...
Peterborough Peterpatchers, Peterphiles (pejorative), Posh (collective, from the football club) Peterhead Bluemogganers, Blue Tooners [73] Petworth Muppets (pejorative) Pewsey Spewers Pickering Nose Pickers Plymouth Janners. Originally a person who spoke with a Devon accent, [74] [75] now simply any West Countryman. [74]
Victoria Beckham (born 1974), singer nicknamed "Posh Spice" while she was a member of the Spice Girls; Peterborough United F.C., an English football club, nicknamed "The Posh" Received Pronunciation, sometimes known as a "posh accent" Posh (Haganah unit), the commando arm of the Haganah during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
Peterborough (/ ˈ p iː t ər b ər ə,-b ʌr ə / ⓘ PEE-tər-bər-ə, -burr-ə) is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is 74 miles (119 km) north of London, on the River Nene .
London Road, currently known as the Weston Homes Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Peterborough, England. The stadium is in Fletton, south of the River Nene. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Peterborough United. The stadium holds 13,511 and was built in 1913, though the ...
The City of Peterborough, [6] is a district with city status in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The district is named after its largest settlement, Peterborough, but also covers a wider area of outlying villages and hamlets. The district is administered by Peterborough City Council, a unitary authority.
Peterborough United won the Midland Football League five times in a row between 1956 and 1960 before being accepted into the Football League ahead of the 1960–61 season. First ever derby was played in the league for the first time in that season, with the first game ending in a 3–3 draw and the return fixture ending in a 0–3 win for ...
Peterborough United Football Club is an English association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. After former Southern League club Peterborough & Fletton United folded in 1932, there had been no senior football in the Peterborough area. In the summer of 1934, a new professional club, named Peterborough United, was founded to ...