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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 ]
It was also during the 1894–95 season that Brentford's original nickname of "The Bs" originated, when friends of amateur forward Joseph Gettins chanted Borough Road College's war-cry "buck up Bs" at a match. [9] The local press interpreted the nickname as "the Bees", which stuck and came to be Brentford's nickname. [9]
The name was changed to the "Cayugas" by a student vote in 1937. The origin of the nickname "Bombers" is unclear, but the first known reference was in a December 17, 1938 issue of the Rochester Times-Union article on the basketball team. Some faculty have expressed reservations of the current nickname's martial connotations.
A petition is calling for a Pac-12 school to change its nickname. Arizona State’s mascot, Sparky, was recently included on a list of the “creepiest” and most “offensive” nicknames in the ...
Brentford boss Thomas Frank called the achievement "extremely impressive" for a player that cost only £8.5m when he joined the Bees from French club Lorient in August 2021.
Brentford: Matthew Benham [9] $280M [10] Gambling firms Brighton & Hove Albion: Tony Bloom (75.61%) [11] $1.3B [12] Online gambling Property Land development Investments Chelsea (more information) Clearlake Capital Group (Behdad Eghbali and Jose Feliciano) Todd Boehly Hansjorg Wyss Mark Walter [13] [14] $15.8B [15] [16] [17] Investment ...
The lengthy process involved in the change — districts have known since November 2022 that they must move on from Native American nicknames and imagery — was a thoughtful one, everyone was ...
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