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Swindon Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.The team, known as the "Robins", currently compete in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system.
Altrincham Football Club is a professional [2] football club based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. Founded in 1891 and nicknamed "the Robins", they are currently members of the National League , the fifth tier of English football, and play at Moss Lane .
The club's home colours are red and white, and their nickname is The Robins—a robin featured on the club's badge from 1976 to 1994 and from 2019 onwards. Their main rivals are Bristol Rovers , with whom they contest the Bristol derby , and Cardiff City , with whom they contest the cross-border Severnside derby .
The mascot, along with the team nickname "The Dragons", was introduced in 2001–02 following a ballot of fans to help increase sponsorship and promote the club's Welsh image whilst also providing a more original nickname as Bristol City, Swindon Town and Cheltenham Town also use the nickname of 'The Robins'. Wrex is occasionally performed by ...
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Cheltenham has a history of football prior to The Robins. In 1849, the first use of three official referees in a match, two in field and one in tribune, was recorded in the town. However, the modern club was founded in 1887 by Albert Close White, a local teacher.
York are nicknamed "the Minstermen", in reference to York Minster. [89] It is believed to have been coined by a journalist who came to watch the team during a successful cup run, and was only first used officially in literature in 1972. [90] Before this, York were known as "the Robins", because of the team's red shirts. [89]
Bracknell Town Football Club is a football club based in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England. Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association and nicknamed The Robins , [ 3 ] they are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division South and play their home matches at Bottom Meadow in Sandhurst .