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Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. According to the official club history, they were formed as Clackmannan County in 1878, the football club shortly changing its name to Alloa Association and then to Alloa Athletic in 1883.
In the United States and Canada, multiple recurring themes have appeared over time for choosing a school's athletic nickname. In almost all cases, the institution chooses an athletic nickname with an overtly positive goal in mind, where that goal reflects the character of the institution—either a previously established characteristic or a characteristic hoped for as a goal henceforth.
This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [ 1 ] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule.
Pages in category "Alloa Athletic F.C." The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "Alloa Athletic F.C. players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 434 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
" Os" (Afrikaans nickname, which means Ox) = Os du Randt, Prop "Kwagga" = Kwagga Smith, flanker "The Enforcer" = Bakkies Botha, lock "The Beast" = Tendai Mtawarira, Prop " l'Homme des Cavernes" (The Caveman) = Sébastien Chabal, number eight "Pocket Rocket" = Brent Russell, Utility players "Pocket Dynamo" = Gio Aplon, Fullback / Wing
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