Name change

[IlfordEagle]

Please please don't put 'Hammers' in our name in any form of cricket, look at the aggro at Hull with the proposed football name change, also with Cardiff City - the Bluebirds who now play in red!

[eastsax]

Please please don't put 'Hammers' in our name in any form of cricket, look at the aggro at Hull with the proposed football name change, also with Cardiff City - the Bluebirds who now play in red!

Considering the the football affiliations of some non-playing staff at Essex it's more likely to contain the name Orient  than anything else 

[sufcessex]

Please please don't put 'Hammers' in our name in any form of cricket, look at the aggro at Hull with the proposed football name change, also with Cardiff City - the Bluebirds who now play in red!

Unfortunately like the situations at Hull and Cardiff i can't see the people running the club that bothered about any outcry from the fans.  If we opt to use Stratford the name change/amendement and link to the Championship club may be something that will be discussed.

[bwildered]

Worcestershire have just changed from the Royals to the Rapids .

[firehazard]

Worcestershire have just changed from the Royals to the Rapids .

I knew they'd had flooding problems, but hadn't realised it was that bad.

[eastsax]

Worcestershire have just changed from the Royals to the Rapids .

I knew they'd had flooding problems, but hadn't realised it was that bad.

Kudos to Worcestershire who, having adopted the name Worcestershire Rapids for this year's T20 Blast, have perhaps become the first cricket club to shoehorn adverse local weather into the team name. Worcestershire's business development director Jon Graham said: "We thought of a name that combines the regular floods, and this time there literally were rapids lapping up against the side of the buildings at New Road, with the fast paced style of cricket that is synonymous with NatWest T20 Blast." Coming soon to a ground near you: Lancashire Downpours, Durham Numb Fingers, and Nottinghamshire Unexpected And Rather Severe Cranial Sunburn The Week Before You Usher At A Friend's Wedding (don't ask).

From the Guardian's weekly , The Spin blog.

[brianh]

Can we please stop this! Name changes in cricket are up to the counties concerned. Changes of names of grounds are done in discussion with the sponsors, who have paid for any change. If you look at the Essex Yearbook I have used whatever each county wants. As for football teams the proposed change of name in Hull is what the new owner wants. I have enough trouble in deciphering what people mean when referring to Hull City and Hull FC. Only two teams in a particular location have had the same name, namely Barrow, who are no longer in the Football League, and Fulham, who are now the London Broncos.
We may as well call the "Tigers" Hull Comet, which is what they were called before 1904.

[Andy]

When I was a lad, didn't they used to refer to the Hammers as a football team? 

[firehazard]

Worcestershire have just changed from the Royals to the Rapids .

I knew they'd had flooding problems, but hadn't realised it was that bad.

Kudos to Worcestershire who, having adopted the name Worcestershire Rapids for this year's T20 Blast, have perhaps become the first cricket club to shoehorn adverse local weather into the team name. Worcestershire's business development director Jon Graham said: "We thought of a name that combines the regular floods, and this time there literally were rapids lapping up against the side of the buildings at New Road, with the fast paced style of cricket that is synonymous with NatWest T20 Blast." Coming soon to a ground near you: Lancashire Downpours, Durham Numb Fingers, and Nottinghamshire Unexpected And Rather Severe Cranial Sunburn The Week Before You Usher At A Friend's Wedding (don't ask).

From the Guardian's weekly , The Spin blog.

Yes, till I read the Guardian blog, I hadn't realised that the change was actually flood-related. Well done, Worcs.

[Valentines Park]

If clubs are going to start adopting appropriate nicknames can I suggest Essex Ostriches?

[eastsax]

Essex Groundhogs

Groundhog Day : A situation in which a series of unwelcome or tedious events appear to be recurring in exactly the same way.

[cashless]

When I was a lad, didn't they used to refer to the Hammers as a football team? 

Yes and Essex was also a cricket team.

[galboy]

I thought that this thread was going to be about TheDuke changing his name to DT.

Oh well. I like the name Essex Eagles, no need to change it in my opinion.