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Seeing as there's other clubs called the Robin's and this Forum is keen on Cheese, do you think we should switch to being the Moonrakers with all its cheese connotations. Or is the Robins set forever in stone?

Should go back to the original...... Spartans

No one apart from the odd lazy journalist calls us the robins anyway.

The lazy journalist might even put in the spurious apostrophe, nevertheless an interesting question.

Once like Crewe we were The Railwaymen, sadly now gone. That Cheltnum, have the same nickname given they play in red and white stripes, really annoys me, I'm a bit of a birder but have never seen a red and white stripey robin.

What's in nickname  :hmmm:  Later today we play the Red Imps... I fear the worst... Here's their Gibraltar branch seeing off the Bhoys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9FUNt-jSHY

The Robins is a shit nickname

You know what, read your comment and thought 'well that's not true', but you're absolutely right.

it's true of most clubs though isn't it. Can't think of many that get called by their nicknames outside of match reports..

The Hambroids, in recognition of the town's post industrial "progress".

The new crest would incorporate a photo id card.

The Stars.

we'll all know it's a bid to our train building past.

everyone else will assume it's a self deprecating psuedo ironic Americanism. Until we smugly tell them and their couldn't care less eyes.

I love The Moonrakers; unique, has local meaning, a Bond film and cheese themed. What's not to love?

With you on this. Although Spartans would be pretty cool, too.

Spartans, if not that then Moonrakers.

The cheese bit.

I personally love how people misconstrue the tale, thinking it's about country bumpkins, when in fact they're using people's prejudices to trick them. 

Indeed, it shows how quick people judge others based upon common assumptions.

How about The Pighillians.

In the late 80s and early 90s we would have a Moonraker mascot at big games. Usually involved a rotund fan putting on a smock and waving a big rake with red and white balloons.

Blackburn away in the 1990 play offs was the last time I remember although Stigger Foley's thunderbolt goal and ticker tape was more memorable from the away end.

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I don't remember the Moonraker bloke but loved the playoff game at Blackburn, fantastic strike by Stigger in front of about 5-6,000 travelling Town fans, great game, great celebrations for the away win.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm0AfYOrHfw

Pretty sure that was Ray Howell, David's Dad.

He used to be a furniture restorer, had a shop in Devizes rd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8pPtH70LTI&index=29&list=PLNHcuaKYqYsM014cT_QxBw9pJ5W82v0Iw

The moonraker mascot was used at Selhurst Park in the 87 play off final replay against Gillingham

My mate nearly got urinated on by a police horse at that game  :D

I was there and don't remember him there either!

My mate got arrested for dropping a cigarette butt and not picking it up at that game, the Police were bastards that day.

Erring towards Spartans. Something silly in my mind is saying maybe we should be called "The Locomotives" instead of "The Railwaymen" but I guess that all harks back to much of an industry that is pretty much, unfortunately gone. Should we revive our history (much like we revived the original club crest) through our nickname? Should we focus on something forward thinking? Possibly we should go for a good blend of past and present, but what could that be?

Spot on.  This is my 28th season, and not once have I ever heard 'Come on the Robins' or similar in the stands.

A nickname should be a unique identifier.  You know who the Spireites are, who are the Monkey Hangers, the Black Cats, the Chairboys...the Brewers, Cobblers, Royals and Hornets.  But ask someone who the Robins are, and they won't have a clue.

Do Oxford have a nickname?

A few.

Of course, Sunderland were The Rokerites, until they moved to the new ground,  when they had a fan consultation on the new name approx 1997.

Reading were always Biscuitmen, until Huntley and Palmers went, so the county connection and alliteration gave them the
present pointless moniker.

I think we should become Ocelots....

(http://www.chattcatvet.com/images/334_Ocelot.jpg)

You mean The Biscuitmen......?

(Just saw Reg beat me to it ;))