I know this may sound stupid to some but i dont know why the victory are called the Tards can anybody help me out? iis it just cause they are Retarded?
Also any other names for other teams would be nice just so i can understand a little more .e.g sydney bling ?
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People will tell you it's because we were the last team to sign a full squad at the start of the A League ie we were 'tardy'.
That's just a bullsh*t excuse for the fact that it's an offensive nickname thrown around by people who should know better.
That's just a bullsh*t excuse for the fact that it's an offensive nickname thrown around by people who should know better.
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Topic: Glorious Nation of Tardistan vs FC MorwellPosted: 03 Feb 2012 at 8:43pm <!-- Start Member Post -->
I predict 0-0 scoreloine, some dreadful football, and finally a clean sheet for Most Glorious Nation of Tardistan.
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I always thought it was a shortened word missing the "re".
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Topic: Glorious Nation of Tardistan vs FC MorwellPosted: 03 Feb 2012 at 8:43pm <!-- Start Member Post -->
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Hardly. It was just a vain attempt at humour on my part.
Disappointing that X would use that example as a justification of the word (if that's what he was doing).
Disappointing that X would use that example as a justification of the word (if that's what he was doing).
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Hardly. It was just a vain attempt at humour on my part.
Disappointing that X would use that example as a justification of the word (if that's what he was doing).
Disappointing that X would use that example as a justification of the word (if that's what he was doing).
I'm not really sure what I was doing actually. I think I was probably just being a c**t.
I agree it's a pretty un-PC nickname though.
But definitely struggling to care too much either way.
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so nobody really knows then?
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so nobody really knows then?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=kiwi pie]People will tell you it's because we were the last team to sign a full squad at the start of the A League ie we were 'tardy'.
That's just a bullsh*t excuse for the fact that it's an offensive nickname thrown around by people who should know better.
That's just a bullsh*t excuse for the fact that it's an offensive nickname thrown around by people who should know better.
Allegedly
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so nobody really knows then?
What am I, a freakin' mirage?
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Chefmivec,
My understanding is that it is derived from the term "F*cktard".
Regards,
C-Diddy
President of the Melbourne Irony F*cktard Haters Association Napier Chapter!C-Diddy2012-02-29 08:05:15
My understanding is that it is derived from the term "F*cktard".
Regards,
C-Diddy
President of the Melbourne Irony F*cktard Haters Association Napier Chapter!C-Diddy2012-02-29 08:05:15
"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009
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haha ok i guess i just didn't quite understand all the gibberish banter i'll try to read harder Next time .
Hehe ( Next )
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what about the others then? bling ? where the hell did that come from
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what about the others then? bling ? where the hell did that come from
They spend a lot of money.
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I think I remember a similar thread (maybe by Ocean6?) where all of this was discussed.
Fuck this stupid game
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go and find it then if you want to but i aint looking for a thread it could be anywhere
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go and find it then if you want to but i aint looking for a thread it could be anywhere
I remembered it mentioned how Adelaide got called The Cakes, so found it that way. There are a lot of usages of the word cake on here lol.http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12419
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so nobody really knows then?
It first appeared, so I'm told, prior to the commencement of the A-League on The World Game Forum & attributed to a certain Sydney Olympic supporter.
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Would you believe that Sydney Olympic supporter still has a valid login on here?
Back in the dark days of TWGF and the end of the NSL we started calling Victorians 'tards.
A shortening of the common internet (at the time) insult of "f**ktard". Some embraced. Ok. about two Victorians embraced in an effort to diffuse it. The rest objected to it and it stuck. Then victory started being a horrible bunch of Kevin Muscut like c**ts, their fans turned out to be extremly myopic and stupid, the back room staff built a siege mentality and they all acted like ... tards.
Their behaviour fitted the nickname in the eyes of the rest of the league so it took off.
"Bling" comes from Tom Doumanis, the then President of SNSW who said (when SNSW were still involved in SFC) that they wanted SFC to be the "Glamour" club. A Perth Glory fan called 'Onyx' then attached "Bling Bling" to us.
Unfortunately after the Walter Bugno/Peter Turnbull the club actively distanced it self from such shenanigans. Ironically, that's proved a bit retarded.
Back in the dark days of TWGF and the end of the NSL we started calling Victorians 'tards.
A shortening of the common internet (at the time) insult of "f**ktard". Some embraced. Ok. about two Victorians embraced in an effort to diffuse it. The rest objected to it and it stuck. Then victory started being a horrible bunch of Kevin Muscut like c**ts, their fans turned out to be extremly myopic and stupid, the back room staff built a siege mentality and they all acted like ... tards.
Their behaviour fitted the nickname in the eyes of the rest of the league so it took off.
"Bling" comes from Tom Doumanis, the then President of SNSW who said (when SNSW were still involved in SFC) that they wanted SFC to be the "Glamour" club. A Perth Glory fan called 'Onyx' then attached "Bling Bling" to us.
Unfortunately after the Walter Bugno/Peter Turnbull the club actively distanced it self from such shenanigans. Ironically, that's proved a bit retarded.
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