Dave Naylor Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Anyone got any feelings about Owls? I keep checking out all the social media pre-match images the other clubs put out. Swinton have this moody looking Lion and Leigh have those Spartans that somebody with a GCSE C in classical history thought were Centurions My point is, if I were to knock a few images up with some fierce looking creature hanging around menacingly behind one of our players, the only thing I can think of with an Oldham connection is an Owl. An owl is sat on the top of the club crest therefore on our shirt but I sort of associate Owls with Latics. I could go a bit left field and have a Bison or something because I'm sure in the neolithic period there must have been one or two knocking around Derker. I am however open to suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyed34 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Not really sure Dave, i think i would probably say the same as you, Latics have that clipart type owl thing and if i saw an owl on something rugby related ,i would think why?. Tricky to get a picture of a fierce looking Roughyed these days too,rarer than yeti's i believe lol. Your right though the only animal representing Oldham as a town is the owl.My initial thought was a kind of faded club badge in the background as obvs we have no tenuous connection to any dodgy animals- not even Bears! ( I still shudder at that horror story). The crest is the only thing i can think of that when i see it,it screams ORLFC.Im sure whatever you decide upon will be fab as usual.Just my two pennorth as per usual. Ps just thought of something, maybe you could have the crest on it somewhere and have a pic of an animal which represents the type of player? I.e a rhino for Wardy,cheetah for Jamel,Lion,Tiger whatever fits for the player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinboyfatter Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I've thought about this in the past Dave and to be honest besides the Latics connection was also the Oldham Owls sports club so I thought it was a bit of a non starter. Think we're stuck with the Roughyeds heritage to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Naylor Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Ps just thought of something, maybe you could have the crest on it somewhere and have a pic of an animal which represents the type of player? I.e a rhino for Wardy,cheetah for Jamel,Lion,Tiger whatever fits for the player. Oooh. Now there's an idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinboyfatter Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Palfrey the panther Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Naylor Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Lol, that's just alliteration. Although I suppose he is a bit sleek and well coiffured! We should do a poll. Which animal accurately represents the personality and ability of each Roughyeds Player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Naylor Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Jamel the Gazelle Haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinboyfatter Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Sammy Gee the Hyena....always laughing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyed34 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Oh lordy what have i done haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor mcb Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Phil joy the whale ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Hand and Foot Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Hey what about a Bear? Oh wait......! To be honest I thought the bear was a good symbol. The 'no guts no glory' t shirt was my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Naylor Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Looks like I've made a job for myself here. I'm thinking of creating a generic template and I could just slot the appropriate animal behind it. So I need suggestions for fast things, wily things (steady on the spelling), powerful things, reliable things etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyed34 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Nice one Connor, sure Phil would appreciate that . I personally hated everything about the Oldham Bears name and badge, i was glad when we binned that hopefully to never return. Tbh i aint keen on these names for clubs but i do get the fact it increases awareness probably.If we reverted to some strange name, they would, as they always have be referred to as the Roughyeds in our household. Plus i wouldnt buy anything with some tacky badge on it. Although THOHAF i must admit that t shirt was one of the best things we ever had lol.In this day and age i suppose its all about brand awareness,something we dont have really at the moment. Im just a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to club badges i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyed34 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Bear,cheetah,fox,rhino,hawk,eagle,pit bull haha,cobra,gazelle,tiger,lion,wolf thats my list pinched off the Chester Zoo animal list lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollinwooder Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Why not an Ostrich?. Sums up the CEO to a t! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyedspud Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Id go back to bears me.....or i would have done before coventry showed up OLDHAM RLFC the 8TH most successful team in british RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyedspud Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Just to add to... We are not OLDHAM ROUGHYEDS... spoke to CH about this...officially we are OLDHAM RLFC.....the roughyeds...... is our nickname OLDHAM RLFC the 8TH most successful team in british RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Hand and Foot Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I notice that Halifax are no longer the blue sox or brown Kex or whatever it was. When did they drop that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutsiderLookingIn Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 What about some sort of wild cat/big cat... going along the roary the roughyeds. ...he is a lion isn't he? I know Swinton have a lion...but perhaps some other connotation of wild cat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutsiderLookingIn Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 If you put in wildcat clipart or lion clipart in Google then look at the images it throws up, are any of those suitable/tweakable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorside roughyed Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I've always thought that names such as Wigan Warriors,Leeds Rhinos etc sound cheesy and Americanised. We managed for donkeys years without these silly nicknames probably dreamed up in some boardroom.Widnes is Widnes,Wigan is Wigan,Huddersfield is Huddersfield and so on.If a club has an old nickname synonymous with the club ie- Hornets,roughyeds etc then that's fair enough but some of them is Halifax Blue Socks sounds a bit poncey to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutsiderLookingIn Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 According to wiki , when I Googled things oldham was famous for, it was the centre of the hatting industry, with the name roughyeds coming from the rough felt the hats were made of....so whatever critter it is...it should have a hat..... My initial Google was done with the thought that perhaps if there wasn't a creature that people could decide on, perhaps the history could lend itself to a fierce looking weapon or tool...but sadly ...try as I might, I cannot envisage a menacing looking cotton reel...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutsiderLookingIn Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Although M.R widnes have embraced the vikings name more than they did with the old name of the Chemics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorside roughyed Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 A Roughyed is anyone from Oldham. Nothing to do with the rugby really.Although the rugby club kind of adopted it.The felt was rough so you can't imagine the football club adopting it as they're too soft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorside roughyed Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I just prefer to call places by their name.But that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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