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What are some interesting soccer club nicknames in British football?

In the soccer world, many teams have exclusive nicknames, like AC Milan known as the Red and Blacks and Inter known as the Blue and Blacks. These nicknames are relatively simple and there are some interesting ones. For example, Everton is called the Toffees and Fiorentina is called the Purple Lilies. This time we'll take a look at a few interesting nicknames for the giants. Arsenal, the Gunners. Arsenal was initially a group of arsenal workers to establish the club, from the team logo to the team name, everywhere is the imprint of the arsenal, so Arsenal has the nickname of the arsenal. And because Arsenal's origins are related to guns, so Arsenal is also called the Gunners by Chinese fans.

Liverpool, the Reds. The English Premier League has two of the most famous reds, one is the Red Devils Manchester United and the other is the Red Army Liverpool. The English league was established in 1888, the city of Liverpool only Everton this has been participating in the team, they borrowed the stadium at Anfield to play. Later Everton decided to change the stadium, but three players were unwilling to leave Anfield, so the owner of the stadium took these three players as the base and bought a group of new players to form a new team, Liverpool. They used the color red as their logo, and then Liverpool's record became more and more outstanding, and people slowly called Liverpool the Reds.

Manchester United, the Red Devils. In fact, the early Red Devils were not Manchester United, but Liverpool. In 1901, Liverpool was called the Red Devils. Later, with the relegation of Liverpool, the best red in the English top league was none other than Manchester United, and indirectly the Red Devils became the nickname of Manchester United. The symbol of the Red Devils of Manchester United is passionate and never lose.

Chelsea, Chelsea has two nicknames, one is called the Blues, the other is called the car. Officially called the Blues more, but fans more Chelsea called the car, why Chelsea and car related? Is it because Chelsea has any terrier about the car? In fact, it's not even Chelsea in Cantonese inside the translation, called Chelsea, Guangdong fans as well as Hong Kong fans will Chelsea called the car. Over time, everyone called Chelsea the car.