Club Notes	Club	Stadium	Capacity	Nickname	Explanation	#	#
EPL History	EPL History					1	200
NAVIGATION	ENGLAND					2	1
	Arsenal	Emirates Stadium	60,362	Gunners	Local links to military arsenal/due to the founders was in fact workers on a local arms factory	3	6
Current season	Aston Villa	Villa Park	42,785	Villans	Based on official name	4	8
Annual Standings	Barnsley	Oakwell	23,287	Tykes	Colloquial name for a Yorkshireman.	5	10
Historical Table	Birmingham City	St Andrew's	29,409	Blues	Colour of home football kit	6	12
Older Leagues	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	31,154	Riversiders	After a side of the ground adjacent to a river	7	13
Club Notes				Rovers	Shortened name	8	14
	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	16,007	Pool	Short version of name	9	15
				Seasiders	Based on coast.	10	16
				Tangerines	Colour of their home kit	11	17
	Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium	28,100	Trotters	In the 19th century, one of their pitches was adjacent to a piggery. Players had to 'trot' through the pig-pens to retrieve the balls.	12	18
	Bradford City	Valley Parade	25,136	Bantams	A reference to the claret and amber colours of the club's strip	13	21
	Burnley	Turf Moor	21,940	Clarets	Colour of home strip	14	29
	Charlton Athletic	The Valley	27,111	Addicks	A corruption of the word 'haddocks', named after a local fish and chip shop	15	35
				Robins	Colour of home kit same as a robin's chest	16	36
	Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	41,798	Blues	Colour of home football kit.	17	37
				Blue Lions	Blue lion on the crest	18	38
				Pensioners, Geezers	Originates from the Chelsea pensioners, based at the nearby Royal Hospital Chelsea	19	39
	Coventry City	Sixfields Stadium	7,300	Sky Blues	Colour of home strip	20	45
	Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	26,255	Eagles	Taken from nickname of Benfica.	21	48
				Glaziers	Reference to The Crystal Palace. No longer used.	22	49
	Derby County	Pride Park Stadium	33,502	Rams	Folk song "The Derby Ram", and by extension an emblem of the city.	23	52
	Everton	Goodison Park	39,571	Blues	Colour of home football kit.	24	56
				Toffees	Back in the 1950s and 60s, a woman used to walk around before the game and throw toffees to the crowd, a tradition since revived.	25	57
				School of Science	1928, comment of Everton's attractive style of play with the team being called 'scientific' or 'the school of science	26	58
	Fulham	Craven Cottage	25,700	Badgers	Club mascot 'Billy the Badger'	27	62
				Cottagers	From club's ground, Craven Cottage	28	63
				Lillywhites	Colour of home strip	29	64
	Hull City	KC Stadium	25,404	Tigers	Colour of home strip	30	79
	Ipswich Town	Portman Road	30,311	Blues	Colour of home football kit	31	80
				Tractor Boys	Local links to agriculture	32	81
	Leeds United	Elland Road	37,914	Mighty Whites	Based on the colour of the home strip	33	86
				Peacocks	From the former name of the Elland Road stadium, The Old Peacock Ground, in turn named after The Old Peacock pub, nearby.	34	87
				United		35	88
				Whites		36	89
	Leicester City	King Power Stadium	32,312	Filberts	Seldom used, derives from previous ground being located on Filbert Street	37	90
				Fosse	Original name was Leicester Fosse, which derived from The Fosse Way. Name still in use by commentator Stuart Hall	38	91
				Foxes	Outline of Leicestershire on a map resembles a foxes head, Hunting tradition of the county	39	92
	Liverpool	Anfield	45,276	Kopites	Indicates the KOP Grandstand in the famous Anfield Road ground	40	97
				Pool	Short version of name	41	98
				Reds	Colour of home kit	42	99
	Manchester City	Etihad Stadium	47,405	Citizens	Developed from 'City'	43	103
				Sky Blues	Colour of home strip	44	104
	Manchester United	Old Trafford	75,731	Red Devils	Nickname originally belonged to nearby rugby league team Salford	45	105
	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,998	Boro	Short version of name	46	108
				Smoggies	From the industrial pollution, or smog, from the steel and chemical plants surrounding the town	47	109
	Newcastle United	St James' Park	52,405	Magpies	Based on black and white colour of home strip	48	114
				Toon	Local pronunciation of 'Town', meaning City Centre where the ground is situated	49	115
	Norwich City	Carrow Road	27,224	Canaries	Initially due to popularity of canary breeding in Norfolk, later home strips are the same colour, and is now used in the club's logo.	50	119
	Nottingham Forest	City Ground	30,540	Reds	Colour of home kit	51	120
				Tricky Trees	Play on forest	52	121
	Oldham Athletic	Boundary Park	10,850	Latics	Short version of name	53	123
	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	21,178	Pompey	The nickname for the city	54	128
	Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road	18,439	Hoops	Design of home strip	55	130
				QPR	Abbreviation of club name	56	131
				Rs	Final initial of club abbreviation, QPR	57	132
				Super Hoops	Based on the pattern of the home strip	58	133
	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,197	The Royals	Referred to former Huntley and Palmers biscuit factory in the town (rarely used)	59	134
				Rz	From the shout Come on you Rz	60	135
				Royals	The town is in the Royal County of Berkshire.	61	136
	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	32,609	Blades	Local links with steel and cutlery.	62	142
				The Cutlers	Based on the main industry of Sheffield. (Used until 1907 when Sheffield Wednesday adopted The Owls)	63	143
	Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough Stadium	39,732	Owls	Based on name of local area (Owlerton), after a visitor to the city drew a cartoon depicting Sheffield Wednesday as an owl.	64	144
				The Blades	Was used till 1907 when they adopted The Owls.	65	145
				The Wednesday	Due to the last name.	66	146
	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,689	Saints	St Mary's Church Young Men's Association	67	150
	Stoke City	Britannia Stadium	27,740	Potters	Local links to the pottery industry	68	159
	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	48,707	Black Cats, Coal Cats	Named after the Black Cat gun battery. Also references the lucky black cat which led to the team winning the FA Cup.	69	160
				Lads	"Gonna watch the Lads" The club's fans motto is Ha'way the Lads which is also seen on the stand at the Stadium of Light.	70	161
	Swindon Town	County Ground	14,983	Robins	Colour of home kit same as a robin's chest	71	162
	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	36,284	Lilywhites	Colour of home strip	72	165
				Spurs	Short version of name	73	166
				Yids	For the club's North London Jewish heritage	74	167
	Watford	Vicarage Road	17,477	Hornets	Colour of strip	75	170
	West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	26,586	Baggies	Acquired when the players played in long shorts (debatable - see the club's article for more details)	76	171
	West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	35,016	Hammers	Club's crest has crossed metalworking hammers, indicating the club's origins as the football team of Thames Ironworks.	77	172
				Irons	Indicates the club's origins as the football team of Thames Ironworks (see "also Hammers").	78	173
	Wigan Athletic	DW Stadium	25,138	Latics	Shortened version of name	79	175
	Wimbledon	Selhurst Park	26,255	The Dons	Shortening of the name.	80	176
				Wombles	Fictional creature from Elisabeth Beresford stories, specifically, the inhabitants of the burrow on Wimbledon Common	81	177
				The Crazy Gang	British comedy group in the late 1930s, used because of the often eccentric behaviour of Wimbledon's players	82	178
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Molineux	30,852	Wolves	Based on shortening of name	83	180
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	WALES					85	185
	Cardiff City	Cardiff City Stadium	28,016	Bluebirds	Colour of home football kit and possibly named after 1909 children's play 'Blue Bird'	86	188
	Swansea City	Liberty Stadium	20,745	Jacks	Seamen from the town formerly referred to as 'Swansea Jacks', also after the dog Swansea Jack	87	191
				Swans	Short version of the name	88	192
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	No EPL History					90	201
	ENGLAND					91	202
	Accrington Stanley	Crown Ground	5,070	Stanley	Based on official name	92	2
	AFC Wimbledon	Kingsmeadow	5,339	Dons	A contraction of Wimbledon. See Wimbledon F.C.	93	3
	Aldershot Town	Recreation Ground	6,785	Shots	Short version of name	94	4
	Altrincham	Moss Lane	6,085	Robins	Colour of home kit same as a robin's chest	95	5
	Ashford Town (Middlesex)			Ash Trees	Emblem of the town, derived from the name of the town and from the large tree that stood in the centre of the town for many years.	96	7
	Barnet	The Hive Stadium	5,176	Bees	Based on colour of home strip	97	9
	Belper Town			Nailers	The manufacture of nails was formerly a widespread cottage industry locally	98	11
	Boston United	York Street	6,643	Pilgrims	Local links to the pilgrims who went to the New World	99	19
	Bournemouth			Cherries	Stadium built on a cherry tree orchard	100	20
	Brentford	Griffin Park	12,763	Bees	Misinterpretation of an 1890s chant "Buck up Bs"	101	22
	Brighton & Hove Albion	Falmer Stadium	30,750	Seagulls	Based on coast, also a response to the similar sounding nickname 'Eagles' of their arch rivals Crystal Palace	102	23
	Bristol City	Ashton Gate Stadium	21,804	Ciderheads/Zyderheads	Local links to cider making and drinking	103	24
				Robins	Colour of home kit same as a robin's chest	104	25
	Bristol Rovers	Memorial Stadium	11,626	Gas	Old ground next door to a Gasworks	105	26
				Pirates	Local links to shipping	106	27
				Rovers	Shortened name	107	28
	Burton Albion	Pirelli Stadium	6,912	Brewers	Local links to the brewing industry	108	30
	Bury	Gigg Lane	11,313	Shakers	First club chairman, JT Ingham, at a Lancashire Cup game with Blackburn, said, "We will shake them. In fact, we are the Shakers."	109	31
	Cambridge United	Abbey Stadium	10,847	Us	Initial of name	110	32
				Yellows	Colour of home kit	111	33
	Carlisle United	Brunton Park	16,683	Cumbrians	From Cumbria, the county the club are from.	112	34
	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road	7,133	Robins	Colour of home kit same as a robin's chest	113	40
	Chester	Deva Stadium	5,376	Blues	Colour of home football kit	114	41
	Chester City			Seals	Old ground named Sealand Road	115	42
	Chesterfield	Proact Stadium	10,300	Spireites	Due to famous crooked spire in the town	116	43
	Colchester United	Colchester Community Stadium	10,105	Us	Initial of name	117	44
	Crawley Town	Broadfield Stadium	5,973	Red Devils		118	46
	Crewe Alexandra	Alexandra Stadium	10,109	Railwaymen	Local links to railways	119	47
	Dagenham & Redbridge	Victoria Road	6,070	Daggers	Based on club name	120	50
	Darlington			Quakers	Local links to religious movement	121	51
	Doncaster Rovers	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231	Donny, Vikings	A play on the name of the Town itself.	122	53
	Eastbourne Borough			Sports	Due to team's previous name of Langney Sports F.C.	123	54
	Ebbsfleet United	Stonebridge Road	5,011	Fleet	Short version of name	124	55
	Exeter City	St James Park	8,830	Grecians	Grecians was, for centuries, the nickname for people from the St Sidwells parish of Exeter where the ground is situated	125	59
	FC United of Manchester			Rebels	Club formed after takeover of Man.U. by Malcolm Glazer. Name primarily used by the Manchester Evening News.	126	60
	Formby			Squirrels	Formby's nature reserve is home to one of England's largest remaining populations of red squirrels	127	61
	Gateshead	Gateshead International Stadium	11,750	Heed	Based on shortening of Gateshead, and the local pronunciation of Head	128	65
				Tynesiders	Gateshead is located on Tyneside	129	66
	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	11,440	Gills	Short version of name	130	67
	Gloucester City			Tigers	Colour of home strip	131	68
	Grays Athletic			Blues	Colour of home football kit	132	69
	Grimsby Town	Blundell Park	9,546	Mariners	Local links to the declining fishing industry	133	70
				Mariners	The club is based on the coast	134	71
	Halesowen Town			Yeltz	Origin of the name has been lost track of	135	72
	Halifax Town	The Shay	10,500	Shaymen	Originates from the club's ground	136	73
	Hartlepool United	Victoria Park	7,856	Monkey hangers	During the Napoleonic wars the citizens of Hartlepool allegedly hanged a monkey believing it to be a French spy.[6]	137	74
				Pools	Short version of name	138	75
	Hereford United	Edgar Street	5,300	Bulls	After the local breed of cattle	139	76
	Hinckley United			Knitters	Local links to the Knitwear and Hosiery industry	140	77
	Huddersfield Town	John Smith's Stadium	24,554	Terriers	Named after the Yorkshire Terrier breed of dog - based on a vote of their supporters to create a nickname	141	78
	Kettering Town			Kettles	Shortened version of name	142	82
				Poppies	Stadium built on a former poppy field	143	83
	Kidderminster Harriers	Aggborough	6,238	Harriers	Short version of name	144	84
	Lancaster City			Dolly Blues	Derived from the fact that team originally played in the same colour as the 'Dolly Blue' washing tablets	145	85
	Leyton Orient	Brisbane Road	9,311	Os	Before Squad numbers on shirts, Orient Players wore Large Letter Os on their shirt backs	146	93
				Chicken Orientals	Based on the infamous masses of Chinese Takeaways in Leyton	147	94
	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank	10,130	Imps	Legend of the imp statue in Lincoln Cathedral (also "Red Imps")	148	95
				Red Imps	Colour of home kit and legend of the imp statue in Lincoln Cathedral	149	96
	Luton Town	Kenilworth Road	10,226	Hatters	Local links to hat making industry	150	100
	Macclesfield Town	Moss Rose	6,355	Silkmen	Local links to the silk industry	151	101
	Maidenhead United			Magpies		152	102
	Mansfield Town	Field Mill	8,186	Stags		153	106
				Yellows	Colour of home kit. The team is also known as the Stags, as evidenced by the stag head on their crest.	154	107
	Millwall	The Den	19,734	Lions	Featured on badge	155	110
	Milton Keynes Dons	Stadium:MK	32,000	Dons	A contraction of Wimbledon, from the club's original location, as Wimbledon F.C.	156	111
	Morecambe	Globe Arena	6,400	Shrimps	Possibly related to the fishing/shrimping industry in the region	157	112
	Newcastle			Skunks	From black and white home strip	158	113
	Northampton Town	Sixfields Stadium	7,300	Cobblers	Local links to the shoe making industry	159	116
				Tayn	Town said in a northampton accent	160	117
	Northwich Victoria			Vics	Based on shortening of official name	161	118
	Notts County	Meadow Lane	20,280	Magpies	Based on black and white colour of home strip	162	122
	Oxford United	Kassam Stadium	12,500	Us	Initial of name	163	124
	Peterborough United	London Road	11,494	Posh	Believed to derive from former manager Pat Tirrel proclaiming that he was looking for: "Posh players for a posh team"	164	125
	Plymouth Argyle	Home Park	16,388	Pilgrims	Local links to the pilgrims who went to the New World	165	126
	Port Vale	Vale Park	19,148	Valiants	Based on official name	166	127
	Preston North End	Deepdale	23,404	Lillywhites	Colour of home strip	167	129
	Rochdale	Spotland	10,037	Dale	Short version of name	168	137
	Rotherham United	New York Stadium	12,009	Millers	Based on ground name (Millmoor)	169	138
	Rushden & Diamonds			Diamonds	Short version of name	170	139
	Scarborough Athletic			Seadogs	Proximity to the coast	171	140
	Scunthorpe United	Glanford Park	9,144	Iron	Local links to the iron industry	172	141
	Shrewsbury Town	Greenhous Meadow	9,875	Blues	Colour of home football kit	173	147
				Salop	Traditional name for the town of Shrewsbury and also Shropshire as a county (latin name Salopia)	174	148
				Shrews	Short version of name	175	149
	Southend United	Roots Hall	11,927	Blues	Colour of home football kit	176	151
				Shrimpers	A historic local industry; alliterative	177	152
	Southport	Haig Avenue	6,008	Sandgrounders	Town is on a stretch of coast known for its expansive sandy beaches	178	153
	St Albans City			Saints		179	154
	St Margaretsbury			Bury		180	155
	Stevenage	Broadhall Way	6,722	Boro	Short version of original name, Stevenage Borough	181	156
	Stevenage Borough			Stripes	Based on the pattern of the home strip	182	157
	Stockport County	Edgeley Park	10,852	Hatters	One of Cheshire's and Britain's main hatting industry towns	183	158
	Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	4,065	Lambs	Team plays at The Lamb Ground, named after a local pub	184	163
	Torquay United	Plainmoor	6,145	Gulls	Seaside link	185	164
	Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park	16,151	Rovers	Shortened name	186	168
	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	10,989	Saddlers	Links to the saddle making industry	187	169
	Weymouth			Terras	Club plays in a terracota coloured kit	188	174
	Woking	Kingfield Stadium	6,064	Cardinals (Cards)	From the Cardinal red of the red and white shirt halves	189	179
	Wycombe Wanderers	Adams Park	10,000	Chairboys	Local links to the furniture making industry	190	181
	Yeovil Town	Huish Park	9,565	Glovers	Local links to the glove making industry	191	182
	York City	Bootham Crescent	8,105	Minstermen	York Minster is a famous landmark in the city	192	183
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	WALES					194	203
	Airbus UK Broughton			Wingmakers	Refers to being the works team of the Airbus UK factory	195	186
	Barmouth & Dyffryn United			Magpies		196	187
	Newport County	Rodney Parade	7,012	Exiles	Club were forced to play several seasons in Gloucestershire by the FAW	197	189
				Ironsides	Association with steelworks and other heavy industries	198	190
	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	15,500	Red Dragons	Featured on logo	199	193
				Robins	Colour of home kit same as a robin's chest	200	194
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