What were the other name options before 'Blue Sox' was chosen?

Bombers. But that aint a cracking idea in the current worldwide climate.

Just looking at that Blue sox badge now make me feel ill.

I know a poster on this forum who has to live with it as it is tattooed on their leg.





Don't you just feel for them?

if we had stuck with it people would have got used to it



i for one liked it





Tell me what the hell is our knickname now!



oh thats right we aint fooking got one! v clever marketing that, at least people had a debate about the blue sox!



traditionalist or not, no knickname is such a great step forward was'nt it!

How about =blue[size=200[iThe Mighty FAX![/i[/size I like that one

Fancy Fax



Bit of alliteration there as well

You could say it's running through his veins.......

As I was sat in the tattoo-ists chair, he said to me " I've never done a Halifax Bluesox tattoo before, but I've done loads of Brad**** B**** ones" That took some restraining as I was in enough pain as it happened

Playing quality rugby is a far better marketing tool than a ridiculous nickname. Sox was a very poor choice compared to the other names chosen by clubs.

Blue Bottoms





We ended up on our @rses, anyway.

I didnt mind it. Went well with the chant that used to come from the Skircoat Stand when it was standing.



Got used to us not having a knickname now, the new design of the Halifax name will do for me.Nothing wrong with being known as "Fax".

Fax is our nickname not some dumb American idea that has no connection to the town and was not very easy to market at all. What the hell is a Blue Sox? Do Liverpool FC, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich etc have nicknames? No yet they are some of the biggest names in World Sport! Its not what Nickname you have thats important but how the club is seen. What is the point of having some stupid nickname if you are losing money and alienating your fans as what happened at Fax?



Blue Sox was a name forced on us by some people who had little idea and little connection with the fans. The Fans- the most important asset a club has- were treated badly by the people who gave us the Blue Sox. They alienated many Fans and Sponsors during this time. People in Calderdale as well as the surrounding are know who we are and Fax is commonly known to refer to the Rugby Club. If we are going to have a Nickname it needs to be one that either can be well marketed and still better a connection with the area. Personally I do not think we need a Nickname but just better promotion of what the club does like with the Schools work for example.