Quote Originally Posted by EthelRed View Post
Is my memory failing me or not?

I remember as a kid I tried to learn the ground and knickname of each league team. Ive forgotten a lot of it now and then there are new grounds and teams of course, but my point is this;

Werent we known as The Colliers back in the day and not The Tykes?

If im right, when did this change?
As far as I am aware Barnsley.F.C.have always been known as The Tykes but I remember in 1912 or 13 we were Drawn away at Arsenal,my old Dad took me to the match and we were behind one of the goals where some supporters had a banner saying something like “Up the Colliers” And a couple of them had miners lamps with them and were testing for gas between the goal posts.So maybe that was where the Colliers name came from but we were always called The Tykes because my Dad told me and he went to school in Barnsley before the First World War.(Although he was born in Lancashire as was my Mum so I haven’t got a drop of Yorkshire blood in my body but I am still a Tyke)