Red Lion
Active member
The 2 feeble explanations I've heard are;
1. At the time we got the nickname our team played like Greek Gods. (Yeaah right!)
2. Because at the time, where we played, close to Sidwell Street was (only repeating the rumour I've heard) a bit of a rough area, and the kids were not too familiar with soap, they were referred to as the 'greasy 'uns'. (God I hope that's not how we got our nickname!)
We went to Killerton House (near Silverton) today. In one of the lovely old rooms is the most fabulous trophy. Reeaally, really ornate, the handles of the trophy are carved out so they look like snakes. I had a really good close look at it, and I burst out loud the words inscribed at the very top, in tiny weeny writing; "Grecian".
Bless him, the volunteer who was in charge of that room sensed my excitement, came over and explained to me that Grecian was a racehorse, owned by the owners of Killerton House, and he obviously won a seriously important horse race. The race was a one-off, and they kept the trophy.
I asked when this was............in 1700 and something.
Wow. didn't know that PaddyPower had been going for that long, and is there a link from that geegee to our Club?
1. At the time we got the nickname our team played like Greek Gods. (Yeaah right!)
2. Because at the time, where we played, close to Sidwell Street was (only repeating the rumour I've heard) a bit of a rough area, and the kids were not too familiar with soap, they were referred to as the 'greasy 'uns'. (God I hope that's not how we got our nickname!)
We went to Killerton House (near Silverton) today. In one of the lovely old rooms is the most fabulous trophy. Reeaally, really ornate, the handles of the trophy are carved out so they look like snakes. I had a really good close look at it, and I burst out loud the words inscribed at the very top, in tiny weeny writing; "Grecian".
Bless him, the volunteer who was in charge of that room sensed my excitement, came over and explained to me that Grecian was a racehorse, owned by the owners of Killerton House, and he obviously won a seriously important horse race. The race was a one-off, and they kept the trophy.
I asked when this was............in 1700 and something.
Wow. didn't know that PaddyPower had been going for that long, and is there a link from that geegee to our Club?