The implication: Beat them and they will stab you. Repeatedly. In turn. Forever.
Real reason for name: Based on club name.

The implication: Angry bastards who eat wasps and shit venom.
Real reason for name:Colour of strip

The implication: Red-eyed, nimble, curse-asserting mercenaries who hang around with witches.
Real reason for name: Named after the Black Cat gun battery which stood on the River Wear

The implication: Possessed evildoers who live in the hearts of all who deny God. Evil, conniving sluts.
Real reason for name: It sounds good.

The implication: "We have wooden legs, patches on our eyes and parrots. Oh, and we kill people for ear-rings."
Real reason for name: Local links to shipping.

The implication: You are their impending prey. They hunt in packs, will outsmart you then chew on your shins.
Real reason for name: Shortening of club name.

The implication: Love a good headbutt and in cahoots with Lucifer and Sarah Palin.
Real reason for name: From the folk song "The Derby Ram"

The implication: Will hammer you. At football. Then with hammers. Which hurts.
Real reason for name: Former Iron Works team.

The implication: Will bite your ankles down to the bone and chew your wife's chin off.
Real reason for name: Named after the Yorkshire Terrier.

The implication: Violent carnivores who will peck your fucking eyes out.
Real reason for name: Stolen from Benfica.

The implication: Trigger happy fucknuts who will kill you with hot lead.
Real reason for name: Founders worked in a local arms factory.

The implication: Clubbed-up, axed-up pillaging nutcases who will set themselves on fire if you beat them.
Real reason for name: No-one knows, but they probably just thought it sounded "cool"/"hard".

The implication: Eats wolves and humans for breakfast (as opposed to Frosties).
Real reason for name: Colour of home strip.