Northampton 2026

[The White Knight]

6 hours ago, IainB said:

With all riders wearing one of these...

Makes a change from tassel's I suppose 😲

NO, NO, NO!!!!!. 🤬🤬

THAT WOULD BE VERY WRONG. 😵😵

[flagrag]

18 hours ago, IainB said:

If there was anybody local to Leicester involved in the sport at the top level they would have known this 🤷‍♂️

Having said that it's pretty common knowledge in the sporting world

You would have thought the Leicester owner may have said no fellow consortium members this is not a great thing to call Northampton The Foxes . 
 

It should have been The Saints or Dons if you want my opinion the other suggestion was Racers which again would have been better 

[IainB]

15 minutes ago, flagrag said:

You would have thought the Leicester owner may have said no fellow consortium members this is not a great thing to call Northampton The Foxes . 
 

It should have been The Saints or Dons if you want my opinion the other suggestion was Racers which again would have been better 

Yep, could have gone with Racers especially with the home of British Motor Racing within the county (Silverstone)

[IainB]

2 hours ago, TB1 said:

If a 'consortium' of different people are running it, does that qualify as a clusterf#ck?

Well, they've done such a great job of collectively running the sport 😁

[Hamish McRaker]

Falcons. Historical link to Falconry

[enotian]

1 hour ago, flagrag said:

It should have been The Saints or Dons if you want my opinion the other suggestion was Racers which again would have been better 

Isn't Saints the name of the rugby team? If you wanted a link with the Rugby supporters they could have been called after their most famous player!! Northampton Pollocks.

Joking aside I thought something like Knights would have worked.  Isn't their some links to Royalty in the area? I mean they couldn't have been called the Princesses. 

 

 

[CTRSports]

To maybe attract a younger audience the thunderous "Northampton Nitros" could have worked or Northampton Thunder makes you wonder

[Byker Biker]

18 minutes ago, CTRSports said:

To maybe attract a younger audience the thunderous "Northampton Nitros" could have worked or Northampton Thunder makes you wonder

I dare say The Northampton "Hamptons" was considered but Foxes does make for an easier race jacket and merchandise design!

[DaveWayne]

I'm not sure I understand all this stressing about the name.

People are talking as if Foxes is synonymous with Leicester. If that is the case then why are the Speedway team called the Lions, and the Rugby team called the Tigers ?

[Derrickn]

1 hour ago, DaveWayne said:

I'm not sure I understand all this stressing about the name.

People are talking as if Foxes is synonymous with Leicester. If that is the case then why are the Speedway team called the Lions, and the Rugby team called the Tigers ?

Leicester used to be called the "Hunters",as per fox hunters.

[TB1]

I accept the good words from the new Ipswich promoters and the hopes for Northampton and the sport in general. However, whilst there is clearly a monopoly or cartel (However you wish to describe it) on equipment such as Tyres and other equipment. How on earth do these people think they are going to attract new competitors into this sport. Deluded I'm afraid!

[Roger Jacobs]

19 hours ago, IainB said:

I think Manchester City are called "City"... although that will very much depend on what "City" you live in lol

The same will apply to United, Town, Rovers, Wanderers, Athletic etc. etc.

Except Ipswich, where the loocals call their teaum: Towen - with the cheery encouragement "Uppa Towen!".

[Roger Jacobs]

8 hours ago, DaveWayne said:

I'm not sure I understand all this stressing about the name.

People are talking as if Foxes is synonymous with Leicester. If that is the case then why are the Speedway team called the Lions, and the Rugby team called the Tigers ?

The Leicester NDL team is called the Fox Cubs - I've always wondered why not the Lion Cubs ...

[IainB]

20 minutes ago, Roger Jacobs said:

The Leicester NDL team is called the Fox Cubs - I've always wondered why not the Lion Cubs ...

The NDL team are called the Lion Cubs... it was the short lived National Development Trophy team that were called the Fox Cubs

[IainB]

26 minutes ago, Roger Jacobs said:

Except Ipswich, where the loocals call their teaum: Towen - with the cheery encouragement "Uppa Towen!".

... and City are of course "Citeh" 😂

[Derrickn]

9 hours ago, Derrickn said:

Leicester used to be called the "Hunters",as per fox hunters.

It's a long time ago,but I think Leicester used to have a horseshoe design on their race jackets.

[Hamish McRaker]

10 hours ago, DaveWayne said:

I'm not sure I understand all this stressing about the name.

People are talking as if Foxes is synonymous with Leicester. If that is the case then why are the Speedway team called the Lions, and the Rugby team called the Tigers ?

Best to ask Reg Fearman or Alan Jones why Lions name was chosen in 1968.

Leicester Tigers name goes back to 1880 and the local regiment after which the club was named.

Leicester City FC has had Fox identity for a long time (I'm no football historian) but have used it increasingly in marketing since maybe 40 years ago.

Leicestershire CCC has had Fox badge for as long as i can recall and like LCFC the club has increased its use in marketing and "brand identity".

When Leicester Speedway was reborn in 2011, LCFC and LCCC had the Fox branding well and truly established and so it rightly continued the Lions branding even with a 28 year gap, regardless of why the name had been chosen in 1968.

Leicester/shire is something of a sporting Mecca, and it would be very messy if all of them were called "Foxes"!

But even so, Leicester/shire sport does have a strong Fox identity, and its attempted appropriation by Northampton speedway is a terrible and unbelievable mistake.

Should be Falcons in my opinion

[topaz325]

Many speedway clubs nickname's incorporate the big cat family, Lions, Tigers (many including Sheffield, Glasgow, Mildenhall ) , Wildcats, Panthers, Cheetahs, ...any more?

[paulnolan]

The name doesn't really matter, does it? Northampton Foxes sounds good. That's it.

(Although the town crest has lions on it so maybe Leicester could swap if they're that bothered...)

Both Cobblers and Saints are protected commercial properties, and as someone from Northampton, I'm sick of shoes.

[flagrag]

37 minutes ago, paulnolan said:

The name doesn't really matter, does it? Northampton Foxes sounds good. That's it.

(Although the town crest has lions on it so maybe Leicester could swap if they're that bothered...)

Both Cobblers and Saints are protected commercial properties, and as someone from Northampton, I'm sick of shoes.

The protected properties legalisation is only applicable in the area of that you protect which in Northamptonshire is Rugby and unsure if football have even done that.