Club History

Founding of the club

Nickname

The Sheffield University team went without a nickname for almost all of its first year of existence. Various names were considered including:

• Steelmen (Steelers was already the name of Sheffield’s ice hockey team)

• Sentinels

• Fighting Spoons

• Supersonics (‘Sonics for short)

• Marshalls (Who could have suggested that one?)

Eventually, club founder Damian Marshall came up with the name Sabres for a team based in a city famous for its steel and blades.

Club logo

The Sabres logo displays two crossed sabres beneath a “U” and “S” representing Sheffield University. The logo was inspired by logos from the University of Virginia and the University of Miami.

The font represents letters cut out by a sabre and is called Baphomet.

Uniform

The Sabres kit was first inspired by by the cities seven rivers and the famous local metal works industry with the colours blue and gold. These colours were sported by all Sabres for the best part of a decade before University regulation forced a change. 

Today, the Sabres proudly wear the distinctive black and gold uniform which has become infamous in and around the University.