History of baseball team nicknames by calling them "Pirates" for "stealing" their players. The "Pirates" tag stuck and the alliterative name was eventually adopted as Pittsburgh's official team nickname. By the time of the 1903 World Series, the team was commonly known as "Pirates", although the club did not acknowledge it on their uniforms until 1912. Alternate nicknames such as "Bucs" or "Buccos", short for "buccaneer", have been used through the years. "Buccaneer" is typically used synonymously with "pirate", although historically "buccaneer" is a more specific term for pirates who operated in the Caribbean, especially along the Spanish Main coast. The Pittsburgh Steelers of the
Sandwell Steelers 208 of which is seated, which they share with Tipton Town F.C.. They train at the nearby RSA Academy. Sandwell Steelers The Sandwell Steelers are an American football team based in Tipton, United Kingdom. They play their home games at the Tipton Sports Academy. They are a member of the Northern Football Conference 1 South in the BAFA National Leagues. The Steelers were formed in 2013, and lost their first game in the associate process to the Shropshire Revolution 42-12. In 2014, they were granted full BAFA status and placed in the National Leagues Central division, in the second tier