“Dead Whales” Explained
Ever since the re-brand to North Carolina FC, we've been looking at new names. Oaks. Blues. Even Squirrels was mentioned. None of them really seemed to catch on.
We sure as shit weren't going to be the RailHawks or Hawks. The club (thankfully) wanted to move on from that name, and so did we.
Then...out of nowhere...it happened.
It all started with a since-deleted tweet about whales being buried at WakeMed Soccer Park.
We followed up with the experts:
The site was used as processing site. Whale bones buried in manure to clean them of oils, then washed and brought to our collections.
— NC Natural Sciences (@naturalsciences) October 4, 2017
Atlas Obscura did an article on it and went into the specifics of what was done and why. Really cool write-up.
So we made a quick tifo at our 2017 season finale (RIP NASL):
Then we wanted to take it to another level. So that's how we got here:
The Dead Whales Society.
The Dead Whales Society is a collective of supporters groups that are committed to promoting each other’s teams and bringing a supporters culture to games.
The collective includes the following groups:
Oak City Supporters
North Carolina FC
The Uproar
NC Courage
Red Eye Rowdies
Carolina Hurricanes
11 Players - One Heartbeat
A culture we can be proud of
Established in 2015, Oak City Supporters was started with one goal: build a soccer culture in Downtown Raleigh that we can all be proud of.
We are an independent supporters group of our local mens’s professional team: North Carolina FC.
As a collective group we meet for tailgates before every home game where we eat, drink, sing, talk soccer, and grow as a community.
For away games we support our local community by watching NCFC away matches and hosting various charitable events at Downtown Raleigh's only consistent soccer pub, London Bridge Pub.
Follow us on one of our various social media sites, come hang at a game, or grab a pint with us at an away game, but above all else #SupportLocalSoccer.
