Question: why are burnley fans called dingles?
Answer: Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff has sparked a Lancashire civil war by calling residents of Burnley six-fingered 'dingles'. ... 'Dingles' refers to the family which frequently gets into trouble with the law in the ITV soap Emmerdale and is a nickname for Burnley residents – even though the drama is set in the Yorkshire Dales.