Popular Post Wainy316 Posted January 29, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2014 Nice bit of trivia. Makes our sexy name that little bit more sexy. Let's hope Red Bull don't get their grubby mitts on it. http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2014/01/27/everton-aston-villa-west-brom-which-club-has-the-oldest-premier-league-name/ The majority of Premier League sides have changed their name since they were founded including Manchester United and Newcastle United who were Newton Heath and Stanley respectively. However, a small handful have kept their founding name. See our alternative Premier League table with the original club names below: The Premier League table with original team namesAnd here is a timeline of club names from newest to oldest: 1969 Swansea City have the youngest name. They changed from Swansea Town in 1969, to celebrate Swansea earning city status. 1928 Stoke City are next. They also added city to their name having originally been founded as Stoke Ramblers. 1914 It is 100 years since Arsenal became, well, Arsenal. Before that they’d been Woolwich Arsenal. And before that they’d been Dial Square. 1908 Cardiff City are next. They have been Cardiff City since 1908. Before that they were Riverside AFC. 1905 Chelsea have always been Chelsea. Crystal Palace have always been Crystal Palace. They are the youngest clubs in the Premier League never to have changed their names, and they were both founded in 1905. They’ve had the same names for 109 years. 1904 Ironically, Hull City, the cause of all this, are one of only five teams in the Premier League never to have changed their name. They’ve been Hull City for 110 years, but possibly not for many longer. 1902 Norwich City have had their name since 1902, and it has remained unchanged since then. 1902 Manchester United started life as Newton Heath. Rumours that Ryan Giggs has been playing for so long he actually appeared for them are unconfirmed. United became Manchester United in 1902. 1900 West Ham United started life as Thames Ironworks, hence the “Irons” nickname which has stuck to this day. They’ve been the Hammers for 114 years. 1897 Southampton began their existence as the St. Mary’s Young Men’s Association FC, then became St. Mary’s FC, then became Southampton St. Mary’s. They settled on the simple Southampton in 1897, 117 years ago 1894 Manchester City rejoiced in the name St Mark’s (West Gorton) when they started. Then they became Gorton Association FC followed by Ardwick AFC. 120 years ago they changed it to Manchester City. 1892 Newcastle United started out as Stanley. We’d rather like a Premier League club simply called Stanley, but it wasn’t to be. The morphed into Newcastle East End, and a merger with Newcastle West End led to the formation of Newcastle United in 1892. 1892 It must surely be to the endless amusement of Evertonians that their nearest neighbours started with a name similar to their own. Liverpool grew out of a split in the Everton club, and they began life as Everton FC and Athletic Grounds Ltd. The FA at the time decided two teams called Everton was too confusing, and so after a couple of months Liverpool became Liverpool. 1888 Fulham were originally called Fulham St Andrew’s Church Sunday School FC, and also dabbled for a while with being called Fulham Excelsior. It was in 1888 that the current name was adopted. 1884 Tottenham Hotspur played their first matches under the name Hotspur FC. The Tottenham was added in 1884 to avoid confusion with another club of the same name. 1881 Sunderland’s original name was Sunderland & District Teachers AFC. The club adopted the shorter version of the name in 1881. 1880 West Bromwich Strollers was the first name of the club that became West Bromwich Albion. 1879 Everton nearly have the oldest name in the Premier League. They started out as St Domingo’s FC, but changed to Everton in 1879, because they were recruiting players from outside of the parish. That’s 135 years ago. 1874 Aston Villa are the undisputed Premier League kings of the long-standing name. They were founded as Aston Villa in 1874, and have never changed it. 140 years and counting. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 West Bromwich Strollers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Though its a change of name all the same, swansea would look a tad silly if the retained 'town' after being awarded city status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raver50032 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Some great facts in that article - thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted January 29, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted January 29, 2014 +1 for West Brom Strollers. Why did they change it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatAboutTheFinish Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 The table lists Stoke Strollers whilst the facts say they were Stoke Ramblers...so just how seriously did they take their walking? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I do like the Strollers part actually. Stoke Ramblers was quite apt for Pulis' reign. Fulham's is for some reason really tickling me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 How about the fact that Liverpool used to be Everton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 A great read - thanks for posting. Great pity we did not stick with Aston Villa on our badges, etc., instead of the terribly bland AVFC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa-revolution Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 (edited) Which only goes to prove that there is only one " Aston Villa." Nice work Wainy. take a bow son, take a bow. ps - I hope Wainy316 is your original name too? Edited January 29, 2014 by villa-revolution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Which only goes to prove that there is only one " Aston Villa." Nice work Wainy. take a bow son, take a bow. ps - I hope Wainy316 is your original name too? Of course, the 316 family runs deep. 'John', 'Austin' and VT's own 'Daz'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Which only goes to prove that there is only one " Aston Villa." Nice work Wainy. take a bow son, take a bow. ps - I hope Wainy316 is your original name too? Of course, the 316 family runs deep. 'John', 'Austin' and VT's own 'Daz'. Your brother, BMW, would be proud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 A great read - thanks for posting. Great pity we did not stick with Aston Villa on our badges, etc., instead of the terribly bland AVFC. Yep, the current badge is a failure on many fronts. Why shorten the prettiest club name in the world to AVFC? Spell out the club's name, dammit. Also, if we are to market the club on an international scale, having "Aston Villa FC" on the badge is vital. Not every football fan or potential football fan automatically knows what AVFC stands for. Major branding failure by the club. Hopefully, they smarten up and redesign the thing, because besides what I already mentioned, the badge looks like a big sloppy mess. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordSepulchrave Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Fulham Excelsior! Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 How about the fact that Liverpool used to be Everton? I don't want to be too sarcastic, but if you actually read the article this thread is about it does explain that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danwichmann Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 If we ever are renamed, we should definitely use "Strollers" somewhere. Are there any strollers left in the modern game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Are there any strollers left in the modern game? Stephen Ireland. He's strolled through every game I've ever seen him play. Someone had to make a joke like this, may as well have been be. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 A great read - thanks for posting. Great pity we did not stick with Aston Villa on our badges, etc., instead of the terribly bland AVFC. Yep, the current badge is a failure on many fronts. Why shorten the prettiest club name in the world to AVFC? Spell out the club's name, dammit. Also, if we are to market the club on an international scale, having "Aston Villa FC" on the badge is vital. Not every football fan or potential football fan automatically knows what AVFC stands for. Major branding failure by the club. Hopefully, they smarten up and redesign the thing, because besides what I already mentioned, the badge looks like a big sloppy mess. I agree. I have always thought the present badge is awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 30, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted January 30, 2014 A great read - thanks for posting. Great pity we did not stick with Aston Villa on our badges, etc., instead of the terribly bland AVFC. Yep, the current badge is a failure on many fronts. Why shorten the prettiest club name in the world to AVFC? Spell out the club's name, dammit. Also, if we are to market the club on an international scale, having "Aston Villa FC" on the badge is vital. Not every football fan or potential football fan automatically knows what AVFC stands for. Major branding failure by the club. Hopefully, they smarten up and redesign the thing, because besides what I already mentioned, the badge looks like a big sloppy mess. I agree. I have always thought the present badge is awful. The problem with the badge is they did it by comittee. They sent out that survey to fans (I still remember filling it in) asking stuff like "Should it be round or a shield?" "Should it have a star?" etc etc Then when they got all the answers they appear to have just chucked it all together and stamped it as finished. It didn't appear anyone actually took a step back and thought "Right, we've incorporated all the ideas that people want, but does it actually look good?" Reminds me of this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 How about the fact that Liverpool used to be Everton? I don't want to be too sarcastic, but if you actually read the article this thread is about it does explain that. I know 'how' I was saying 'how about it', as in what an interesting fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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