Excellent once again, yes the city origin date of 1894 was always an odd one imho . Man Utd celebrated their centenary in 1978 as I recall but they were still Newton heath back then and the actual association football bit didn’t start until a year or two later I am led to believe .?thanks again for the great reading
Yeah, the details surrounding United's formation are as messy as ours. Personally, I think both clubs originated at pretty much the same time for the same reasons (in 1880), though neither were actually football clubs at that point.
As I said, it would be nice if we could all settle on a formation date. And if the club went for 1884 they would only have to change one digit on the badge.
Excellent once again, yes the city origin date of 1894 was always an odd one imho . Man Utd celebrated their centenary in 1978 as I recall but they were still Newton heath back then and the actual association football bit didn’t start until a year or two later I am led to believe .?thanks again for the great reading
Glad you're enjoying it.
Yeah, the details surrounding United's formation are as messy as ours. Personally, I think both clubs originated at pretty much the same time for the same reasons (in 1880), though neither were actually football clubs at that point.
As I said, it would be nice if we could all settle on a formation date. And if the club went for 1884 they would only have to change one digit on the badge.