{NUFC - The one true United?

There is long list of United's in English football, but the one who kicked the ball off is the NUFC who merged two inter-city teams and come out to be the Newcastle United.

United is now considered as the generations back and NUFC has become the symbol of it. Not only the football team but there are other factors as well that keeps the Newcastle United. Now the NUFC is the heartbeat of the society; they don't consider, what happened in the past but now this football team is considered to be the centre of attention for the whole city. Loyal is the best word that gives the description of Newcastle citizens and NUFC fans.

Formed back in 1892 when Newcastle West End and Newcastle East End officially merged to become Newcastle United, or NUFC as a more marketable version of the name has become known, the club have continued to use that name to this very day and continue to use the same ground as was used all those years ago, although admittedly there are a few more modern comforts at St James' park these days when compared to days of old.

The United's who are more famous are not actually United's. The reason of getting United of the following teams Manchester United, Sheffield United, Leeds United and West Ham United was the change in name and not due to the reason of being merged of the two teams. In this consideration the NUFC trumps all.

It is difficult to associate the name trendsetter with NUFC or Newcastle United but actually it is right to say that they have set the trend as they are the ones who have firstly used the name United in correct way.

There are other football teams as well who have taken the label of United in real sense though majority of them are from lower leagues of English football where the merging of local teams is more common. The top team that has correctly achieved the name of United with their name is Scunthorpe United; they got it in 1899 when Brumby Hall merged with the unknown mysterious team. There was doubt over the validity of this move so the new club merged with another club in 1910 to make it official and remove the doubt. This feat was again trumped by NUFC.

Here you go now, you have a clear know how that which of the club was the first to adopt the name United. Pick the right answer next time when you get the quiz related to this topic. That answer is of course, Newcastle United.