IT seems a pity that the silly and historically illiterate net-based behaviour of some Hartlepool fans will mean that the possible naming of the new Quakers as “Locomotive Darlington” will now probably be ruled out of play (Echo, June 23).
A pity because many of the greatest European teams with railway backgrounds – such as Lepzig, Sofia, Moscow and Kiev – have proudly borne that prefix, and a pity too, given Darlington’s history as a town that made some of Britain’s finest steam locomotives at the local works.
However, can I make a suggestion ?
This tradition is not dead, as anyone who has seen Tornado in full pelt will testify.
So what about “Darlington Tornado”? It has a ring to it.
David Walsh, Skelton.
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