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.