Original Names of English Premier and Football League teams #1

We provide the ORIGINAL name, and the years in which it was used, for various CURRENT League teams. Your answer is the club's current name.
Clubs were often non-league teams during the relevant years.
Clubs may have used other name(s) between original and current names.
In NO cases do we use the names of predecessor clubs to mergers forming current teams.
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Original Name
Years used
Current Name
The Wednesday
1867 - 1929
Sheffield Wednesday
Christ Church
1874 - 1877
Bolton Wanderers
Small Heath Alliance
1875 - 1888
Birmingham City
_______ Pelham
1878 - 1879
Grimsby Town
St. Domingo's
1878 - 1879
Everton
Newton Heath LYR
1878 - 1902
Manchester United
St. Marks (West Gorton)
1880 - 1887
Manchester City
Glyn Cricket Club
1881 - 1886
Leyton Orient
Singers
1883 - 1898
Coventry City
Black Arabs
1883 - 1884
Bristol Rovers
Dial Square
1886
Arsenal
Argyle
1886 - 1903
Plymouth Argyle
Everton Athletic
1892
Liverpool
New Brompton
1893 - 1912
Gillingham
Headington United
1893 - 1960
Oxford United
Pine Villa
1895 - 1899
Oldham Athletic
Boscombe
1899 - 1923
AFC Bournemouth
Abbey United
1912 - 1951
Cambridge United
_______ Central
1940 - 1989
Salford City
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Level 57
Jan 16, 2015
Am AMAZED that nobody knows Manchester United were formerly called Newton Heath! That's where the green and gold scarves sported by many dissident supporters have their genesis.
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Level 42
Mar 28, 2016
It's because it doesn't work when you put it in!
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Level 57
Mar 29, 2016
Sorry - I'd put Utd instead of United as the acceptable answer.