16 /24 of Cartoon Champions we're now on @nufc . Newcastle United was founded in 1892 by merging two local clubs, West End and East End. Newcastle United nickname Magpies derives from the famous black and white club colours, while the nickname Toons was obtained from a local pronunciation for the word city.  Newcastle's colours at the outset were generally the home kit of Newcastle East End F.C, comprising plain red shirts with white shorts and red socks. In 1894, the club adopted the black and white striped shirts, which had been used as the reserve team's colours. These colours were chosen for the senior team because they were not associated with either of the two teams United were merged from.

The current club crest was first used in the 1988-89 season. The crest includes elements from the coat of arms of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, the two sea horses representing Tyneside's strong connections with the sea, the castle representing the city's Norman keep. The city's coat of arms were first embroidered on the team's shirts in 1969 and worn as standard until 1976. A scroll at the bottom featured the city's motto in Latin; fortiter defendit triumphans which translates into English as "triumphing by brave defence."

From 1976 until 1983, the club wore a specific badge which was developed to wear in place of the city's coat of arms. The design was of a circular shape, which featured the club's name in full, it contained a magpie standing in front of the River Tyne with the historic Norman castle of Newcastle in the background. A more simplistic design followed in 1983, featuring the initials of the club's name, NUFC with the small magpie used in the previous crest within the horizontally laid "C," this logo was relatively short-lived and was discontinued after 1988. Not sure why the Magpie stopped appearing on the logo but the nickname remains here is my illustration of a Magpie standing in a pie.