ðɪs lˈɛd tə ðə klˈʌbz ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃɚ ænd ɹˈiːteɪl mˈænɪdʒɚ pˈɔːl plˈaʊmən ˈɪntᵻɡɹˌeɪɾɪŋ æn "ˌiːˌɛstˈiː. wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn" tˈæɡ ˌɑːntʊ ðə tˈiːmz kˈɪt ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈaɪv wˌɪtʃ wʌz ɹᵻmˈuːvd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɪks.
This led to the club's researcher and retail manager Paul Plowman integrating an "Est. 1879" tag onto the team's kit in 1995 which was removed in 1996.