North West Non League
Manchester Amateur League
Club Details
• This is the basic history of every team related to the Manchester Amateur League, as I add them to the records.
• All info is believed accurate but if you can correct any errors then please let me know.
• It is possible that teams that I have noted as playing in local friendlies were instead playing in an obscure league with limited to no coverage, though they were definitely involved in friendlies at some point throughout the season.
• Similarly for new clubs, sometimes it can only be assumed they were newly formed as there were no references seen previously, but they could maybe have been playing in friendlies or in an obscure league with limited to no coverage.
• Sometimes clubs changed names when joining leagues, or the league would sometimes report them as a shortened name, making it hard to identify if they are a continuation of a previous similarly-named club, or a replacement, or indeed the 1st team with reserves playing still in the original league. Until conclusive evidence turns up, I have to use best guess logic in some cases.
• For formation and folded dates, I have used either direct reported evidence or best guess using logic from the available results and reports in some cases.
• Information marked in purple is regarding the reserve sides of the club that is also in the league
CURRENTLY ONLY INCLUDING CLUBS FROM THE LEAGUE 1903-1911
| Team Name | Formed | Joined MAL From | Seasons in MAL | Left MAL To Join |
Ground (where known) |
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| Astley Bridge Amateurs | 1902 | Bolton & District Association | 1903-1904 | Folded | 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barrowfields * | 1902 | Heaton Park & District League | 1907-1912 | South East Lancashire League | Boarshaw Road, Middleton | 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birch St Agnes * Birch St Agnes Reserves |
1903 | Sale & District League | 1906-1908 1907-1908 |
Local friendlies | West Point, Rusholme | 1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blackley | 1907 | Heaton Park & District League Division 2 | 1908-1912 | South East Lancashire League | Bottomley Side, Blackley | 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bolton Wickliffe | 1896 | Local friendlies | 1903-1905 | Bolton Amateur League | Captain's Clough, Bolton | 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton * Broughton Reserves |
1902 | Local friendlies | 1903-1906 1905-1906 |
Local friendlies | Seedley Park, Salford | 1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cadishead Albion Cadishead Albion Reserves |
1905 | Eccles & District Alliance | 1906-1913 1906-1908 |
South East Lancashire League Manchester Central League |
1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cavendish * | 1890 | Manchester Sunday School League Division 2 | 1905-1914 | Folded | 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cheetham Hill | 1885 | Heaton Park & District League Division 1 | 1905-1911 | South East Lancashire League | Alms Hill, Cheetham (until mid 1908) / Lower Crumpsall, Crumpsall (mid 1908 onwards) |
1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cheetham Hill Congregational Pleasant Sunday Afternoon / Cheetham * |
1906 | Manchester Sunday School League | 1908-1912 | Folded | Alms Hill, Cheetham | 1912 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cheetham St Luke's | 1893 | Manchester Sunday School League Division 1 | 1907-1908 | Folded (Dec 1907) | 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chorlton Amateurs * | 1906 | Manchester Central Combination | 1907-1910 | Folded | 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chorlton Pleasant Sunday Afternoon | 1908 | Manchester Sunday School League Division 2 | 1909-1910 | Folded | 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chorlton Road Congregational | 1898 | Manchester Sunday School League | 1908-1910 | TBC then Lancashire & Cheshire League (1911) | 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clayton Clayton Reserves |
1892 | Sale & District League | 1907-1908 1907-1908 |
Heaton Park & District League | 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coston Park | 1890 | Local friendlies | 1903-1904 | Folded | ?, Rusholme | 1904 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crumpsall * | 1907 | Blackley & District League | 1908-1911 | South East Lancashire League | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crumpsall Lads Club | 1902 | Heaton Park & District League | 1909-1910 | Local friendlies | 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denton Corinthians * | 1899 | Local friendlies | 1903-1904 | Local friendlies | Dane Bank, Denton | 1910 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Didsbury Didsbury Reserves |
1893 | South West Manchester League | 1904-1908 1905-1908 |
Manchester Federation Manchester Central League |
1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ducie Avenue Old Boys | 1906 | New club | 1906-1909 | Local friendlies | Police Athletic Ground, Rusholme | 1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eccles Eccles Reserves |
1897 | Local friendlies Eccles & District League |
1903-1906 1905-1906 |
Folded | Stott Lane, Eccles | 1906 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eccles Trinity | 1902 | Eccles & District League | 1905-1909 | Local friendlies | ?, Barton | 1910 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fallowfield (1891) * | 1893 | Dormant, possibly friendlies | 1904-1905 | Folded | 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fallowfield (1910) * | 1910 | New club | 1910-1911 | Folded | 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gorse Hill | 1905 | Manchester Amateur Combination | 1905-1911 | Folded (2 weeks into season) | 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gorton Congregational * | 1907 | Manchester Central League | 1908-1911 | Manchester Southern League | 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gorton Parish Church | 1898 | Local friendlies | 1905-1910 | Manchester Central League | 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heaton Park Heaton Park Reserves* |
1887 | Local friendlies | 1905-1911 1921-1922 1905-1906 1907-1908 |
South East Lancashire League (1911) Folded (1922) Middleton Junction Amateur League and Heaton Park & District League (1906) Manchester Central League (1908) |
Heaton Park, Manchester | 1922 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Levenshulme * Levenshulme Reserves |
1906 | New club | 1906-1914 1906-1908 |
Lancashire & Cheshire League Manchester Central League |
Stockport Road, Levenhulme | 1921 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Longfield | 1901 | Manchester Central League | 1908-1911 | South East Lancashire League | Cloughside, Blackley | 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Longsight Longsight Reserves |
1889 | Manchester Alliance | 1906-1910 1906-1908 |
Folded Manchester Central League (1908) |
High Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock (until 1907) / Slade Lane, Longsight (from 1907) |
1910 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Longsight Loco | 1903 | New club | 1903-1907 | Folded | 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester Athletics Club * | 1909 | New club | 1909-1910 | Folded | 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester Nomads * | 1905 | New club | 1905-1907 | Friendlies | 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester Social * Manchester Social Reserves |
1892 | Manchester Sunday School League | 1904-1906 1905-1906 |
Folded | Platt Lane, Manchester | 1906 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester South End * Manchester South End Reserves |
1885 | Local friendlies | 1903-1908 1905-1908 |
Lancashire Amateur League Manchester Section | Alexandra Park, Manchester | 1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester Victoria | 1895 | Local friendlies | 1909-1910 | Manchester & Salford Districts League | 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester Welsh Manchester Welsh Reserves |
1902 | Eccles & District League | 1906-1908 1907-1908 |
TBC then Manchester Central League 09-10 | 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester YMCA Manchester YMCA Reserves |
1905 | New club | 1905-1921 1905-1908 |
Lancashire Amateur League Division 2 Heaton Park & District League |
?, Chorlton-cum-Hardy | 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manchester Zion * | 1897 | Manchester Sunday School League Division 1 | 1904-1916 | Lancashire & Cheshire League | ?, Chorlton-cum-Hardy | 1921 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mawdsley * | 1904 | New club | 1904-1905 | Bolton Amateur League | Stanley Park, Bolton | 1907 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middleton Amateurs * | 1910 | Middleton & District League | 1911-1914 | Folded | 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monton Amateurs * | 1903 | New club | 1903-1904 1905-1908 |
South Manchester & District League | ?, Peel Green | 1910 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moorside | 1904 | Eccles & District Alliance | 1908-1909 | Manchester & Salford League | 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mosley * Mosley Reserves |
1891 | Manchester Sunday School League | 1904-1908 1906-1908 |
Manchester Sunday School League | Brooks's Bar, Whalley Range | 1911 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Newton Heath St Anne's | 1902 | Manchester Sunday School League Division 1 | 1908-1911 | TBC then South Manchester & District League (1913) | 1922 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Collegians * Old Collegians Reserves |
1903 | New club | 1903-1907 1905-1907 |
Folded | Heaton Park, Manchester (until mid 1906) Stott Lane, Eccles (mid to late 1906) |
1906 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Trafford Old Trafford Reserves |
1889 | Sale & District League | 1904-1911 1906-1908 |
South East Lancashire League Manchester Central League |
Elsinore Road, Old Trafford | 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Trafford St John's | 1906 | Manchester Central Combination | 1908-1909 | Local friendlies | Brooks's Bar, Whalley Range | 1926 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pendleton St Anne's Pendleton St Anne's Reserves |
1902 | Manchester Sunday School League | 1906-1910 1921-1922 1907-1908 |
Manchester Sunday School League (1910) Folded (1922) |
Duchy Lane, Pendleton | 1922 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rusholme | 1892 | South West Manchester League | 1904-1905 | Manchester Federation | Platt Lane, Manchester | 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Smithills | 1903 | Local friendlies | 1904-1905 | Bolton Amateur League | 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South East Manchester | 1907 | New club | 1907-1908 | Folded | 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Manchester Amateurs * | 1906 | New club | 1906-1907 | South Manchester & District League | 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanley Athletic * | 1902 | Local friendlies | 1903-1904 | Folded | 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stretford CS Old Boys / Stretford Amateurs * Stretford Amateurs Reserves |
1905 | New club | 1905-1909 1906-1908 |
Folded | 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Timperley YMCI / Timperley * Timperley YMCI Reserves |
1904 | Sale & District League | 1906-1911 1906-1907 |
Manchester Southern League TBC then Manchester Central League 08-09 |
1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unsworth Unsworth Reserves |
1900 | Unknown league | 1905-1910 1905-1906 |
Folded Heaton Park & District League (1906) |
Back o’ th' Moss, Unsworth (from mid-1908) | 1910 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Urmston * | 1889 | Unknown (previously Manchester Federation) | 1908-1910 | TBC then Lancashire & Cheshire League (1914) | 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Urmston Congregational | 1904 | Manchester Central Combination | 1907-1911 | Manchester Amateur Alliance | 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Gorton Baptists * | 1898 | Local friendlies | 1906-1909 | Manchester Sunday School Union Division 2 | 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Salford | 1894 | Salford Alliance | 1903-1904 | Folded | Weaste Lane, Salford | 1904 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whalley Range Presbyterian * | 1905 | Sale & District League | 1906-1907 | Local friendlies | Withington Road, Whalley Range | 1912 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whalley Range Wesleyans | 1901 | Sale & District League | 1906-1907 | Folded | Withington Road, Whalley Range | 1907 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wilmslow * | 1902 | Stockport & District League | 1905-1906 | Local friendlies | Alderley Road, Wilmslow | 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Withington Athletic * | 1906 | Manchester Sunday School League | 1907-1908 | Folded | 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Woodhouses | 1887 | Central Oldham League | 1909-1918 | Folded | 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Woodlands | 1903 | Local friendlies | 1906-1911 | Folded | Millbrook, Stalybridge | 1911 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
* Barrowfields were based in the Boarshaw area of Middleton, and changed their name in July 1914 to Middleton, whilst in the South East Lancashire League. They then continued until the SELL temporarily closed for WW1 in January 1916. After the war ended, an un-related Middleton team played in the Manchester League
* Birch St Agnes later joined the new Manchester Amateur Alliance in 1911. Between leaving the Manchester Amateur League and 1911, they were playing friendlies, mainly against other church sides. Before joining the MAL, they tended to be referred to as just St Agnes but with Birch in brackets to avoid confusion with the Levenshulme version of St Agnes
* Broughton joined the Lancashire Amateur League a year after leaving the Manchester Amateur League ready for the start of 1907-08
* Cavendish were one of a number of teams that joined the league from the Manchester Sunday School League. In the MSSL they were generally referred to as Cavendish Sunday School, or Cavendish SS for short, but seem to have dropped the suffix when joining the MAL. They were based in the Chorlton-on-Medlock area of Manchester
* Cheetham Hill Congregational Pleasant Sunday Afternoon were often shortened to Cheetham Hill Congregational or sometimes Cheetham Hill PSA. However they made things simpler in 1910 by changing their name to simply Cheetham
* Chorlton Amateurs appeared to fold in 1910 but after the 1st World War in 1920 they re-formed and joined the Lancashire & Cheshire League for one season, winning the league and cup double
* Crumpsall appear to have been formed in 1907 as CWS Crumpsall, changing their name to just Crumpsall when they joined the MAL. They later changed their name again to Middleton Amateurs in 1914, whilst in the South East Lancashire League, at the same time as Barrowfields changing their name to Middleton. In the late 1970s they dropped Amateurs and became Middleton. However they are not related to the Middleton Amateurs that played in the MAL, as this club folded in 1914, just before Crumpsall changed their name
* Denton Corinthians went on to apply for the Lancashire Amateur League in 1907 at the same time as Broughton, but they were unsuccessful. Two years later they instead joined the Lancashire & Cheshire League and played in their inaugural season
* Fallowfield played in the Manchester League 1893 to 1899 and then were seemingly dormant until starting the 1904-05 season. It is possible that they folded in 1899 and that this is a new club formed for the Manchester Amateur League that then folded mid-season at the start of March 1905, as confirmed by local reports. However, another club was formed 5 years later and also played in the Manchester Amateur League before again folding just 3 games before the end of their first season
* Gorton Congregational originally formed in 1901 and went on to play in the Senior Division of the Sale and District League. However when the league folded just after the start of the 1906-07 season, the team did not survive more than a few weeks later and folded in late 1906. They then re-formed in 1907 in time to join the Manchester Central League 1907-08 season before joining the Manchester Amateur League a year later
* Heaton Park moved their Reserve side out of the MAL for season 1906-07 and played two Reserve sides - one in the Heaton Park and District League and another in the Middleton Junction & District League. It is not clear if one was a 3rd team or both considered Reserves
* Levenshulme did leave to join the Lancashire & Cheshire League in 1914 but the 14-15 season was not started due to the outbreak of war. Although the league restarted in 1919, Levenshulme didn't restart until the next season, where they played in Div 1 and their reserves in Div A before folding. There was an earlier club formed in 1885 that played until folding in January 1903. The new club was formed into the Manchester Amateur League in 1906
* Manchester Athletics Club were commonly shortened to MAC in tables and results lists. They were a football team based on the ongoing Athletics club in Fallowfield. As well as Athletics, there was a cycling club there and other sports played. It is believed the football team was only active for the 1909-10 season
* Manchester Nomads were a multi-sport club, first playing rugby union, and cricket, before the football arm began. After leaving the league, they played mainly away friendlies until 1909. The club continued with the bowling team until 1915
* Manchester Social definitely folded just before the start of the 1906-07 season "due to insufficient support", but they reformed a number of times over the coming years. In 1914 they were in the South Manchester and District League and appeared in other leagues at various other times
* Manchester South End folded in 1914, but not before winning the Lancashire Amateur Cup in 1911-12. The name later re-appeared in the Lancashire Amateur League when Old Hulmeians changed their name to Manchester South End in 1932
* Manchester Zion seems to be quite complicated. They played in the league until 1916, while initially retaining a side in the Manchester Sunday School League. This side then joined the Lancashire & Cheshire League, playing as Zion Amateurs. The Zion Amateurs then played the 1919-20 season in the Lancashire & Cheshire League, though most newspapers were referring to them as Manchester Zion, given the MAL side were not playing elsewhere after the war. It appears that this version of the team also folded after that one post-war season
* Mawdsley were sometimes referred to as Bolton Mawdsley
* Middleton Amateurs folded after the 1913-14 season but their name lived on as Crumpsall, then in the Sout East Lancashire League, changed their name to Middleton Amateurs in the post-season
* Monton Amateurs didn't play in the 1904-05 season, or possibly played friendlies only. After leaving the MAL in 1908, they joined the South Manchester and District League before moving on to the Lancashire Amateur League Manchester Section for the 1909-10 season, and then folding in 1910. They are not related to the later Monton Amateurs that played in the Lancashire and Cheshire League, and are currently renamed as AFC Monton, most recently playing in the Manchester League
* Mosley may have come from the Manchester Sunday School League side but it is not clear if this is definitely the case. They did retain a side in the MSSL, which would have presumably have then been their reserves as they didn't field a reserve side in the Manchester Amateur League
* Old Collegians moved into Eccles's Stott Lane ground following the closure of the Eccles club in mid-1906. Old Collegians themselves folded on 19 November 1906. They folded while in 4th place in the league blaming "lack of support and injuries to players.
* South Manchester Amateurs are not related to the later South Manchester Amateurs club, which was Whalley Range St Margaret's changing their name in 1914
* Stanley Athletic were based in Longsight. Another Stanley Athletic were playing in the South Manchester and District League in the 1908-09 season and it is unclear if this was a revival of the 1902 club, or unrelated, or possibly the original club did not fold and played friendlies and/or played in an obscure league in the meantime
* Stretford CS Old Boys are only referred to as Stretford CSOB but Catholic School Old Boys is the most logical name, as the Catholic School was opened around this time, though this is not confirmed. However at the end of their first season, they changed their name to Stretford Amateurs
* Timperley YMCI changed their name to Timperley after their third season of the Manchester Amateur League, dropping the reference to the Young Men's Christian Institute. They resigned from the Manchester Amateur League very late in the 1910-11 season, in April 1911, but didn't fold, joining the Manchester Southern League the following season
* Urmston are not related to the earlier Urmston club from 1880 that absorbed Flixton in 1881
* West Gorton Baptists were often referred to as just West Gorton and were earlier in the Manchester Sunday School and Lads League before playing just friendlies (or possbly an obscure other league) and then joining the MAL in 1906. They were seen in the Longsight & District League as early as 1898. Unlike most other church sides in the MAL, they didn't play in the Manchester Sunday School League, but having played for a rival league earlier, later joined another alternative league, the Manchester Sunday School Union
* Whalley Range Presbyterian later joined the new Manchester Amateur Alliance in 1911. Between leaving the Manchester Amateur League and 1911, they were playing friendlies, mainly against other church sides
* Wilmslow were originally due to play in the first MAL season but withdrew before the season started. They finally appeared at the start of 1905-06 but withdrew again mid-season in early 1906. They continued to play friendlies and county cup ties until 1909
* Withington Athletic were called Withington Primitive Methodists Athletic whilst in the Manchester Sunday School League, shortening their name when they joined the MAL