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What I'm saying (probably very badly) is I think it's in the FA rules, and hence they need permission to change it. The rules behind the reasons of refusal might be more murky and far more open to interpretation, but 'not making a good case' and 'not consulting the fans' are as good as any...

Owning the club does not give that person carte blanche to do what they want if they want to operate within the confines of the FA. Bill Archer came unstuck when changing the 'No Profit' clause in the club's Articles of Association. (Oversight, my ar$e). David Conn reports that "The FA's...

And that is the truly pathetic part. He made the ludicrous link of the fans saying they didn't want their name changed with him believing they didn't want him about - which was not the case for a moment. That was a scenario he invented - probably to force the hand of those who didn't want the...

The name change is indicative of a power struggle between someone who sees football only as a business, and those who see it in a far deeper social and community context. While most football clubs have never been run as democracies, it's a brave 'owner' who takes on his core customer-base and...

Hmmm. That's an interesting cultural and social philosophy he has.