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Phew... glad that's sorted then. I was really concerned that the Queen was going to step in and strip Hull of its city status to help Allam out.

While I'm not defending him, I do see what Allam is doing and do think that he thinks he's doing it in the best interests of the club. Football is financially in dire straits and to compete at the highest level, clubs need ridiculous quantities of money to pay silly wages to over-rated prima...

I have no idea what rule/regulation they have in place, but the FA must have some say in name changes. I can't see them being keen on a scenario similar to the man who changed his name to "Lloyds Bank Are Facist B*stards" after a dispute with his bank, just so they had to issue cards/cheque...

I agree, this is the case now... If its not Manchester, London, Madrid or Barcelona, it's nothing globally. However, if you are trying to break into this market as a new entrant then you have to use every trick in the book. Red shirts, americanised name, etc etc. All this will be needed just...

Broadly agree, but when the PL game is shown on whatever domestic channel in whichever far east country, I can see how he wants the commentators to be reinforcing his "brand" and referring to Hull Tigers not Hull City, which would confuse the fan base. He could have achieved this by "branding"...

I can see what he is trying to do - "Tigers" is an easy sell in the far east. The imagery and connotations are already there, slap them in a Red shirt and you have a product highly marketable in the far east. But then, there are ways to persuade your home fan base that you are doing something...