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I was there for that Q&A - and, yes, that's the gist of what Tony said. But the FA decision hasn't been made public, and we don't know that the Albion's objection was the over-riding consideration.

Is that really the case? I don't think the real reason was ever made public. Not sure what the criteria to allow a name change through are, but a football club whose name represents a small part of the city suddenly being allowed to have a name representing the whole city isn't going to cut...

We are Whitehawk We are Whitehawk Super Whitehawk From Whitehawk We like drinking We like shouting Whitehawk, Whitehawk Meow, meow, meow, meow ... would have to go, for a start.

I get your point, but I think they had to change their name as they weren't allowed a sponsor's name in the club name at that time. I think that was the case then. In the case of Whitehawk, the owners are going against the wishes of the fans. I don't think the club has quite got the hang of...

Whitehawk have annoucned they've registered with the FA their intention to change their name to 'Brighton City FC' for next season. This is in spite of the FA knocking them back once for an attempted change to 'Brighton & Hove City FC', and the name change not being popular with their fans who...