Hull City Change Their Name To Hull Tigers.

[Moses]

Up-Roar In Hull.

[JamieMCFC]

Up-Roar In Hull.

Hull City AFC will be renamed Hull City Tigers, says club owner Assem Allam.

The "Association Football Club" part of the Yorkshire club's name, which has been in effect since their formation in 1904, will be scrapped.
Any references to AFC on club branding will be phased out, but will remain on the shirt crest during their first season back in the Premier League.

Allam wants to market the club as Hull City Tigers locally and Hull Tigers to national and international audiences.

He told the Hull Daily Mail: "In the commercial world, the shorter the name, the better. The more it can spread quickly.

Hull City AFC will be renamed Hull City Tigers, says club owner Assem Allam.

The "Association Football Club" part of the Yorkshire club's name, which has been in effect since their formation in 1904, will be scrapped.
Any references to AFC on club branding will be phased out, but will remain on the shirt crest during their first season back in the Premier League.

Allam wants to market the club as Hull City Tigers locally and Hull Tigers to national and international audiences.

He told the Hull Daily Mail: "In the commercial world, the shorter the name, the better. The more it can spread quickly.

Egypt-born Allam, who moved to Hull in 1968 to study and has since set up a multi-million pound company in nearby Melton, took charge of the club in December 2010.

"I have always used short names in business. It gives you power in the science in marketing. The shorter, the more powerful the message. In Tigers, we have a really strong brand."

Allam's son and vice-chairman, Ehab Allam defended the decision to drop AFC from the club's name after 109 years.

"AFC is redundant, it is not used by the club. The fans never mention AFC, nor do the media," he said.

Bernard Noble of the Hull City Official Supporters' Club admitted he had mixed feelings about the decision.

"My personal opinion is I'm disappointed because I'm a bit of a traditionalist," he told BBC Radio 5 live.

"But this guy saved us from liquidation and administration and it's his club. I will still say 'I'm going to watch City', 'I'm going to watch the Tigers', 'I'm going to watch Hull'. I will still say that and so will many other people.

"As far as Hull City Tigers is concerned, the fans - the 25,000 people who will be there for the first home game against Norwich - they'll say 'I'm off down to watch City'.

Managing director Nick Thompson, meanwhile, urged supporters "to judge it in the fullness of time".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23629379

[Alioune DVToure]

I'm not feline it.

[freshie]

They're grrreat

[Bianchi on Ice]

a leopard never changes its spots. Has this guy no respect for the animal kingdom?

[Ted Hughes]

Surely 'Elephants' would be more suitable ?

I'm not conviced about the truth or this story though. I recon someone could be lion.

[charvet_wonderland]

So now there are no teams left in English football without letters that can be filled in.

A sad day.

[Dameerto]

Paws for thought.

[Pretty Boy Lee]

It's only a whisker shorter anyway.

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

Any excuse to post this again

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[BobbyJ1956]

Another example of the hype in the modern game. This kind of thing happened to rugby league a while back, changing traditional names to ones that made no sense, like when Huddersfield became "barracudas" and "centurions" appeared in Leigh. At least Hull can say their nickname was always '"the tigers" from their yellow & black, but it's only a marketing thing and won't make them play any better.

What beast/bird/fish would City be if they took on such a name? (But owners, no, please don't.)

[MilnersJaw]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfDkLZVKPls

you yorkshaw cunt. you fak cunt do sumthing.

[Slim]

They want to change our name to Man City Citizens I think I wouldn't buy anything that had that mouthful on it.

[stevefromdonny]

he wants to shorten the name from hull city afc to hull city tigers, to me that is more

[Slim]

he wants to shorten the name from hull city afc to hull city tigers, to me that is more

Wait, let me check the maths...

Carry the two...

Multiply by pi...

He's right you know.

[JamieMCFC]

"I have always used short names in business. It gives you power in the science in marketing. The shorter, the more powerful the message. In Tigers, we have a really strong brand."

This is where I disagree with him. It doesn't matter the length of the name or what they change it too. They do not have a strong brand. They are just another team in English football. In order for you to have a strong brand in sports you need to put a winning product out on the field.

[Ted Hughes]

They could of course have shortened it to 'City', but there can be only one..

[Nigels Tackle]

i'll have my eye on them next season

[JamieMCFC]

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[Dameerto]

i'll have my eye on them next season

Will they be up to the challenge of their rivals though?