"leave the club for the majority who just want to watch good football."" The supporters responded with chants of ""We're Hull City, we'll die when we want"" during that day's home match against Liverpool. Manager Steve Bruce credited the controversy for creating "" a fantastic atmosphere"" but added, ""I have got to have a conversation with him because I don't think he quite understands what it means in terms of history and tradition."" However, Bruce also said that, because of the money Allam had invested in the club, ""If he thinks Hull Tigers is his way forward then we have"
"formation in 1904. Vice-chairman Ehab Allam said ""AFC"" would remain on the club badge for the 2013–14 season, but removed the “AFC” after . In response, a Premier League spokesman said, ""We have not been informed of a change in the name of the actual club. They will still be known as Hull City as far as the Premier League is concerned when results or fixtures are published."" According to its chairman, by 2014, the club would be further renamed ""Hull Tigers,"" because, as he claimed, ""in marketing, the shorter the name the more powerful [it is],"" while ""Association Football"
"won Division One, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 2009 they changed their name to St Andrews, and then to Hull United in 2014, when the club was rebranded, adopting a new nickname (""the Citizens"") and changing their kit colours to black and white, echoing Hull City's original kit. Originally based at East Mount Recreation Centre, following their re-branding as Hull United the club moved to Dene Park, located in the village of Dunswell on the northern outskirts of Hull. The ground was originally the home of fellow Northern Counties East League side Hall Road Rangers F.C., who continued"
"to be the Hull City Psychos, Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1904, the club plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. In 2007–08, they achieved promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history by winning the Championship play-off Final at Wembley Stadium. Their highest league finish was in 2013–14, when they finished 16th in the table, a season in which they also reached the final of the FA Cup. Hull City play home"
"Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1904, the club plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. In 2007–08, they achieved promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history by winning the Championship play-off Final at Wembley Stadium. Their highest league finish was in 2013–14, when they finished 16th in the table, a season in which they also reached the final of the FA Cup. Hull City play home games at the KCOM Stadium, having"
"mutual consent after a run of bad results. On 7 December 2017, Nigel Adkins was appointed as head coach on an 18-month contract and Andy Crosby was appointed as his assistant. History of Hull City A.F.C. Hull City A.F.C. were founded on 28 June 1904. For some years before these attempts were made to found a football club, but in a city dominated initially by rugby league with the likes of Hull F.C. and Hull Kingston Rovers this proved difficult. The first season for Hull City consisted of friendly matches; because of the time of founding, City were unable to"
"to respect it."" On 11 December 2013, a spokesman for Hull City announced that the club had formally applied to the Football Association to have its name changed to ""Hull Tigers"" from the 2014–15 season onwards. The FA Council, which has ""absolute discretion"" in deciding whether to approve the plan or not, stated the next day that it would follow a ""consultation process"" with stakeholders, ""including the club's supporter groups."" Some brand and marketing experts have come out in support of the name change. Nigel Currie, director of sports marketing agency Brand Rapport, stated that ""the whole process has been"
"as well as providing assurance for a further £10 million. Following the takeover, it was confirmed on the official club website that Assem Allam would take up the role of chairman at the club. On 4 May 2013, Hull City clinched promotion back to the Premier League. On 9 August 2013, Allam announced that the club would discard its 109-year old name and be, henceforth, ""marketed"" as Hull City Tigers locally and Hull Tigers to national and international audiences. Announcing the change in the ""Hull Daily Mail"" newspaper, he said: ""'Hull City' is irrelevant...it is common. I want the club"
"Hull City A.F.C. in European football Hull City Association Football Club is an English football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. The club was founded in 1904 and has competed in the English football league system since 1905. Their first major European campaign was the UEFA Europa League in 2014–15. The club also entered the Anglo-Italian Cup and the Anglo-Scottish Cup. Hull's first and only appearance in the Anglo-Italian Cup came in 1973, while Terry Neill was manager. City were one of eight English clubs involved; the others were Blackpool, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Luton Town, Manchester"
"kind was reported at £682,000 as of July 2011, growing to £810,000 by July 2012. Andy Davidson holds the record for Hull City league appearances, having played 579 matches. Garreth Roberts comes second, having played 487 matches. Chris Chilton is the club's top goalscorer with 222 goals in all competitions; Chilton also holds the club record for goals scored in the League (193), FA Cup (16) and League Cup (10). The club's widest victory margin in the league was their 11–1 win against Carlisle United in the Third Division North on 14 January 1939. Their biggest win in the top"
"Hull F.C. Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the European Super League competition and were known as Hull Sharks from 1996–99. Hull F.C. were one of the founding members of the Northern Rugby Football Union which was formed in 1895 in Huddersfield, making them one of the world's first twenty-two rugby league clubs. Later that year they moved to the Hull Athletic Club's ground at the Boulevard, Airlie Street, which gave"
"rise to their nickname the ""Airlie Birds"" (Early Birds). Traditionally people from the west side of Hull support Hull F.C. while Hull Kingston Rovers are supported by the east half, the border being the River Hull. Old Faithful is a traditional Hull F.C. terrace song. The team shares the KCOM Stadium with association football side Hull City. Their mascot is the ""Airlie Bird"". The club was formed in 1865 by a group of ex-schoolboys from York, most notably Anthony Bradley, who had been at Rugby School. The founders used to meet at the Young Men's Fellowship, at St Mary's Church,"
"Hull City Psychos The Hull City Psychos are a football hooligan firm linked to the English Championship club, Hull City. The firm dates back to the 1960s and peaked during the 1990s. The City Psychos evolved from the original Hull skinhead gangs and the Kempton Fusiliers who were named after the east side railway stand at Boothferry Park. They were well known as tough representatives of Kingston upon Hull, a big tough working class port city. It was not unusual for the City Psychos to number over half Hull City’s away support during the years in the lower leagues at"
"to be special. It is about identity. 'City' is a lousy identity. 'Hull City Association Football Club' is so long."" The club's Managing Director Nick Thompson urged supporters ""to judge it in the fullness of time."" The announcement stated that all references to ""AFC"" on club branding will be phased out, although they will remain on the shirt crest during their first season back in the Premier League. Allam justified the name change as part of his plans to create ""additional sources of revenue"" for the club, after Hull City Council refused to sell him the stadium freehold so he"
"Tigers"" were eliminated by operation of the away goals rule. Hull City A.F.C. in European football Hull City Association Football Club is an English football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. The club was founded in 1904 and has competed in the English football league system since 1905. Their first major European campaign was the UEFA Europa League in 2014–15. The club also entered the Anglo-Italian Cup and the Anglo-Scottish Cup. Hull's first and only appearance in the Anglo-Italian Cup came in 1973, while Terry Neill was manager. City were one of eight English clubs involved;"
"with the even younger group known as the 'Under 5's'. Hull City Psychos The Hull City Psychos are a football hooligan firm linked to the English Championship club, Hull City. The firm dates back to the 1960s and peaked during the 1990s. The City Psychos evolved from the original Hull skinhead gangs and the Kempton Fusiliers who were named after the east side railway stand at Boothferry Park. They were well known as tough representatives of Kingston upon Hull, a big tough working class port city. It was not unusual for the City Psychos to number over half Hull City’s"
"Paul Duffen Paul Jeremy Duffen (born 31 July 1958 in Woodford Green, Essex, England) is a British businessman and entrepreneur, whose public profile was most prominent as Chairman of the football club Hull City A.F.C. between 2007 and 2010. Duffen became Chairman of publishing firm Newsdesk Media in June 2011. Additionally, Duffen sits on the boards of several companies, including Pro-Cure Therapeutics Ltd, a life sciences business based in York and RISC Management Ltd, a London-based security consultancy. In June 2007, Duffen, in a consortium with majority shareholder Russell Bartlett, purchased Hull City from Adam Pearson for a reported £13"
"Paul Duffen Paul Jeremy Duffen (born 31 July 1958 in Woodford Green, Essex, England) is a British businessman and entrepreneur, whose public profile was most prominent as Chairman of the football club Hull City A.F.C. between 2007 and 2010. Duffen became Chairman of publishing firm Newsdesk Media in June 2011. Additionally, Duffen sits on the boards of several companies, including Pro-Cure Therapeutics Ltd, a life sciences business based in York and RISC Management Ltd, a London-based security consultancy. In June 2007, Duffen, in a consortium with majority shareholder Russell Bartlett, purchased Hull City from Adam Pearson for a reported £13"
"have all this to create income for the club so that in the future it can be self-financing and not relying on me."" He asked rhetorically, ""What if I dropped dead tomorrow?"" Supporters' groups expressed opposition to the name change. Bernard Noble, chairman of Hull City's official supporters club said he was disappointed, although he agreed that Allam had saved the club from liquidation and that it was ""his club"". Blogger Rick Skelton called the name change ""a pointless exercise"" and said, ""Mr Allam's assertion that the name 'Hull City' is irrelevant and too common, is as disgusting a use"
"Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. Hull Kingston Rovers are one of two professional rugby league teams in Hull. Hull F.C. play on the west side of the city, and Hull KR on the east side, at KCOM Craven Park. The River Hull is the divide between the two. Hull KR's nickname, ""The Robins"", originates from their traditional playing colours of red and white. After a ten-year stay in the European Super League (2007–2016), they were relegated from the Super League to the Championship in the 2016 season,"
"History of Hull City A.F.C. Hull City A.F.C. were founded on 28 June 1904. For some years before these attempts were made to found a football club, but in a city dominated initially by rugby league with the likes of Hull F.C. and Hull Kingston Rovers this proved difficult. The first season for Hull City consisted of friendly matches; because of the time of founding, City were unable to apply for membership to The Football League for the 1904–05 season. The early matches were played at The Boulevard, home of rugby league side Hull FC. On 1 September 1904, City's"
"Football League. In the 2006–07 season, the team finished seventh in the table with 33 points. According to a 2003 poll, Hull City fans consider their main rival to be Yorkshire neighbours Leeds United. The club also has a traditional rivalry with Sheffield United. In 1984, Sheffield United won promotion at Hull City's expense with the teams level on points and goal difference and separated only by goals scored, with 33 of United's goals scored by former Hull City striker Keith Edwards. City's final game of the season against Burnley had been rescheduled due to bad weather and took place"
"Hull United A.F.C. Hull United A.F.C. is a football club based in Hull, England. They play at the Steve Prescott Centre having formerly played at Dene Park and KC Lightstream Stadium. They were members of Division One of the Northern Counties East League after they were granted promotion from the Humber Premier League in the 2014–15 season, only to be demoted after just a single season. They are currently members of the . The club was formed in 2005 as St Andrews Police Club, and were founder members of Division One of the Humber Premier League. In 2007–08 the club"
"33 points. Hull City are the main team who finished 3rd in the Championship in season 2007-08 and were promoted to the Premier League after winning the play-offs. Hull City A.F.C. Reserves and Juniors Teams affiliated with Hull City A.F.C. include Hull City A.F.C. Juniors and Hull City A.F.C. Reserves. Hull City Reserves play in The Final Third Development League, the oldest reserve league in England, East Division and are managed by Stephen Clemence. They play their home fixtures at Grange Lane in nearby North Ferriby, the home ground of Conference North club North Ferriby United. They won the Final"
"the site. After Hull City Council refused, Allam stated ""I had in mind £30 million to spend on the infrastructure of the club, to increase the stadium by 10,000 and to have commercial activities around the stadium – cafeterias, shops, supermarkets – to have all this to create income for the club so that in the future it can be self-financing and not relying on me."" On 9 August 2013, Allam announced that the club will discard its 109-year-old name and, henceforth, be ""marketed"" as Hull City Tigers locally and Hull Tigers to national and international audiences. Announcing the change"
"helped the Saints retain the Southern League championship, before moving on to Hull City. Hull City were founded in June 1904 and were restricted to friendly matches, although they did enter the FA Cup in the preliminary round, where they were eliminated by Stockton after a replay, with Spence scoring twice, thus becoming Hull's ""top-scorer"" in competitive matches in the 1904–05 season. In 1905, Hull City were admitted to the expanded Football League Second Division. Spence had the honour of scoring Hull's first goal in the Football League, in a 4–1 victory over Barnsley on 2 September 1905. Hull finished"
"the football club, ""The Hull City Association Football Club (Tigers) Ltd,"" is currently owned by Allamhouse Limited, a privateF, limited-liability company with a share capital of £10 million (), registered in Jersey. The beneficial owners of Allamhouse Limited, established in 2009, are the Allam family. On an ""Opacity Score"" of 100, where zero indicates complete openness and 100 complete secrecy, the company which owns the club has been rated by Christian Aid at 87. Hull City's corporate accounts, , show a £25.6 million loss, on revenues of £11 million, after player and management costs of ""just under £23 million."" The"
"Hull Thunder The Hull Thunder were a British ice hockey club from Kingston upon Hull, England. Formed in 1999, it competed in the now defunct British National League playing its home games at Humberside Ice Arena (since renamed the Hull Arena). The club replaced the Humberside Seahawks, which existed from 1988 until 1999. The team ran into financial problems in 2001 and was bought. After a promising pre-season, the team under the new owners again ran into financial trouble, resulting in it finishing the 2002 season without any imports. A new team was formed in 2003 called Hull Stingrays, which"
"F.C.'s shareholders gave the idea general approval but it was ultimately resisted. The club like many other rugby league clubs re-branded and became known as the ""Hull Sharks"". It is unclear who came up with the 'Sharks' as a nickname but for a nautical city it was a fairly obvious choice. Hull Sharks finished below the cut-off point of 10th in the existing top flight and so were excluded from the new Super League. Phil Sigsworth joined the club in 1996 and coached them to the First Division championship title and promotion to Super League in 1997 But struggled to"
"the end of the 1970s and start of the 1980s. They were famous for travelling to away games on Hull Corporation double decker buses. From 1979 the more traditional scarfer element of support became known as the normals whilst these equally loyal supporters evolved in to City’s casual mob and were some of the earliest casual boys seen in Yorkshire outside the North West and won respect for their fierce rivalry with Sheffield United, Middlesbrough and York City. The mob is now known as The Minority and the youth firm are known as the Young City Casuals or 'YCC' along"
"hub, in the European Super League competition is Hull FC, and Hull Kingston Rovers, alongside the city's football club Hull City A.F.C., play at the KCOM Stadium. Also in Super League are Hull Kingston Rovers, who play at KCOM Craven Park Stadium in East Hull, following promotion from the Rugby League Championship in 2017. There are also several lower league teams in the city, such as East Hull, West Hull, Hull Dockers and Hull Isberg, who all play in the National Conference League. Rugby union is catered for by Hull Ionians who play at Brantingham Park. and Hull RUFC who"
"Hull Vikings The Hull Vikings were a speedway team from Hull, England. The team originated as the 'Hull Angels', based at Hedon on the outskirts of Hull between 1947 and mid-1949. When speedway came back to Hull in 1971, the team were known as the Vikings and raced at the Boulevard, a long track. The Boulevard was famous as the long time home of Rugby Football League team Hull FC. During the years of racing at The Boulevard, the Vikings had the dubious distinction of being the very last league speedway team ever to appear at the famous West Ham"
"in the ""Hull Daily Mail"" newspaper, he said: ""'Hull City' is irrelevant...it is common. I want the club to be special. It is about identity. 'City' is a lousy identity. 'Hull City Association Football Club' is so long."" The club's Managing Director Nick Thompson urged supporters ""to judge it in the fullness of time."" The announcement stated that all references to ""AFC"" on club branding will be phased out, although they will remain on the shirt crest during their first season back in the Premier League. Allam justified the name change as part of his plans to create ""additional sources"