Recent content by Roary Glory

I am not a man of means, so let's not turn this into a "oh, you don't have enough gear so you're a plastic" whinge. Behold the glory of my Hull City AFC scarf, which I bought directly from Tiger Leisure's online store years ago. I proudly wear it every season, and I tie it so Roary is always...

Obviously you missed it. Allow me to repeat it: "And as I also said, all this name-change business is ultimately a distraction: what should really matter most is the club's performance on the field."

Ah, there's that famous British civility I've often heard about.

And it will still be Hull, and they will still be the Tigers, and the supporters will still call it "City." I'm glad we could end this discussion with agreement.

Do tell. On second thought, don't worry about it. I'll still support the club regardless of what's said in this thread.

Oh, so now the goalposts move from "there has never been a similar name change." Yet you yourself, Castro's Coffin, list AFC Bournemouth. Then there was Swansea Town becoming Swansea City. Then Wimbledon FC became Milton Keynes Dons. And as I mentioned previously, everyone colloquially calls...

Then let's give a hearty cheer for Barnes; Civil Service; Crusaders; Forest of Leytonstone (later to become Wanderers), N.N. (No Names) Club (Kilburn); the original Crystal Palace; Blackheath Kensington School; Perceval House (Blackheath); Surbiton; and Blackheath Proprietary School! Hooray...

Amazingly (but not surprisingly) you appear to have done both. Now I'll do one. Cheers, all! Hope you bring the same passion in mid-April.

Aw, now look what all of you have done! My popularity gauge has gone into the red! <collapses onto fainting couch, clutching a string of pearls> COYH!

I am Spartacus.

You've lost the argument, so you lapse into logical fallacies. Change is a fact of life: we adapt or die. Now if you'll excuse me, I must go check on the progress of my Manchester Hunter kit order :wink:

Many clubs in the FA have changed their name over the years, although not under quite the same circumstances. Everyone calls the Wolverhampton Wanderers "Wolves" even though that's not their actual name. My point is the name-change debate is silly and divisive. "Defending tradition" is a crutch...

Cheers, big-ears! <nahnah>

I would think you have plenty of your own homemade supply, eh "Heisenberg" (which I'm sure is your real name)?

Oh, you've been waiting quite a while to spit the "here endeth the lesson" line back at me, haven't you, Erik? It's good to know that WUMs can be wound up as well <ok>