I knew Assem as a kid, he's seriously old school and as a young teenager, he was scary. He's still a bit scary.
I meant I knew Assem when I was a kid, not him. His daughter was at school with me(year below), as was Ehab, though he was a fair bit younger and I don't really remember him from school, he was just the little kid that was in the house when I went round to see his sister.
Wow. What a ****. Surprised people with all that money still think a Football club is like a regular business.
We've got the worst club shop in the league, we have trouble selling merchandise in Hull, never mind the Far East and the US.
Sorry if this has been answered before but who exactly is on the committee/board who would decide if we could change the name? (Hope that is sitting on the fence for all the pro and anti name changers - as each of us will be in one of those two groups).
I went in there before the Norwich game, and **** me... It's worse than Peterborough's! A few replica shirts, some trackie bottoms and a few posters. That's about it.
Hull City fans: 'Name change fight goes on' HULL City fans have vowed to continue their fight against plans to re-brand the football club. Club owners Ehab and Assem Allam want to re-brand the club as Hull City Tigers but the move has been greeted with anger and derision by many football fans. Supporters groups the Hull City Ulltras and Amber Nectar organised a march prior to the Cardiff City match on Saturday. It followed comments by Dr Allam in The Guardian newspaper that he intends to press ahead with the re-brand. Andy Dalton, editor of Amber Nectar fanzine, said: âA few turned up for the protest march on Saturday, but it was very last minute and we will look for more planning in the future. âUnless the club sees sense we will carry on protesting. âLooking at the fansâ forums and speaking to people the vast majority still think the re-branding is a stupid idea. The strength of feeling is still there.â The Allams say they will refer to and market the club as Hull City Tigers locally, and Hull Tigers nationally and internationally. Vice-chairman Ehab Allam confirmed that although âAFCâ will remain on the club badge for shirts this season, it will be removed thereafter. He says any possible further amendments to the club badge will be consulted upon with fans, but stressed the clubâs current identity change was being made for business reasons. A poll on the Hull Daily Mailâs website attracted almost 3,700 votes, with 78 per cent in favour of keeping Hull City AFC. http://www.thisishullandeastriding....tory-19799473-detail/story.html#axzz2enISAA60
I wonder when we'll see an end to the "it was very last minute" excuse and admit they're fighting on behalf of a minority? "The vast majority of fans" who seem happy to talk bollocks about this online, making threats and plans and bestowing their far superior knowledge of business and running a club than our excellent owners don't seem inclined to turn up 30 mins before a game they're presumably planning on going to see anyhow? How much notice do they need? Online polls are great, take zero effort and are faceless, but it seems that actually turning up is either too much effort, or, when it boils down to it, they're not actually that bothered.
F*** off and organise a "We accept whatever 'Dr' Allam has in store for us" demo/petition, why don't you?
To be fair, if I'd have turned up to join the protest, I also probably would have had a change of heart when seeing the piss-poor effort that actually turned up.
