Fuck that!! Leeds United or nothing. Sent from my iPhone
On 09/08/2013, at 20:04, "Nigel Sykes" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hull City AFC will be renamed Hull City Tigers, says club owner Assem > Allam >> Please, please, please GFH do NOT under any circumstances do anything like > >> this at Leeds United - thank you > > Meh... I've heard worse things (for Hull, not us). I remember being really > oppositional about the changes to the names that they brought in in RL with > the advent of Super League, but I rather like supporting the Rhinos now. I > do, however, have respect for those RL teams who chose to stick with their > original names e.g. Featherstone Rovers, and look down on teams who already > had this sort of name yet changed it e.g. Bradford Northern / Bulls. > > If this becomes a trend in Football, I can see it happening for the teams > who already have a suitable nickname, like Hull, which puts us in the clear > anyway. At least they're going for "Hull City Tigers" and not just "Hull > Tigers", ditching the historic "City" name. > > It is somewhat ironic though that Hull would be the first football team to > do this(?), when both of their RL teams took the 'no renaming' option! > > Nigel > (the Dublin one) > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
