What were our Grandads dsaying in 1919??

On 9 August 2013 13:34, Ian Murray <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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)
> >
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