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FA Rejects Hull City's Application To Change Name To Hull Tigers

League Championship side Hull City Owner Assem Allam has failed in his "latest attempt to rebrand the club Hull Tigers" after the FA council rejected the "controversial name change application for a second time," according to Andy Hunter of the London GUARDIAN. FA council members met at St. George's Park on Saturday to "consider a proposal that has caused widespread anger among Hull supporters since Allam floated the idea two years ago." As was the case in April '14, and "following on from the recommendation of a three-man panel from the FA's membership committee, the council again voted against changing the 111-year-old name of Hull City AFC." The decision was supported by 69.9% of the council, an increase on the 63.5% who rejected Hull's application 15 months ago. FA Chair Greg Dyke supported the name change, according to the Football Supporters Federation. Allam, who "led a buy-out of the financially troubled club" in '10, has "threatened to sell Hull if the name change idea was thwarted." The club said in a statement, "We will be taking some time away from the club to consider our options and we will make no further comment until we have come to a conclusion" (GUARDIAN, 7/11). The BBC reported Hull, relegated from the Premier League last season, was told in May that it could "make a new attempt" to change its name. Allam, "who has faced protests from the club's fans over the issue, is convinced that rebranding the club is the only way to bring new investment in from overseas markets" (BBC, 7/11). In London, Ben Rumsby reported FA councillors staged a "blazers' revolt" against Dyke on Saturday after vetoing his "audacious attempt to allow Hull City to change their name." Dyke and other senior FA execs "stunned the governing body's summer conference" by throwing their weight behind Allam's latest bid. Dyke and his board were also branded "dictators" by its newest member, who was "among several officials to attack them over the handling of redundancies being made at the FA." But it was the vote on the Hull name change that witnessed the "biggest split between the professional and amateur game," with one source describing Dyke's defeat as a "blazers' revolt." The source added, "It was the blazers what did it" (TELEGRAPH, 7/11).

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