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The Vanishing Tiger – What’s in a Name?

What’s in a name? Rather a lot it would seem if the Hull City v Hull Tigers debate is anything to go by.  This month the FA Membership Committee recommended that The FA do not permit Hull City’s owner, Assem Allam, to change the playing name of the club to Hull Tigers.

The company behind Hull City has already changed its name to Hull City Tigers Limited (“the company”) but the decision over the playing name of the club is not theirs to make.

To read the full blog for LawInSport click here.