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    AwaywegoAwaywego
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    From what TW said not the best of owners, but for the city of Hull a great servant, I do wish he’d got his way with Hull tigers though.

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    Iron-aweIron-awe
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    for the city of Hull a great servant,

    I agree with this part and he did clear the Tigers big debts which was very admirable but the name change for the club was a massive issue with fans and maybe TW can shed more light on that but he seemed to go out of his way to antagonize a lot of Hull fans which I found odd.

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    I know a number of City fans who opposed the name change but whenever I asked them why, I never seemed to get a rational answer.
    The claim from the Allams was that this would bring in new funding – I never heard anyone deny that this would happen.
    Puzzling – but hardly our problem.
    Our only issue of import is trying to repair the damage caused at GP by a certain party.

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    I know a number of City fans who opposed the name change but whenever I asked them why, I never seemed to get a rational answer.
    The claim from the Allams was that this would bring in new funding – I never heard anyone deny that this would happen.
    Puzzling – but hardly our problem.
    Our only issue of import is trying to repair the damage caused at GP by a certain party.

    Allam Jr claimed the name change would bring the n a £1m sponsorship deal, when challenged by the FA to provide proof he was unable to do so. The Allams certainly made a profit from their investment via dividends, group tax relief, 5%, later reduced to 4%, interest on their loans, and eventual selling price. Telling long term supporters that ‘they can die when they want’, and calling those that opposed him hooligans, is hardly the best way to win people over. Also the removal of concession prices for kids and oap’s was spiteful. On the other side of the coin local hospitals and the university benefitted enormously from his many donations. The local news reports have it spot on, a man who divided opinion.
    Abridged version, hospitals and university work = superb, HCAFC, GTF.

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