Whitehawk FC - anti name change petition

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Cheers

New owners aren't property developers/estate agents by any chance? Those sorts tend to have an unhealthy interest in rebranding things for financial gain (eg. Fiveways 'Village')

 

[Warren]

Whitehawk owners love the club so much they don't want to be called Whitehawk and not sure they even want to play in Whitehawk.
And if they don't get there own way, will it end in tears (and an AFC team springing up in the Dog and Duck League Division 8 when they pull out their money)
http://www.sloughtownsoapbox.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/no-escape-if-youre-from-slough.html

 

[amexer]

Should never be allowed. I don't think if you have the backing of a few wealthy people as Whitehawk do, it is too difficult to get to National League level as long as you pay high enough wages. It is there it becomes hard to progress.
If you allow clubs to change name just to give them higher profile you will get a lot more doing it. Years to come end up with National league with teams like Bournmouth Rovers, Norwich Albion, Birmingham United, Brighton Town etc etc. They should all with very few exceptions like MK Dons keep there original identity

 

[Bold Seagull]

Cheers

New owners aren't property developers/estate agents by any chance? Those sorts tend to have an unhealthy interest in rebranding things for financial gain (eg. Fiveways 'Village')

KSD Environmental - Skips, commercial waste, recycling. Don't be surprised if some of the ex-pro's playing for them don't also have some form of parallel role with KSD, like Driver's Supervisor etc. allegedly, rumour has it, etc.

 

[The Albion Roar]

KSD Environmental - Skips, commercial waste, recycling. Don't be surprised if some of the ex-pro's playing for them don't also have some form of parallel role with KSD, like Driver's Supervisor etc. allegedly, rumour has it, etc.

No allegedly about it.

Jake Robinson works part-time as a footballer, and part-time in the office for his pay.

 

[AZ Gull]

KSD Environmental - Skips, commercial waste, recycling. Don't be surprised if some of the ex-pro's playing for them don't also have some form of parallel role with KSD, like Driver's Supervisor etc. allegedly, rumour has it, etc.

You seem to be implying it is improper or covert; however, there isn't any attempt to conceal it - FA CUP: Sergio Torres working to make more dreams come true with Whitehawk

Life changed significantly for Torres after he was released by Crawley in the summer of 2014. Rather than trying to stay in the professional game he joined part-time Whitehawk while taking an office job with the KSD Group in Patcham, an environmental services company run by the owners of the club. It is not a decision he has regretted and he is delighted to be playing a part in a golden era for the club – playing at the highest level in their history with ambitions to go further, as well as making their first appearance in the first round of the FA Cup. Torres said: “Last year it was a really hard decision, after nine years of being a professional to drop out of the Football League. I didn’t want to go up north when Crawley released me, my wife and kids love living in Brighton so I was so happy that Whitehawk offered me something and that Ned (Peter McDonnell) and Chris (Gargan) offered me a job here. At the beginning I was thinking I can never work in an office but it has been over a year now and my work colleagues are my friends now.

 

[c0lz]

Without wanting to read all ten pages, because life's a bit short, anybody able to summarise who wants to change the name and why?

Owners , because of Whitehawk's estate past reputation.

 

[el punal]

As an outsider I don't really have a view on what Whitehawk should call themselves, but I think it would be a shame to lose that name. If the "City" idea is dropped, how about Brighton Whitehawk or even Whitehawk Brighton? At least then people from outside Sussex would understand where the club is located, and this name-change wouldn't (I think!) attract too much opposition from the Albion or perhaps from Whitehawk fans who want to keep their area's name. Whatever the outcome of all this, good luck to Whitehawk in all they do - the club's a real assett to Brighton and Hove and to Sussex as a whole.

There are plenty of football clubs around whose name is not prefaced by a geographical town/city title. I give you Port Vale, Everton, Arsenal, Queens Park Rangers, Hibernian, Heart of Midlothian, Forest Green Rovers to name a few, who all seem to be happy with their lot. Even . . . . Crystal Palace, wherever they come from.

 

[Bold Seagull]

No allegedly about it.

Jake Robinson works part-time as a footballer, and part-time in the office for his pay.

You seem to be implying it is improper or covert; however, there isn't any attempt to conceal it - FA CUP: Sergio Torres working to make more dreams come true with Whitehawk

It would be interesting to know how much work at KSD they actually do...

 

[Diego Napier]

And a very small wilipedia at that.

Apparently that's all that prevented [MENTION=12634]Return of the Rev[/MENTION] from winking for England, he never managed to come off the bench.

 

[The Albion Roar]

There are plenty of football clubs around whose name is not prefaced by a geographical town/city title. I give you Port Vale, Everton, Arsenal, Queens Park Rangers, Hibernian, Heart of Midlothian, Forest Green Rovers to name a few, who all seem to be happy with their lot. Even . . . . Crystal Palace, wherever they come from.

Everton, Queen's Park and Crystal Palace do exist as place names though.

 

[el punal]

Everton, Queen's Park and Crystal Palace do exist as place names though.

. . . . and so does Whitehawk!

 

[BN9 BHA]

The owners tend to live in the leafy suburbs of that area rather than Whitehawk.

Owners of what ?

 

[GoingUp]

90% of the crowd are turning up because of what the owners have achieved,if people were so proud of little old whitehawk then where were they before?

I wouldnt know Ive never been to a game or anything, but a football club is essentially the towns/cities IMO. The owners normally buy into that, changing the name rarely does down well.

 

[The Albion Roar]

Interview with the Whitehawk chairman John Summers

http://whitehawkfc.com/interview-with-john-summers/

 

[c0lz]

Interview with the Whitehawk chairman John Summers

http://whitehawkfc.com/interview-with-john-summers/

They are getting more publicity now than they would with any name change , but now they are not only p*ssing off their own fans they doing their best to p*ss of the Brighton fans too,and
whom helped to make they're numbers up on their FA cup run while it lasted.

 

[atomised]

It makes it sound like they want a battle and confirms that they dont want to stay in whitehawk.

 

[GT49er]

Everton, Queen's Park and Crystal Palace do exist as place names though.

So does Forest Green (who incidentally changed their name a few years back; unsuccessfully - they changed it back after a couple of years).

 

[studio150]

Interview with the Whitehawk chairman John Summers

http://whitehawkfc.com/interview-with-john-summers/

You can dress up as a red lobster and be welcome at Whitehawk but I doubt you would get in at the Amex

What planet is this guy on

Really enjoyed the comment about average crowd not even paying for maintenance. Just shows running before they can walk and will plummet downwards when the money leaves.

But hey Brighton City will solve everthing.

If it is true that a name not starting with Brighton would be acceptable why not just accept that and move on.

 

[amexer]

Where do people think he wants to move to. Surely only place is Withdean