And get a criminal record for vandalism, CCTV everywhere....?

Spray the camera lenses first then

That's a bit "Mission Impossible" in somewhere like the KC.

To be perfectly Honest the whole point of this which has actually annoyed me is what they have done with the Suite named after Johnny Whiteley.

Now my understanding is all the photo's of Johnny in that Suite where actually placed there by the Council not Hull Fc, so it Annoys me that the Allam's are actually trying to charge us for something that wasn't anything to do with the club in the first place.

Is Mr Johnson on our Board now?

Hes on the foundation/charity board iirc

Someone earlier in the thread mentioned the publicity photos on display of BonJovi, REM, Under 21 England Team etc. Can anyone confirm that they are actually still there? I don't recall seeing them, but then I am not particularly observant. I am in the process of firing off a few e-mails at the moment, so I will include a question asking who is paying for their inclusion. Can't see Jon BonJovi posting a cheque to the SMC every year.

for someone who says he's loved Sport in Hull for 40 odd years, where was he when Lloyd padlocked the gates of Boothferry Park?, he'll charging rent for the commemorative 'stones' next?

I'm no fan of the Allams but I would say that if in our contract it states we have to pay to display our stuff then we should pay surely? Maybe this part of the contract has been allowed to lapse and now they have decided to enforce it?

If the council have put the pictures there then that may be slightly different.

It's petty on the surface but if they have been asking for a payment and we have been refusing then maybe they are trying to force our arm?

Lot's of unknowns and it's not helped that the club are not talking.

The info we have at the moment is that the lease doesn't mention the display of items at all. In the past this was taken to mean that they could be displayed for free, but now a charge is being levied.

I'd say that the club not making any official statement on the matter is exactly the right thing to do at this stage.

Where do we have that info? City guy on radio said there is a fee to pay, same for both clubs. Maybe it's never been enforced before? If it's a new charge then Hull have right to refuse or negotiate.

If I were going on, I would invite the SMC to answer, by whichever public media outlet they chose, but in the next 48 hours:

How come the SMC was making a profit, and a nominal return to the Council during both Pearson and Duffen's stewardship, yet it has made excessive losses in consecutive years, despite having over a million pounds in it's account on it's last set of books.

Why hasn't the SMC organised a single event outside football or rugby since it was taken over by the Allams, how is that "maximising the commercial revenue", having a community asset empty 300 days a year is not a sound and
sustainable business model.

How much are they paying to use Johnny Whitely's name?

What is next, rent for the Jack Harrison memorial?

Since FC's memorobilia has been replaced by City, do they pay double?

What does the arena actually gets used for, now that the local community cannot, apparently, afford to utilise it?

Why did the Council and FC flags went up about an hour before the game on Sunday, was that because of a call from Cllr Geraghty?

My final point would be, does the Allam family not understand that the people of Hull are not stupid, his comments about Hull Fair, wanting to build a hotel, Olympic swimming pool etc etc have been seen to be a flimsy smoke screen for what is, in effect, a good old fashioned land grab, an attempt at an asset strip.