Gentleman John did too

Dr Whiteley > Dr Allam

I didn't see that on Sunday. Thought it was in reception/Kingston Suite. Maybe JBJ didn't pay up

Difference being, i've never seen Johnnie insisting on being addressed as Doctor

what on earth was that gibberish masquerading as a press release from the Allams?

It made no sense whatsoever

I would love to see the text. It sounded like they are allowing the suite to keep the Whiteley name. I hope I got that wrong.

i noticed the ayatollahs reply, sorry smc reply to clr brady toatally missed the part where the council intended to have a Johnny Whiteley suite and pictures placed in the stadium, so why do hull fc have to pay, if the council requested them!

you mean the we charge Dean Windass £20 a game to keep his picture up or something bollox

To summarise...

"We can do what the feck we like. Deal with it. Johnny who?"

Sir Doctor Johnny would be a mouthful

Nope, you heard it correctly. In an unprecedented gesture of magnanimity they have 'allowed' the JW suite to keep it's name but insist it's the responsibility of FC to pay for maintaining the heritage of one of OUR heroes.

Apparently everything he's done for the rest of the city - far, FAR more than the Allams will ever do - counts for nothing.

I'm really struggling not to post something libellous. Think I'll go for a walk to calm down. Back later...

Seems to me that the crux of the problem is the unfair manner of the charge. Allam pays it to himself and we would have to pay the charge to him, win win for DR Allam!
If the philanthropist is so magnanimous might he consider that we pay the charge to a suitable local charity rather than the great doctor (via the SMC)?
I am sure that the faithful would see this as a rallying call and come together to pay the charge to a charity in Gentleman John's name.

Does anyone realise that the SMC could charge City £100000000000000000000000 a second for displaying pictures and not a penny would change hands outside of Allamhouse Limited. They could say charging us the same would be treating both parties equally.