"We're Black. We're White. We'll never merge with s***e." I remember singing those words loud and proud at Central Park, Wigan, when the future of our club looked doomed at the dawn of Super League. I meant it then; I mean it now.

I don't live in Hull anymore, I moved away. So Hull FC are not my local club. However, Hull FC are the team I've supported all my life, pretty much all 42 years of it. So I stick with them; however cack they are; however much they let me down; however awkward it is to get there after work on a Friday, assuming I can even afford it (not often these days). They're _my_ club. Always will be. In any kind of weather.

If this is the beginning of the end - it is - then the day the teams merge is the day I stop giving a toss about Rugby League in Hull. Because the new team will not be my local team, and I'll have zero interest in supporting it. Why would I bother with a 4 hour round trip, when I can get to Cas, Wakey, and (dare I say it) L**ds, in less time?

Merging these teams will lose my support. I suspect I won't be the only one who stops going. It's a stupid idea, and I hope the message comes across loud and clear on Sunday at the KC.

ive been watching the x-files box set recently, so I have my conspiracy head on as I type this:
what if, pearson and allam have been along, allam has always said he would have ONE rugby team in hull(merge them). pearson runs us down into the depths of disrepair, we get to small a attendance that having us at the KC isn't financially viable anymore. allam buys fc from pearson, already input a £1m(interest free loan) into kr, and instead of calling that back, could take over the reins from hudgell.
move hull fc to mini kc and merge the 2 teams together. he can then take over at the kc stadium!!!!
DUM DUM DUMMMMMMMMMMMM

Were you drinking whiskey whilst watching that X-Files box set LOL.

Sounds far fetched but given the three Hull teams chequered pasts who knows?

no whiskey mate

think I may have been abit light headed when typing it...after being abducted by aliens

Allam wont be around next season so don't worry

Which one, is Assem retiring?