The ploy by the owner of Hull City to change the club's name at the end of the season suffered a setback on Monday when the Football Association was advised by its membership committee to reject the request.
The FA made the decision of it's committee known on it's website.
"The FA can confirm its Membership Committee met on Wednesday (12 March) and has made a unanimous recommendation to The FA Council to reject Hull City's request to change their playing name to Hull Tigers from next season," a statement on the FA's website said.
The recommendation will now be discussed and voted upon at a full FA Council meeting on April 9 before which Allam can make another submission to change the Premier League club's name after 109 years.
"The recommendation, which came after consultation with stakeholders within and outside of the game, will be discussed and voted upon at a full FA Council meeting on 9 April, 2014.
"Hull City are able to make a further submission to the FA Council in view of the written reasons, which they have received, before the 9 April meeting." the statement added.
Egyptian-born Club owner, Assem Allam, who bought over Hull City in 2010 had pledged to change the club's name to Hull Tigers, as he believes a change to Hull Tigers would help generate more revenue but his plan provoked fierce opposition from fans.
Allam has threaten to walk away from the club if the FA turned down his request to change the name.
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