Why do they have the name "kingston" in there name? Looking up there history the team/club was called Kingston Amateurs then Kingston Rovers. Now Hull Kingston Rovers. So y kingston?Why do they have the name "kingston" in there name? Looking up there history the team/club was called Kingston Amateurs then Kingston Rovers. Now Hull Kingston Rovers. So y kingston?

Hull is short for Kingston upon Hull.

Its a guess but it possibly be might were the ground is like it could be near a street called kingston or the family of the makers of the club had the name kingston?