The Official Hull City AFC Thread - Home of the Tigers!

[HCFC Clark]

Hull City AFC

Name: Hull City Association Football Club
Stadium: KC Stadium
Capacity: 25,404
Nickname: The Tigers


Hull City Association Football Club are an English football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. In 2007–08 they achieved promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history, by winning the Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium. They finished the 2008–09 season 17th in the Premier League table, successfully avoiding relegation by one point. The previous highest position Hull City had finished in the English Football League was third in the old second division in 1909–10, which they matched in 2007–08 when they gained promotion. Their greatest achievement in cup competitions came in 1930, when the team reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
The club play their home games at the KC Stadium in Hull. They previously played at Boothferry Park, but moved to their current home in 2002, with Boothferry Park set for demolition. They traditionally play in black and amber, often with a striped shirt design, hence their nickname The Tigers. The club's mascot is Roary the Tiger.

The Manager:



Brown started taking his coaching badges while playing for Bolton, encouraged by Bruce Rioch. His first managerial role was as assistant to Sam Allardyce at Blackpool. He returned to Bolton Wanderers after his playing career ended and served as assistant manager to Colin Todd. Following Todd's departure in 1999, he took charge of the team as caretaker manager, winning four games out of five, until the appointment of Sam Allardyce. He then served as Allardyce's assistant for six years, before deciding to forge his own career as a manager.

Brown was appointed as first-team coach at Hull City on 27 October 2006 under Phil Parkinson, and took over as joint caretaker manager alongside Colin Murphy on 4 December 2006 after Parkinson's sacking, with Hull in 22nd place in the Football League Championship. After taking Hull out of the relegation zone with three wins and a draw in the six matches as caretaker manager, he was appointed as the permanent manager of the club on 4 January 2007.
Brown went on to lead The Tigers to Championship safety and the following season Hull City won promotion to the top level of English football for the first time in the club's 104-year history, by beating Bristol City at Wembley in the Championship play-off final on 24 May 2008. Brown described this as "the best day of my life, without a shadow of a doubt".
Brown was rewarded with a new three-year contract, which he signed on the weekend of Hull City's first ever top-flight match, a 2–1 victory over Fulham on 16 August 2008. On 28 September Brown managed Hull to a famous away victory over Arsenal by 2 goals to 1. It was only Arsenal's second ever defeat at the Emirates Stadium and was described by the Hull press as the greatest victory in the club's history. After a 1–0 victory at bottom of the table Tottenham Hotspur the following weekend, followed by a 3–0 away victory at West Bromwich Albion, on 10 October 2008, he was awarded Manager-of-the-Month for Hull's performance in September.
The remainder of the season was not so easy for Brown, as the team struggled to pick up the remaining points necessary to avoid relegation, and he was involved in several controversial incidents. In November 2008 he was fined £1,000 and warned about his future conduct by the FA after he admitted a charge of improper conduct. The charge related to a game against Wigan in August which Hull lost 5–0. On 26 December 2008, following a poor first half performance by Hull in a league match against Manchester City, Brown conducted his half-time team-talk on the pitch, in full view of the crowd and at the end of the pitch where the Hull supporters had been sitting. Brown was again charged with misconduct for his behaviour in an FA Cup tie against Newcastle United in January. During the match Brown and Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear were both sent to the stands after a confrontation in which Brown verbally abused Newcastle's assistant manager Chris Hughton. Brown admitted the charge and was subsequently fined £2,500 and warned as to his future conduct by the Football Association. On 17 March 2009, Brown claimed that he saw Arsenal midfielder and captain Cesc Fàbregas spit at the feet of his assistant manager Brian Horton following Hull's 2–1 FA Cup defeat and elimination at the Emirates. Fabregas was cleared of the accusation on 22 May 2009.
On 24 May 2009, despite suffering a 1–0 loss to Manchester United, Brown led Hull City to survival in the Premier League. Hull finished in 17th place, one point above Newcastle, who also lost. Brown stated that this was the greatest achievement in both managerial and club football history. At the end of the game, Brown famously went onto the pitch with a microphone and started singing (a modified version of) "Sloop John B" to the crowd.


09/10 Kits:



2008/09 Standings:

17. Hull City P38 W8 D11 L19 F39 A64 GD-25 PTS35

Stadium:



Squad List:

1. Boaz Myhill
2. Nathan Doyle
3. Andy Dawson
4. Ian Ashbee
6. Michael Turner
7. Craig Fagan
8. Nick Barmby
9. Dean Windass
10. Geovanni
11. Bryan Hughes
12. Matt Duke
13. Ryan France
14. Richard Garcia
15. Bernard Mendy
16. Péter Halmosi
17. Kevin Kilbane
18. Caleb Folan
19. John Welsh
20. George Boateng
21. Sam Ricketts
22. Dean Marney
24. Kamil Zayatte
25. Daniel Cousin
26. Tony Warner
27. Nicky Featherstone
28. Manucho
30. Anthony Gardner
31. Will Atkinson
32. James Bennett
33. Jimmy Bullard
35. Liam Cooper
36. Jamie Devitt
39. Steve Gardner
40. Ryan Kendall

Keep the Faith - Up the Tigers!!

[Jamieb08]

im suprised this wasn't already made pleased it was finally made

[HCFC Clark]

not that many hull fans on here that probably why

[LewisLaa]

So is Bullard ready for the new season?

[Jamieb08]

Originally Posted by clark123

not that many hull fans on here that probably why

yeah well good one for making it i like Hull hope they stay up this season shame there isn't so many Hull fans on here

[HCFC Clark]

not just yet. hes going through the process of building up his knee after getting new ligaments. should be back by early september.

[HCFC Clark]

Today Hull have been linked with Liverpool striker Voronin for a season long loan with a view to a permanent deal.

[coolhead33]

Yorkshire! Yorkshire! Yorkshire!

[Wexicoish]

nvm iv'e already pm'd coys to remove my posts

[Scottish N Proud]

Hull are going down end off

[Jamieb08]

Originally Posted by Scottish N Proud

Hull are going down end off

the season hasn't even started...

[MFC_LukeCarter]

Originally Posted by Scottish N Proud

Hull are going down end off

Of*, Glaswegian education system must be failing.

Anyway, wheres the logic behind the move for Bobby Zamora, surely you need someone with 15 goals in them to keep you up, otherwise I could see you struggling, Voronin could fit the bill although his record in England is weak.

[Scottish N Proud]

Originally Posted by Jamieb08

the season hasn't even started...

Originally Posted by MFC_LukeCarter

Of*, Glaswegian education system must be failing.

Anyway, wheres the logic behind the move for Bobby Zamora, surely you need someone with 15 goals in them to keep you up, otherwise I could see you struggling, Voronin could fit the bill although his record in England is weak.

That was rab

GG.

Hull -> 1 point above relegation trouble

Good bye,

[HCFC Clark]

Originally Posted by Scottish N Proud

That was rab

GG.

Hull -> 1 point above relegation trouble

Good bye,

well obviously were going to be battling to stay up again. none of us expect any different.

[FreshGeeza]

Hull have a really nice kit this year, Bullard should be back soon right?

[HCFC Clark]

thanks mate. home kit is growing on me. i really like the away one tho.

and he's back earl september. hopefully he stays fit and does well for us. we missed him badly last year.

[Battleships]

Zamora is currently in talks with Hull.

And we were on about getting Benjani on a season long loan. I think he will be great for us, but cant see it happening.

[MFC_LukeCarter]

Originally Posted by Scottish N Proud

That was rab

GG.

Hull -> 1 point above relegation trouble

Good bye,

So were Sunderland, do you think they are going down as well?

Fool.

[Scottish N Proud]

Originally Posted by MFC_LukeCarter

So were Sunderland, do you think they are going down as well?

Fool.

Why ask me that question? i couldnt really care if sunderland went down or not :S

[HCFC Clark]

but you care if we do?

[MickyBhoy1888]

Originally Posted by Scottish N Proud

Why ask me that question? i couldnt really care if sunderland went down or not :S

Paul stop hassling folk for no reason

[MFC_LukeCarter]

Originally Posted by Scottish N Proud

That was rab

GG.

Hull -> 1 point above relegation trouble

Good bye,

Originally Posted by Scottish N Proud

Why ask me that question? i couldnt really care if sunderland went down or not :S

But you care about Hull.

[Scottish N Proud]

Originally Posted by clark123

but you care if we do?

No, really i couldnt care less who gets relegated

But you care about Hull.

i dont really care about hull

[HCFC Clark]

Hull linked with a few people today. Apparentley we are going to offer £4m for Joe Ledley and £3m for Ross McCarmock from Cardiff. Marlon Harewood has also expressed his desire to play for Hull and we should hopefully sign Zamora today. Turner linked with Everton and Fulham in £8m and £9m bids.

[RAB SAFC 1879]

Turner will be used as a weight for the Zamora deal