06-02-2022, 10:56
Hull City 0 Preston North End 1 Archer
Hull City line-up: Ingram; Bernard (Jones, 58), McLoughlin, Greaves; Longman (Forss, 54), Smallwood (Allahyar, 84), Docherty, Fleming; Honeyman, Eaves, Lewis-Potter. Subs not used: Cartwright, Huddlestone, Slater, Walsh.
PNE line-up: Iversen; van den Berg, Bauer, Hughes; Potts (Johnson, 67), Whiteman, Browne, McCann, Cunningham; Riis (Evans, 60), Archer (Ledson, 87). Subs not used: Ripley, Lindsay, Sinclair, Earl.
Attendance: 14,273 (PNE fans TBC).
Referee: Mr D Bond.
A slate grey sky in Humberside welcomed the travelling hordes of 1600 to take a on a club with a new owner and optimism starting to grow for a brighter future wish them well for the future.
Decent stadium this, massive car parks only sad thing is they built it on a cricket ground which had hosted first class cricket if you like teains you are in for a tret though
Traditional pre match wander as we arrive years before the kick off. Decent seats to the right of the goal every chance of being picked up in the fans gallery for the third time in recent weeks(Stoke/WBA)
Three changes from the midweek draw at Millwall. Hull tarted quicker with Lewis- Potter and Fleming causing us problems down our right flank, early corner nearly led to a goal Bernard's header headed back towards his own goal by Bauer, great save by Iversen although his next save would be a tad better
We began to probe down the flanks and started to get some joy and start to dominate, a good Hughes run led to a corner, from the second phase almighty panic in the Hull six yard box, Hughes against the underside of the bar, the rebound from Riis well saved by Ingram.
In control but pivotal moment arrived good advantage by Mr Bond possibly one of the few things he got right all afternoon, Lewis-Potter scamers away pinoint cross to Eaves, nothing wrong with the header however no one bargain for the giant Dane between the North End sticks pulling off waht Paul Walker said on Quest last night was a stupendous save, personal view it was better than that.
From that scare we regained control and then hit the post Archer being denied, the away end were starting to celebrate because the vast majority thought it was in, No score at half time was possibly the a surprise, however the first five minutes of the second half settled the contest, City didn't get started and we were all over them, Browne desperately unlucky to have his goal disallowed due to a handball, yes it is handball deliberate not really, anyway didn't matter within a minute we were in front City never really cleared a left wing attack, Whiteman picked out Archer, Little Tevez did the rest. We never really looked like scoring after that neither did the home side, they had a goa ldisallowed Eaves offside and a Smallwood shot possibly goalbound headed clear by Bauer but fairly comfortable after that.
Make the most of Iversen, Van Den Berg and Archer won't be ours next season, four points from the play offs, nah it's not on or is it?
Hull City head coach Shota Arveladze told BBC Radio Humberside:
"They worked hard and could have equalised with the last corner, but that's football and the pain makes us stronger for the next games.
"We know it's not an easy time, we know there are changes, some new players, we need them all. It was a short list of players and now it's a little bit longer so everyone has to take this chance and be ready.
"We have to do better (with the goal). We pulled out and then a short pass we lost and then we left the striker free and it was a good reaction.
"We tried second half to push and use all of our power to make an equaliser, but give them credit, too, they defended well."
Preston North End manager Ryan Lowe:
"It was a frustrating first half, and it was a decent game. It was end-to-end. My heart was in my mouth at times, but the boys put their bodies on the line.
"Foundations are built on clean sheets. Ultimately you have to be solid and resolute. The boys have been fantastic.
"We wanted to take the shackles off the boys, and I want to play the style I want to play. We're in good form but we're not going to get carried away.
"If you get back-to-back wins in the Championship, it gets you up there. All we can do is look to the next one."
Hull City line-up: Ingram; Bernard (Jones, 58), McLoughlin, Greaves; Longman (Forss, 54), Smallwood (Allahyar, 84), Docherty, Fleming; Honeyman, Eaves, Lewis-Potter. Subs not used: Cartwright, Huddlestone, Slater, Walsh.
PNE line-up: Iversen; van den Berg, Bauer, Hughes; Potts (Johnson, 67), Whiteman, Browne, McCann, Cunningham; Riis (Evans, 60), Archer (Ledson, 87). Subs not used: Ripley, Lindsay, Sinclair, Earl.
Attendance: 14,273 (PNE fans TBC).
Referee: Mr D Bond.
A slate grey sky in Humberside welcomed the travelling hordes of 1600 to take a on a club with a new owner and optimism starting to grow for a brighter future wish them well for the future.
Decent stadium this, massive car parks only sad thing is they built it on a cricket ground which had hosted first class cricket if you like teains you are in for a tret though
Traditional pre match wander as we arrive years before the kick off. Decent seats to the right of the goal every chance of being picked up in the fans gallery for the third time in recent weeks(Stoke/WBA)
Three changes from the midweek draw at Millwall. Hull tarted quicker with Lewis- Potter and Fleming causing us problems down our right flank, early corner nearly led to a goal Bernard's header headed back towards his own goal by Bauer, great save by Iversen although his next save would be a tad better
We began to probe down the flanks and started to get some joy and start to dominate, a good Hughes run led to a corner, from the second phase almighty panic in the Hull six yard box, Hughes against the underside of the bar, the rebound from Riis well saved by Ingram.
In control but pivotal moment arrived good advantage by Mr Bond possibly one of the few things he got right all afternoon, Lewis-Potter scamers away pinoint cross to Eaves, nothing wrong with the header however no one bargain for the giant Dane between the North End sticks pulling off waht Paul Walker said on Quest last night was a stupendous save, personal view it was better than that.
From that scare we regained control and then hit the post Archer being denied, the away end were starting to celebrate because the vast majority thought it was in, No score at half time was possibly the a surprise, however the first five minutes of the second half settled the contest, City didn't get started and we were all over them, Browne desperately unlucky to have his goal disallowed due to a handball, yes it is handball deliberate not really, anyway didn't matter within a minute we were in front City never really cleared a left wing attack, Whiteman picked out Archer, Little Tevez did the rest. We never really looked like scoring after that neither did the home side, they had a goa ldisallowed Eaves offside and a Smallwood shot possibly goalbound headed clear by Bauer but fairly comfortable after that.
Make the most of Iversen, Van Den Berg and Archer won't be ours next season, four points from the play offs, nah it's not on or is it?
Hull City head coach Shota Arveladze told BBC Radio Humberside:
"They worked hard and could have equalised with the last corner, but that's football and the pain makes us stronger for the next games.
"We know it's not an easy time, we know there are changes, some new players, we need them all. It was a short list of players and now it's a little bit longer so everyone has to take this chance and be ready.
"We have to do better (with the goal). We pulled out and then a short pass we lost and then we left the striker free and it was a good reaction.
"We tried second half to push and use all of our power to make an equaliser, but give them credit, too, they defended well."
Preston North End manager Ryan Lowe:
"It was a frustrating first half, and it was a decent game. It was end-to-end. My heart was in my mouth at times, but the boys put their bodies on the line.
"Foundations are built on clean sheets. Ultimately you have to be solid and resolute. The boys have been fantastic.
"We wanted to take the shackles off the boys, and I want to play the style I want to play. We're in good form but we're not going to get carried away.
"If you get back-to-back wins in the Championship, it gets you up there. All we can do is look to the next one."
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