[Lord Snooty]

Hull City v Huddersfield Town
The Sky Bet Championship
Tuesday 28th January - 19:45 ko
at The KCOM Stadium

Huddersfield Town travel to play Hull City on Saturday afternoon Tuesday night for a rearranged game due to the Tigers' involvement in the FA Cup, a glamorous televised game against Premier League giants Chelsea, in which they were beaten by a score of 1-2. Kamil Grosicki scored Hull's goal late on from a free kick to set up a grandstand finish, which never arrived.
Town's last game was a 0-0 draw at home to Brentford in which new signings Emile Smith Rowe, Richard Stearman, and Harry Toffolo all started with Andy King coming on as a late substitute. Hopefully Danny Cowley will have had them all well and truly settled in now and ready to take on the Tiggers. Jonathan Hogg will be available for selection after serving his two match ban and long term absentee Alex Pritchard has been back in full training and has said he is prepared to play through the pain of a nasty cyst on his knee. Believe that when we see it!

COME ON TOWN!!!

TICKET PRICES:
£33 - Adults
£24 – Over-65s
£18 – 16-22 year-olds
£12 – Under-16s
£9 - Under-11s
Ambulant & Wheelchair Disabled Supporters should pay their relevant price class, with a personal assistant going free of charge.


A brief history of Hull City: They were founded eventually in 1904, after several previous attempts at starting a football club were thwarted due to Hull being a rugby league city, dominated by the two clubs Hull FC and Hull Kingston Rovers. They started out playing at the Boulevard, home of Hull FC, but due to disputes with them, were forced to move in with Anlaby Road Cricket Club. They were admitted into the Football League 2nd division for the 1905/06 season and finished their first season there in a creditable 5th position. Managed at the time by future Town manager Ambrose Langley, they consistently finished in the top half of the table, but never made it to the top tier. After the First World War, their fortunes sank and eventually in 1930, they were relegated to the newly formed Division 3 (North).

It was unfortunate then, that they had their best FA Cup run so far, reaching the semi finals, in the relegation season. They had knocked out footballing giants in the shape of Manchester City and Newcastle Utd, before coming up against Arsenal, managed of course by Herbert Chapman, in the semi at Bellend Road, Leeds. As we all know. Arsenal won because that was the year they beat us in the Final, but Hull took them to a replay, after a 2-2 draw in Leeds, the Arsenal won 1-0 at Villa Park.

They were due to move into their own new stadium, Boothferry Park, in the 1930s, but planning disputes and then the outset of the 2nd World War, delayed the move until 1946. Once settled in though, they soon got promoted to the 2nd division, in 1949. They were up and down between the 2nd and 3rd divisions for the next couple of decades, winning promotions in 1959 and 1966, but by the early 1980s they had dropped for the first time into Division 4.

Boothferry Park

Back up again in 1983 and up once more to the 2nd division in 1985, under the management of Brian Horton. Back down again in 1991 with Terry Dolan as boss and then down again to the basement division in 1995. They stayed there a while and were closer to relegation to the Conference than promotion most seasons. They had hit big financial trouble as well and were at one time actually locked out of their home ground by former owner David Lloyd (the ex tennis player, not the cricket commentator). They did reach the Play Offs in 2001, but lost in the semis to Leyton Orient. Then over the horizon, riding a white charger, came their saviour in the shape of Adam Pearson and suddenly Hull City were on the rise again.

They moved into their new home in 2002 and never looked back. Promotion, under the leadership of Peter Taylor, came in 2004 and the next year as well and so they were back in the 2nd tier, now of course known as the Championship. It got better. Just five years after leaving the 4th division, they were promoted for the first time in their history to the top tier, the Premier League, with Phil Brown as manager. They got there via the Play Offs, following a 6-1 aggregate demolition of Watford, they played Bristol City at Wembley, beating them by a goal to nil with that famous goal from hometown boy, Dean Windass. They started life at the top well and early on actually topped the Premier League, ten years after they had been rock bottom of the 4th division. Some achievement! Obviously it didn't last, but they did survive relegation on the last day of the season.

Relegated in 2010, they were back up again as champions of the Championship in 2013, with another Town connection, Steve Bruce, as boss. They reached their first ever FA Cup Final in 2004, against the team who beat them in the 1930 semi final, Arsenal. The match at Wembley started brilliantly for the Tigers as they went 2-0 up after 8 minutes with goals from James Chester and Curtis Davies. Obviously they scored far too soon and the Gunners had drawn level by the 71st minute and then won it with an Aaron Ramsey goal in extra time. Arsenal had already qualified for the Champions League, so by virtue of being FA Cup runners up, the Tigers had now qualified themselves for Europe for the first time as well and would play the next season in the Europa League. They didn't reach the group stage though, losing to Belgian outfit Lokeren in the last of the qualifying rounds.

They were relegated at the end of the season, but came straight back up via the Play Offs, beating Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 in the final, Mohamed Diamé getting the goal this time. Just for one season this time as they were relegated again to the Championship, just as Huddersfield Town were going up, so we never have played them in the top flight.

Head to Head



Town lead the head to head with 22 wins to Hull's 21 with 11 draws.

Hull were already there when Town were elected into the Football League in 1910 and so were one of our first opponents. Not quite the first, we didn't meet until January, with Town winning 2-0 at Leeds Road with goals from James Howie and Henry Hamilton. The return fixture in April was a 2-2 draw.

We did the double over them in our promotion season 1919/20 and so didn't meet in the league again until the 1952/53 season. We did meet up once in that time though. They were the first opponents on our road to the 1938 Wembley Cup Final. We beat them 3-1 at home with goals from Pat Beasley and Alf Lythgoe (2).

The next match of any significance was in the 1969/70 season when they drew 2-2 at Leeds Road on Easter Monday, temporarily halting our promotion party. A win would've seen us promoted that day, but we only had to wait one more day when another draw, this time up at Middlebrough, secured our top flight status.

We played each other again two seasons later as we were on our great drop down the leagues and didn't meet up again until 1980/81 as Mick Buxton had started our great rise back up again. We won 5-0 at Leeds Road, with goals from Brian Stanton, Terry Austin, David Cowling, Mark Lillis and Ian Robins. The return fixture was a 1-2 defeat at Boothferry Park and me and my mates got beat up on the way home. No not by Hull fans, but some pissed up Town fans as we stopped off en route for a drink.  

We have played them once this season already and it was a magnificent win for the Terriers. A first home win under the leadership of Danny Cowley, following a 1-0 win at Stoke in midweek, by a massive 3 goals to nil. Scorers that day were Karlan Grant, Juninho Bacuna and Elias Kachunga.

So what's happening down at the KCOM? Managed nowadays by Grant McCann, the former Doncaster Rovers boss. Born in Belfast 39 years ago, he started his football career in London, England with West Ham United. He only played four times for the Hammers, one of which was a 1-7 defeat away at Blackburn Rovers and he scored a spectacular own goal. So after loans to Livingston and Notts County, he was sold for a club record fee of £50,000 to Cheltenham Town and helped them to promotion through the Play Offs with a victory over Grimsby Town at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Three years later after 150+ appearances, Cheltenham doubled their money laid out by selling him to Barnsley for £100,000.
After a season at Oakwell he moved on to Scunthorpe Utd and gained promotion again through the Play Offs, this time at Wembley with a win against Millwall. After Scunny he went and joined a certain PishPosh club and once again won promotion via the Play Offs, this time at Old Trafford, so becoming the only player to have won the Play Offs at three different venues. Can't find any details on that last one.  
He then had a short spell at Linfield before returning to London Road as a coach and eventually became first team manager in 2016. Then following his sacking two years later, on to Doncaster Rovers and then got the Hull job last summer after Nigel Adkins left the club.

So who have they got in their squad? Their leading scorer is highly rated Jarrod Bowen, who came to Hull, then in the Premier League from non league Hereford Utd after they had gone bust and been expelled from the Conference. Not a bad player to pick up for nowt!
The skipper is American, ex Leeds player Eric Lichaj. He signed in 2018 from Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee. His wife appeared on Come Dine With Me, a stereotypical WAG and had a life size cardboard cut out of him stood standing there, but still more mobile than some of his team mates.  
In goals is George Long, a Sheffield lad who started his career with the Blades, went out on loan to Oxford Utd, Motherwell and AFC Wimbledon, before joining the Tigers in 2018.
Defender Reece Burke had a loan at Bradford City before arriving at the KCOM. Has played in the Premier League with West Ham.
Jordy de Wijs is a Belgium born, Dutch youth international, who's daddy and grandaddy were both professional footballers. He is joined at centre back by Scots lad Stephen Kingsley, who's career highlight was winning the 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup with Falkirk.
Midfield includes one of the manager's PishPosh players, Leo Lopes. Josh Bowler is on a season's loan from Everton. George Honeymonster has played in the Premier League with Sunderland, but was part of their drop down the leagues and so despite being club captain was allowed to leave for Hull in the summer. Also in midfield is Jackson Irvine, an Aussie international who used to play for Burton Albion. And another international midfielder is Kamil Grosicki, who played for Poland in the Euro 2012 and 2016 finals. He has been with the Tigers long enough to have played in the Premier League. Herbie Kane, another midfielder, on loan from Liverpool and spent last season playing for McCann at Doncaster.
Up front is tall striker Tom Eaves, who looks slightly taller than he is with a man bun on top of his head. He was signed in the summer from Gillingham. Also, Northern Ireland international Josh Magennis who signed in the summer from Bolton.

Jarrod Bowen

Club Connections:

Fraizer Campbell: finally joined his hometown club, Huddersfield Town in August. He went to Huddersfield Grammar School and went to Town's centre of excellence but, as would become a sore point with chairman Dean Hoyle, he like many others was poached by a bigger club, Manchester United in this case, when he was ten years old. He came through their academy instead and made it to the first team squad eventually making his debut in the Manchester derby, coming on as sub for Wayne Rooney.
After a loan spell at Royal Antwerp, he then went for his first stint at Hull City. He finished top scorer that season, despite only being there for the second half of the season, scoring 15 goals and providing the assist for the famous Dean Windass goal in the Play Off Final against Bristol City.
Hull wanted to sign him permanently, but he wanted to make it at Manyoo. And so he returned to Old Trafford and started the opening game of the new season alongside Rooney in a match at home to Newcastle. Hull made a £7m bid for him, but instead he ended up down south, in that there London, playing for Tottenham on a season loan as part of the transfer exchange of Dimitar Berbatov. He scored twice in the League Cup against Liverpool and played in the UEFA Cup for Spurs and scored his first Premier League goal against Fulham, but still Hull wanted their man and put in another failed bid for him.
Instead, he went to Sunderland, still in the Premier League. He had a full season with them, playing for Steve Bruce, but then early in the next season, he did his anterior cruciate in and was out for the year. It was more than a year actually, he missed the whole of 2011, but made a goal scoring come back in the FA Cup against Boro in Jan 2012.
The following season he was on his way again, signing for Cardiff City in the January transfer window and scored the winner on his debut at Bellend Road against the Champions of Europe. His second game was a 0-0 draw at Huddersfield Town. He helped Cardiff win promotion and started the next season well, scoring twice against Man City.
He was on the move again in the summer, to Crystal Palace. That was only for one season though, when eventually, in the summer of 2017, Hull City finally got their man. He joined them just after they were relegated from the Premier League and so with Huddersfield Town just getting promoted, for the first time in his career he was a division below his home town club. He stayed there for two seasons, bagging a total of 18 goals.
Then his career came full circle in August when Jan Siewert signed him for the Terriers.

Terry Dolan: signed for Town as a 20 year old in 1970 when we were in the First Division. He came from Bradford Park Avenue when they dropped out of the Football League. He only made one sub appearance in that first season, but established himself the following year, scoring his first Town goal in a 2-2 draw away at Wolves. His second goal however, came in one of our most famous matches of the era, the 4-2 win against the superstars of West Ham Utd in the FA Cup. That took us to the quarter finals of the Cup, a feat we haven't matched in the 48 years since! The match at Birmingham City was notable for Dolan as he ended up in goal, following an assault by Bob Latchford on Town keeper Terry Poole, who ended up with a career ending (almost) broken leg, and of course we didn't have sub goalies sat on the bench in those days.
He was a regular in the side that slid down the Football League and he is one of a small group of players to have played for the same club in all 4 divisions. Eventually he moved on, back to Bradford, with the Bantams this time though, helping them to promotion from division 4 before moving on again to Rochdale. By the end of his playing career, he had played on all 92 of the current Football League grounds, which was easier back then with no automatic promotion from the Conference and not many new stadiums being built, but still something quite rare.
He then got into coaching, firstly with Harrogate Town and then back at Valley Parade where, in 1987 he got his first managers job after Trevor Cherry got the sack. City were in Div 2 by this stage and Dolan took them right to the brink of promotion, finishing 4th but losing out in the Play Offs to Middlesbrough 3-2 on aggregate, losing to an injury time goal.
His next career move was back to Rochdale, from where he was illegally approached by Hull City, who had to pay compensation when he left Spotland for Boothferry Park. He spent six turbulent years with the Tigers, getting them relegated twice and almost out of the FL, as well as overseeing the financial trouble that saw them locked out of their own ground by the owner. He was eventually rescued from this nightmare by Peter Jackson, who took him back to Huddersfield Town as reserves coach, where he stayed until big bad Barry Rubery sacked the entire coaching staff to bring in Steve Bruce.
Then followed spells at York City and Guiseley, before his career went full circle and became a director at Bradford Park Avenue.

Jimmy McGill or "Chopper" as he was known, for his tackle.... errm, style of tackling, sorry! He started his career with Arsenal in 1965, making his debut in a meaningless end of season game against Leeds United. Now you'd say that any game between those two clubs was anything but meaningless, but this one produced Highbury's lowest ever attendance of 4,554. The reason for this low crowd? It clashed with live tv coverage of Liverpool in the European Cup Winners Cup Final, in the days when live telly games was a very rare thing indeed. But still looking back, this seems unbelievable. Anyway, Leeds won 3-0, it was Chopper's debut as a 19 year old. He made 10 appearances for the Gunners before coming back north (he's Scottish, so not that far north) to join Huddersfield Town.
He stayed with us for 4 seasons, winning the 2nd division title, of course, in 1969/70, before moving east to sign for Hull City in 1971. He played 164 times for us and 147 as a Tiger. After Hull, he turned out for Halifax Town and Frickley Athletic.

There have been five men who have managed both the Terriers and the Tigers. Ambrose Langley was their first manager and managed us just after the 1st world war. Bobby Collins managed both in the 1970s. Then in the 90s came Brian Horton and Stan Ternent. And finally Steve Bruce, who almost got us up, but finally did it with Hull.





'ow to get theere an' wheere to sup: The post code for sat nav is HU3 6HU. There's a massive car park at the ground, costs a fiver, but takes hours to get out afterwards. Alternatively there is a park and ride signposted off the A63.
If going by British Rail, the KCOM Stadium is around a 20 minute walk away from Hull Paragon Railway Station.

There's an away fan's pub at the ground, next to the away turnstiles, called the Pitch Side. Away fans are also welcome in the Park View pub opposite the ground.
Or there is the Admiral of the Humber, a Wetherspoons, on Anlaby Road near Hull Paragon Railway Station.

Recent form: Town are 21st in the Championship with 29 points. Hull are 12th with 39.

Last 6 games:

Town 0-0 Brentford
Barnsley 2-1 Town
Southampton 2-0 Town (FA Cup)
Town 2-5 Stoke
Town 2-1 Blackburn
Middlesbrough 1-0 Town

Hull 1-2 Chelsea (FA Cup)
Derby 1-0 Hull
Hull 0-1 Fulham
Rotherham 2-3 Hull (FA Cup)
Sheff Weds 0-1 Hull
QPR 1-2 Hull


Hull in popular culture: It is, or was, the City of Culture for 2017. But what do they have in terms of popular culture. Well Mick Ronson is a Hull boy. He, of course, was close to David Bowie and worked with him during those early, glory years with such things as The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. He's the one with the lovely, long blonde hair in the video.
Then of course, there's the Housemartins, who were formed in the city and often referred to their selves as "the fourth best band in Hull". One of those, supposedly better than them were Everything But The Girl, who were Ben Watt and Tracy Thorn, who met as students at Hull University (which according to Blackadder was one of the country's great universities). The group name came from a sign in the shop window of Turner's Furniture shop on Beverley Road.

[WakeyTerrier]

£33 rip off

Think I sit at home and watch it for free

[jjamez]

I was thinking of going until they announced the price, what did we charge them?

[Lord Snooty]

Don't know if it's a standard price but just looked on the QPR site and they're being charged £30 to come to ours, which is also a rip off.

Whatever happened to Twenty's plenty?

[theo_luddite]

Don't recall paying £30 to go to QPR (pretty sure it was in the £20's, just looked £23 + fees) but I had a good pub crawl on my way there and back, until I got soaked walking from the BEEB BEEB CEEB old building (still some TV studios but now mostly not really very cheap housing) to the ground. £25 or £30 was the mostly the price in the Prima Donna League for away fans but then they could all, supposedly, afford it as they mostly only have 2-3000 away fans coming anyway and gate receipts are a squidge of their total income.

£33 for a Tuesday night match in the areshole of the old East Riding is seriously taking the hug and kiss though. Hell they only charged the rich barstewards of Chelski £12 for a ticket on Saturday. Then again, BT Sports were subsidising that game. For away fans in our league £20 is plenty.

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We charged them £30 - so some good reciprocating going on (not). Still, not yet quite as stoopid as the prices the clowns at The Skip and the Wendy House have been charging in recent seasons for 2nd Division Football.

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Which one of those grassy fields is the big car park Snoots? Played rugby a few times in Hull when I were a lad and don't recall seeing that much grass on or off the pitch wherever we were in Hull. Dead fish and the smell of it all over the place from what I remember and fishermen's wives swearing for England on the touch line, which were a bit intimidating for an U16's match.

I remember getting pushed down the steps at Boothferry Park by some pissed up Town fan who seemed to think it would be a good idea for me to jump on the pitch. Wasn't happening. I eventually judo threw the numb xxxx into a barrier. He took a while to get up for some reason and swore at me as he walked back up to his perch a few steps further up the old terrace at the railway station cuttings side of the ground.

Good post mind , the game might be over afore I've read it all.

[Lord Snooty]

Town’s team vs Hull City
1. Kamil Grabara
3. Harry Toffolo
7. Juninho Bacuna
8. Trevoh Chalobah
9. Elias Kachunga
12. Richard Stearman
16. Karlan Grant
22. Fraizer Campbell
26. Christopher Schindler ©
32. Emile Smith Rowe
39. Lewis O’Brien

Substitutes
Joel Coleman; Steve Mounié, Rekeil Pyke, Jon Gorenc Stanković, Jaden Brown, Andy King, Florent Hadergjonaj

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Simpson and Hogg injured. Bacuna in at rb. Pyke on the bench.

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Doesn't appear to be on Sky red button.

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Grant scores a timely goal. The 25th minute.
#sinnott25

[theo_luddite]

Grant and Mounié combine to give us all 6 points off Hull. Grabara looks to have taken a nasty knock though.

[Lord Snooty]

First double of the season and the first since we did the double over Wolves. Must be summat about them gold shirts!

[WakeyTerrier]

Lol about the gold shirts!

one thing is for sure Hull fans must be sick of the sight of HTAFC

[SHEP_HTAFC]

Cracking result that.......especially since most of the teams below us won.
Brilliant work by Kachunga to give Mounie the easiest header and goal ever.