Hull City A.F.C. seasons
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This article takes a more in-depth look at recent seasons than is provided in the main Hull City A.F.C. article, including a selection of team and player statistics as well as a list of incoming/outgoing personnel.
[edit] 2008-09: The Premier League (top tier)
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- See main article: Hull City A.F.C. season 2008-09
[edit] 2007-08: The Championship (second tier)
[edit] Season Summary
On 11 June 2007 at 12:00 midday, it was announced at a press conference broadcast live on BBC Radio Humberside that Adam Pearson had sold the club to a consortium consisting of Paul Duffen, Russell Bartlett and Martin Walker. Pearson stated that he "had taken the club as far as I could", and would have to relinquish control in order to attract "really significant finance into the club".[1] It was confirmed that Paul Duffen would take over as Chairman, but Pearson would remain on the board of directors to provide continuity. Duffen pledged to invest in the team with the aim of achieving promotion to the top flight for the first time in the club's history.[2] He confirmed that Phil Brown would continue as manager. Former manager Brian Horton also made a return to the club as Brown's assistant, nineteen years after he had left the club.[3]
City's first signing of the summer was to bring Dean Windass back on a permanent deal from Bradford City. Talks with former Middlesbrough star Juninho made the national headlines, but the Tigers decided not to proceed with the signing, much to the annoyance of the player's agent.[4]
City fans were dismayed when Adam Pearson was reported to have made a bid to buy Leeds United, however controversial chairman Ken Bates fended off rival bids to retain control of the club.[5] On 31 July 2007 Pearson resigned from the Hull City board, thus severing all ties with the club.[6] He later took the reigns at Derby.
City shattered their transfer record on 31 August 2007, transfer deadline day, with the million pound signing of striker Caleb Folan from Wigan,[7] only days after knocking the Premiership team out of the League Cup.[8] Even this milestone was eclipsed by the signing of former Nigeria captain and BBC African Footballer of the Year Jay-Jay Okocha on 4 September 2007.[9]
However, it was on-loan striker Fraizer Campbell whose 15 goals helped propel City into the playoff zone and their final position of 3rd - their joint highest ever (City also finished third in 1909−10 season, however at that time the playoff system did not exist).
In the playoff semi-final they played Watford, winning the away leg 0−2 and the home leg 4−1.[10][11] The 6−1 aggregate win set up a playoff final match against Bristol City, which was the Tigers' first ever visit to Wembley. A 1−0 win meant that Hull will be in the top flight for the first time in the club's 104-year history.[12] The goalscorer, fittingly, was Dean Windass.
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Position
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| P | 3rd | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 75 |
FA Cup
Third round (Plymouth Argyle, 3-2 defeat)
League Cup
Fourth round (Chelsea, 0-4 defeat)
Player of the Year
Michael Turner
Top Goalscorer (league)
Fraizer Campbell - 15
Assists (league)
?
Appearances (league)
?
Attendance
Average:?
Highest: 24,350 Crystal Palace, 29 April 2008
Lowest: 14,822 Coventry City, 29 January 2008
[edit] 2006-07: The Championship (second tier)
[edit] Season Summary
The success achieved at Hull City saw Peter Taylor's name linked with the Charlton Athletic manager's job before it was given to Iain Dowie.[13] On 13 June 2006, Taylor left Hull to take up the job vacated by Dowie at Crystal Palace, a club at which he had enjoyed considerable success as a player.[14] Colchester manager Phil Parkinson was confirmed as his replacement on 29 June 2006, with Hull paying £400,000 compensation.[15]
Defender Leon Cort became Hull's first ever million-pound transfer when he followed Taylor to Crystal Palace for a fee of £1,250,000. Parkinson wasted no time in spending the majority of this money on strengthening the City squad in readiness for the 2006-07 season.
Chairman Adam Pearson stated his ambition to take Hull into the top flight for the first time in their history[16] - and he believed Phil Parkinson was the manager to do it.[17] However, their dismal start to the season was hardly the form of a team attempting to gain promotion, and on 4 December 2006 Parkinson was sacked as manager with Hull in the relegation zone, despite having spent over £2 million on players.[18] Parkinson had achieved two notable firsts: under his management Hull City won for the first time ever on live television and also won a penalty shoot-out for the first time.
Phil Brown was appointed as caretaker manager,[19] and by 4 January 2007 Hull had moved out of the relegation zone and Brown was rewarded with a contract as their new manager until at least the end of the season.[20] City all but secured their place in the Championship next season with a 1-0 victory away at Cardiff City, on 28 April 2007. This left them 3 points clear of Leeds United, the only side with a chance of overtaking them, but with a vastly superior goal difference this was only a mathematical possibility.[21] This crucial goal was scored by Dean Windass, who had rejoined his hometown club on loan from Bradford City.[22]
With no realistic chance of avoiding relegation, Leeds went into administration and in doing so received the 10 point penalty such a move incurs.[23] This deduction left Leeds at the bottom of the table on 36 points, guaranteeing Hull's place in the Championship for the 2007-08 season.
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Position
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
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| 21st | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 51 | 67 | -16 | 49 |
FA Cup
Third round (Middlesbrough, after replay)
League Cup
Third round (Watford)
Player of the Year
Andy Dawson
Top Goalscorer (league)
Dean Windass - 8
Assists (league)
Craig Fagan - 7
Appearances (league)
Boaz Myhill - 46
Attendance
Average: 18,583[24]
Highest: 24,311 Leeds United 30/01/2007
Lowest: 14,895 Luton Town 17/10/2006
[edit] 2005-06: The Championship (second tier)
[edit] Season Summary
2005-06 was hardly the most exciting season in the history of Hull City football club; it was more a season of consolidation after two successive promotions. City suffered a nightmare run of injuries, largely negating the squad strengthening undertaken in the summer by manager Peter Taylor. Captain Ian Ashbee played six games with a knee problem before an exploratory operation revealed this to be a degenerative bone condition in the femur, requiring major surgery that would rule him out for the remainder of the season. New signings Steve McPhee and Danny Coles made only four and nine appearances respectively before injuries ruled them out for the rest of the season too. Few players escaped the jinx, with the majority of the squad spending time on the treatment table. 'Keeper Boaz Myhill was a rare exception, missing only one game all season, through suspension.
Despite this City only briefly flirted with relegation, spending only four days in the dropzone all season and placing 18th in the final table - a comfortable 10 points clear of relegation and their highest league finish for 16 years.
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| 18th | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 49 | 55 | -6 | 52 |
FA Cup
Third round (Aston Villa)
League Cup
First round (Blackpool)
Player of the Year
Boaz Myhill
Top Goalscorer (league)
Stuart Elliott - 7
Assists (league)
Craig Fagan - 7
Appearances (league)
Damien Delaney - 45 starts + 1 sub
Attendance
Average: 19,841[25]
Highest: 23,486 Leeds United 01/04/2006
Lowest: 17,698 Reading 18/10/2005
[edit] 2004-05: League One (third tier)
[edit] Season Summary
Local boy Nick Barmby made all the headlines at the start of the season, the former England international returning to finish his career at his hometown club. City fans were sad, however, to see captain Justin Whittle depart the club for the promise of regular first-team football at Grimsby Town. Stuart Elliott was soon to be the name on everybody's lips though; a magnificent season for the left winger saw him score 27 goals, topping the League One goalscoring charts (level with former Hull player Dean Windass of Bradford City).
At the other end of the pitch, new signing Leon Cort made almost as much of an impression, forging an impressive central defensive partnership with Damien Delaney, and running Elliott close in the voting for Player of the Year. With Boaz Myhill behind them in goal and Andy Dawson consistent at left back, City's defence were almost as stingy as Elliott was prolific - right back was the only problem position, with Alton Thelwell missing almost the entire season through injury, and no player able to make the position their own.
It didn't matter though - Elliott's goals helped propel City to their second successive promotion, finishing second behind Luton and 7 points above third place Tranmere Rovers. They clinched promotion with a 0-0 draw at home to Swindon on 16th April, Craig Fagan's despair at missing a penalty in the final seconds turned to joy as news of Tranmere's result filtered through.
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
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| 2nd | 46 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 80 | 53 | +27 | 86 |
FA Cup
Third round (Colchester)
League Cup
First round (Wrexham, penalties)
Football League Trophy
First round (Hartlepool, penalties)
Player of the Year
Stuart Elliott
Top Goalscorer (league)
Stuart Elliott - 27
Assists (league)
Nick Barmby - 6
Appearances (league)
Boaz Myhill - 45
Attendance
Average: 18,027[26]
Highest: 24,277 Sheffield Wednesday 30/04/2005
Lowest: 14,317 Milton Keynes Dons 20/10/2004
[edit] 2003-04: Division 3 (fourth tier)
[edit] Season Summary
In his first full season in charge, Peter Taylor lead City to their first promotion in 19 years. They finished second with 88 points, behind Doncaster on 92 points, and ahead of Torquay on 81 points. Promotion was clinched with a 2-1 win away at Yeovil on 1st May, with Ian Ashbee scoring the winning goal. City were the division's highest scoring team, new strike partners Ben Burgess and Danny Allsopp scored 18 and 15 league goals respectively, with Stuart Elliott not far behind on 14. However, Burgess suffered a serious injury near the end of the season, which would rule him out for almost a year. Towards the end of the season, Taylor brought in on loan a player he had already signed at four previous clubs, Junior Lewis, who was later to join the Tigers on a permanent basis.
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
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| 2nd | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 82 | 44 | +38 | 88 |
FA Cup
First round (Cheltenham)
League Cup
First round (Wigan)
Football League Trophy
Second round (Scunthorpe)
Player of the Year
Damien Delaney
Top Goalscorer (league)
Ben Burgess - 18
Assists (league)
Ben Burgess - 12
Appearances (league)
Damien Delaney - 46
Attendance
Average: 16,846[27]
Highest: 23,495 Huddersfield 24/04/2004
Lowest: 11,308 Bury 06/12/2003
[edit] 2002-03: Division 3 (fourth tier)
City finished mid-table in 13th position with 59 points.
[edit] 2001-02: Division 3 (fourth tier)
City finished 11th on 61 points, 10 points away from the play-offs.
[edit] References
- ^ Statement from Adam Pearson. Retrieved on 11 June 2007.
- ^ New Man Reveals Plans. Retrieved on 18 June 2007.
- ^ Paul Duffen. Retrieved on 19 June 2007.
- ^ Juninho: Hull actions blasted. Retrieved on 11 July 2007.
- ^ Leeds sold back to Ken Bates. Retrieved on 11 July 2007.
- ^ "Pearson quits City board", Hull Daily Mail, 2007-07-31. Retrieved on 2007-07-31.
- ^ Hull break record to land Folan. BBC (2007-09-01). Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
- ^ Wigan 0-1 Hull. BBC (2007-09-01). Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
- ^ "Tigers Complete Okocha Signing", Hull City AFC, 2007-09-04. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
- ^ Watford 0-2 Hull. BBC Sport. BBC (11 May 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
- ^ Hull 4-1 Watford (agg 6-1). BBC Sport. BBC (14 May 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
- ^ Bristol City 0-1 Hull. BBC Sport. BBC (24 May 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
- ^ Taylor rejects move to Charlton. Retrieved on 8 July 2007.
- ^ Taylor named new Palace manager. Retrieved on 8 July 2007.
- ^ Parkinson confirmed as Hull boss. Retrieved on 8 July 2007.
- ^ Hull in print. Retrieved on 26 Sep 2006.
- ^ thepfa.co.uk. Retrieved on 26 Sep 2006.
- ^ Hull part company with Parkinson. Retrieved on 8 July 2007.
- ^ Hull name Brown as caretaker boss. Retrieved on 8 July 2007.
- ^ Hull unveil Brown as new manager. Retrieved on 8 July 2007.
- ^ Cardiff City 0 Hull City 1. Retrieved on 8 July 2007.
- ^ Hull capture Windass in loan deal. Retrieved on 8 July 2007.
- ^ Relegated Leeds in administration. Retrieved on 4 May 2007.
- ^ Choose a statistic. Retrieved on 8 July 2007.
- ^ Choose a statistic. Retrieved on 10 July 2007.
- ^ Choose a statistic. Retrieved on 11 July 2007.
- ^ Choose a statistic. Retrieved on 19 July 2007.
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