Hull City Association Football Club
Hull City Association Football Club
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English football club which based in Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire. It was founded in 1904. In 2007–08 the team got the promotion to the top of English football for the first time in their history as they won the Championship play-off final. They finished the season having the 17th in the Premier League table. Their greatest achievement in the cup competitions was in 1930, when the team reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
The club plays their home games at the KC Stadium. They previously played at Boothferry Park, but then they moved to their current home in 2002, as the previous stadium was demolished.
History
Hull City A. F. C. was founded in 1904. Some years earlier there were attempts to establish a football club in the city, but it was rather hard as rugby dominated the city sports.
The team’s first season as a professional football club included only friendly matches; the club couldn’t apply for the membership of the Football League in the season of 1904-1905 because of the date of its formation. The club’s debut match came on September, 1 in 1904
After playing about 44 friendly matches the club was admitted to the Football League Second Division in 1905. The team finished the season in the fifth place.
The next season the new stadium was built for the club and the team continued in the top half of the table. This tendency continued up to the World War I. After the war the club got to the bottom of the table. The team was moved to the Third Division North.
The team’s greatest achievement was in 1930 when they reached the FA Cup semifinals.
After the World War II the club got a new ground again, Boothferry Park. And in 1948- 1949 the team won the Third Division North Cup. Hull City got promotion to the Second Division.
Hull also became the first team in the world to go out of a cup competition on penalties in August 1970. By the 1980s, Hull City was in the Fourth Division, and the financial collapse led to bankruptcy.
Hull reached the Second Division in 1986. They remained there for the next five years before finally going down in 1991. Hull finished in the 14th place in the Third Division in 1991–1992 , and the team was supposed to compete in the new Football League Division Two the next season. But the financial troubles didn’t contribute to the club’s success and the club was moved to Division Three.
In 1997 the club was bought by former tennis player David Lloyd. Lloyd sold the club in November 1998 to a South Yorkshire based consortium, but the club retained the ownership of Boothferry Park.
Despite of the fact that the club faced the liquidation, they qualified for the Division Three play-offs in 2000 -2001, but they lost in the semi-finals.
In 2002- 2003 season Peter Taylor became a new team’s manager and in two months he relocated the club to a new stadium Kingston Communication Stadium after 56 years being at Boothferry Park.
In last decade many managers have been changed in the club, but the results were not satisfying.
The team celebrated the promotion to the Premier League only in 2008. They began playing by beating Fulham.
In 2009, Hull City was officially announced as part of the Barclays Asia Trophy 2009. In this tournament Hull City competed against two other English clubs - Tottenham and West Ham United.
Colors and crest
Hull has worn black and amber shirts with black shorts. The club’s name “The Tigers” originated from these colors.
Hull City did not have a crest on their team shirts until 1947. This crest depicted a tiger's head in a yellow-shaded badge, which was worn up until 1955, when it was changed to just the tiger's head.
The next logo, which is the club's current logo, has the tiger's head in an amber shield with the club's name, along with the club's nickname, The Tigers.
Stadium
At the beginning of its history the team played at The Boulevard. They rented the stadium at the cost of £ 100 a year. But later the club built their own ground Anlaby Road. But the management wanted to have a new stadium and they negotiated a deal to buy a piece of land at Boothferry Road. It took too many years to build the stadium. The stadium was built in 1946 under the name of Boothferry Parkon. That was a new multi-purpose stadium. In 2002 the club moved to KC Stadium.The KC Stadium was named "Best Ground" at the 2006 Football League Awards.
Current squad
1. Boaz Myhill (goal-keeper)
2. Andy Dawson (defender)
3. Ian Ashbee (captain) (midfielder)
4. Anthony Gardner (defender)
5. Paul McShane (defender)
6. Craig Fagan (forward)
7. Nick Barmby (vice-captain) (midfielder)
8. Jozy Altidore (forward)
9. Geovanni (midfielder)
10. Stephen Hunt (midfielder)
11. Matt Duke (goal-keeper)
12. Richard Garcia (midfielder)
13. Bernard Mendy (defender)
14. Péter Halmosi (midfielder)
15. Kevin Kilbane (midfielder)
16. Steven Mouyokolo (defender)
17. George Boateng (midfielder)
18. Jimmy Bullard (midfielder)
19. Dean Marney (midfielder)
20. Kamel Ghilas (forward)
21. Kamil Zayatte (defender)
22. Daniel Cousin (forward)
23. Tony Warner (goal-keeper)
24. Nicky Featherstone (midfielder)
25. Ibrahima Sonko (defender)
26. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (forward)
27. Will Atkinson (midfielder)
28. Liam Cooper (defender)
29. Steve Gardner (defender)
30. Ryan Kendall (forward)
31. John Leonard (midfielder)
32. Nathan Hanley (defender)
33. Yann Ekra (forward)
34. Seyi Olofinjana (midfielder)
35. Tom CairneyAs (midfielder)
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