1 In 1984, Hull City declared they would play in the first ever football match on the MOON. Chairman Don Robinson took the squad to NASAâs base in Cape Canaveral during an American tour but admitted he hadn't found a team to play against. 2 Hull City took part in Englandâs first ever penalty shootout â and lost. The Tigers were defeated by Manchester United in the semi-final of the short-lived Watney Cup in 1970, with George Best scoring the first spot-kick. Denis Law then became the first player to have a penalty saved in a shootout while City keeper Ian McKechnie later became the first player to miss when he fluffed the deciding penalty. 3 Is this the campest chant in football? Hull City fans singing 'you're getting mauled by the tigers', complete with theatrical clawing actions. Given it usually only gets an outing when the Tigers are at least three goals up, it's unlikely to be seen too often next season. 4 While we're on the subject of something that's So Macho... 80s pop star and celebrity City fan Sinitta, has promised/threatened (delete according to your musical tastes) to sing on the pitch when the club returns to the Premier League. 5 An even more random set of celebrity Tigers fans are American indie heroes Pavement, who also owned a racehorse called Hull City Tiger, which itself had a song dedicated to it by Hull based band Salako. 6 A film about Hull City has won an OSCAR. Well, kind of. See You At Wembley Frankie Walsh, a comedy about a fan choosing between a wedding and a cup final, was awarded best foreign film at the 1987 Student Academy Awards. 7 The film's director, Mark Herman, has smuggled references to his beloved Tigers in most of his films since. In Little Voice, for instance, Ewan McGregor character's pigeon was called Duane after then star striker Duane Darby, while in Brassed Off the celebratory balloons were in black and amber. 8 If Arsenal fans think they've had it bad, they should take a look at Hull City's trophy cabinet. They've never even reached the final of the FA or league cup. They have lifted the Division 3 champions trophy three times, though. 9 The club's highest ever league position is 17th in their first ever Premier League campaign in 2009, with the achievement celebrated by flamboyant manager Phil Brown grabbing the microphone and singing on the pitch. 10 The Tigers' most famous moment of their last two-year spell in the top flight also involved Phil Brown on the pitch. His team talk in the centre circle when 4-0 down at Manchester City was hilariously parodied by Jimmy Bullard back at Eastlands the next season in a 1-1 draw. 11 London 0 Hull 4 wasn't just the title of The Housemartins' 1986 album, it proved to be a football prophecy. In October 2008 Hull City beat West Ham to take a fourth win out of four against London clubs having previously beaten Fulham, Arsenal and Spurs. 12 Hullensians can get confused when you call the football team 'Hull' without the 'City' bit at the end. That's because it's the name of the rugby league club which is also based at the KC Stadium. 13 Nearly all rundowns of terrible football kits feature Hull City's tiger-stripe shirt from 1992/3, with a completely random pattern which meant no two were the same. But the mockery didn't stop the shirt breaking the club's sales records - and they sell for up to £100 now on eBay. 14 When Hull City fans protested against then owner David Lloyd, the former Davis Cup captain, they threw hundreds of tennis balls on the pitch during a cup game in 2000 at Bolton Wanderers. If the love-in with current owner Assam Allam were to sour, a similar symbolic protest would be tricky since he made his fortune through industrial generators. 15 Hungarian side Vasas, perhaps the world's greatest of their era, toured the UK in the mid-1950s just after their national team had humiliated England at Wembley. Vasas put a total of 13 goals past our top two teams, Spurs and Sheffield Wednesday - then lost 3-1 to Hull City who were then bottom of the second division. 16 Up to the early 1960s, when league games were often played on Christmas Day, Hull City and Grimsby Town were the only two teams exempt from playing because fans in the fishing industry would be at work. 17 Hull City player Arthur Childs was the first and last player ever to be sent off for wearing inappropriate boots. Shortly after the incident, in 1928, the laws of the game were changed so that players with incorrect attire are allowed to return to the pitch once the problem is corrected. 18 It was claimed gypsies evicted to make way for the clubâs old Boothferry Park ground after the Second World War placed a curse on the club that they would never reach the top division. If such a spell existed, it lasted for over 60 years but was finally broken in the 2008 play-off finals by a goal from Dean Windass - a hometown hero who spookily grew up in the nearby area called⦠Gipsyville. 19 Until that moment, Hull was the answer to perennial pub quiz question: âWhich is the largest city with a Football League team never to have been represented in the top division of English football?â The answer now is Plymouth. 20 And finally... Hull City is the only team in the Football League which hasn't got a single letter that you can colour in. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/hull-city-20-surprising-facts-1874351
Why is it everyone, not just fans but evidently media too, completely misinterpret the 'Mauled by the Tigers' chant? And people say Yanks dont get irony. And I knew all of them although I actually thought the penalty shoot out vs Man Utd was the world's first, not just first in England. Edit - can anyone with a Facebook account (I dont have one) leave a comment on there and set them straight about the Mauled chant. It pisses me off that they dont get it.
Why would anyone other than us understand that it is a piss-take at ourselves. I can't think of another chant which is a piss-take about a club's own fans. Most if not all chants are to spur on your team or have banter with the opposition. I fully understand why other fans and the media dont get it
I like number 14, although it could be substituted for squash balls (or if today's thread today is to be followed, pieces of paper with "IOU £60m" written on them)
If memory serves me correctly Ray Henderson, playing for Hull, was the first ever substitute to score.
The gypsie curse is a great one, My parents would buy from gypsies in fear of having a curses put on them or would hide and pretend they want in
First team to play on the moon? And you thought the atmosphere was bad at the KC Sorry had to be said I'll get my coat
One of their roadies was/is from Hull. They reference Hull a lot during their gigs. There's a few videos of them at the KC and another of them watching a Sunday League game down Springhead Lane.
It only became ironic when people pointed out to us that it was totally gay. It might be ironic to us, but it seems nothing more than petulance to label it such. Its like telling a joke that you think will go down a storm but ends up upsetting the birthday girl. You point out that saving the whales was a joke about whales not her weight, but by then its too late and nobody will ever forget you for it.
It only became ironic when people pointed out to us that it was totally gay. It might be ironic to us, but it seems nothing more than petulance to label it such. Its like telling a joke that you think will go down a storm but ends up upsetting the birthday girl. You point out that saving the whales was a joke about whales not her weight, but by then its too late and nobody will ever forget you for it.
"12 Hullensians can get confused when you call the football team 'Hull' without the 'City' bit at the end. That's because it's the name of the rugby league club which is also based at the KC Stadium." 12 Ignorant ****s, local or otherwise, get confused and call the football team 'Hull' without the 'City' bit at the end. That's because it's the name of the rugby league club which is also based at the KC Stadium.
It really didnt, we always aimed it at plastic opposition post Euro 96 fans when football suddenley became 'cool' with the Hooray Henry middle classes. I remember The Fast Show doing a sketch on such an Arsenal fan where he was at a match and he failed to understand how a goal could be disallowed and then proceeded to shout 'FOOTBALL' at irregular intervals. THAT is who it was aimed at.
the number 2 one, My Dad has always told me about that. Waggy missed a penalty and it was terrible, miles over the bar. It's an Hull City story My Dad told me when I was a kid. Anyway Waggy comes in my workplace and he is very arrogant, always boasting about what he did, how many goals he scored. He was getting on my nerves a bit one day, so I said 'My Dad remembers when you missed that penalty against Man Utd in the Watney cup final' - His face dropped a mile and he replied 'why bring that up ?' - I pissed myself laughing. He then said 'Dennis Law missed one as well' - before the Cardiff game he was boasting he scored 11 goals against them in 3 games. Very arrogant man !
10 The Tigers' most famous moment in the eyes of lazy couch potato knobheads of their last two-year spell in the top flight also involved Phil Brown on the pitch. The London media's tedious obsession with his team talk in the centre circle when 4-0 down at Manchester City was hilariously parodied by Jimmy Bullard back at Eastlands the next season in a 1-1 draw.
