Not really I wish Sunderland no harm I just don't buy into all this history nonsense it means nothing to me , it would make Blackpool and Preston were great then because they was half decent fifty years ago
OK, you win ....... let's just forget all this history ****e, change your name to the Kingston Tigers and have done with it
No it's not, it's the history & tradition of the club ........... Hull supporters are always 'harping on' about how they used to be lower league and are now in the Premier League. You're not putting forward a very good argument to be honest.
Good grief are you here again? Obsessed. Anyway, here's your latest slap down, a sticky at the top of the Hull board on about the olden days ........ http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/98619-Tigers-history This is the umpteenth time you've lost an argument this week, on here, is this how you live your life? 1904 Hull City was founded, playing friendly games at The Boulevard (the home of the Hull Rugby League Club), Anlaby Road Cricket Ground and Dairycoates. A year later they were elected to the Second Division of the Football League. 1909-10 is the nearest the Tigers have ever been to top-flight football until eventual promotion to the Premier League in 2008. They finished in third place, and missed out on the runners-up spot on goal average to Oldham Athletic after losing 3-0 at Oldham on the last Saturday of the season. The gap between City and Oldham was 0.29 of a goal, one of the slimmest margins to determine promotion in the history of the Football League. 1914-15 The outbreak of World War One had little effect on the Football League during the season and a full League programme was completed, City finishing 7th in Division Two 1920s Financial troubles began to emerge and City had to sell their best players. Whilst City retained their Second Division status throughout the whole of the 1920s, they never finished higher than fifth. 1929-30 Best ever run in the FA Cup, beating First Division Newcastle United and Manchester City to reach the semi-finals. They then lost 1-0 to Arsenal after a 2-2 draw. Relegation to the Third Division (North) due to an inferior goal average to Bristol City. 1932-33 The Tigers won the Third Division (North) Championship, finishing with 100 goals and 59 points. Bill McNaughton scored a club record 41 goals during the season. 1935-36 Relegation and The Tigers spent the remaining years before the Second World War in Division Three (North), coming close to promotion on each occasion. 1946, the Tigers faced the new season with a new Board of Directors led by Harold Needler, a new manager - Major Frank Buckley, and equally as important a new ground - Boothferry Park, which had been built on the site of an old golf course. 1948–49 Promotion. Managed by former England international Horatio (Raich) Stratton Carter, City won the Division Three (North) highlighted by an attendance of 49,655 for their top of the table clash at home to Rotherham United on Christmas Day, was a Divisional record that still stands. 55,019 spectators packed into Boothferry Park to see Manchester United defeat the Tigers 1-0 in a closely fought cup battle. 1956–61 City yo-yoed between The Second Division and Division Three (North). 1963 With funds pumped into the club by Harold Needler Manager Cliff Britton re-built the team bringing in the most free-scoring forward-line in the club's history, including Ken Wagstaff, Chris Chilton, Ken Houghton and Ian Butler. 1965-66 ended with the Third Division championship, 109 goals, 69 points and a number of other best performances, including an attendance of 40,231 for the top of the table clash with Millwall, which at the time was a record for the Third Division. An even larger crowd of 45,328 turned up to see the Tigers take on Chelsea in an FA Cup quarter-final replay, but after drawing 2-2 in London, they lost 3-1 in the second meeting. Early 70s – Terry Neil was manager, City finished fifth in second division and we lost first ever English penalty shoot-out to Man U. Mid 70s - The Cod Wars, football violence, industrial unrest but not much happening at Boothferry Park. Late 70s – Managerial merry-go-round; John Kaye, Bobby Collins, Ken Houghton (Relegation to Division 3), Mike Smith (Relegation to Division 4 for the first time) Early 80s – Tigers go into receivership. Don Robinson takes over as Chairman and Colin Appleton as manager with Brian Marwood, Steve McClaren, Billy Whitehurst and Les Mutrie. Resulting in promotion back to Div. 3 in 83 Mid and late 80s - Promotion to Division 2 in 86 under Brian Horton where we remained for the next five seasons. Early 90s – . Financial troubles again result in selling Dean Windass and Alan Fettis to fight off winding-up orders. Relegation to Div. 3 in 91 under Terry Dolan. Mid 90s - Relegation to Div. 3 (previously Div. 4) under Terry Dolan in 96. David **** Lloyd buys the club and installs Mark Hateley as manager in 97. Tigers finish 17th in the table. Late 90s – Lloyd sells the club in 98 but retains ownership of Boothferry Park. Hateley leaves with City at the foot of the table and Warren Joyce takes over. He steers The Tigers to ‘The Great Escape’ and saves us from the abyss with games to spare. Early 2000s – Warren Joyce is shamefully replaced by Brian Little in 2000. Lloyd locks us out of Boothferry Park, but City still make the Div. 3 play-offs . Adam Pearson takes over, sorts out the finances and saves us from closure. Little leaves, Molby takes over, Molby is then sacked and Peter Taylor takes the helm in 2002. City move to The KC Stadium. Mid 2000s – Taylor guides City to back-to-back promotions in 2003–04 and in 2004–05 to get us back to the second tier of English football. He then leaves for Crystal Palace and Phil Parkinson briefly takes over before Phil Brown (who brings Dean Windass back to the club) is permanently appointed in 2007. Late 2000s – Pearson sells the club to a consortium including Paul Duffen and Russell Bartlett. In the season 2007 – 2008 City qualify for the play-offs. We beat Watford in the semis to book our trip to Wembley and then the incredible moment came as Windass struck his wonder goal to floor Bristol City and take The Tigers to the top tier of English football for the first time in our history!!! City’s ascent from the bottom of the football league had taken only five seasons . In 2008 – 2009 (Despite being relegation favourites) Phil Brown guided us to our highest ever position after nine games. We sat in third place on 20 points with only Chelsea and Liverpool above us on goal difference. Unfortunately the rest of the season developed into an arduous struggle, but City survived relegation in 17th position on the last day of the season. 2009 – 2010 saw the bubble burst for The Tigers. A series of bad results left the club spiralling down the table and Adam Pearson returned to replace Paul Duffen. Phil Brown was finally put on ‘Gardening Duty’ after a run of four defeats pushed City into the relegation zone but his replacement Iain Dowie proved inept and City were eventually relegated at Wigan on the 3rd of May 2010. Early 2010s – Phil Brown’s rollercoaster tenure at Hull City officially ended in June 2010 and Iain Dowie was also shown the door as Nigel Pearson became the new manager. Pearson was left with the thankless job of transforming a forlorn team that had become accustomed to losing. The task was made harder still without the luxury of transfer funds because the previous regime had left City with the crippling burden of a £39 million-per-year wage bill. Nevertheless, Pearson achieved a respectable 11th placing in 2010-2011 (including a new record for the club of 14 away matches unbeaten) after the team spent much of the season competing to reach the play-offs. Adam Pearson meanwhile managed to recruit Assam Allam (a successful and wealthy local businessman with Egyptian roots) to buy the club. With Mr Allam’s financial input Hull City AFC are now in a healthy financial position with a very promising young squad competing for promotion in the 2011-2012 season and once more we can ‘Dare To Dream.’
Look mate, you were the better team & you deservedly won, now just move on to the next game, there's a good lad.
So Blackpool and Preston must be fantastic then because they were good teams fifty years or more ago it's bollocks , it's no good being good then if your poor now
No one's saying Sunderland are fantastic now because of their history, only an idiot would claim that .......... it's all relative, Neither would anyone but an idiot compare Sunderland's current situation to Blackpool or Preston. Sunderland are a Premier League side in their 7th, from memory, season and at Wembley, for an actual cup final in a few weeks. The prize would be a trophy and a place in Europe. We've had 12 seasons in the Premier League compared to a handful from Hull, Blackpool & Preston put together. Sunderland aren't a yo-yo club, you're living in the past When you scream the ****e below you really show yourself up, not a rare occurrence I'd imagine ............. it's not reasoned discussion, it's the 'bollocks' you're accusing other people of. "Woopy f**king do you have won jack **** for years and been nothing but a yoyo team from the top two divisions stop living in the past the now is all that matters ........ ...... your just a team making up the numbers in the top division fighting relegation every season." You're in no position to talk. Hull have won jack **** for their entire history. Hull would have loved to have been a Premier League side for years, what's been your longest ever stay? Hull would love to be at Wembley in a cup final, win or lose, has the club ever been to Wembley or been in any kind of final? Hull are 3 points ahead and just making up the numbers, or are you targeting the top four? We don't fight relegation every season. Apart from that your post is 100% accurate While you're on, do you now believe Hull are now safe?
"has the club ever been to Wembley". Hull City have a 100% record at Wembley. "do you now believe Hull are now safe?". Not safe by a long way. I don't think any of the teams below 10th are. January was great for you, ****e for us. Other teams could yet put a good run together and make the last two or three fixtures very tense. The last day? I hope it doesn't come to that - for either of us.
26th of April will be the crunch day for Sunderland and Hull, if we both will I think we'll be safe. Fulham v Hull Sunderland v Cardiff
Far from safe and you really do talk some ****e enjoy your cup final although I don't envy you playing man city
Everything I've said is an actual fact and not my opinion .......... if you can't handle facts that's your problem, not mine. There's only you talking ****e and just your opinion with no facts as usual. Tell you what, point out anything that's untrue and ****e ..... go on, off you go.
You take it up the bum don't you? Don't be shy, you just want to be loved by someone, anyone, and hope the ggrrrr together like a pair of horny tigers.
"I am unsure as to whom it is directed at. " FFS, that sounds like Homer Simpson when he's trying to sound posh answering the phone
Funny thing is, Indy and I were just having a Terrence and Phillip(from South Park) back and forth, It's nowt to do with anyone, just daft tv quotes. That stupid **** has ponded over it and managed to get himself confused enough to devote a full paragraph of rambling irrelevant idiocy
