OLM get them to pull their finger out and do things with Hull's Primary Schools. They only do things with the East Riding and surrounding areas schools (the posh kids ) Our city's regular and sometimes worse off kids are missing out of their home town club, be it a club, in-school PE lessons, football tournaments or even free tickets to lowly attended games. Please.
I'm going. I had some correspondence with James Mooney before I bought my pass and I later put myself forward for this meeting. If anyone wants to attend a future meeting I recommend pestering him as his emails go to his phone. I'm happy to bring something up if possible, the issue above from Cortez is a worthwhile one, I'm open to suggestions.
Can you ask when the club plan on fulfilling their vision of floating the club on the stock market with the view of it being owned 60% by supporters & 40% by local businessmen?
Allow me to answer that for you Benny. It will happen when the ****s in CTWD **** off. You're welcome.
Thanks. Don't let them fob you off and say they do things with Hull's Primary Schools because tbey don't do much with schools in the city. Apart from one tournament in January (which usually gets won by an East Riding side in the finals), they don't do anything with Hull Primary Schools. Their involvement should be all year around. They do/did do a sponsored kick in schools but ended up giving prizes of really old signed footballs from players not even at the club (one of the coaches told me this was the case) and send coaches (well kids) which were decreasing in standard year on year. In comparison, the Tigers Trust has already held two tournaments in the surrounding areas where the same schools get to compete in the January one too. Also, you know these kids their showing off at half time lately as recently signing for the club? None of them so far actually go to Hull schools. Isn't that a problem? Either the talent isn't being coached properly (which they could do something about) or they're not scouting it. Please raise this point.
Preaching to the converted here Cortez. But a poster on here did say Billy Russell , I think, went round Senior schools in Hull offering free coaching etc and none of them were interested. I know you're on about primary schools but i wonder if it was the same?
Nah he didn't come around primary schools as far as I'm aware. I'm at a football tournament at Kelvin on Monday and I can ask some of the other primary schools but I'm pretty sure this isn't the case.
You're the one with the knowledge of the situation and I've seen you post some ideas for improvements on here in the past. You really should badger James Mooney until you get an invite to a meeting as you have a genuinely good point to tackle with them that might not only help the club going forwards but also the kids of Hull.
James Mooney reads these forums. I'm sure if you e-mail him regarding this he will listen. Whether anything will be done is a separate issue, and that's not having a go at JM.
This was raised at the last meeting, apparently there's barely any lads from East Hull at the academy and this is already considered an issue and is being addressed. I'm happy to raise it again though.
Thanks. Appreciate it. I try to offer as much insight into the two areas relating to football I know a bit about: schools and television broadcasting. I'll see how the point is addressed in this meeting if OLM or Muffin ask on my behalf, and if the response isn't what I'd like to hear, then I'll begin badgering
It will be good to put a face to an avatar, you'll recognise me straight away, I look like a cross between Brad Pitt and John Merrick.
I think the problem is beyond just the lack of numbers from East Hull. I doubt there's any children at all from North Hull at the academy. The club are doing more and more in the surrounding areas of Hull but those schools actually in the city aren't getting the same treatment so to speak. There is raw talent there slipping the net year on year as a result. Thanks for raising it again though. Feel free to use any of the points I've made on this thread as examples if he asks. I look forward to hearing the reply actually (not just for the kids in my school, but kids across the city).
"...and City are bringing some **** on. Dunno who for. Who gives a ****? Oh **** off and boo someone who gives a ****, ya shower o' bastards" It'd certainly suit a man of my gentlemanly disposition
I've raised this on here loads of times. When my lad was 6 in the 6 weeks holidays Hull City coaching was a week at the KC ,next week at Beverley, next week Hornsea, Driff and Bridlington then last week KC. How is a single mum or low income family going to get a kid from Greatfield, Longhill North Bransholme to the KC every day and pick him up again??
Exactly. They should use some high schools with the facilities in each area of Hull? KC for West, Kingswood Academy for East (I'm sure there's a more eastern new build school with the sports facilities who's name I can't remember) and St Mary's for North?
