Tigers' history

You should have put a smiley or irony alert on this post.

 

It didn't help when he came off after a game shortly after joining us and told the players they were a disgrace to football.

 

Didn't know that - probably that kind of attitude scuppered his chances

 

If my memory serves me right wasn't that was Carlisle team that went from the 4th division to the 1st and back again in consecutive seasons.

 

The crowd picture is not taken before that game, that is my point. Look up that Carlisle fixture again and you will find the attendance was around the 20,000 mark and probably less. I post from memory not from Chris Eltons book.

 

See previous post No 896.

 

They didn't do it in consecutive seasons

No, your memory doesn't serve you right. Carlisle didn't do that. The nearest to achieving that was Northampton who went from Division4 to Division 1 in five seasons, it took,two seasons to get out of Division 3, and went back from Division 1 to Division 4 in consecutive seasons a total of 9 seasons.

 

I think that OLM was having a little joke in his original post.

 

Sorry I never saw your post. I knew that crowd picture wasn't taken before a league with Carlisle Utd which was why I posted. I may be getting mixed up with the Carlisle fixture and the first home game of the 66/67 season was against Coventry ? I knew we didn't get a big crowd, by that periods standards v Carlisle and my guess of 20,000 was only 1,000 out.
And I was there.

 

First game of the 66/67 season was against Coventry away at Highfield Rd. Second match was home to Bury.

 

Every self respecting Hull City fan has got Chris Eltons book. It was written and published before we started winning so it might have eluded you.

 

What year was the ticket office built? I don't see it in that pic

 

You could ask your (ex?) sister-in law- she used to go to a few games at BP.

 

Just seen these on Face a book by Chris Elton