It’s the 80/81 and 81/82 kit (black collar). We stuck with those thick stripes for years as we plummeted down the divisions.
We didn’t. We changed from them i’m 82/83 season. https://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Hull_City/Hull_City.htm
I meant the late 70s/ early 80s when we fell from Division 2 to Division 4. 81/82 was the final year for that type of kit which we’d worn from about 75.
What a cracking photo What train is it I hear you ask?? And one of the finest diesel locomotives ever built, a BR class 55 English Electric Napier Deltic.
I've still got a couple of train tickets from Hull Paragon to Boothferry Park, happy days. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
We used to go in Picadish is Hammond's for lunch, then get the train to Boothferry park most home game.
Can anyone out there settle this dispute? Last plus 30,000 crowd for a sporting event in Hull? I thought it was for Hull City v West Ham, FA Cup, Boothferry Park, about 1972, attendance 32,000? Someone ( well known local author) claims is was actually for GB v Australia, RL Test also at Boothferry Park, 1982? 32,000+? Although the official attendance given for that game is 26,000, according to a source on here. Anyone cast any light on it?
I highly doubt the capacity of BP was anywhere near 32,000 in 1982. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
Good point, well made. This needs clarifying because someone is researching for a book on our history and this may well be in it.
Quick hunt around the Internet would suggest the attendance was 26,771. https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/...ame_1/great-britain-vs-australia/summary.html
That figure includes the North Stand, which closed in 1982, reducing capacity to around 15,500, no way on Earth did it hold 16,000+. 'I said rugby, I said hype'. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
I think the capacity was 32,500 at the time. Which is why some deluded RL fans claimed that was how many were there when the figure was 26,771. Never been over 30,000 for a RL game in Hull. Largest was 28,000 for a Rovers v FC game at BP when City offered the stadium to KR to help them out as the were having difficulties at the time.
