Dear Hull City fans, Due to the wonderful five years that not only myself, but my wife Erica and four children, have experienced while playing for this fantastic club, I feel compelled to write you an open letter to express my extreme gratitude for all of the support and best wishes I have received at this time. Firstly, I would like to say thank you to you the fans, for the unbelievable support I have received in my time here as a player and I hope I have represented you in a way that would make you rightly be proud of this amazing club. It has been an unbelievable journey! I would also like to thank the owners, the Allam family, who without, I do not believe this proud club would be in existence if it wasn't for the extreme generosity they have shown, in not only saving the club from extinction but investing heavily in the club and seeing it to promotion, the first FA Cup final in the club's history and the first time in the club's history at reaching European competition. I would also like to thank my teammates, most of whom I now count as good, good friends, who have worked so hard in the time I have been here to be successful and I know they will all be successful in the future. They are all fantastic people. There are special people running through the club working so hard behind the scenes who deserve a mention. From all the medical staff, technical/coaching staff and admin staff, through to the kit men and tea ladies, Paula and Jean, I would like to place my pleasure at working with you all on record. Too many to name, you know who you are! I would also like to apologise to you all at our failure to stay in the Premier League this season. I can guarantee you that all of the players gave everything and we were inconsolable in relegation and the unbelievable reaction we got after the game, a standing ovation at relegation again, proved to me what a unique, special and unbelievable set of supporters we have at this football club. You all deserve success and I know in time the club will grow from strength to strength again due to this. Even in these difficult times the club is still heading in the right direction, the fantastic work that Tony Pennock and his staff have done with the academy in a short space of time, coupled with the high investment in youth by the owners, means that hopefully one day we'll have young players from this area playing and representing this proud club at the highest level. It was my ambition to assist this process through coaching and management in the distant future but I know it will be a success nevertheless. I would also like to add that whether the club is called Hull City or Hull Tigers the most important word in this club is HULL, a proud hard-working city that I have had immense pleasure bringing up my children in over the last five years. The club will always need your support. I hope that as fans you realise you really are the heartbeat of the club and without your continuing fantastic support, the club will not be able to fulfil its unbelievable potential that you all deserve. Everyone needs to pull in the same direction for success! I wish you all the very best in the future and hope you support the team to promotion next season! Again, I thank you for your tremendous support and I hope our paths cross again in the future. Liam Rosenior
Think he did From all the medical staff, technical/coaching staff and admin staff, through to the kit men and tea ladies
Ah right, I skim read. Ok then, no thanks of the management / the most high profile man at the club. He also didnt thank the guy who signed him though.
Yep it does seem strange he doesn't mention Bruce or Pearson who at the time seemed to give him the chance to get his career back on track.
Great article and typical of the man. Nothing that I've read there has changed my mind about the club losing such an individual, even at this early stage I can only see it being our loss, at the hands of others, and some other clubs gain, possibly Leicester. This decision will undoubtedly, for me anyway, pile pressure on those that allowed him to walk away to come up with a successful route back to the PL post haste otherwise they will be questioned about this seemingly ridiculous decision. Good luck Rosie, I hope to see you back here working for us in the future, you'll long be remembered as a great defender and a great man.
A wonderful servant to the club and Hull itself. "It was my ambition to assist this process through coaching and management in the distant future, but I know it will be a success nevertheless". Is this club going pass up the chance to have such an intelligent, hard working and professional character, teaching and influencing the youth at Bishop Burton? I really hope Tony Pennock will keep one eye on Liam's future, as I think he could still be a great asset to us. Thank you Liam, and don't be a stranger.
I can guarantee you that all of the players gave everything. Well if that quote is true, we are keeping all the wrong players.
