Yeah link would be good. Like I say, every time I've walked through the coach bays this season, I've seen a 70ish seater coach with HULL WHITES sign stuck to the window.
Gosh, how interesting. Now run along and find someone that gives a ****. While you're away, have a look for the Ey whites web site that makes you look a chump. BYE. Now, where were we before we were rudely interrupted by the irrelevant one? Ah yes, the HDF.
As far as Leeds fans go, you've always struck he as half decent, but on this one, you're miles out. There is no significant Leeds following in Hull any more, in fact, there's probably less Leeds fans in Hull, than there is Man United fans in Leeds. What chance your local rag in Leeds would do a piece on Man United? I bet there's more Barcelona fans in Hull then there is Leeds fans now, maybe we should have a La Liga pull out in every Friday edition?
As far as Leeds fans go, you've always struck he as half decent, but on this one, you're miles out. There is no significant Leeds following in Hull any more, in fact, there's probably less Leeds fans in Hull, than there is Man United fans in Leeds. What chance your local rag in Leeds would do a piece on Man United? I bet there's more Barcelona fans in Hull then there is Leeds fans now, maybe we should have a La Liga pull out in every Friday edition?
Pester them about the policing and how humberside police constanly fail to gather intel on the number of aways fans actually traveling to the KC! Also, how they treat the home fans like known hooligans but let the away fans run riot without any consequences!!!!
There's also car and train users, plus the vast majority who don't go to games. Google Trends suggests that there is bigger interest in Beverley and Hull for Leeds United than for Man U or Barcelona. There's no sure fire way of telling anyway, it's a silly argument. The Yorkshire Evening Post's sports pages have a section which covers the main stories in English football which caters for Man U, Liverpool etc. fans based in Leeds. I'm sure it covers Champions League too when there's a story to be done. Forgetting that, a Leeds story is of interest to Hull City fans too is it not? Your playoff qualification depends on whether we **** up or not over the next four games. I'd say we're a pretty relevant team to be covering in a Hull-based newspaper for that reason alone.
I did search for it and it doesn't seem to exist. You did offer to give me a link, you don't have to be a cock just because you were apparently wrong.
I think the comparison to the 2007/08 promotion season is a good idea, put in stuff such as wages/transfer budgets spent, financial condition of the club, attendances etc. I don't agree with Leeds getting a piece in the Hull Daily Mail, unless they were going to do a weekly feature on each of the play off contenders, and even then it seems rather pointless seeing as how it's the HULL daily mail. Not that many people will care, but Ferriby are looking good for a play off spot; if they reach the final, will there be newspaper coverage/radio coverage? If promoted, they will only be a league below Grimsby and I'd much rather have my City commentary interrupted with "There's been a goal down at The Rapid Solicitors Stadium" than having to listen to John Tonder's boring voice prattling on about how Grimsby have pissed a 2-0 lead up the wall.
Quite funny this I was in Liverpool yesterday and I thought how the hell have 2 cities of a similar size, similar history regarding docks etc have such a different sporting occasion. They have the world renowned merseyside derby, we have the ****ing peanut hugging regional wrestle fest. That isn't really of any interest to the majority of people in our own fair city. Rugby league = s h I t e
You're completely missing the point. We are in Hull, we want to read about Hull City, yet our local rag employs a tosser who supports Leeds who instead of writing an article about Leeds being on the wobble and the fact that we might take 6th place this weekend, writes a load of old bollocks about Leeds United holding onto a play-off place. There's 500,000 people here, not 1% of them support Leeds United, there's no place for ****ers writing pro Leeds bollocks in our papers. If he meets with a sticky end tomorrow, I suspect that there will be more street parties than there will be for the royal wedding and rightly so.
i agree No. 1, however, we all have to remember that the vast majority of their readership has a low reading age, they are also rugby fans predominantly from Hull's socially deprived estates, and they tend to be thick enough to buy and believe the paper's content religiously on a daily basis with unquestioning loyalty. Unlike your average more cosmopolitan minded football fan. It's no coincidence that the Professionalism and quality of journalism at the yorkshire post produces a higher quality story for your average football fan!
A significant section of the paper's readership supports Leeds? Not really. Some inadequates who decided to support a club from another city when their local side wasn't doing well. no different from the Man Utd fans from Essex so despised by proper fans everywhere, incluidng Leeds based Leeds fans. What do you think of someone born in Leeds telling you theythey are Man Utd or Chelsea fans or whatever? As far as rugby goes, rugby fans in Hull say it isn't crowd sizes that decide whether somewhere is a rugby city or not. It is the amount of trophies won.On that basis Leeds is a rugby city. Nick Wood is a twat. He is from Bradford but "supports" Leeds United. wonder if he is a Rhinos fan as well?
Well, it is a paper which supports the Conservatives. Maybe that is why you approve of it. The Hull Daily Mail won the Yorkshire Paper of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007. My enquiry of if that was the case what on earth was the second placed one like lead to my e-mail address getting a ban from their website.
