I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave above. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
There must be a reason so many keep quoting that spurious 32,500 figure. The only difference from when it was 40,000 was less spaces in North Stand and The Well.
In October 1982, when that match was played, the North Stand wasn't there, the supermarket was getting built on the site. Think rugby, think hype. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
'Think rugby, think hype' I had an heated argument on Friday with a Fc fan who claims Hull Fc saved Hull City from bankrupcy when 'they shut the gates at Boothferry Park'?? 'They' means David Lloyd who owned Hull Fc then, according to this Arlie Bird, when I always thought Lloyd bought Fc, after he bought City with the idea of merging both clubs and calling them Hull Tiger Sharks. The plan was to sell Boothferry Park and move both clubs to the Boulevard.......until he saw it and it fell way short of Football League standards to stage league games. The main stand was actually operating without a valid safety certificate, which was kept quiet by HCC. It was falling to bits, with planks for seating and subsidence. Lloyd split the club ( City) from the stadium ( Boothferry Park) which he kept ownership of, without realising Grandways had a 100 year lease on the supermarket, and sold the club to Hinchcliffe and Buchanan, if they actually paid for it is another matter. When the above, aka as The Sheffield Mafia, were running up debts all over the place and not paying for anything including the rent of the ground, Lloyd locked the gates in a pre arranged move to prevent the dubious Sheffield duo getting their hands on anymore cash. It worked too. Adam Pearson was in waiting and he bought the club. It had sod all to do with Hull Fc, in fact there may still be posters on here who remember City bailing out Fc with the proceeds from the Newcastle League Cup tie, net £300k? which was allegedly shifted over to the Boulevard, where some of City's staff were working from at the time, to tidy the place up for the Football League inspection with a view to City playing there, and it still failed the inspection. Money wasted. But a little thing like the truth often gets in the way when discussing the merits and popularity of RL in Hull over football.
A lurker on here tells me he's talked to FC fans who deny point blank they ever merged with Gateshead. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
He is right. They didn’t merge with them they were taken over by them. They were registered as Gateshead FC trading as Hull FC.
The last Deltic I saw was The Gordon Highlander D9016 pulling out of Edinburgh Waverley about 10 years ago. What a machine.
The sound of a Deltic, especially at full throttle, is one of the most amazing sounds you will hear, almost as good as sex, almost.
Liked for the number, amazing brute power machines. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
Just watched all Abel Hernandez goals on Tiger+, some cracking goals. What was noticeable how many came from crosses by Robertson and Elmo, and it's the same as what Ollie McBurnie said, that his best scoring season was when he had Dyer and James at Swansea on the wings. Bodes well once we get Millar and Belloumi back.
A group of Sheffield Wednesday fans are trying to get a monument in place to recognise the final resting place of Ambrose Langley, their captain in the early years of the 20th century and Hull City’s first manager from April 1905 until his return to the Owls in April 1913. Worth a look at the video on the GFM page. https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-headstone-for-ambrose-langley-of-swfc https://www.oncloudseven.com/M1-Ambrose-Langley/
How is our fans attempts to get the old terracing around the Anlaby Road ground recognised going? Any progress, any news?
I believe the Supporters Trust are still on with this and are wanting to clear the site of trees as a first stage. No idea what progress they've made though.
If it's a go fund me and it's got anything to do with this forum,there'll be three and thruppence at least.
