The Hull City Gazette
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Mohamed Belloumi
Successful dribbles: 42. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Matty Jacob damages knee ligaments — 29 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 29 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market17 Aug 2026
Hull City turn down Leeds United for Oli McBurnie
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Hull City
Oli McBurnie was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Hull City
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Oli McBurnie ran the middle of the pitch — 6.78
He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 13 combined actions and a mark of 6.78, and not one of them will make a highlights package.
Market17 Aug 2026
Hull City promote Liam Roberts from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Roberts has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Harry Bailey joins the Hull City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Harry Bailey is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: David Price joins the Hull City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Price is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Words at Hull City training over how hard people work
- Squad The manager makes an example of Eliot Matazo
- Boardroom Hull City turn down the training-ground plan