Jack Johnson

Striker - Hull City U18
31 Mar 2030
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The Hull City Gazette

20 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces

The mood at Hull City has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Match

6 matches without a win for Hull City

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Hull City are no longer polite ones.

Market

Hull City sell Darko Gyabi for $6.3M

Darko Gyabi has left for Nottingham Forest in a $6.3M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Market

Hull City say no — this time

The offer from Stoke City for Matty Jacob was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Player ratings

A defender's goal wins it for Hull City — 7.77

1 for Jens Hjertø-Dahl, marked 7.77, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Boardroom

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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Hull City against Leeds United

2‑3 to Leeds United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Transfer targets

Brentford tell Hull City: Josh Vickers is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout

No hiding place for Sam Smith

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sam Smith, and the manager let it.

In brief