The Hull City Gazette
Squad18 Aug 2042
Lorenzo Greer breaks a bone — 31 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 31 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market18 Aug 2042
Aston Villa come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Hull City did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad18 Aug 2042
Stephen Roberts keeps Hull City in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings18 Aug 2042
Jerae Jones, 35, rolls back the years — 7.88
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.88 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Match16 Aug 2042
4 matches without a win for Hull City
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Hull City are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom18 Aug 2042
Graduation day at Hull City
9 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market18 Aug 2042
Hull City promote Timothy Ward from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timothy Ward 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.
Market18 Aug 2042
Stephen Walker steps up from the Hull City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stephen Walker has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market18 Aug 2042
Liam Phillips steps up from the Hull City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Liam Phillips has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Benjamin Mitchell pulls a muscle — 14 days out
- Squad Words at Hull City training over how hard people work
- Match Hull City hit back inside 3 minutes