KINGSTON UPON HULL

The original badge Hull City FC with the "Three Crowns", the civic emblem of Kingston-upon-Hull.

AND now.....
I was looking at this club badge this afternoon, when I was sharing tea and cake with a local lad and his guests who are ardent Hull City fans, one who wore this emblem on his seasonal jumper. The couple go to every Hull game, home and away. So they have experienced a few ups, a few downs and quite a lot of "stay where you ares!" They are presently in the Championship.

Founded in 1904 the club has to contend with "rugby league" competition for support, there weren't a lot of trophies. Two Wembley highlights  would have been the 2008 Championship Play Off  and the 2014 FA Cup final defeat to Arsenal. There was excitement here, when Hull were 2-0 up in ten minutes and lost 3-2 after Extra Time.

The Championship Play Off win over Bristol City 1-0 (local lad, Dean Windass scored the winner) meant that the club had risen from the lowest Football League Division to the Top in 5 seasons, the third fastest ever.
There was another promotion to the PL in 2015-16 when Hull beat Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship play-off.

December 27th 1919 saw the end of a 4 game run without a point for Hull City in a Division 2 League match. Hull City beat Wolves 10-3 in another high scoring game at Christmas time (too much "pop"!). Seven days earlier on the 20th Wolves had won 4-2.
At that time their other opposition in Div 2 would have been the likes of Leeds City (later Leeds United), Burton United, Gainsborough Trinity and Glossop North End.

In 1980 on the same date, goalkeeper, Tony Coton (below) made his debut for Birmingham City against Sunderland in a league game and his first touch of the ball (after 54 seconds) came about when team mate Joe Gallagher gave away a penalty. Opposition John Hawley's spot kick was saved, by the debut goalkeeper.