Hull City’s first Premier League manager no longer holds that position. While his departure may bring relief to some, there is nonetheless great sadness that it has ended this way. Looking beyond recent frustrations, consider Phil Brown’s achievements… In his first six months he saved us from relegation, the next year he achieved what many City fans thought would never be achieved, promotion to the Premier League, via a first ever trip to the national stadium. In our inaugural Premier League campaign we grabbed the world’s attention, fearlessly taking on some of the global game’s biggest teams.
Sure, the latter half of the season proved gut wrenching as we fought the drop, but ultimately we retained top tier status despite being tipped by the majority of pundits to make Derby’s record low season long points tally look relatively respectable. All of these things happened on Phil Brown’s watch, and though the media will recall the permatan, the public team talk and karaoke, ultimately we will remember helping relegate Leeds, Wembley, winning at the Emirates and mixing it with the big boys. When the dust settles, history will remember Phil Brown’s tenure at Hull City favourably.
Here we consider the highs and lows of Brown Phil’s reign, noting the defining games, words and looks of the most successful manager in Tigers history. (more…)
Horatio Stratton Carter. The past couple of years may have skewed things slightly, but even after our first ever promotion to the top flight, after Okocha, Windass, Barmby, Turner, Geo and Bullard, after 60 subsequent years of good and bad, Raich is still talked about in hallowed terms by football fans in Hull. And Derby. And Sunderland.
