For some people, Hull City didn’t exist until May 2008, when the club joined the upper echelons and entered the national consciousness. For long time City fans though, the Tigers are far more than a single match or season, they are the sum of childhood memories of standing on Boothferry Park’s ‘well’, of recollections of Simon Gray coach trips to away games, even of events not witnessed first hand but passed down from a previous generation of Tiger Nationals. Hull City is a rich tapestry comprised of many individual and overlapping threads.
Some threads are more important than others though, and we set out to define what it is that makes Hull City unique, different from every other club in the land. What are the 100 key events, people, sights and sounds that combine to form the soul of Hull City? Not every entry has to be of monumental historic importance, but it has to be quintessentially Hull City’…
The Soul of Hull City part one
Waggy & Chillo
Leigh Jenkinson in the Rumbelow’s Sprint Challenge
Andy Payton v. Brighton
Tennis ball protest at Bolton
The Well
1990-1991 relegation season
Phil Brown’s shoes
John Hawley signs amateur terms
Terry Neill
Pub quiz questions
The Soul of Hull City part two
Securing promotion at Yeovil
Reverend Ballbag’s Yuletide carols
Jon Parkin’s fall from grace
Post war sky blue kits
Simon Dakin’s lift shaft tumble
Signing Jay-Jay Okocha
Fer Ark signage
Ian McKechnie and the oranges
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Hull City 4
Billy Whitehurst graffiti
The Soul of Hull City part three
Ian Ashbee
HDM nickname City ‘The Tigers’
Dave Bamber’s own goal at Brighton
’The Tigers Are Back’ record
Billy Whitehurst
Premier Club bell
Robinson and Horton with some turkeys
Hinchliffe crest
Boothferry Halt
Mark Hateley
The Soul of Hull City part four
Peter Taylor
1965-66 promotion season
Six free-standing floodlight pylons
Andy Davidson
Jeff Radcliffe’s hat
Hednesford cup defeat
The Reggae Boyz
Pearson Takeover
Caleb Folan arrives for a million
Martin Fish
The Soul of Hull City part five
Payton & Swan
Halftime v. Liverpool (1989)
Associate Members Cup Final – Not at Wembley
Billy Bly
Mauled by the Tigers
City blow chance of top flight promotion, 1910
KC Stadium move
Best Stand dust showers
A kick in the Balkans documentary (1990)
Michael Turner
The Soul of Hull City part six
City’s amazing start to Premier League life
Runcorn wall collapse
Raich Carter
The railway plaque
The 1995/1996 relegation season
The Galvin shuffle
Grandways/Kwik Save supermarkets
Martin Fish photo opportunities
Harold Needler
Roary the Tiger
The Soul of Hull City part seven
The Soul of Hull City part eight
The Soul of Hull City part nine
The Soul of Hull City part ten
