Rob Parker | March 15, 2010
More touchy feely orange hands than an old school Tango advert
Ex-Hull City manager Phil Brown has wasted no time in getting back to work after being given the shove. The permatanned managerial legend is now cruising the streets in his Tiger-themed massage wagon.
Rob Parker | March 15, 2010
Dropped by letter?
Phil Brown has been banned from talking to Hull starlet Tom Cairney after receiving a letter from the player’s lawyer. The 19-year-old’s legal representative wrote to Brown after the club attempted to open negotiations about extending his contract, which has one year remaining.
Brown said: “Tom has taken advice from an unlicensed and unregistered [...]
Rob Parker | February 1, 2010
Now you see him…
When you make a mistake like needlessly keeping the ball in play allowing the opposition to score, sometimes you want the ground to swallow you up. Or the advertising hoardings.
Hull’s Stephen Hunt got the latter against his potential new club Wolves. The Republic of Ireland international neatly backheeled the ball to set-up [...]
Rob Parker | November 29, 2009
Comedy gold at Eastlands
Last time Hull City visited Manchester City, the match resulted in an embarrassing 5-1 defeat and an even more embarrassing on-pitch half-time talk from Hull manager Phil Brown
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But the incident was the source of fun and games as Hull returned to Eastlands for their first visit since the half-time fiasco on [...]
Rob Parker | November 9, 2009
1. Like father, like son. John Terry knows how to score when it matters.
2. Phil Brown will live to fight another day after Hull’s last gasp victory over Stoke.
3. If fatherhood has changed Wayne Rooney, the only noticeable difference is he seems more inclined to shoot from 25 yards instead of passing to team-mates in [...]
Rob Parker | October 26, 2009
Hull striker’s social networking habits hit him in the pocket
Jozy Altidore has been told he will face a club fine after revealing that Hull manager Phil Brown had dropped him for Saturday’s match against Portsmouth via Twitter. Altidore tweeted an apology confessing that he had turned up late for the game.
He wrote: “Apologize to all [...]
Dan Morris | October 13, 2009
“I… knee… dead people.”
Jimmy Bullard’s left knee is made up of bits of a dead man, it has been revealed. The Hull City player had the ligament of a deceased male placed in his knee to aid his recovery from injury. Thanks to famed surgeon Dr Richard Steadman the Tigers midfielder is edging ever closer [...]
