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The Tiger | Official Matchday Programme of Hull City | Issue 24 Hull City vs Queens Park Rangers | Sky Bet Championship Saturday 13th April, 2024| KO 3pm | MKM Stadium

The Tiger | Official Matchday Programme of Hull City | Issue 24
Hull City vs Queens Park Rangers | Sky Bet Championship
Saturday 13th April, 2024| KO 3pm | MKM Stadium

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THE LINE-UP<br />

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12<br />

4<br />

22<br />

46<br />

38<br />

42<br />

TELEPHONE NUMBERS:<br />

MKM Stadium,<br />

West <strong>Park</strong>,<br />

<strong>Hull</strong>,<br />

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Main Switchboard: 01482 504600<br />

Sales Centre: 01482 505600<br />

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CLUB DIRECTORY:<br />

Chairman: Acun Ilicali<br />

Vice Chairman: Tan Kesler<br />

FIRST-TEAM MANAGEMENT:<br />

Head Coach: Liam Rosenior<br />

Assistant Head Coach: Justin Walker<br />

Assistant Head Coach: Andy Dawson<br />

Goalkeeping Coach: Barry Richardson<br />

Head of Recruitment: Lee Darnbrough<br />

THE TIGER:<br />

Editor: Joe Brown<br />

Contributors: Dan Briggs, Devon Cash,<br />

Andrew Clark, Ryan Day, Oliver Harsley,<br />

Brad Jones and Thomas Lamming<br />

Thanks to: OnCloudSeven1, Tiger_base,<br />

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Front Cover: Natalie Cartledge<br />

All editorial in this programme is the<br />

copyright of the Club and shall not be<br />

reproduced without permission. The<br />

views of the individual contributors do not<br />

necessarily reflect those of the Club.


Relive the<br />

action<br />

HULL CITY 2<br />

MIDDLESBROUGH 2<br />

HULL CITY: 17 ALLSOP; 27 SLATER,<br />

5 JONES, 4 GREAVES, 2 COYLE [C]<br />

[46’]; 50 ABDÜŞ, 15 MORTON,<br />

24 SERI ⚽[89’], 23 PHILOGENE ⚽;<br />

7 TUFAN [83’], 45 CARVALHO <br />

SUBS: 30 PANDUR, 3 GILES (Y) [46’],<br />

6 MCLOUGHLIN, 8 DOCHERTY, 10<br />

TRAORÉ, 12 SHARP [83’], 29 JACOB,<br />

33 CHRISTIE, 44 CONNOLLY [89’]<br />

MIDDLESBROUGH: 1 DIENG;<br />

12 AYLING, 3 VAN DEN BERG,<br />

5 CLARKE, 27 ENGEL [83’]; 16<br />

HOWSON [C], 28 O’BRIEN; 11 JONES,<br />

20 AZAZ ⚽, 29 GREENWOOD [74’];<br />

9 LATTE LATH ⚽<br />

SUBS: 23 GLOVER, 4 BARLASER,<br />

14 GILBERT, 15 DIJKSTEEL, 18 SILVERA<br />

[74’], 24 BANGURA, 33 THOMAS [83’],<br />

49 MCCABE, 64 FINCH<br />

ATTENDANCE: 21,934<br />

REFEREE: GAVIN WARD<br />

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head coach<br />

liam rosenior<br />

GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE MKM STADIUM<br />

FOR TODAY’S SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AGAINST<br />

QUEENS PARK RANGERS.<br />

Middlesbrough was the same story as many of<br />

our matches this season. We responded well to an<br />

early setback and enjoyed complete dominance<br />

for 95% of the game. I was proud of so much of<br />

our play – the intensity, the pressing, the technical<br />

ability, playing in a style I’ve always wanted to see<br />

in a team. Having fought back to lead, we were<br />

in total control but we didn’t take advantage and<br />

their second goal summed up what we still need to<br />

learn. At this stage of the season, we need to turn<br />

potential into results.<br />

I would like to extend a warm welcome to <strong>Queens</strong><br />

<strong>Park</strong> <strong>Rangers</strong> head coach Martí Cifuentes, his<br />

staff, players and their fans to today’s game. Martí<br />

is an outstanding coach who has done a great job<br />

after coming in at a difficult time. There has been a<br />

definite improvement and he’s altered their playing<br />

style to one that suits their technical players, the<br />

likes of Ilias Chair and Chris Willock, and they are<br />

defending well. It’s going to be another difficult<br />

tactical game, but one we know we have to win, and<br />

can win if we perform to our level.<br />

This isn’t over; we still have a chance of achieving<br />

our goal if we play consistently to that level. We<br />

are fully focused on the immediate job at hand and<br />

that’s winning this game.<br />

Stay with us. You were unbelievable against<br />

Middlesbrough; the atmosphere inside the stadium<br />

was incredible. It’s frustrating when we don’t get<br />

the results we want or feel we deserve, but we are<br />

onto a good thing. We have accelerated our process<br />

so quickly and there is a real feelgood factor at the<br />

club. We have to keep believing, keep fighting. If we<br />

stick together, and play like we know we can, you<br />

never know where that might take us.<br />

We are all in this together.<br />

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U21s at the MKM<br />

Come and watch the Under-21s at<br />

the MKM Stadium for free!<br />

Conor Sellars’ side welcome <strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Rangers</strong> to the MKM<br />

on Tuesday 16 April 2024 for a 1pm kick-off.<br />

At the time of print, the Under-21s were unbeaten in their last<br />

four, winning their last three successive games. Drawing 2-2<br />

against at home to Birmingham <strong>City</strong>, big victories over Colchester<br />

United and Burnley saw <strong>City</strong> net 10 goals over the two fixtures<br />

ahead of a trip to Vicarage Road to face Watford.<br />

In a tightly-contested game, Sincere Hall netted a last-minute<br />

finish to secure a 1-0 win over the Hornets and move the Tigers<br />

to seventh in the Professional Development League North table<br />

with 30 points.<br />

Preparing to play Wigan Athletic away on<br />

Friday 12 April, the Under-21s face a tough<br />

test against Paul Furlong’s QPR side. The<br />

Hoops sit second in the southern division<br />

at the time of writing, accumulating 43<br />

points in 24 games played. Winning 12,<br />

drawing seven and losing just five, QPR have<br />

netted 58 goals in the league this season,<br />

conceding 35.<br />

QPR won their last fixture 7-0<br />

against bottom-of-the-table Crewe<br />

Alexandra. A team that fielded<br />

first-teamers Jordan Archer and<br />

Osman Kakay, a brace from<br />

Alfie Lloyd, an own goal from<br />

Stanley Dancey and finishes<br />

from trialist George Grant,<br />

Rafferty Pedder, Steven Bala<br />

and Micah Anthony secured the<br />

emphatic win at MATRADE Loftus Road.<br />

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The Visitors<br />

queens park rangers<br />

WE WELCOME QUEENS PARK RANGERS<br />

TO THE MKM STADIUM FOR TODAY’S<br />

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURE.<br />

FACTFILE:<br />

NAME:<br />

QUEENS PARK RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB<br />

FORMED:<br />

1882<br />

NICKNAME:<br />

THE HOOPS/THE RS<br />

STADIUM:<br />

LOFTUS ROAD<br />

CAPACITY:<br />

18,439<br />

2023/24 Season: 16th<br />

Games Played: 42 (Won: 12, Drawn: 11, Lost: 19)<br />

Goal Difference: -14 (For: 40 Against: 54)<br />

Most League Appearances:<br />

Asmir Begović (42)<br />

Top League Goalscorer:<br />

Ilias Chair (5)<br />

Most Assists:<br />

Ilias Chair (6)<br />

Last Match:<br />

D 1-1 v Plymouth Argyle


THE BOSS<br />

MARTÍ CIFUENTES:<br />

After a very brief playing career, Martí<br />

Cifuentes began his coaching journey in his<br />

early twenties with stints as a youth coach<br />

at Ajax, Millwall, Terrassa FC and UE Rubí<br />

between January 2007 and June 2013.<br />

In February 2014, Cifuentes secured his first<br />

senior managerial role when he was appointed<br />

by UE Sant Andreu. He spent just a few months<br />

with the club and later joined CE L’Hospitalet<br />

where he had most of the 2015/16 season in<br />

charge. In March 2017, he made his way to AIK<br />

and managed both their academy and reserve<br />

sides until May 2018. After this, Cifuentes<br />

had stints with Sandefjord, Aalborg BK and<br />

Hammarby. He arrived in England and was<br />

appointed by QPR in October 2023.<br />

2024 Winter Transfer Window:<br />

During January, QPR made two permanent<br />

additions to their squad by bringing in Lucas<br />

Andersen and Michael Frey. They also signed Isaac<br />

Hayden and Joe Hodge on loan. As well as this, Joe<br />

Walsh made his way back to the club following the<br />

conclusion of his loan.<br />

Outgoing wise, Andre Dozzell, Charlie Kelman<br />

and Stephen Duke-McKenna all went out on loan.<br />

Youngster Kaydon Harrack left the Under-21 side<br />

on a permanent deal.<br />

In the previous window, QPR signed Asmir Begovic,<br />

Morgan Fox, Jack Colback, Paul Smyth, Ziyad<br />

Larkeche, Steve Cook, Taylor Richards and Reggie<br />

Cannon permanently.<br />

Shodipo and Ody Alfa all departed the club. Joe<br />

Gubbins went out on loan.<br />

Ten players departed the Under-21 team and nine<br />

players left the Under-18 side. Deon Woodman,<br />

Trent Randall and Harry Cant are all currently out<br />

on loan.<br />

JOE<br />

HODGE<br />

LUCAS<br />

ANDERSEN<br />

ISAAC<br />

HAYDEN<br />

Seny Dieng, Rob Dickie, Leon Balogun, Nico<br />

Hämäläinen, Conor Masterson, Charlie Owens,<br />

Stefan Johansen, Luke Amos, Chris Martin, Olamide<br />

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Scouting Report<br />

BETWEEN THE POSTS:<br />

QPR’s goalkeeping options include Jordan Archer,<br />

Joe Walsh and Matteo Salomon. None of them<br />

have been utilised in the league. Archer has been an<br />

unused substitute 28 times, Walsh has done so on<br />

13 occasions and Salomon has featured in a match<br />

day squad once. However, Archer and Walsh both<br />

made appearances in the Carabao Cup.<br />

AT THE BACK:<br />

As part of their backline, QPR can pick from<br />

Kenneth Paal, Steve Cook, Jake Clarke-Salter,<br />

Jimmy Dunne, Osman Kakay, Reggie Cannon, Ziyad<br />

Larkeche, Morgan Fox and Aaron Drewe. They’ve<br />

all received league minutes so far this season. Paal,<br />

Cook, Clarke-Salter and Dunne have amassed eight<br />

league goals between them. Paal and Dunne have<br />

both also contributed one assist.<br />

IN THE MIDDLE:<br />

Within their midfield, the Hoops can potentially<br />

utilise Ilias Chair, Sam Field, Jack Colback, Elijah<br />

Dixon-Bonner, Albert Adomah, Isaac Hayden,<br />

Lucas Andersen, Joe Hodge, Taylor Richards,<br />

Rafferty Pedder, Alexander Aoraha, Steven<br />

Bala and Lorent Talla. Apart from the latter four,<br />

all of them have featured in the league thus far.<br />

Chair, Field, Colback and Hodge have racked up a<br />

combined total of 12 league goals. Meanwhile, 12<br />

assists have been shared by Chair, Field, Colback<br />

and Andersen.<br />

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UPFRONT:<br />

The Hoops possess Paul Smyth, Lyndon Dykes,<br />

Rayan Kolli and Michael Frey in their attacking<br />

ranks and all of them have been utilised in the<br />

league. Smyth, Dykes and Frey have produced<br />

eight league goals between them. Smyth, Dykes<br />

and Kolli have also secured one assist each to their<br />

names so far this season.


THE CAPTAIN:<br />

At the age of 36, Asmir<br />

Begović is a vastly experienced<br />

goalkeeper. Begović joined QPR<br />

ahead of the 2023/24 season<br />

and was handed the captain’s<br />

armband. He’s the only player<br />

to have played every minute for<br />

them in the league thus far and<br />

has collected 11 clean sheets.<br />

Begović started his career at<br />

Portsmouth having signed for<br />

them aged 16 in 2003. After<br />

a few loan moves away, he<br />

made his Pompey debut in May<br />

2009. Begović racked up 17<br />

appearances before moving to<br />

Stoke <strong>City</strong> in February 2010.<br />

He spent over five years with the<br />

Potters where he amassed 172<br />

appearances and one goal. That<br />

goal came in November 2013<br />

when his 97.5 yard long kick<br />

found the back of the net against<br />

Southampton after 13 seconds.<br />

He went on to have stints with<br />

Chelsea, AFC Bournemouth<br />

and Everton. Begović has also<br />

earned 63 caps for Bosnia and<br />

Herzegovina.<br />

YOUNG GUN:<br />

Brought into the Hoops academy<br />

in October 2020, Sinclair<br />

Armstrong has subsequently<br />

progressed into the first-team. He<br />

initially had time out on loan with<br />

Torquay United and Aldershot<br />

Town during the 2021/22 season<br />

in which he secured a combined<br />

total of 12 appearances and four<br />

goals.<br />

Armstrong broke into the<br />

first-team picture and made his<br />

debut in July 2022. He went<br />

on to feature 24 times in all<br />

competitions during the 2022/23<br />

campaign. So far in the 2023/24<br />

season, the 20-year-old has been<br />

utilised 35 times in the league and<br />

has produced three league goals<br />

and three assists.<br />

Armstrong originally plied his<br />

trade for Cherry Orchard and<br />

later signed for Shamrock Rovers.<br />

He was handed his senior debut<br />

for Shamrock at the age of 15<br />

in August 2018. Armstrong has<br />

earned one cap for the Republic<br />

of Ireland and also represented<br />

his country in Under-17,<br />

Under-19 and Under-21 age<br />

groups.<br />

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STAR MAN:<br />

Signed for a £750,000 fee in<br />

October 2020, Chris Willock has<br />

been one of QPR’s dangerous<br />

attacking threats since then.<br />

This was perfectly exemplified<br />

during the 2021/22 season in<br />

which Willock contributed seven<br />

league goals and 11 assists in<br />

35 league appearances. This<br />

secured him three awards at the<br />

club’s end of season awards.<br />

In the 2023/24 campaign thus<br />

far, Willock has featured in 35<br />

league games and produced four<br />

league goals and three assists.<br />

His career began in Arsenal’s<br />

youth system which he joined at<br />

the age of five in 2003. Eleven<br />

years later, the then 16-year-old<br />

played in a first-team friendly for<br />

the Gunners.<br />

Willock was given his<br />

competitive debut in September<br />

2016. After making one more<br />

appearance, he moved to Benfica<br />

in June 2017. Willock scored 14<br />

goals in 64 appearances for their<br />

B team and also had loan spells<br />

at West Bromwich Albion and<br />

Huddersfield Town.


previous encounters<br />

2011: Seventeen Away Games<br />

Unbeaten<br />

This meeting between the Hoops and Tigers was<br />

played at Loftus Road on Easter Monday 2011 in<br />

front of just shy of 17,400 spectators.<br />

Wayne Routledge gave the hosts the lead in the<br />

ninth minute and it looked like it would hand them<br />

the Championship title. However, David Amoo<br />

came off the Tigers bench and scored his first<br />

professional goal in the 81st minute to derail the<br />

celebrations.<br />

2023: Connolly Bags<br />

Birthday Brace<br />

Aaron Connolly netted twice on his 23rd birthday<br />

to help <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> secure victory over <strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong><br />

<strong>Rangers</strong> at the MKM Stadium.<br />

Inside the first ten minutes, Liam Rosenior’s team<br />

were ahead. Cyrus Christie ran down the right wing<br />

and laid a pass off to Connolly who clinched his first<br />

goal for the club with a deflected shot.<br />

Amoo’s goal also meant that Nigel Pearson’s men<br />

had extended their run of games unbeaten away<br />

from home to a record breaking 17, with the run<br />

ending on the final day of the 2010/11 season<br />

against Bristol <strong>City</strong>.<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> XI: Duke; Chester, Gerrard, Hobbs, Dawson;<br />

Garcia, Harper, Evans (Akpan 12’), Cairney (Mclean<br />

46’); Fryatt, Simpson (Amoo 71’).<br />

Subs Not Used: Oxley, Devitt, Solano, Belaid.<br />

The Tigers doubled their lead in the 62nd minute as<br />

QPR defender Rob Dickie put the ball into his net.<br />

A couple of minutes after this, Connolly marked his<br />

birthday with a brace when he slotted the ball past<br />

Hoops’ keeper Seny Dieng, after latching onto a<br />

wonderful Jean Michaël Seri long pass.<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> XI: Ingram; Christie (Simons 89’), A. Jones,<br />

McLoughlin, Elder; Docherty, Seri (C) (Longman 74’),<br />

Tufan (Woods 74’), Slater; Estupiñán (T. Smith 89’),<br />

Connolly (Coyle 84’).<br />

Subs Not Used: Lo-Tutala, Figueiredo.<br />

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1949: Carter Brace<br />

The Tigers and Hoops first locked horns in a<br />

competitive fixture on Saturday 8 October 1949 at<br />

Loftus Road.<br />

Player-manager Raich Carter scored in the first half<br />

as the sides were level at 1-1 at half-time. Further<br />

goals were added by Carter, Ken Harrison and<br />

Viggo Jensen in the second half which gave <strong>City</strong> an<br />

emphatic first ever victory against their opposition.<br />

Carter also scored in a 1-1 draw between the sides<br />

in February 1950.<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> XI: Bly, Bowler, Berry, Greenhalgh, Seddon,<br />

Mellor, Harrison, Jensen, Moore, Carter, Burbanks.<br />

1963: A League Double<br />

On Wednesday 30 October 1963, Cliff Britton’s<br />

Tigers side entertained the Hoops at Boothferry<br />

<strong>Park</strong>.<br />

Billy Wilkinson provided the opening goal for<br />

<strong>City</strong> in the 15th minute. Five minutes later, Ray<br />

Henderson doubled this lead. By the 38th minute,<br />

Britton’s team extended their lead to three goals<br />

thanks to a Chris Chilton effort.<br />

This made it a league double for the Tigers against<br />

the Hoops after they won 2-0 at Loftus Road nine<br />

days earlier. John McSeveney got himself on the<br />

scoresheet whilst the hosts also conceded an own<br />

goal.<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> XI: Swan, Davidson, Butler, Garvey, Feasey,<br />

Sharpe, Clarke, Wilkinson, Chilton, Henderson, Shaw.<br />

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double agents<br />

Ernie Shepherd<br />

Born in the South Yorkshire town of Wombwell in<br />

1919, Ernie Shepherd started out as an amateur<br />

footballer for Dearne Valley Schools and Bradford<br />

<strong>City</strong>. After a successful trial, he signed for Fulham<br />

in September 1937. Shepherd made his senior<br />

debut in September 1939 just before the outbreak<br />

of the Second World War. This was later expunged<br />

due to the suspension of the Football League.<br />

During the war, he served in the RAF and remained<br />

contracted to Fulham. Shepherd also made guest<br />

appearances for Huddersfield Town and Bradford<br />

<strong>City</strong> in wartime fixtures. His proper debut for<br />

Fulham came in 1946. Shepherd scored 13 goals<br />

in 72 appearances for the Cottagers before joining<br />

West Bromwich Albion in December 1948 with<br />

Arthur Rowley moving to Craven Cottage in<br />

exchange.<br />

In just three months, Shepherd was on the move<br />

again as Raich Carter brought him to Boothferry<br />

<strong>Park</strong> to bolster his Tigers squad. He provided an<br />

instant impact, on his debut, by scoring the winning<br />

goal away at Darlington. In total, he made six<br />

appearances in the latter stages of the campaign.<br />

Shepherd had played for three clubs in the 1948/49<br />

season and all of them secured promotion at the<br />

end of it. Therefore, he possesses a very unusual<br />

record to his name. However, he never earned a<br />

medal because he didn’t play the required amount<br />

of games in order to do so.<br />

In the second tier, Shepherd found it tough to adjust<br />

to the new level and was utilised on a sporadic<br />

basis. He mostly came into the starting XI whenever<br />

first choice winger Eddie Burbanks wasn’t able to<br />

play. At the end of the 1949/50 campaign, Shepherd<br />

departed East Yorkshire and moved to <strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong><br />

<strong>Rangers</strong>. He made his <strong>Rangers</strong> debut in August<br />

1950 and was a constant presence in the starting XI<br />

throughout the six seasons he spent at Loftus Road.<br />

Shepherd became player-manager of Hastings<br />

United in 1956 and, when he retired from playing<br />

in 1957, subsequently went into coaching. This led<br />

to him having spells at clubs in England, Iceland<br />

and Dubai. In 1967, he was appointed manager<br />

of Southend United. Shepherd led the Shrimpers<br />

for two years and then had a stint as manager at<br />

Pegasus United and assistant manager of Leyton<br />

Orient. He passed away at the age of 81 in March<br />

2001.<br />

HERITAGE NUMBER: #399 HULL CITY CAREER: 15 APPEARANCES, 3 GOALS<br />

QUEENS PARK RANGERS CAREER: 233 APPEARANCES, 54 GOALS<br />

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Run to the Final<br />

This season marks 10 years since <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> reached the FA Cup final for<br />

the first time in the club’s history. In each edition, we take a look at<br />

one of the players who featured in our 2013/14 FA Cup run…<br />

Stephen Quinn<br />

There are often great moments in football that<br />

come with a sense of inevitability, and when<br />

Stephen Quinn came on at Wembley for an FA Cup<br />

semi-final against Sheffield United, the club that<br />

brought him to England, it felt like there was only<br />

ever going to be one outcome.<br />

The midfielder was brought on for his sixth FA<br />

Cup appearance of the season, his 19th in all<br />

competitions without a goal to his name, and it<br />

took just three minutes for him to latch onto Jake<br />

Livermore’s cross to put the Tigers 4-2 up against<br />

their Yorkshire rivals.<br />

The goal epitomised Quinn: ingenuitive and quickthinking<br />

in diving backwards to get his head onto<br />

the cross and direct it home, then subdued and<br />

respectful in his celebration, but the emotion in his<br />

face which suggested it meant so much more could<br />

not be concealed.<br />

This was without doubt one of the best moments<br />

of the Irishman’s career, which earned him a start<br />

in the final against Arsenal. Quinn went on to play<br />

one more season in black and amber, scoring his<br />

only Premier League goal against the Gunners in<br />

May 2015.<br />

STATS:<br />

2013/14 FA Cup: 7 appearances,<br />

1 goal<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Career: 97 appearances,<br />

5 goals<br />

Heritage Number: #970<br />

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He has since gone on to play for Reading, Burton<br />

Albion and Mansfield Town and has continued to<br />

show his craftiness and creativity even today, at 38<br />

years old.


<strong>Hull</strong> & Proud<br />

Over 100 players to have played a professional game for <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> came from<br />

our city. Here, we take a look at the playing career of the players born in <strong>Hull</strong>…<br />

Edgar Ainsworth<br />

Born on De la Pole Avenue in West <strong>Hull</strong>, Edgar<br />

Ainsworth initially turned out for <strong>Hull</strong> Cricket<br />

Club as a teenager and was a talented batsman.<br />

Possessing a height of six feet and two inches, he<br />

switched to football and played as a goalkeeper.<br />

Ainsworth began his career as an amateur in 1931<br />

and had stints with <strong>Hull</strong> Windsor and Bridlington<br />

Town.<br />

He was called up to trial for the England Amateur<br />

team and played three North versus South games.<br />

In January 1933, Ainsworth earned his first cap<br />

for England Amateurs and kept a clean sheet in a<br />

1-0 win over Wales with the game being played<br />

in Torquay. He won his second and final cap in<br />

February 1933 which came in a 2-3 defeat against<br />

Ireland in Belfast. As a result of this, Ainsworth was<br />

rewarded with a celebratory dinner in his honour<br />

in <strong>Hull</strong>.<br />

At the time, he was playing for both Bridlington<br />

Town and the Tigers reserves. In May 1933,<br />

Ainsworth was handed his Tigers debut by Haydn<br />

Green and played in a 2-3 defeat at Rochdale.<br />

However, he was let go by the club and joined York<br />

<strong>City</strong> ahead of the 1933/34 season. Ainsworth spent<br />

STATS:<br />

Date of Birth: 8th September 1910<br />

Heritage Number: #260<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Career: 2 appearances<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> First Appearance: 6th May 1933 v<br />

Rochdale [A] (Division Three North), 22 years,<br />

240 days old<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Final Appearance: 21st September<br />

1935 v Bury [A] (Division Two), 25 years, 13<br />

days old<br />

just a few weeks at York as his spell was curtailed<br />

after breaking his ankle in a motor accident.<br />

In August 1934, Ainsworth went back on trial with<br />

the Tigers and eventually rejoined them. He played<br />

his second and final game for the club aged 25 in<br />

September 1935 which was a 1-3 away loss at Bury.<br />

After departing his hometown club, Ainsworth<br />

retired in April 1936.<br />

Post retirement, he worked in his family’s fish<br />

merchant business and served during the Second<br />

World War in both the Coldstream Guards<br />

and Officer Cadet Training Unit. After the war,<br />

Ainsworth took up the management of the family<br />

business. He continued to play cricket for YPI and<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> Exporters, but sadly passed away at the age of<br />

42 in November 1952.<br />

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On This Day<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> 5<br />

Leyton Orient 1<br />

BOOTHFERRY ROAD | 13 APRIL 1985<br />

Brian Horton’s <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> completed an emphatic<br />

league double over Leyton Orient with a 5-1<br />

victory over the O’s.<br />

Producing a great comeback from 3-1 down at<br />

half-time to win 5-4 in the earlier meeting against<br />

the Greater London side at Brisbane Road back in<br />

November 1984, the Tigers actually fell behind in<br />

the reverse leg courtesy of Shaun Brooks’ penalty.<br />

Billy Whitehurst netted the equaliser from a<br />

tight angle on the 38th minute, with the help of a<br />

deflection, before Stan McEwan’s 25-yard free-kick<br />

nine minutes into the second half gave the Tigers a<br />

2-1 lead.<br />

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Despite goalkeeper Rhys Wilmot getting a hand<br />

to the strike, Whitehurst secured his brace on the<br />

hour mark with a volley, before the striker turned<br />

provider for Andy Flounders to net his sixth goal in<br />

nine matches with a flicked header.<br />

Two minutes after his assist, Whitehurst recorded<br />

his first hat-trick for the club as Flounders teed<br />

up the forward to smash the ball home from close<br />

range with six minutes left to play.<br />

Finishing the day second in the Division Three<br />

table, this victory began a five-game winning streak<br />

to help <strong>City</strong> get promoted out of the third tier of<br />

English football.<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> XI: Norman, Swann, Pearson, Massey, Skipper,<br />

McEwan, Flounders, McClaren, Whitehurst, Askew,<br />

Roberts.<br />

Used Sub: Ring.


History Makers<br />

On This Day 10 years ago, <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> reached their first ever<br />

FA Cup final with a 5-3 victory over Sheffield United.<br />

Five goals from five different players saw <strong>City</strong><br />

edge an eight-goal Wembley thriller to secure a<br />

showpiece FA Cup Final clash against Arsenal.<br />

In a historic day in the nation’s capital, the Tigers<br />

were aiming to reach their first FA Cup Final in club<br />

history, with opponents Sheffield United looking<br />

to become the first side from the third tier to reach<br />

the cup final since the formation of the Football<br />

League in 1888.<br />

“It’s amazing that it’s 10 years – it’s flown by! It<br />

feels like yesterday,” said Liam Rosenior. “We beat<br />

Sunderland in the quarter-finals, which was an<br />

amazing experience to make the semi-finals in the<br />

first place. We played Sheffield United, who at<br />

the time were in League One, but they had some<br />

outstanding players – Harry Maguire and Jamie<br />

Murphy, who I ended up rooming with at Brighton,<br />

were in that team.<br />

“When I joined the club, we were 20th in the<br />

Championship and we had no owners. To go from<br />

that to within two years playing in an FA Cup semifinal<br />

was incredible. It was amazing. My bonus for<br />

reaching the FA Cup semi-final was less than paying<br />

for all the tickets for my family and I was happy to<br />

do that; I had 35 family members there. It was one<br />

of those days I’ll never forget.”<br />

“It is hard to believe that it has been 10 years,” said<br />

David Meyler. “It is one of those landmark moments<br />

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I think for a lot of the lads that played that day in<br />

their careers. It is such a special day for me and a lot<br />

of other lads.<br />

“When the draw was done after Sunderland, you<br />

were looking as the other semi-final was Wigan<br />

Athletic and Arsenal, so we knew we could draw<br />

any of the other three teams and we were hoping to<br />

avoid Arsenal. When the draw came with Sheffield<br />

United, it was one of those games you looked at it<br />

saying we are in the Premier League, playing really<br />

well and we’re playing Sheffield United who were in<br />

League One, but still a good team.<br />

“All of a sudden you get that buzz and experience of<br />

we’re going to be playing at Wembley for an FA Cup<br />

semi-final, but also as favourites,” added Meyler. “I<br />

think if you look back, the first game was against<br />

Middlesbrough. Then we played Southend United,<br />

Brighton & Hove Albion, Sunderland so every team<br />

we played, they were below us so it was another<br />

team we felt we could go and win this game. You<br />

know your 90 minutes away from an FA Cup final<br />

which then potentially gave us the opportunity to<br />

win a trophy. When the draw came, we were excited<br />

and the coaching staff at the time, I don’t think we<br />

had prepped as much for a game, just because it was<br />

such an iconic game going into.”<br />

In the 900th game played at Wembley Stadium, the<br />

Blades opened the afternoon’s scoring 19 minutes<br />

in, courtesy of former Everton striker Jose Baxter<br />

before <strong>City</strong> responded minutes before half-time<br />

after Jake Livermore threaded a perfectly weighted<br />

ball across the face of the goal for Yannick Sagbo<br />

to slide in. Just two minutes later, the Tigers found<br />

themselves behind again as Murphy cut the ball<br />

back for Steven Scougall to rifle home.<br />

“We had a slow start and Sheffield United had<br />

nothing to lose. Nobody probably gave them a<br />

chance and they used that to their advantage and<br />

they were on the front foot from the whistle,” said<br />

Meyler. “They came after us and attacked us and it<br />

took us a while to settle into the game. When we<br />

got in at half-time, Curtis Davies gave a big speech.<br />

He really led the half-time team talk and the<br />

manager came in and said, ‘you heard him’ and then<br />

made two changes.”<br />

Desperately in need of a spark, Bruce looked to his<br />

bench at half-time, and one of his substitutes made<br />

an instant impact. After a goalmouth scramble,<br />

Matty Fryatt side-footed home in the six-yard box<br />

to restore parity.<br />

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“We got the goal straight after half-time through<br />

Fryatt and that really for us in the second half was<br />

us playing our way,” added Meyler.<br />

<strong>City</strong>’s Premier League quality finally began to shine<br />

through, as three goals in 18 second-half minutes<br />

put the Tigers 4-2 to the good. Goals from Fryatt,<br />

Tom Huddlestone, and Stephen Quinn against his<br />

former club had the Tigers dreaming of a maiden<br />

FA Cup Final berth. The Blades added a consolation<br />

goal late on, but Meyler’s 93rd-minute goal secured<br />

a famous win under the Wembley arch.


“We were 4-2 up going into the last 15 minutes<br />

and we conceded a bad goal to make it 4-3,”<br />

remembered Meyler. “If you remember, Sheffield<br />

United had a good chance and wasted it at 4-3 and<br />

then obviously we picked up the ball and drove<br />

forward.<br />

“It is crazy to say as there was 80,000 at the<br />

game, but I could hear Steve Bruce shout ‘go to<br />

the corner’ so I knew time was near played. I was<br />

known to break forward from midfield and try and<br />

get beyond so ‘Elmo’ (Ahmed Elmohamady) got<br />

the ball off Matty Fryatt and I’m running thinking,<br />

I’m in on goal here. I’m screaming for ‘Elmo’ to give<br />

me the ball to put me in. I swear and stand by this,<br />

I don’t think if any other player had the ball on the<br />

pitch, they wouldn’t put a ball through for me on<br />

goal, they would put it in the corner, but ‘Elmo’ saw<br />

that I was in.<br />

“Moments like that is why you go through<br />

those shooting drills in training and it becomes<br />

repetition. I always think it was the relief goal, like<br />

there is no way back for them now. Obviously to<br />

score what is technically not the winning goal but<br />

the fifth goal was pretty special.”<br />

“That last goal was a huge sense of relief,”<br />

explained Rosenior. “I was at fault for one of the


“It was one of the best semi-finals anyone can<br />

ever remember. I remember both sets of fans, the<br />

atmosphere in the stadium, ending up winning 5-3<br />

and it will go down as one of the best days of my<br />

career,” said Rosenior.<br />

goals – Jamie Murphy beat me for a cross and I felt<br />

terrible. We had a really resilient group. We had<br />

a group of leaders and characters who fought for<br />

each other, and we showed that. It was a ridiculous<br />

game, the way it ended up 5-3. It was end-to-end,<br />

so open and when that goal went in at the end, it<br />

was huge relief and almost surreal then to think we<br />

were going to play in an FA Cup final.”<br />

When referee Andre Marriner blew the whistle,<br />

history was made as <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> reached the FA Cup<br />

final for the first time in the club’s history. Both<br />

Meyler and Rosenior played the full semi-final and<br />

were ecstatic to achieve what they did. Both playing<br />

in the final against Arsenal, the duo look back with<br />

fond memories of the FA Cup run 10 years on.<br />

“I take huge pride in it. I’m not someone who looks<br />

back too much. It was a surreal experience. The<br />

whole year was amazing. To make Europe, stay in<br />

the Premier League in our first year and play in an<br />

FA Cup final, Steve did an amazing job. It was an<br />

amazing feeling representing this club at the time.<br />

Incredible memories.”<br />

“To be honest, it is special,” answered Meyler when<br />

asked about being part of the first ever <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

team to reach an FA Cup final. “It is a whole lot more<br />

than just that, because of the memories you share<br />

with your family and your friends and the fans.<br />

Getting into the semi-final and final and to lead an<br />

FA Cup final 2-1 for 60 minutes, we were so close.<br />

“We’ve cemented ourselves in <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong>’s history,<br />

but it would have been even more special to win it,<br />

but at the same time, the semi-final is such an iconic<br />

game with the whole drama of it and to be able to<br />

relive that moment with the fans when you meet<br />

them is incredible. I still go to the games and fans<br />

still go on about it, that is how special it is 10 years<br />

on.”<br />

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Tigers Trivia<br />

ONCE OUR PRE-MATCH OR HALF-TIME<br />

ENTERTAINMENT HAS FINISHED, WHY NOT<br />

TAKE PART IN OUR LITTLE TIGERS TRIVIA QUIZ?<br />

YOU’LL FIND SIX RANDOm QUESTIONS RELATING TO<br />

THE CLUB BELOW. LET’S SEE HOW YOU GET ON!<br />

1.) At which MLS side was current <strong>City</strong><br />

forward Billy Sharp at before joining the<br />

Tigers?<br />

2.) Can you name this former <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> and<br />

QPR player from their career path?<br />

• Norwich <strong>City</strong> (1996-1997)<br />

• Arsenal (1997-2010)<br />

• Millwall (Loan) (2007-2008)<br />

• West Bromwich Albion (Loan) (2009)<br />

• <strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Rangers</strong> (Loan) (2009-2010)<br />

• <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> (2010-2013)<br />

• Millwall (Loan) (2011-2012)<br />

• Buriram United (2013-2014)<br />

• Leyton Orient (2014-2017)<br />

• Philadelphia Union (2017-2018)<br />

• Leyton Orient (2019)<br />

• Nea Salamina (2019-2020)<br />

• Welling United (2022)<br />

3.) Who scored a 89th minute winner for<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> in our 2-1 victory over QPR back<br />

in December 2019?<br />

4.) True or False? We have scored more<br />

goals than QPR in fixtures against the two<br />

sides.<br />

5.) How many appearances combined did<br />

former <strong>Hull</strong> and QPR defender Jordy De<br />

Wijs play for both teams?<br />

6.) Which country was <strong>City</strong> winger Anass<br />

Zaroury born in?<br />

ANSWERS: 1.) LA Galaxy, 2.) Jay Simpson, 3.) Jackson<br />

Irvine, 4.) True – <strong>City</strong> have scored 91, QPR have netted 90,<br />

5.) 98, 6.) Belgium<br />

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Match<br />

Mascots<br />

Freddie 7<br />

George 11<br />

Gracie 11<br />

Isla 10<br />

Favourite <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Players:<br />

Lewie Coyle & Ozan<br />

Tufan<br />

Hobbies: Football &<br />

Nintendo Switch<br />

Favourite <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Players:<br />

Jaden Philogene & Ozan<br />

Tufan<br />

Hobbies: Watching <strong>Hull</strong><br />

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Favourite <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Players:<br />

Ozan Tufan, Fábio<br />

Carvalho & Jaden<br />

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Hobbies: Football,<br />

Gaming & Drawing<br />

[Happy 10th birthday today!]<br />

Favourite <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Players:<br />

Ozan Tufan, Fábio<br />

Carvalho & Tyler Morton<br />

Hobbies: Karate, Video<br />

Games & Football<br />

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Favourite <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Players:<br />

Jean Michaël Seri, Lewie<br />

Coyle & Jaden Philogene<br />

Hobbies: Football,<br />

Pokémon & Playstation<br />

Star 9<br />

Favourite <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Players:<br />

Lewie Coyle, Cyrus<br />

Christie & The manager<br />

Liam Rosenior<br />

Hobbies: Dance, Singing,<br />

Musical Theatre, Acting<br />

& All Sport Activities<br />

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Favourite <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Players:<br />

Jacob Greaves, Fábio<br />

Carvalho & Jaden Philogene<br />

Hobbies: Collecting<br />

Pokémon, Playign games<br />

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PLAYER IN FOCUS<br />

Abdüş Ömür<br />

Settled into life in East Yorkshire, Abdüş Ömür is<br />

looking for a strong end to the season.<br />

Signing from Turkish Süper Lig side Trabzonspor<br />

in the winter window, the 24-year-old has already<br />

become a firm fan favourite amongst the <strong>City</strong><br />

faithful. Operating predominantly out wide on the<br />

right flank, the midfielder has already shown his<br />

quality when the club first saw him in a mid-season<br />

friendly between the Tigers and Trabzonspor back<br />

in November 2022.<br />

“I remember the game. We drew 1-1 and after the<br />

game, me and Ozan (Tufan) spoke jokingly saying<br />

how was England,” said Abdüş. “He said ‘very good,<br />

everyone is good’ and I cannot imagine that after<br />

that game, I would come to <strong>Hull</strong>, but life is like this<br />

and maybe that game is a story for us.”<br />

The Türkiye international played 211 games in total<br />

for Trabzonspor prior to his switch to <strong>City</strong>. Winning<br />

four major honours with the Karadeniz Fırtınası<br />

(Black Sea Storm), he revealed the time was right<br />

for him to leave the club, with Tigers’ Chairman<br />

Acun Ilıcalı meeting the midfielder to talk about<br />

coming across to England.<br />

“I played almost nine years at Trabzonspor. It was<br />

hard to leave, because it was my dream to become<br />

champions with Trabzonspor. I had four cups there<br />

and I felt it was time to leave.<br />

“The first reason I came to England is Acun Ilıcalı,<br />

because he is a person I love so much. He is very<br />

successful and when we got together, he told me<br />

about his dreams and what we are going to do<br />

with <strong>Hull</strong>. We have dreams with <strong>Hull</strong> for the fans<br />

and players and after one hour of speaking to each<br />

other, I said ‘we will write your story together,’ and<br />

STATS:<br />

Heritage Number: #1150<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Career: 10 appearances<br />

(Stats correct as of 09/04/2024)<br />

after that, I am here. I have dreams from when<br />

I first came here and I hope at the end of the<br />

season, we can achieve them.”<br />

Speaking on life in England, the 24-year-old<br />

explained the importance of the role Ozan Tufan<br />

has had in settling into life at <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong>, along with<br />

having help from a number of Turkish staff that<br />

work at the club.<br />

“Except the weather, everything is good in England<br />

and <strong>Hull</strong>!” joked Abdüş. “Everyone is friendly to<br />

me. Supporters come over and ask for images and<br />

say we support you all. I like to live in <strong>Hull</strong>.<br />

“Me and Ozan have a good relationship. We spend<br />

time together when we work around the house.<br />

We talk at times about each other to improve<br />

ourselves. He is like my big brother as every day we<br />

are together. I love him so much and it is important<br />

for Ozan to be here.<br />

“This is my second team after Trabzonspor. I<br />

prepared myself to transfer and here, we have a<br />

lot of Turkish people,” explained Abdüş. “When I<br />

came, they tried to help with my house, my car, my<br />

adaptation for the team so having people here, the<br />

adaptation was short.”<br />

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In Their Own Words<br />

Liam Delap<br />

Expected to make his long-awaited return at some point<br />

in today’s fixture against QPR, Liam Delap is<br />

delighted to be back with the Tigers.<br />

The 21-year-old suffered a serious knee injury<br />

on New Year’s Day against Sheffield Wednesday<br />

and has since missed the rest of the 2023/24<br />

season, returning back to <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> last Monday.<br />

Being with Manchester <strong>City</strong> to complete his<br />

rehabilitation, the striker is eager<br />

to be back out on the pitch for<br />

the final five games of the regular<br />

season.<br />

“I am buzzing to be back. It has been<br />

a long time coming since I have<br />

played, but I am really happy<br />

to be back now and hopefully<br />

play in the next few games,”<br />

said Delap. “The amount of<br />

support I have had around<br />

me has been really good. The<br />

support I have had behind<br />

me from both <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

and Manchester <strong>City</strong><br />

has been incredible to<br />

get me back, so it is<br />

now just focusing on<br />

being back here and<br />

hopefully helping the<br />

team out with the<br />

last few games.<br />

“The knee feels really good,”<br />

added Delap. “Obviously the<br />

decision was made for me to<br />

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go and have my recovery back at Manchester <strong>City</strong><br />

so it has all been fine, and now I am back ready. I’ve<br />

come back over here and I just cannot wait to get<br />

started!”<br />

A popular figure amongst the dressing room, the<br />

Winchester-born forward is happy to be back<br />

amongst his teammates after being back at his<br />

parent club, along with meeting the winter recruits.<br />

“It is really good to be back around the boys. Seeing<br />

them all again and obviously they’re some new<br />

faces too, so it nice to meet them, but it is a<br />

great feeling to be around them all. I love it<br />

here so I am really happy to be back.”<br />

With the England Under-21 international<br />

scheduled to feature in this afternoon’s test<br />

against QPR, Delap is looking forward to be<br />

back doing what he loves the most, along with<br />

a reunion with the Tigers fans, who voted him<br />

McVitie’s Player of the Month in December.<br />

“It is what I have been doing for the past three<br />

months; just praying that I would be back soon<br />

and back playing,” revealed Delap when asked<br />

about his imminent return. “It is something you<br />

look forward to as a player playing so I cannot<br />

wait to be back out on the pitch.<br />

“The most important thing about football<br />

is the fans. They get behind you and it<br />

is such a great feeling to play in-front of<br />

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Academy Player Focus<br />

Jack Leckie<br />

After being out for an extended period, Jack Leckie was<br />

delighted to pull on a <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> shirt once again.<br />

The Newcastle-born defender has been out for<br />

almost seven months with consecutive ankle<br />

injuries, first sustained whilst out on loan with<br />

National League North side Farsley Celtic in<br />

September. Featuring six times in England’s sixth<br />

tier, the ex-Burnley and Newcastle United man<br />

made his first appearance for <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Under-<br />

21s when coming off the bench to replace Bora<br />

Aydınlık late-on in their 1-0 win against Watford<br />

on Monday at Vicarage Road.<br />

“It is great to be back; it has been a long time. I think<br />

the last time I played was six to seven months ago,”<br />

said Leckie.<br />

“With the way the game was going, I wasn’t too sure<br />

if I was going to come on, because I was scheduled<br />

for around 30 to 35 minutes as that was my limit.<br />

However, with how the game was with it being 0-0,<br />

end-to-end, I wasn’t too sure if I would come on<br />

or not, but one of our lads got cramp and we had<br />

already made quite a few substitutions so it gave<br />

me the opportunity to come on for around the last<br />

10 minutes.”<br />

Focusing on his short time at loan club Farsley, the<br />

20-year-old discussed the differences between<br />

academy and men’s football before speaking about<br />

the process throughout his recovery.<br />

“With Under-21s football, it is a lot more technical<br />

while going out on loan, I found it like you were<br />

never really safe. It was really direct and I think<br />

there was nowhere really you could hide. You are<br />

playing for points and trying to see the games out. I<br />

enjoyed my loan. I found it easier and harder at the<br />

same time, but I was really enjoying it. The season<br />

looked really promising and I was hoping to get as<br />

many minutes as I could out there to build my CV, so<br />

it was just unfortunate to get injured at the time.<br />

“The injury hasn’t been easy; it has been quite<br />

hard to be honest,” explained Leckie. “With my<br />

first injury, I was so close to being back. I had done<br />

my rehab, was in training and I was meant to play<br />

within the next couple of days and then I had to<br />

get surgery again, which was rotten luck, but it has<br />

given us time to work on other things and areas of<br />

my game.<br />

“Not the technical side, but physically in the gym<br />

a lot and working on things like that. I thought I<br />

would use my time wisely and make sure that this<br />

time that when I come back, my body was strong<br />

everywhere and come back with the right mindset<br />

so I can hit the ground running and try and take off<br />

where I left off.”<br />

With the Under-21s already having played Wigan<br />

Athletic on Friday, <strong>City</strong> have seven games left of the<br />

regular season, starting with this afternoon’s outfit<br />

QPR sending their Under-21s to the MKM Stadium<br />

on Tuesday 16 April, KO: 1pm.<br />

Looking to focus on getting back fully fit, Leckie<br />

is determined to finish the 2023/24 season as<br />

strongly as possible.<br />

“I think I am staying with the Under-21s until the<br />

end of the season. I still can’t play 90 minutes yet as<br />

I am still building towards that. When I can get back<br />

to that 90 minutes, I have to work to get my spot<br />

back, as there have been players there who have<br />

been doing well.<br />

“However, I think I am in a good place with my<br />

mindset to get back in. I have had enough time off<br />

to work on anything I need to outside of football so<br />

the plan is to get back in training, work hard, earn<br />

my spot back, and try and get in as many games as I<br />

can until the end of the season.”<br />

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Loan update<br />

Thimothée Lo-Tutala<br />

Being a key player in Doncaster Rovers’ rise up the Sky Bet League Two<br />

table, Thimothée Lo-Tutala is hoping for a play-off position.<br />

With four games of the season to go, Doncaster<br />

currently sit 10th in the table, four points off<br />

seventh-placed Crawley Town. Since Lo-Tutala<br />

joined on the winter transfer deadline day, the<br />

21-year-old has kept six clean sheets in 14<br />

appearances, with five coming in his last seven.<br />

Last Tuesday, Rovers’ 2-1 win over Walsall saw<br />

Doncaster win a seventh consecutive game for the<br />

first time in 77 years.<br />

“I didn’t even realise the record as it was seven wins<br />

on the bounce,” said Lo-Tutala. “When I came in,<br />

the goal was to just to get as high up as we can in<br />

the table with good results. We’re doing extremely<br />

well, but we can’t get complacent. We still have four<br />

games to go and there is still the chance of play-offs<br />

so we’re just taking each game as it comes.”<br />

Speaking on the loan overall, the France youth<br />

international has current Tigers’ loanee Tom Nixon<br />

at the club along with former coaching duo Grant<br />

McCann and Cliff Byrne, as well as ex-<strong>City</strong> loanee<br />

Hakeeb Adelakun.<br />

“I’m finding the loan really, really good. I feel<br />

like obviously to get game time in itself is a big<br />

blessing, but to back it up with results is even<br />

better. It is a massive learning experience for me<br />

and I cannot thank <strong>Hull</strong> enough for it with ‘Baz’<br />

(Barry Richardson) and all the coaching staff, and<br />

obviously Doncaster and their coaching staff to<br />

trust me to come in. I feel like it is a massive learning<br />

experience for me. I’m really taking it on board and<br />

hopefully with four games left, we can add four<br />

more clean sheets and four more wins.<br />

“Grant and Cliff have been top. They have made me<br />

feel at home by just talking to me, being calm and<br />

putting their confidence in me. They are really easy<br />

to talk to and the goal they have in place and the<br />

way they want to play just suits me and I couldn’t<br />

be happier really. ‘Nix’ has been here since the start<br />

of the season and when I came, he was already part<br />

of the group. He has helped me out a lot like all the<br />

lads have done from day one.”<br />

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One key performance for Lo-Tutala and Doncaster<br />

was defeating title-chasers Wrexham 1-0 earlier<br />

this month. With the game heading into the latter<br />

stages, the Gonesse-born shot-stopper produced<br />

a stunning save that was shared on social media<br />

amongst both the Doncaster and <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> faithful.<br />

“I remember the save. Initially, Steven Fletcher<br />

came on the pitch and he just won every header. He<br />

was causing us massive problems so I said to myself<br />

that I either need to come for these crosses to stop


him from heading it or just stay<br />

and react. Obviously the last<br />

minute I stayed and reacted to<br />

it,” explained Lo-Tutala.<br />

“I felt our defender had done<br />

well to put him off and close<br />

the angle, so I just stood my<br />

ground and just reacted to the<br />

ball really, I didn’t really do<br />

much thinking to be honest.<br />

“The fans are amazing. Every<br />

game they are behind us and<br />

constantly singing. After<br />

every goal, I’m a very<br />

passionate player so<br />

I celebrate with them<br />

and I feel like that is<br />

important, because at<br />

the end of the day they<br />

are paying their hardearned<br />

money to watch<br />

us play and I just feel<br />

like that is the<br />

least I can do as<br />

a player just<br />

to give back<br />

to them.”<br />

With four<br />

games to go,<br />

Doncaster<br />

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Stanley this afternoon,<br />

before facing Barrow, Colchester United<br />

and Gillingham. With a four-point gap<br />

separating Doncaster from the play-offs,<br />

Lo-Tutala wants to repeat what he did with<br />

his loan at Stevenage last season and gain<br />

promotion to Sky Bet League One.<br />

“Everything is possible for those who believe. That<br />

experience with Stevenage is one that I will never<br />

forget with the promotion; that stays with you for<br />

life. I feel like just being exposed to that in general<br />

gives me even more hunger and willingness to want<br />

to get promoted again and I just feel like the team<br />

we have at Doncaster is more than capable to do so.<br />

“I do believe by God’s grace that it will happen. We<br />

have to take every game as it comes as we have<br />

been doing, not getting too complacent and we just<br />

have to turn the gear up even more and just see<br />

what the Lord has in store for us really.<br />

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TUE 8 AUG L 1-2 DONCASTER ROVERS CAR C INGRAM CHRISTIE SMITH MCLOUGHLIN n VINAGRE LOKILO<br />

SAT 12 AUG W 4-2 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY CHAMP INGRAM COYLE JONES MCLOUGHLIN GREAVES SLATER<br />

SAT 19 AUG W 2-1 BLACKBURN ROVERS CHAMP INGRAM COYLE JONES MCLOUGHLIN GREAVES n TRAORÉ n<br />

FRI 25 AUG D 1-1 BRISTOL CITY CHAMP INGRAM COYLE JONES MCLOUGHLIN GREAVES n TRAORÉ<br />

SAT 2 SEP W 1-0 LEICESTER CITY CHAMP INGRAM COYLE n JONES n GREAVES n VINAGRE n SLATER<br />

FRI 15 SEP D 1-1 COVENTRY CITY CHAMP INGRAM COYLE JONES GREAVES VINAGRE SLATER<br />

WED 20 SEP D 0-0 LEEDS UNITED CHAMP ALLSOP CHRISTIE JONES GREAVES COYLE TWINE n<br />

SUN 24 SEP W 3-1 STOKE CITY CHAMP ALLSOP CHRISTIE JONES n GREAVES n VINAGRE PHILOGENE<br />

SAT 30 SEP D 1-1 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE CHAMP ALLSOP CHRISTIE n JONES MCLOUGHLIN VINAGRE MORTON<br />

TUE 3 OCT L 0-3 IPSWICH TOWN CHAMP ALLSOP CHRISTIE JONES GREAVES L COYLE MORTON<br />

SAT 7 OCT D 2-2 MILLWALL CHAMP ALLSOP n CHRISTIE JONES MCLOUGHLIN GREAVES MORTON<br />

SAT 21 OCT L 1-2 SOUTHAMPTON CHAMP ALLSOP CHRISTIE n JONES GREAVES VINAGRE SERI<br />

WED 25 OCT W 2-0 BIRMINGHAM CITY CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES MCLOUGHLIN GREAVES SERI<br />

SAT 28 OCT W 1-0 PRESTON NORTH END CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES MCLOUGHLIN GREAVES TRAORÉ<br />

SAT 4 NOV L 1-3 WEST BROMWICH ALBION CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE 1 JONES MCLOUGHLIN GREAVES SERI n<br />

SAT 11 NOV W 1-0 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES MCLOUGHLIN GREAVES MORTON<br />

SAT 25 NOV D 2-2 SWANSEA CITY CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES MCLOUGHLIN GREAVES n SERI<br />

TUE 28 NOV W 4-1 ROTHERHAM UNITED CHAMP ALLSOP CHRISTIE JONES GREAVES COYLE SERI<br />

SAT 2 DEC L 1-2 WATFORD CHAMP ALLSOP CHRISTIE JONES GREAVES COYLE MORTON<br />

SAT 9 DEC L 0-2 QUEENS PARK RANGERS CHAMP ALLSOP CHRISTIE MCLOUGHLIN GREAVES COYLE SERI n<br />

WED 13 DEC W 2-1 MIDDLESBROUGH CHAMP ALLSOP CHRISTIE JONES GREAVES COYLE n SERI<br />

SAT 16 DEC W 3-0 CARDIFF CITY CHAMP ALLSOP CHRISTIE n JONES GREAVES COYLE SERI<br />

FRI 22 DEC L 2-3 BRISTOL CITY CHAMP ALLSOP n CHRISTIE JONES GREAVES n COYLE SERI n<br />

TUE 26 DEC L 0-1 SUNDERLAND CHAMP INGRAM COYLE JONES GREAVES SLATER SERI<br />

FRI 29 DEC W 3-2 BLACKBURN ROVERS CHAMP INGRAM COYLE JONES 1 GREAVES SLATER SERI n<br />

MON 1 JAN L 1-3 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY CHAMP INGRAM COYLE JONES n MCLOUGHLIN GREAVES n MORTON n<br />

SAT 6 JAN D 1-1 BIRMINGHAM CITY FAC R3 ALLSOP SLATER SMITH MCLOUGHLIN JACOB 1 TWINE<br />

FRI 12 JAN L 1-2 NORWICH CITY CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES GREAVES JACOB MORTON 1<br />

TUE 16 JAN L 1-2 BIRMINGHAM CITY FAC R3 INGRAM SMITH MCLOUGHLIN ASHBEE FURLONG ALLAHYAR<br />

FRI 19 JAN W 1-0 SUNDERLAND CHAMP ALLSOP n COYLE n JONES GREAVES JACOB n DOCHERTY n<br />

SAT 3 FEB W 1-0 MILLWALL CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES GREAVES GILES MORTON n<br />

SAT 10 FEB L 0-1 SWANSEA CITY CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES GREAVES GILES MORTON n<br />

TUE 13 FEB W 2-1 ROTHERHAM UNITED CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES GREAVES GILES SLATER<br />

SAT 17 FEB W 2-1 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN CHAMP ALLSOP SLATER JONES GREAVES 2 GILES TUFAN<br />

TUE 20 FEB W 2-1 SOUTHAMPTON CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES n GREAVES GILES PHILOGENE<br />

SAT 24 FEB D 1-1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES GREAVES GILES PHILOGENE<br />

SAT 2 MAR D 0-0 PRESTON NORTH END CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES GREAVES GILES n ZAROURY<br />

TUE 5 MAR D 1-1 BIRMINGHAM CITY CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES n GREAVES GILES ABDÜŞ<br />

SAT 9 MAR D 2-2 LEICESTER CITY CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES GREAVES n GILES SERI n<br />

FRI 29 MAR L 0-2 STOKE CITY CHAMP ALLSOP COYLE JONES MCLOUGHLIN GILES SERI<br />

MON 1 APR L 1-3 LEEDS UNITED CHAMP ALLSOP SLATER COYLE JONES GILES ABDÜŞ<br />

SAT 6 APR W 3-1 CARDIFF CITY CHAMP ALLSOP SLATER JONES n GREAVES n JACOB ABDÜŞ<br />

WED 10 APR D 2-2 MIDDLESBROUGH CHAMP ALLSOP SLATER JONES GREAVES COYLE ABDÜŞ<br />

SAT 13 APR 15:00 QUEENS PARK RANGERS CHAMP<br />

SAT 20 APR 15:00 WATFORD CHAMP<br />

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SLATER SERI TWINE TUFAN 1 DELAP CONNOLLY | ESTUPIÑÁN | VAUGHAN | CHRISTIE | LO-TUTALA | VINAGRE | ALLAHYAR | SIMONS | SMITH 19,491<br />

SERI DELAP 1 n TRAORÉ TWINE CONNOLLY MCLOUGHLIN | CHRISTIE | LOKILO | ALLAHYAR | ALLSOP | LO-TUTALA | SINIK | SMITH 31,318<br />

SERI DELAP n TWINE PHILOGENE CONNOLLY 1 n CHRISTIE | MORTON | LOKILO | ALLSOP | MCLOUGHLIN | ALLAHYAR | TRAORÉ | VAUGHAN | SMITH 21,888<br />

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MORTON SERI n SLATER 1 TRAORÉ 1 CONNOLLY 1 DELAP, TWINE, MCLOUGHLIN, LOKILO, INGRAM, TUFAN, ALLAHYAR, FURLONG, SMITH 21,142<br />

SERI PHILOGENE TRAORÉ SLATER 1 CONNOLLY TWINE, DELAP n, L COYLE, INGRAM, SINIK, FURLONG, SMITH, SELLARS-FLEMING, R COYLE 20,312<br />

SERI DELAP TRAORÉ PHILOGENE CONNOLLY TWINE, VINAGRE, SINIK, MCLOUGHLIN, DOCHERTY, INGRAM, FURLONG, SMITH, SELLARS-FLEMING 27,070<br />

SERI TRAORÉ 1 TWINE PHILOGENE 1 DELAP CONNOLLY n, LOKILO, DOCHERTY, LO-TUTALA, VINAGRE, ALLAHYAR, SINIK, FURLONG, SMITH 15,204<br />

MORTON n LOKILO TWINE PHILOGENE n DELAP 1 TUFAN, COYLE, CONNOLLY, ALLAHYAR, INGRAM, MCLOUGHLIN, DOCHERTY, TRAORÉ, SINIK 21,524<br />

MORTON TRAORÉ TWINE PHILOGENE 1 DELAP 1 n DOCHERTY, LOKILO, CHRISTIE, INGRAM, VINAGRE, TUFAN, SINIK, VAUGHAN, CONNOLLY 19,530<br />

SERI n LOKILO n TWINE PHILOGENE 1 n DELAP DOCHERTY, CHRISTIE, VINAGRE, INGRAM, TUFAN, SINIK, VAUGHAN, SMITH, CONNOLLY 24,267<br />

MORTON TRAORÉ TUFAN TWINE DELAP VAUGHAN, DOCHERTY, ALLAHYAR, CHRISTIE, INGRAM, VINAGRE, FURLONG, SMITH, CONNOLLY 23,333<br />

SERI TWINE TUFAN n PHILOGENE DELAP 1 CHRISTIE, CONNOLLY, DOCHERTY n, INGRAM, ALLAHYAR, VAUGHAN, FURLONG, SMITH 20,630<br />

MORTON 1 TWINE n TUFAN PHILOGENE 1 DELAP LOKILO, CHRISTIE, CONNOLLY, INGRAM, DOCHERTY, ALLAHYAR, VAUGHAN, FURLONG, SMITH 14,864<br />

MORTON 1 LOKILO TWINE 1 PHILOGENE 2 DELAP TUFAN, TRAORÉ, MCLOUGHLIN n, CONNOLLY, SLATER, INGRAM, DOCHERTY, VAUGHAN, SMITH 18,766<br />

SERI LOKILO TWINE 1 PHILOGENE DELAP TUFAN, SLATER, CONNOLLY n, TRAORÉ, INGRAM, MCLOUGHLIN, DOCHERTY, VAUGHAN, SMITH 20,057<br />

MORTON TRAORÉ TWINE PHILOGENE n DELAP n CONNOLLY, SLATER, TUFAN, SELLARS-FLEMING, VAUGHAN, INGRAM, DOCHERTY, SMITH, JACOB 16,967<br />

MORTON SLATER CONNOLLY TWINE DELAP 1 VINAGRE, TRAORÉ, TUFAN 1, DOCHERTY, MCLOUGHLIN, INGRAM, VAUGHAN, SMITH, SELLARS-FLEMING 24,158<br />

MORTON DELAP TUFAN 1 TWINE 1 CONNOLLY 1 DOCHERTY, SLATER, VAUGHAN, SELLARS-FLEMING, SMITH, INGRAM, MCLOUGHLIN, TRAORÉ, JACOB 20,352<br />

MORTON DELAP TUFAN 1 TWINE CONNOLLY 1 SLATER, INGRAM, LOKILO, TRAORÉ, MCLOUGHLIN, DOCHERTY, VAUGHAN, SMITH, JACOB 20,816<br />

MORTON DELAP n TUFAN TWINE CONNOLLY CHRISTIE, LOKILO, VAUGHAN, TRAORÉ, LO-TUTALA, MCLOUGHLIN, DOCHERTY, ALLAHYAR, JACOB 24,420<br />

MORTON n DELAP 1 TUFAN n TRAORÉ CONNOLLY 1 TWINE, DOCHERTY, CHRISTIE, ALLAHYAR, LO-TUTALA, MCLOUGHLIN, VAUGHAN, LOKILO, JACOB 21,876<br />

SLATER n DELAP TUFAN LOKILO CONNOLLY DOCHERTY, TWINE 1, CHRISTIE, ALLAHYAR, JACOB, ALLSOP, TRAORÉ, VAUGHAN, SMITH 27,489<br />

DOCHERTY LOKILO ALLAHYAR VAUGHAN CONNOLLY TUFAN n, SHARP, MORTON, SELLARS-FLEMING, INGRAM, GREAVES, JONES, FURLONG, ASHBEE 12,200<br />

SLATER n TUFAN n CARVALHO TWINE CONNOLLY SHARP, LOKILO, VAUGHAN, INGRAM, MCLOUGHLIN, DOCHERTY, FURLONG, SMITH, SELLARS-FLEMING 24,103<br />

VAUGHAN DOCHERTY LOKILO 1 SHARP SELLARS-FLEMING COYLE, SLATER, TUFAN, MORTON, LO-TUTALA, GREAVES, JONES, TINSDALE 7,133<br />

MORTON n SLATER n LOKILO TUFAN n CARVALHO 1 SHARP, MCLOUGHLIN, ALLAHYAR, INGRAM, VAUGHAN, SMITH, GREEN, SELLARS-FLEMING, ASHBEE 40,219<br />

SLATER PHILOGENE 1 n CARVALHO n ZAROURY TUFAN OHIO, JACOB, DOCHERTY, PANDUR, MCLOUGHLIN, SHARP, SELLARS-FLEMING, ASHBEE, ABDÜŞ 21,486<br />

SLATER PHILOGENE CARVALHO ZAROURY TUFAN SHARP, TRAORÉ , CONNOLLY, ABDÜŞ , PANDUR, MCLOUGHLIN, DOCHERTY, OHI, JACOB 21,017<br />

MORTON PHILOGENE 1 n CARVALHO ZAROURY SHARP OHIO 1, TUFAN, DOCHERTY, JACOB, PANDUR, MCLOUGHLIN, TRAORÉ, CONNOLLY, ABDÜŞ 10,668<br />

MORTON PHILOGENE n CARVALHO ZAROURY SHARP JACOB, OHIO, ABDÜŞ , DOCHERTY, COYLE, PANDUR, MCLOUGHLIN, TRAORÉ, CONNOLLY 19,947<br />

SERI SLATER ZAROURY ABDÜŞ CARVALHO 1 MORTON, TUFAN, JACOB n, TRAORÉ, MCLOUGHLIN , PANDUR, DOCHERTY, SHARP, CONNOLLY 26,834<br />

MORTON SERI ZAROURY ABDÜŞ CARVALHO 1 CONNOLLY, SLATER, TUFAN, PANDUR, MCLOUGHLIN, DOCHERTY, TRAORÉ, SHARP, JACOB 22,654<br />

SERI MORTON PHILOGENE SLATER CARVALHO ABDÜŞ , SHARP, TUFAN, PANDUR, MCLOUGHLIN, DOCHERTY, OHIO, JACOB, CHRISTIE 16,977<br />

SERI MORTON PHILOGENE CARVALHO TUFAN 1 ZAROURY, SLATER, OHIO, PANDUR, MCLOUGHLIN, TRAORÉ, SHARP, JACOB, CHRISTIE 20,398<br />

SLATER PHILOGENE ABDÜŞ ZAROURY 1 CARVALHO 1 PANDUR, MCLOUGHLIN, TUFAN, TRAORÉ, SHARP, MORTON, JACOB, CHRISTIE, CONNOLLY 24,605<br />

SLATER PHILOGENE CARVALHO ZAROURY OHIO SLATER, ABDÜŞ , SHARP, TUFAN, CONNOLLY, PANDUR, TRAORÉ, JACOB, CHRISTIE 24,601<br />

MORTON SERI n PHILOGENE CARVALHO 1 TUFAN n JACOB, ZAROURY, CHRISTIE, PANDUR, MCLOUGHLIN, OHIO, TRAORÉ, SHARP, CONNOLLY 36,747<br />

MORTON SERI PHILOGENE 1 TUFAN CARVALHO 1 CHRISTIE n, MCLOUGHLIN, ZAROURY, SHARP, PANDUR, DOCHERTY, OHIO, TRAORÉ, CONNOLLY 20,688<br />

MORTON SERI 1 PHILOGENE 1 n TUFAN CARVALHO n GILES n, SHARP, CONNOLLY, PANDUR, MCLOUGHLIN, DOCHERTY, TRAORÉ, JACOB, CHRISTIE 21,934<br />

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league table 2023/24<br />

HOME<br />

AWAY<br />

P W D L F A W D L F A GD PTS<br />

1 Leicester 41 15 1 4 40 15 13 3 5 39 22 +42 88<br />

2 Ipswich 42 15 5 1 56 31 11 5 5 28 21 +32 88<br />

3 Leeds 42 16 5 0 44 13 10 4 7 32 20 +43 87<br />

4 Southampton 40 13 3 4 48 26 10 6 4 30 26 +26 78<br />

5 West Brom 42 14 4 3 35 16 6 8 7 31 25 +25 72<br />

6 Norwich 42 15 2 4 40 19 5 6 10 35 41 +15 68<br />

7 Coventry 41 9 8 3 32 20 8 4 9 34 29 +17 63<br />

8 Preston 41 11 4 6 35 32 7 5 8 21 24 0 63<br />

9 Middlesbrough 42 9 4 8 24 21 9 4 8 36 34 +5 62<br />

10 <strong>Hull</strong> 41 7 8 6 29 24 10 3 7 30 30 +5 62<br />

11 Cardiff 42 9 3 9 24 27 9 2 10 23 30 -10 59<br />

12 Bristol C 42 10 3 8 28 20 6 6 9 21 25 +4 57<br />

13 Sunderland 42 10 2 9 30 27 5 6 10 21 23 +1 53<br />

14 Watford 42 5 8 8 31 28 7 8 6 26 27 +2 52<br />

15 Swansea 42 7 5 9 25 27 6 6 9 27 35 -10 50<br />

16 QPR 42 5 6 10 23 32 7 5 9 17 22 -14 47<br />

17 Millwall 42 7 5 9 18 28 5 6 10 21 26 -15 47<br />

18 Blackburn 42 6 6 9 26 31 6 4 11 30 40 -15 46<br />

19 Stoke 42 6 6 9 17 27 6 4 11 23 32 -19 46<br />

20 Plymouth 42 8 5 8 39 35 3 7 11 18 31 -9 45<br />

21 Huddersfield 42 6 7 8 25 31 3 9 9 21 38 -23 43<br />

22 Sheff Wed 42 7 6 8 23 26 5 1 15 12 40 -31 43<br />

23 Birmingham 42 8 6 7 27 25 3 3 15 18 39 -19 42<br />

24 Rotherham 42 4 7 10 19 26 0 4 17 13 58 -52 23 (R)<br />

around the grounds<br />

FRIDAY 12 APRIL 2024<br />

Plymouth Argyle 20:00 Leicester <strong>City</strong><br />

SATURDAY 13 APRIL 2024<br />

Leeds United 12:30 Blackburn Rovers<br />

Birmingham <strong>City</strong> 15:00 Coventry <strong>City</strong><br />

Bristol <strong>City</strong> 15:00 Huddersfield Town<br />

<strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> 15:00 <strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Rangers</strong><br />

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Millwall 15:00 Cardiff <strong>City</strong><br />

Preston North End 15:00 Norwich <strong>City</strong><br />

Sheffield Wednesday 15:00 Stoke <strong>City</strong><br />

Southampton 15:00 Watford<br />

Swansea <strong>City</strong> 15:00 Rotherham United<br />

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Head Coach:<br />

Liam Rosenior<br />

1 MATT INGRAM [GK]<br />

2 LEWIE COYLE<br />

3 RYAN GILES<br />

4 JACOB GREAVES<br />

5 ALFIE JONES<br />

6 SEAN MCLOUGHLIN<br />

7 OZAN TUFAN<br />

8 GREG DOCHERTY<br />

9 NOAH OHIO<br />

10 ADAMA TRAORÉ<br />

12 BILLY SHARP<br />

15 TYLER MORTON<br />

17 RYAN ALLSOP [GK]<br />

20 LIAM DELAP<br />

21 BRANDON FLEMING<br />

23 JADEN PHILOGENE<br />

24 JEAN MICHAËL SERI<br />

25 JAMES FURLONG<br />

27 REGAN SLATER<br />

29 MATTY JACOB<br />

30 IVOR PANDUR [GK]<br />

31 VAUGHN COVIL<br />

33 CYRUS CHRISTIE<br />

34 DAVID ROBSON [GK]<br />

37 OLIVER GREEN<br />

40 NATHAN TINSDALE<br />

41 TYRELL SELLARS-FLEMING<br />

42 ROCCO COYLE<br />

43 STAN ASHBEE<br />

44 AARON CONNOLLY<br />

45 FÁBIO CARVALHO<br />

47 ANASS ZAROURY<br />

50 ABDÜLKADIR ÖMÜR<br />

manager:<br />

MARTÍ CIFUENTES<br />

1 ASMIR BEGOVIĆ [GK]<br />

2 OSMAN KAKAY<br />

3 JIMMY DUNNE<br />

4 JACK COLBACK<br />

5 STEVE COOK<br />

6 JAKE CLARKE-SALTER<br />

7 CHRIS WILLOCK<br />

8 SAM FIELD<br />

9 LYNDON DYKES<br />

10 ILIAS CHAIR<br />

11 PAUL SMYTH<br />

12 MICHAEL FREY<br />

13 JORDAN ARCHER [GK]<br />

14 ISAAC HAYDEN<br />

15 MORGAN FOX<br />

16 JOE HODGE<br />

18 TAYLOR RICHARDS<br />

19 ELIJAH DIXON-BONNER<br />

20 REGGIE CANNON<br />

21 ZIYAD LARKECHE<br />

22 KENNETH PAAL<br />

25 LUCAS ANDERSEN<br />

29 AARON DREWE<br />

30 SINCLAIR ARMSTRONG<br />

32 JOE WALSH [GK]<br />

34 RAFFERTY PEDDER<br />

37 ALBERT ADOMAH<br />

Match Officials:<br />

Referee: TOM NIELD<br />

Assistant Referee’s:GEORGE BYRNE & HRISTO KARAIVANOV<br />

Fourth Official: THOMAS PARSONS

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