Hull City vs Queens Park Rangers
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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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 />
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Editor: Joe Brown<br />
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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 />
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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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tigers<br />
cubs<br />
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 />
<strong>City</strong> with my Dad &<br />
Swimming<br />
Favourite <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Players:<br />
Ozan Tufan, Fábio<br />
Carvalho & Jaden<br />
Philogene<br />
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 />
Layton 8<br />
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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Theodore 4<br />
Favourite <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>City</strong> Players:<br />
Jacob Greaves, Fábio<br />
Carvalho & Jaden Philogene<br />
Hobbies: Collecting<br />
Pokémon, Playign games<br />
(Snakes & Ladders) &<br />
Playign Football
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in a blur<br />
Can you name the player?<br />
spot the<br />
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How did<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 />
everyone so I cannot wait to see them.”
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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 />
welcome<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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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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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 />
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Head Coach:<br />
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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