Members should have now recieved emails containing details of the AGM Agenda & pre-reading (link here), The Annual Report & Accounts (link here) and a link to the videoed statements of the Trust Officers Jean Cannon (Secretary), Peter Fleming (Treasurer) and Graham Cannon (Chairman) ( link here)
Members have until 12th June to vote on the items raised.
A number of members have reported issues with 犀利士emails going to their Junk/Spam folders, so check there to see if you have recieved them – to prevent this happening in the future you can add our sending email address ( News@hullcityst-mail.co.uk ) to your Safe Senders list in your email client.
If you still cannot find the voting email please email contact @hullcityst.com with the Subject “HCST AGM Voting 2021” quoting your membership number and supplying a simple yes/no answer to the following questions:
1 – The Accounts are available for review by everyone Do you agree to waive the requirement for an audit?
2 – Do you approve the change to Rule 65 as specified in the Agenda?
3 – Do you agree to the appointment of Peter Thornes and Chris Stern (presently Co-Opted Board members), and the re-election of Geoff Bielby to the Trust Board?
We ask that you vote before midnight on the 12th June 2021
May we, as the Board of Hull City Supporters Trust, take this opportunity to thank all our members for your continued support in these difficult times and would encourage you to renew your membership if possible. We continue to engage in many ways in our local area and would encourage you to bring any ideas in which we can continue to do this to our attention. We also appreciate your questions and feedback.
As previously notified, we are unable to have a physical AGM as in previous years, due to the Covid19 restrictions.
In order to fulfil the requirement for an AGM under our own constitution, we have put together an electronic version which will be available to members from Saturday 29th May – this will include a downloadable Annual Report and links to videos of the Officers Reports. Members will be informed by a separate email.
The agenda & pre-reading for the AGM are available to download here.
Your participation would be greatly appreciated.
Jean Cannon Secretary – Hull City Supporters Trust
So unfortunately we could not finish the season with a victory at Charlton.
However, this disappointment was tempered by the scenes of genuine joy when City were presented with the League One Trophy after the game.
The genuine team spirit which has been shown on the pitch was clearly visible in the celebrations after the presentation – the spirit seems to be visible throughout all parts of the club, long may it continue.
During the close season the newsletter frequency will be reduced, but will increase when the season starts and we can hopefully be back at games…
Annual General Meeting The date of the ‘virtual’ AGM is confirmed for Saturday 29th May 2021.
The format will be the same as last year, pre-reading & the agenda will be published shortly and the Annual Report Document & Chairman’s, Secretary’s and Treasurers Report videos will be made available.
Full details of the process will be sent to members shortly.
Charity Run – Pancreatic Cancer UK Trust Board member Mike is planning to run 350 km in May.
Mike is running in aid of Pancreatic Cancer UK following his mums diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer in January.
More details on the excellent work by Pancreatic Cancer Uk can be found here on their website.
World Retro Shirts Remember, our range of retro Hull City Shirts are still available.
A range of 9 historic shirts (including the 1988-89 home shirt shown above) are available from our partners World Retro on their website here. Sales of these shirts have helped us to raise £2,300 for local worthy causes.
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Shirts available with or without Trust Logo Badge.. Please advise when ordering.
Mental Health Awareness Week – #TerraceTalk Even though Mental Health Awareness Week has finished, the issues don’t just go away & it is timely to remind fans about #TerraceTalk – a supporter-led mental health initiative.
The aim of the campaign is to encourage open and honest conversations about mental health and encourage supporters who need them to seek out mental health support services. A central theme of #TerraceTalk is to also recognise the value that social aspects of the matchday routine provide to fans up and down the country.
More details of the campaign can be found here on the FSA website.
The FSA have released a video on the issues raised in the campaign, featuring former Trust chairman Geoff Bielby. The video can be viewed here.
Hull City Ladies The Lionesses are holding trials for Senior players for the 2021/22 season
The trials will take place in June – more details on their website here.
Tigers Trust The Tigers Trust are running NCS Youth Programmes over the summer.
Designed specially for 16- and 17-year-olds, the NCS experience will give you a clearer idea of what you want from your future. It willhelp you realise that big, exciting things can come from feeling a little bit overwhelmed
More details can be found on the Tigers Trust website here.
Tigers Down Under
The latest podcast from our antipodean friends. Available on YouTube .
HCST’s Partners of the Week. In this week’s Partner of the Week section, we have an in-focus look at two HCST Community Partners – Hull and East Yorkshire Mind & Dementia Friendly East Riding.
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind is a local mental health charity, working so that everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.
The impact of mental illness can be devastating. Not only for those directly affected but also their families, friends, colleagues and loved ones.
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind helps people improve their mental health. They work with individuals to support them in a way that works for them- building confidence and social networks, helping people establish a safe place to live and call home, helping people to find hope and to recover.
They also work to prevent mental ill health through education and prevention work, and campaign to challenge the stigma and discrimination that sometimes occurs with mental health problems.
Mind have linked with the English Football League to promote awareness about mental health, and HCST have partnered with the Hull and East Yorkshire branch to tie in with that.
More information about Hull and East Yorkshire Mind can be found on their website They are also active on Facebook & Twitter.
There are currently 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, with numbers set to soar to 2 million by 2051.
One person will develop dementia every three minutes.
It effects so many more people though; in particular the loved ones of those diagnosed. If you are not affected by it now, chances are you will soon know someone who is.
Dementia Friendly East Riding (DFER) is a charitable organisation which aims to raise awareness and understanding of dementia, and provide activities to support people living with dementia.
DFER is pleased to work in partnership with HCST, and is happy to assist any HCST members and organisations with training and advice on how we can all become dementia friendly.
Hold the front page! HCST are looking for new contributors to our website.
These can be articles about football in general, all things Hull City or match reports. So if you’re a sports journalist in the making or just fancy giving it a go as a hobby please let us know – you don’t need to be a professional – all articles will be welcome. There’s no requirement to produce words every week or month, just as and when you are able to. If you are interested please email us here.
Shirt Auction for Chris Chilton Appeal. We are continuing with our auctions of donated City memrobelia in aid of the Chris Chilton Appeal.
The next item for auction is a signed, framed 2001/02 Hull City away shirt. This is displayed in a glass frame with dimensions of (W) 80cm x (H) 80cm x (D) 2cm. This item has been kindly donated by Trust member Andy Mills.
More details of the auction and how to bid can be found on our website here.
Board Membership Appeal. The Trust are appealing for members to join the Trust Board.
We urge all fans to consider joining the Board to have an input on how the Trust is run .
More details can be found here on the Trust website.
Details of our Annual General Meeting will be released when we have a clearer idea of how long restrictions will be in place.
200th Trust Life Member The Trust now have reached 199 Life Members – why dont you become the 200th?
Life Membership costs only £40
If you sign up for a Life Membership then you also get an exclusive car sticker and your name added to the Life Members page on our website.
To upgrade your membership follow the link here on our website.
Hull City Ladies The Tigresses season may be suspended, but work continues behind the scenes.
They are looking to form a Girls Elite Academy for U16’s, U14’s, U12’s and U10’s which will create opportunities for girls in the region to develop, empower & achieve.
Details will be published shortly, to register your interest please fill out the form here on the HCL website.
Tigers Down Under
The latest podcast from our antipodean friends. Available on YouTube .
HCST’s Partners of the Week. In this week’s Partner of the Week section, we have an in-focus look at two HCST Community Partners – Hull and East Yorkshire Mind & Dementia Friendly East Riding.
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind is a local mental health charity, working so that everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.
The impact of mental illness can be devastating. Not only for those directly affected but also their families, friends, colleagues and loved ones.
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind helps people improve their mental health. They work with individuals to support them in a way that works for them- building confidence and social networks, helping people establish a safe place to live and call home, helping people to find hope and to recover.
They also work to prevent mental ill health through education and prevention work, and we campaign to challenge the stigma and discrimination that sometimes occurs with mental health problems.
Mind have linked with the English Football League to promote awareness about mental health, and HCST have partnered with the Hull and East Yorkshire branch to tie in with that.
More information about Hull and East Yorkshire Mind can be found on their website They are also active on Facebook & Twitter.
There are currently 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, with numbers set to soar to 2 million by 2051.
One person will develop dementia every three minutes.
It effects so many more people though; in particular the loved ones of those diagnosed. If you are not affected by it now, chances are you will soon know someone who is.
Dementia Friendly East Riding (DFER) is a charitable organisation which aims to raise awareness and understanding of dementia, and provide activities to support people living with dementia.
DFER is pleased to work in partnership with HCST, and is happy to assist any HCST members and organisations with training and advice on how we can all become dementia friendly.
Hold the front page! HCST are looking for new contributors to our website.
These can be articles about football in general, all things Hull City or match reports. So if you’re a sports journalist in the making or just fancy giving it a go as a hobby please let us know – you don’t need to be a professional – all articles will be welcome. There’s no requirement to produce words every week or month, just as and when you are able to. If you are interested please email us here.
Further to requests from a number of members the Trust has issued the following update on ongoing communication between HCST and Hull City.
The Trust Chairman was invited by the club Vice Chairman to attend an informal meeting which took place at the KCOM Stadium at the end of 2020.
No specific items were discussed, however an indication was made that the club were now in a position whereby they would like to begin working with the Trust going forward.
The Vice Chairman suggested holding a further meeting where specifics could be discussed.
Unfortunately due to lockdown restrictions and Covid issues, it has not been possible for this meeting to take place yet, although we are hopeful this will take place soon.
The Trust is in regular communication with the club and have recently raised the issue of club memberships given the ongoing Covid-19 issues and have been assured this is something the club is reviewing on an ongoing basis.
We will update members of progress once the proposed second meeting has taken place.
The Trust has been donated several items which we plan to auction off to raise funds for the Chris Chilton family to help with ongoing care costs. The Trust has already donated £522 to the appeal and this forms the 3rd stage of our support as detailed in our original article.
The second item is a signed, framed 2001/02 Hull City away shirt. This is displayed in a glass frame which is believed to be worth over £100 with dimensions of (W) 80cm x (H) 80cm x (D) 2cm. This item has been kindly donated by Andy Mills.
We will be accepting bids via Direct Message to our Twitter & Facebook accounts, as well as by email to contact@hullcityst.com. There is a reserve on the item.
The auction will close at midnight on 12th February. We will contact the highest bidder to arrange payment which will need to be received before delivery.
We would like to thank Andy for his kind donation. We would also ask that if anyone else has an item they think would generate some funds towards the appeal that they would be willing to donate to contact the Trust via email or social media. Thank you.
It is that time of year again when the Trust begins arranging the Annual General Meeting – details of which will be communicated at a later date when we have a clearer understanding of what restrictions will be in place.
As ever, the Trust cannot run without a Board and we are looking for new Board members.
By becoming a Board member you would be involved in keeping the Trust functioning. Meetings are held (usually) once every two months (currently via Zoom) and we have regular electronic communications.
This is your opportunity to have more of an input on how the trust is run.
Please contact any member of the present Board if you need more info or email contact@hullcityst.com
The Trust has been donated several items which we plan to auction off to raise funds for the Chris Chilton family to help with ongoing care costs. The Trust has already donated £422 to the appeal and this forms the 3rd stage of our support as detailed in our original article.
The first item is a signed, framed caricature of Chris Chilton.
Auction item 1 – Chris Chilton caricature
The caricature was drawn by famous film director and City fan Mark Herman (Brassed Off, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) for musician & fellow City fan Henry Priestman (The Christians) and has a dedication from Chris Chilton to Henry.
We will be accepting bids via Direct Message to our Twitter & Facebook accounts, as well as by email to contact@hullcityst.com. There is a reserve on the item of £60.
The auction will close at midnight on 23rd December so the item can be secured for Christmas. We will contact the highest bidder to arrange payment which will need to be received before delivery.
We would like to thank Henry for his kind donation. We would also ask that if anyone else has an item they think would generate some funds towards the appeal that they would be willing to donate to contact the Trust via email or social media. Thank you.
After an excellent start to the season City have been pegged back in recent weeks, losing three games in a very busy October.
Hopefully this is just a bump in the road, but it is concerning that a number of teams are choosing to play a formation against which we don’t seem to have an answer.
It’s the FA Cup this weekend with the visit of Fleetwood Town and chance for City to avenge the defeat at the start of October. On the upside, at least there will be no Captain Pugwash music! Commentary on the game will be available on BBC Radio Humberside.
The National Lockdown has dashed any slim chance of getting fans back into games in the forseeable future.
It is now more urgent than ever that some form of financial support for clubs is forthcoming, as without it many fans may not have clubs to go back to when things return to ‘normal’.
Chris Chilton Appeal The Trust are pleased to announce that they will be contributing to the Chris Chilton appeal in a number of ways.
We will make an initial donation of £222 to the Chris Chilton fund which has been set up to pay for his care. This is a symbolic amount to recognise his record goal scoring achievements in black and amber. You can make a donation to the fund here.
Until 31/12/20 a donation will be made from the sale of every 1964/65 replica shirt produced by World Retro. The iconic shirt can be purchased here.
*** Please Note: To recive your shirt by Christmas you need to place your order by midnight on Monday 30th November. ***
More detais on our response to the appeal can be found on the Trusts website here.
Hull City Ladies Hull City Ladies have been affected by the National Lockdown.
All fixtures and training between 5th November to 2nd December, have been suspended.
More information can be found on their excellent website here.
Amber Ribbon Campaign. The Trust have launched The Amber Ribbon Campaign to try and bring unity to the fanbase.
The Campaign allows fans (not just Trust members) to show their support for Hull City AFC and to unite a fragmented fanbase behind the club by displaying the Amber Ribbon symbol – either as a badge, a window/car sticker or an actual ribbon.
Badges/Stickers can be purchased from the Trust Shop here.
We urge all fans to participate.
More details of the Amber Ribbon Campaign can be found here on the Trust website.
New Replica Shirts Launched. In conjunction with World Retro, the Trust have launched another 2 new Retro City Shirts.
The 1990-92 and the 1993-94 Away shirts bring the number of replica Hull City shirts available to nine.
Shirts can be purchased directly from World Retro here.
The Trust plan to make donations to the following organisations from monies raised:
Help the Aged Dove House Hospice Emmaus
More details can be found here on the Trust website.
Tigers Down Under
The latest podcast from our antipodean friends. Available on YouTube .
Hold the front page! HCST are looking for new contributors to our website.
These can be articles about football in general, all things Hull City or match reports. So if you’re a sports journalist in the making or just fancy giving it a go as a hobby please let us know – you don’t need to be a professional – all articles will be welcome. There’s no requirement to produce words every week or month, just as and when you are able to. If you are interested please email us here.
Like all City fans we were sad to hear of the news last month regarding club legend Chris Chilton and his battle with dementia. Following a recent Board meeting, the Trust has agreed to support the Chris Chilton appeal in the following ways:
HCST will make an initial donation of £222 to the Chris Chilton fund which has been set up to pay for his care. This is a symbolic amount to recognise his record goal scoring achievements in black and amber. You can make a donation to the fund here.
Until 31/12/20 a donation will be made from the sale of every 1964/65 replica shirt produced by World Retro which can be purchased here.
The Trust has been donated some memorabilia which we will be auctioning off in the coming weeks/months to donate further funds to Chris’ care appeal.
Dementia Friendly East Riding (DFER) is a charitable organisation which aims to raise awareness and understanding of dementia, and provide activities to support people living with dementia.
DFER is pleased to work in partnership with HCST, and is happy to assist any HCST members and organisations with training and advice on how we can all become dementia friendly.
What a difference a (short) close season can make!
City unbeaten in League One and playing football which is very pleasing on the eye. Malik Wilks is a revalation in his current central role, but the whole team seem more comfortable in their positions.
Its early days yet, (and we have a tough October coming up with 8 games), but we can be cautiously optimistic about the season to come.
The downside to this is that fans are still not allowed to be present at the games.
We totally understand that we have to be guided by the health experts, but unless some financial support for clubs is forthcoming very soon, fans may not have clubs to go back to watching once things get back to ‘normal.
Hull City Membership Update On Tuesday (29th) the club released an update regarding Memberships.
Whilst not ideal for all club members, the Trust acknowledge that the club are trying to address the fact that members cannot get to see games at the KCOM. We have contacted the club to bring up a number of points which our members have brought to our attention.
The club have also published a nomber of frequently asked questions by fans for clarification. You can read the FAQs here.
Hull City Ladies Sponsorship HCST will again be sponsoring Hull City Ladies player Emma Westmorland for the 2020/2021 season.
The Trust recognise the importance of supporting womens (as well as mens ) football in the local area.
Hull City Ladies ( who have recently moved to Haworth Park to ground-share with Hall Road Rangers) are totally self-funded, unlike most other clubs at their level who receive funding from their ‘parent’ clubs. The Trust is happy to be able to help in this, and look forward to working with them in future projects.
Amber Ribbon Campaign. The Trust have launched The Amber Ribbon Campaign to try and bring unity to the fanbase.
The Campaign allows fans (not just Trust members) to show their support for Hull City AFC and to unite a fragmented fanbase behind the club by displaying the Amber Ribbon symbol – either as a badge, a window/car sticker or an actual ribbon.
Badges/Stickers can be purchased from the Trust Shop here.
We urge all fans to participate.
More details of the Amber Ribbon Campaign can be found here on the Trust website.
Tiger Cubs Please welcome the Trusts youngest members Freddie and Finley!
Both Freddie (left) and Finley were signed up as members of the Trust by proud grandads within hours of being born.
Our congratulations go to them and their families, an of course they now become members of the wider #TigerFamily.
You are never too young (or too old) to join HCST – sign up at our website here.
New Replica Shirts Launched. In conjunction with World Retro, the Trust have launched another 2 new Retro City Shirts.
The 1990-92 and the 1993-94 Away shirts bring the number of replica Hull City shirts available to nine.
Shirts can be purchased directly from World Retro here.
The Trust plan to make donations to the following organisations from monies raised:
Help the Aged Dove House Hospice Emmaus
More details can be found here on the Trust website.
Tiger Programmes Digitisation Project Tiger Programmes are looking for volunteers to help with their project.
The aim is to digitise all Hull City programmes ( Home and Away ) and convert them into ‘flippable pages’ so that they can be read just like a real programme.
An example can be seen here ( best viewed in landscape mode ).
The project currently requires people to help convert the scanned programme images into a format suitable to make them ‘flippable’ – so if you have some spare time at the moment & can edit & rename .jpg images, please help.
Details can be found by contacting Tiger Programmes on Twitter or via email.
Tigers Down Under
The latest podcast from our antipodean friends. Available on YouTube .
HCST’s Partners of the Week In this week’s Partner of the Week section, we have an in-focus look at two HCST partners – Frank Pullan Butchers & Wags and Whiskers.
Our first partner of the week is Frank Pullan Butchers
HCST Members enjoy 10% discount on any purchase over £10
Frank Pullan’s is a well established butchers in the heart of Cottingham. It opened its doors in 1895 and has been trading ever since, supplying the local community for over 123 years. It is a family run business overseen by five generations of the family. Just show your HCST membership card in the shop to claim your discount.
They provide training and behaviour services for dogs and other animals as well as dog walking. Services can be provided anywhere in Hull and the surrounding area.
Stop the front page! HCST are looking for new contributors to our website.
These can be articles about football in general, all things Hull City or match reports. So if you’re a sports journalist in the making or just fancy giving it a go as a hobby please let us know – you don’t need to be a professional – all articles will be welcome. There’s no requirement to produce words every week or month, just as and when you are able to. If you are interested please email us here.
We hope that everyone has stayed safe through the pandemic.
City start the new season hoping to see a reversal in the disastrous form which led to our biggest defeat for 109 years and relegation to League One.
The new season kicks off with an away game to Sunderland today (Saturday 5th) in the EFL (Carabao) Cup before a home game in the Football League Trophy to Leicester City U21’s on Tuesday (8th) and start the League One campaign away to Gillingham on Saturday (12th).
The team need to make a strong start to give fans hope after the disappointment suffered in recent months.
All these games will be behind closed doors – hopefully progress can be made (health concerns permitting) towards opening up stadiums for fans in the coming months.
HCST New Chairman The Trust welcomes Graham Cannon as the new Chairman.
Graham was installed as Interim Chairman after Geoff Bielby stepped down on August 20th and was confirmed in the post at the Board meeting held on 27th August.
The Trust Board wish to extend their thanks to Geoff for the excellent work done over the past 4 years.
Russel Anson takes on the role of Vice Chair and The Board welcomes Peter Thornes as a co-opted Board member.
Peter has been a City fan since 1982 and is a member of Hull City Southern Supporters. He holds an FA Coaching Badge and was the head-coach and manager of Bedford Ladies FC as they climbed up from county levels to the Women’s Premier League South East in 9 seasons
The minutes of the Board Meeting can be found here.
Amber Ribbon Campaign. The Trust have launched The Amber Ribbon Campaign to try and bring unity to the fanbase.
The Campaign allows fans (not just Trust members) to show their support for Hull City AFC and to unite a fragmented fanbase behind the club by displaying the Amber Ribbon symbol – either as a badge, a window/car sticker or an actual ribbon.
Badges/Stickers can be purchased from the Trust Shop here.
We urge all fans to participate.
More details of the Amber Ribbon Campaign can be found here on the Trust website.
Caleb Folan Shirt Competition To promote the Amber Ribbon Campaign, former City favourite Caleb Folan has offered one of his shirts as a competition prize.
To have a chance of winning one of his shirts, post a photo on Twitter of an imaginatively placed amber ribbon using #wewillbeback #backinamber and Caleb will pick his favourite!
The closing date for entries is the end of September, so get your photos posted on Twitter!
Gainsborough Trinity 0-0 Hull City U23. Hull City U23s were held to a goalless draw by Northern Premier League side Gainsborough Trinity on Tuesday night (1st).
A report on the match can be read here – Thanks to Luke Flanners for the report.
New Replica Shirts Launched. In conjunction with World Retro, the Trust have launched 2 new Retro City Shirts.
The 1964-65 badgless shirt and the 1995-97 Away shirt bring the number of replica Hull City shirts available to eight.
Shirts can be purchased directly from World Retro here.
The Trust plan to make donations to the following organisations from monies raised:
Help the Aged Dove House Hospice Emmaus
More details can be found here on the Trust website.
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World retro have announced that two more shirts will be coming shortly:
Sky Super 6 & Fantasy Premier League The Trust will again be running Leagues for the Sky Super 6 & Fantasy Premier League
The Super 6 league can be accessed here – PIN: H3PPP6
The Fantasy Premier League can be accessd here – PIN: zhvc9d
Prizes for the best performing teams will be announced towards the end of the season.
Tiger Programmes Digitisation Project Tiger Programmes are looking for volunteers to help with their project.
The aim is to digitise all Hull City programmes ( Home and Away ) and convert them into ‘flippable pages’ so that they can be read just like a real programme.
An example can be seen here ( best viewed in landscape mode ).
The project currently requires people to help convert the scanned programme images into a format suitable to make them ‘flippable’ – so if you have some spare time at the moment & can edit & rename .jpg images, please help.
Details can be found by contacting Tiger Programmes on Twitter or via email.
Tigers Down Under
The latest podcast from our antipodean friends. Available on YouTube .
Tigers Tigers Blah Blah Blah The latest Podcast from Luke & Richard is available here .
More Podcast links available here. Please follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
HCST’s Partners of the Week In this week’s Partner of the Week section, we have an in-focus look at two HCST partners – Ska and Soul & Brookes Menswear.
Ska and Soul is a premium British men’s fashion brand, based in York and owned by a City fan. Ska and Soul is the official clothing licensee for Trojan Records (skawear) and Wigan Casino (soulwear). Just email contact@HullCityST.com with your name and membership number to receive your ‘discount code’ to be entered at the checkout for a 10% price reduction on all purchases.
51 King Edward Street, Hull, HU1 3RW, 01482 589886, open Mon-Sat 9am to 5pm, Sun 10am to 4pm, click our Facebook link.
10% OFF IN-STORE PURCHASES
Brookes Menswear is small and independent mens’ fashion store located in the city centre that has been open for many years. We are known for stocking classic brands like Fred Perry, high street brands like Duck & Cover, Jack & Jones and now new brands Trojan, Dickens & Browne, Lindbergh and Shine Original. We have regular customers that come from all around – from Bridlington, Scarborough and from across the bridge – for our polite and cheeky customer service. Sizes start from XS-XXL.
Stop the front page! HCST are looking for new contributors to our website.
These can be articles about football in general, all things Hull City or match reports. So if you’re a sports journalist in the making or just fancy giving it a go as a hobby please let us know – you don’t need to be a professional – all articles will be welcome. There’s no requirement to produce words every week or month, just as and when you are able to. If you are interested please email us here.
Hull City U23s were held to a goalless draw by Northern Premier League side Gainsborough Trinity on Tuesday night. Match report by Luke Flanners
Hull City U23s were held to a goalless draw by Northern Premier League side Gainsborough Trinity with the young Tigers having the better of the chances.
Story of the game
Hull got the game underway, and apart from a couple or corners early on, it was a fairly even start to the game. Chadwick was the first player to almost bring a mistake out of the Gainsborough keeper Jackson, but he managed to retain possession of the ball.
James Berry showed pace down the flanks after quick distribution by Robson for City, but the chance went begging. Both Berry and Chadwick were the main sources of chances out wide, with Hull naming two Trialists in the starting line up.
Gainsborough grew into the game in the latter stages of the second period, with a couple of half chances going wide. Hull City looked the most likely to score, but the first half ended goalless with a lack of cutting edge up front for the Tigers despite a good work rate from Andy Dawson’s young squad.
As the second half got underway, Chadwick went close in first two minutes with shot just wide. Berry hit the bar as City put the pressure on, and the young forward was proving to be a real thorn in the side of the home team.
Gainsborough, however, did get themselves back in the game with a deflected shot that brought great save out of Robson. Sheaf has to head the ball off the line from the resulting corner.
As the half went on, great work from Berry saw the trialist striker hit the post for City. His shot was blocked just after and away for a corner to the away side that was cleared.
Chadwick had a shot that was well saved, before the best chance of the game put over by the young forward. The ball was moved about really well with Berry involved yet again, but Chadwick blazed the effort over the bar.
A well worked free kick saw Berry’s cross just headed wide by Festus Arthur.
Gainsborough came close to winning it at the end with a header from a free kick, but the game finished 0-0 with Hull’s youngsters unlucky not to come away with the win.
Stand out players
James Berry was the best player going forward, with much of the young Hull City team’s play coming through him. He was unlucky not to score himself and almost created chances for others. Festus Arthur was solid at the back and was impressive in his first public Hull City outing.
As has been his intention for some time Geoff Bielby has today announced he has stepped down as Chairman of Hull City Supporters Trust (HCST) with effect from today, 20th August.
Geoff was appointed to the role of Chairman in March 2016 and had originally intended to serve in that role for three years. At the Board Meeting in June following the AGM, Geoff agreed to stay on as Chairman as a temporary measure until the uncertainty around the club’s position was resolved.
The decision to step down now is prompted by the recent call for a unified supporter base by HCST earlier this month with our Amber Ribbon campaign, mirrored by a call for Unity by the Vice Chairman of the Club recently.
Geoff has advised the Club earlier this week of his intentions which followed personal correspondence with the owners in November and December last year. He has now called on the Club to again meet HCST formally.
HCST is the only membership group fully affiliated to the Football Supporters Association and as such can continue to represent supporters in an informed and professional way adding value to Club /Supporter dialogue. This is needed more than ever as Clubs prepare for the safe return of fans following games behind closed doors.
Geoff will remain as a HCST Director until the 2021 AGM when he is due to seek re-election. Geoff will also remain on the FSA National Council until their next AGM which has been delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Graham Cannon will take the role of Interim Chairman with immediate effect until that appointment is ratified by the full Board of Directors at the next Board meeting.
Today HCST is launching the Amber Ribbon Campaign.
What is the purpose of the Campaign?
To allow people to show their support for Hull City AFC and to unite a fragmented fanbase behind the club, but not necessarily the current custodians.
Why Amber Ribbon?
The Amber Ribbon idea is based on the use of the Yellow Ribbon in the US Civil War to remember missing soldiers. We are using Amber Ribbon to remember missing fans and to show there are many who Will Be Back once the club is under responsible leadership. It also shows prospective new owners Hull City fans are here, ready, willing and able to support OUR club!
How can you help?
Add an Amber Ribbon to your social media name
Use the hashtags #WeWillBeBack and #BackInAmber
Put an Amber Ribbon in your window, tie one on your door or simply wear an Amber Ribbon or badge
Future Plans?
We have other ideas to develop this campaign which we will reveal in due course (including badges you will be able to purchase shortly) however we want supporters to evolve this idea themselves and be creative!
In view of the present
situation that the club finds itself in, one must question just what has been
going on in recent times.
To those of us watching from
the outside it appears that there has been a breakdown of trust and
co-operation between the players and management, be it the coaching team or
further up the management scale. Poor performances and a resistance to change a
playing system, which was obviously not working have led to this situation.
The owners have alienated
vast swathes of its fan base in recent years, stating that they didn’t matter
and could die when they wanted. This may have been so in the days when Premier
League and TV money was abundant, but now, more than ever, they will need those
remaining fans to stay, and they must do something to build bridges and
encourage those who no longer attend matches to return and fall in love with
Hull City AFC again.
Whatever has happened in the
past, the club now finds itself where it is. The question is then, how does the
Club see its future?
We call upon the club to respond to the following points.
Sale of the club
The club has been for sale
for 6 years now with little progress being made. We believe that this is
due to unrealistic pricing, especially as there is a depleted playing squad and
tangible assets limited to a small training ground. Can the club please
confirm:
the club is still for sale
the asking price will be sensibly reduced
rather than being the debt owed to Allamhouse Limited
Playing resources
Recent profits made by the
club have largely been down to player sales and parachute payments. As the
latter have run out now it is clear that the strength of the playing squad will
be vital to the short-term future of the club. Can the club please confirm:
they will continue to invest in the academy and
build on the progress already made
you believe that the current recruitment set up
is able to identify suitable new players at the appropriate fee and the current
manager is the man to develop those players
will there be a change in approach to
renegotiating player contracts given the number of players who have refused to
sign a new contract over the last few years
Membership scheme
Whilst there are still flaws
in the membership scheme the price changes made last season have at least made
it workable. Can the club please confirm:
the scheme is to continue for 2020/21
the pricing is not going to increase
that charges are only going to start when supporters are able to attend
due consideration will be given to reinstating concessions for disabled
fans
the ‘benefits/bonus’ packages for members will finally materialise
Fan Engagement
We urge the club to
re-engage with the trust at this difficult time – remember we are all in this
together. Under Department for Digital, Culture,
Media and Sport (DCMS) guidelines football clubs must have “structured
dialogue” with supporters and this must involve a Supporters Trust (if it
exists). This is now part of the EFL Rulebook.
Stadium capacity
The club has recorded some of the lowest attendances at the
KCOM during the last season and the Trust is concerned that this decline will
continue with League 1 football. Can the club please clarify what steps
will be considered to increase attendances to levels previously recorded in
League 1 at the KCOM. Can the club please confirm:
there will be no
further stand closures
special pricing initiatives
will be adopted at half term and other special times
loyalty of fans
will be rewarded
walk-up one off
prices will not be excessive
The KCOM Stadium
We note that the
stadium management company has made significant losses whilst under the current
ownership and as far as we are aware has not paid any return to Hull City
Council. Can the club please confirm:
appropriate steps
are being made to reduce losses and ultimately make a payment to the council
a reasonable
refurbishment policy will be adopted to bring areas of the stadium suffering
wear back to the required standard
that a suitable
dilapidations provision is being made in the accounts by the end of the current
lease
