Hull City Supporters Trust

Hull City Supporters Trust would like to echo the words of the Club statement regarding Angus MacDonald. Our thoughts are with him and his family at this time.

The Trust would like to an announce the following update on its Board members.

Firstly we would like to thank Richard Mathers who departs as Secretary. Richard has been Secretary for over 3 years and has worked tirelessly on various Trust projects whilst also being the key person in making sure the Trust’s rules and policies are adhered to. Richard has also gone to extraordinary lengths to attempt to communicate informally with the club over the past year.

Also departing the Trust Board are Ian Bunton and Bobbi Hadgraft. Ian has played an important role as part of the finance and membership working groups over the past 18 months whilst Bobbi has represented the Trust on local radio and social media.

All three depart the Board with our best wishes and we would like to thank them for their efforts on behalf of members and the wider fan base.

There are however three new faces joining the Trust. Firstly Jean Cannon will take over from Richard as Trust Secretary. Mike Raynor and Matthew Frampton also join the Board as co-opted Directors. We would like to welcome our new Board members and look forward to working with them.

We continue to work with the FSA who are pressing the EFL to seek dialogue with the Club on behalf of HCST, seeking acceptance of our reasonable compromise to allow Directors to participate in formal meetings with the Club and represent our members.

We also continue to work closely with the FSA on both National and International campaigns as well as ensuring HCST are represented at FSA meetings where we play an active role working with other affiliated supporters organisations, as well as being represented at their EFL Supporters Engagement meetings.

The Trust have been contacted by a number of our members asking for our views on the new MatchDay Ticketing Prices.

We would make the following observations:

We still have no concessions for Disabled fans as there were in 2010… – this issue is a priority for us and we will continue to challenge the club on it.

The Match Day Ticketing Price scheme seem very complicated to understand – compare this with other clubs pricing models which are very straightforward..

The price of a Match Day card is very high – we understand that under EFL rules the club must make a ‘charge’ for these cards, but to encourage casual fans wouldn’t it be better to price them at a nominal £1?

We welcome the return of ‘concessions’ but are concerned at the pricing for Juniors in areas other than the Family Stand – why can’t the Junior pricing be reflected in all areas? – For example it will cost £36 for a 2 year old to sit with their parents/grandparents in W5 against Reading… How does this pricing model compare to the ‘2010’ model which we were meant to be returning to?…

The pricing structure also has an impact on Away Fans – already a number of Blackburn fans have said that they will not pay £18 for small children to go to a Tuesday night game which will be shown on Sky. Ryan Hildred, a Blackburn fan has written to us with his thoughts – The full email can be read here. It will be a shame to see an empty North Stand after all the hassle involved in moving our fans out of there for the new season..

In relation to Item 5 we have recently written to the club regarding a pricing cap of £30 for away fans – similar to the cap imposed in the Premiere League which has recently been extended to cover the 2020/21 season. This is part of a wider campaign by the Football Supporters’ Association under the banner #AwayFansMatter.

Welcome to a new newsletter style from the trust. The aim is to keep our members updated on Trust activities and projects, competitions, interviews and guest posts from local writers.

Firstly the Trust through social media placed on record its thanks to Nigel Adkins for his excellent work as Hull City Head Coach and wish him every success in the future.

 Naturally we welcome Grant McCann as the clubs new head Coach along with his Assistant Cliff Byrne and hope his tenure is a successful one.

Over the summer the Trust has been busy with various projects. Our Vice-Chair Graham Cannon represented the board at the recent East Riding FA Grassroots Awards night. We congratulate the award winners.  We would also congratulate Catherine Bishop on her appointment as Tigers Trust CEO. 

The Trust were involved in the Emmaus Hull & ER football tournament which was a great success. 

Chairman Geoff Bielby attended The FSA AGM in London. The Football Supporters Association continues to work tirelessly on behalf of supporters. 

June saw us run a successful Women’s World Cup Competition and we will be bringing back the Last Man Standing competition for the start of the new season.  Look out on social media on how to enter and the qualifying dates.  We hope to have some exciting prizes to offer.  We’re also looking at other new competitions so look out for these too.

The Trust were delighted to host the launch of the fabulous book on City by Richard Gardham “The Decade”. Held at Mr Chu’s it was great to see ex tigers Ken Wagstaff, Ian Ashbee, Dean Windass and many more in attendance and taking up the mic to tell us their Hull City stories.  The book is available from Waterstones in Hull and via Amazon and is a great read.

Coming out in August are two  more Hull city related books.. Our very own Greg Whittaker releases “I can’t help falling in love with you: Growing up as a football addict”. The book is available on Amazon for £11.34 at present. 

Alfie Potts Harmer releases “ England’s Greatest Defender :The story of Neil Franklin” on August 15^th again its available on Amazon for £12.99.  

The Trust will be involved in both book lauches and we’ll have more information on the dates and venues shortly.

Our next board meeting is on July 29^th and if any member wishes to raise any related matters please contact the trust secretary at secretary@hullcityst.com

REMEMBER WHEN

This programme was for a pre-season friendly and is provided courtesy of @tigerprogrammes

It’s the first time new signing Steve Massey got a mention and in our next newsletter we hope to have a Q&A with the former City striker.

 You will note City had taken with them to Wisbech trialist Mike Condon who had been at Middlesborough but wasn’t offered a deal by then boss Colin Appleton. Neil Cockin a product of South Hunsley school also travelled. 

 Back in August 1983 City had just been promoted and the season was set to end in frustration as one goal denied the tigers promotion.

In the summer of 83 , Paul Young was top of the charts with “wherever I lay my hat” and ITV launched its new quiz show ‘Blockbusters”. City had further friendlies against Derby ,Middlesborough, Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich before a season opener with Burnley.

Finally

We welcome contributions from local football writers, if you have an idea for an article please get in touch.

­­­­­­The announcement of Nigel Adkins departure from the Club is both disappointing and concerning.

Since Ehab Allams statement referring  to ‘building bridges with fans’ we’ve seen another divisive poll where less than half the ‘eligible’ Club members voted, (when the opportunity should have been given to former members to have their say on potentially voting on a matter that could entice their return).

This has resulted in a welcome reintroduction of concessionary pricing, yet witlessly without the re-introduction of disabled concessions, but at the cost of the vocal North Stand members who are now either being unnecessarily moved to other areas of the ground or cancelling their memberships due to this Club stipulation.

The future of numerous players remain uncertain and now after two months of reportedly ‘positive talks’ between the Club and the Head Coach over a contract extension, the owners have apparently refused to acknowledge the concerns expressed by Nigel Adkins which now sees him leaving the Club with his backroom staff.

The continued mismanagement of the Club rolls into yet another summer of disruption and with the loss of another manager (that’s eight in eight years) causing more instability seems unlikely to attract potential investors willing to discuss an unrealistic asking price to enable the Club and the supporters to move positively together.

HCST would like to thank Nigel for his positive and professional tenure as Head Coach and understand why he’s had to make such a difficult decision but wish him well in his future career.

As all Hull City supporters will be aware of by now, on Thursday 9th May, the Club announced details of a ticketing model vote with the potential option of a ticket model including concessionary ticket prices for Junior & Senior fans based on the previous 2010/11 model plus an increase to reflect inflation etc.

It must also be noted that a member of the Club’s ‘Management’ contacted our Secretary prior to the 4pm release of the Club announcement to give a forewarning and seek an initial reaction to what was being proposed.
However, as is now almost customary under the current owners and ‘senior management’ of the Club, once again the choice between ‘option A’ and ‘option B’ is not a straight forward one, and once details of the proposed options were reviewed in detail it was apparent that they could potentially generate major inconvenience to a number of supporters, (i.e. those located in the North Stand), whilst appearing to ignore consideration to others, (i.e. disabled fans).

Following feedback from a number of Trust members and regular supporters, on Friday afternoon Hull City Supporters Trust, (HCST), issued a statement on social media channels and to local radio and written media outlets to express some concerns that it was felt needed clarity from the Club in relation to the ticketing options proposed.

A more detailed letter was sent to members of Club much later that evening, which included an offer to help & support the Club in publicising the need for Hull City fans to use their vote in the poll once clarity on the issues raised was received. The letter sent to the Club is attached. (we have redacted personal information)

It was very disappointing therefore that within 9 hours of the e-mailed letter being sent, it was completely rejected by a member of ‘Club Management’. Whether the content of the letter was discussed with other members of the Club’s hierarchy is something only the Club can confirm. There is no indication from the author of the e-mailed response that it was ‘private and confidential’ so we are happy to share it (see attached) . (we have again redacted personal information).

Despite our best efforts to raise what are surely key concerns on behalf of many Hull City supporters, the Club continue to refuse to engage in meaningful dialogue with HCST and apparently ignore the legitimate concerns of the fans. We have attempted to engage with another supporter’s organisation to enquire if they are prepared to raise the concerns on our behalf to try and stimulate a formal response from the Club.

Our advice therefore to our members and the wider Hull City fan base is to make a personal decision on whether to submit a vote in the poll announced by the Club and consider which option would be best for themselves and other supporters in the short-medium term.

Finally, whilst we welcome the Club owners announcing an opportunity for concessionary pricing to be reconsidered as a viable option for supporters in an attempt to ‘build some bridges’ with the fans prior to any potential sales to future owners, it is disappointing that such an offer in its current format is potentially disruptive to many fans, whilst ignoring the needs of others.

We do not anticipate making any further statement on this ballot prior to its deadline of 9pm on Tuesday 28th May

Hull City Supporters Trust

Copy of Letter:

10th May 2019

Pricing Model Vote

Dear (xxxx),

I hope you are both well?

(xxxx), may I start by thanking you for taking the time to call me yesterday to discuss the communication to fans from Ehab Allam regarding the proposed vote on pricing models prior to its release and allowing me to share some initial thoughts.

As you I’m sure will have expected, this was a subject that was debated extensively by the Hull City Supporters Trust (HCST) board members last night and throughout today, which has also seen a number of our members contacting us during this time to seek clarity on some information and queries important to them.

We genuinely welcome the move by Ehab and the Club to face into the issue of concessionary pricing for membership and matchday ticket pricing and acknowledge that after a much-publicised stand-off and period of stalemate that this is an attempt to redress the situation.

However, you may be aware that we issued a holding statement to our members and local media earlier today, with the main points raised as follows:

1. We are very disappointed that lapsed members, (i.e. the fans whom Ehab indicates he wishes to build bridges with), are excluded from the voting process. Our analogy is that this is the equivalent of a major supermarket asking regular shoppers how to entice back shoppers who have taken their custom elsewhere in recent years. Surely understanding the opinion of supporters/ex-membership card holders as to what could be done to encourage to return to the K.Com stadium on matchdays is vital? We therefore respectfully request that the vote is expanded to enable supporters with a customer number on the Club ticketing database to participate in this vote and potentially expand the opinion pool for the voting process.
2. Option B states that it returns prices to the 2010/11 model. However, there is no mention of ticket pricing for Disabled fans which can only lead to a conclusion the proposal is not a full replication of the model named and that Disabled fans are effectively excluded from voting? We acknowledge, (particularly through your extensive activity on your personal Twitter account xxxx), that the Club are citing an alignment with the EFL recommended ‘Level Playing Field’ guidelines and suggesting disabled supporters contact (xxxx) directly with their own proposals, but this could be seen as emphasising the omission of disabled fans from the main voting process? We respectfully request that clearly defined concessionary pricing for disabled fans, (and any associated consideration for their assistants), is added to the Plan B pricing model
3. Plan B states that home fans currently members within the North stand will be relocated. There is no explanation provided for this decision and based on feedback received and comments posted on numerous social media sites, it seems to be a divisive move. The current location of ‘visiting supporters’ in the North-East corner of the ground satisfies the minimum requirements of ticket allocations for the competitions Hull City compete in and works well with the design of the stadium. We therefore call upon the club to give the reasons behind this decision or remove it from the conditions attached to Plan B pricing model.
4. Reference is made to the Upper West Stand. What will be the criteria for this part of the stadium to re-opened, (i.e. ticket sales in excess of a determined level?) and will all maintenance and cleaning work be carried out prior to re-opening. Please advise
5. Members of the Founder 500 Club, (who are long standing supporters seated in section W5 in the West Stand), previously had Senior Citizen concessions taken away and were expected to pay corporate prices. Will the Club be reverting to the previous pricing model, (plus inflation etc), that was in place in 2010/11 in the Plan B pricing model for Founder 500 Club members? Please advise.
6. The Department of Digital Culture Media & Sport, (DCMS), have issued guidance notes on ‘meaningful dialogue’ between Football Clubs and its Supporters. The performance of Clubs on these guidelines are monitored by both the Premier League and English Football League (EFL). Hull City partly meet these guidelines through their Supporters Committee, (SC), however HCST are not aware that the voting poll announced yesterday, (May 9th), on the possible re-introduction of a concessionary ticket model was discussed at the most recent SC meeting, even though it was a topic extensively debated and continually rejected by the Club in a number of previous SC meetings. Can the Club please offer an explanation as to why a potential change in direction by the Club on a concessionary ticket model was not discussed at the last SC meeting?
7. With regards to ‘Young Adults’ proposed pricing on the Plan B pricing model, we feel that this should not replicate the Seniors 65+ pricing based on the fact that ‘Young Adults’ are unlikely to have the same level of disposable income available to them as Senior 65+ fans and therefore respectfully request that the ‘Young Adult’ prices are reduced by approximately 10% to reflect this, (which may further entice the large student population in the city and surrounding areas to return to supporting the Club on matchdays)
8. We would also like clarification on how the vote process will be transparent.
   • How are votes collected and combined across all voting formats?
   • Who is monitoring the process to ensure impartiality?
   • Will the vote cast be fully published?
   • Will the club appoint an independent scrutiny officer?

I’d like to take this opportunity to confirm that no stage last year did HCST openly call for a ‘boycott’ of the 2nd ballot organised by the Club, but did suggest to our members and the wider fan base that voting should not be undertaken until the result of the first ballot was declared by the Club which as you are aware still remains undeclared to this day.

To summarise, as a Trust Board, we are keen to encourage our members and the wider Hull City fan base to get involved and submit their votes in the process announced by the Club this week, as we believe the Club are offering a genuine opportunity for a concessionary ticketing model to return, that we are aware is the primary reason why a large number of previous season ticket holders/membership card holders no longer attend home matches. (We also presume that this has also been highlighted as a common issue to current membership card holders that had the opportunity to feedback to Club staff during the recent rounds of courtesy calls?)

We also embrace the timing of the communication and ticketing model voting opportunity declared by the Club yesterday, as it falls nicely onto the back of the terrific launch of the book ‘Decade’ by Richard Gardham that was officially launched last Saturday at Mr Chu’s restaurant on St Andrews Quay and attended by numerous supporters, ex-players and indeed current Club employees. The whole evening enraptured the affection and powerful bond between supporters and the Club, which has been strained in recent years for a number of reasons but is clearly still evident and awaiting a return.

It has been well documented that relationships between HCST and the Club have been ‘difficult’ over the past 12 months, but on behalf of the Board, I respectfully request that you give consideration to and also a response to the points that we raise above on behalf of our members and the wider fan base, to enable them all to make a more informed decision on which ticketing model option appeals to them more which in turn will allow HCST to openly support the Club request for all members to submit their vote and hopefully see an increase in matchday attendances, a more positive atmosphere generated by the fans to better support the team, and ultimately a more enjoyable matchday experience for all supporters.

With the voting deadline issued by the Club stated as being Tuesday 28th May at 9am, may I respectfully request that we receive a response to our questions above no later than Friday 17th May at 5pm, which will give enough time for supporters to consider your responses and for HCST as a leading supporters organisation to encourage all of our members and the wider fan base to submit their votes by the deadline above.

As always, I am available on (xxxxx) should you wish to discuss

Please be assured of our best intentions

Yours sincerely

Richard Mathers
Secretary
Hull City Supporters Trust

Email response from Hull City

From: xxxx xxxx@hulltigers.com
To: secretary@hullcityst.com
Date: 11 May 2019 at 09:47
Subject: Re: Ticket Model Vote

Thanks Richard.

As mentioned before, the Club will not be responding formally to any HCST comms for the reasons outlined in our letter. The Club’s position on this remains, and our stand on this has been further discussed with Andy at the EFL recently FYI.
Sent from my iPhone

On 11 May 2019, at 00:50, ” secretary@hullcityst.com” < secretary@hullcityst.com> wrote:
Dear xxxx,

Please find attached a letter raising some feedback and queries by our Board on behalf of our members and the wider fan base.
I would be most grateful if you would review the content objectively and offer the courtesy of a response as requested.
Kind regards
Richard

­­­­­­The trust welcomes the opportunity for fans to have a vote on the return of ticket concessions or family bundles. However, there are questions and observations that we wish the club to respond to.

1 . We are very disappointed that lapsed members, the fans whom the Vice Chair indicates he wishes to build bridges with, are excluded from the voting process. This would be the equivalent of Tesco asking regular shoppers how to entice back shoppers who have taken their custom elsewhere. How can fans be asked to decide for others ?

2. Option B returns prices to the 2010/11 model. However, Disabled fans are excluded. Whilst the club are citing a, ‘level playing field’ as their arbitrary guidance  some of our disabled members and fans are indicating  vociferously they do not represent them. It cannot be the 2010/11 model if it does not include disabled fans as concessions. We would also wish for clarification on the age for Senior Citizen concessions.

3. Option B states that home fans in the North stand will be relocated. There is no explanation provided for this and it seems a divisive move. We therefore call upon the club to give the reasons behind this or remove it from the scenario.

4. Reference is made to the Upper West Stand. What will be the criteria for this to re-opened and will all maintenance work be carried out prior to re-opening.

5. Members of the founders 500 club, who are long standing supporters seated in w5 west stand had Senior Citizen concessions taken away and were made to pay corporate prices. Will the club be reverting to the situation as of 2010/11 in Option B

6. The Department of Digital Culture Media & Sport, DCMS have guidance rules on meaningful dialogue to football clubs. Clubs performance on this is monitored by The PL and EFL. Hull City partly meet these guidelines through their Supporters Committee.

HCST are not aware the latest poll on Concessions was discussed at the recent SC meeting. How can that be right?

7. We would like clarification on how the vote process will be transparent.

• How are votes collected?
• Who is monitoring the process to ensure impartiality?
• Will the votes be fully published?
• Will the club appoint an independent scrutiny officer?

For much of last Saturday’s contest in Wales it looked like a typical end of season performance from a lethargic City side as they trailed 2-0. However goals from Jarrod Bowen and forgotten man Nouha Dicko meant City stole a point.

This Sunday the Tigers face Bristol City who need a win to keep their play off hopes alive. It may be the last chance to see Jarrod Bowen, Kamil Grosicki and numerous others in the Black and Amber before their expected departures in what is looking like a summer full of change…

Here’s your update from the trust this week…

Club Tributes to Peter Skipper
City are planning a number of tributes to ex City player Peter ‘Skip’ Skipper at the Bristol City game on Sunday

Members of the Skipper family will be at the KCOM Stadium on Sunday, where many of Peter’s former team-mates will form a guard of honour in his memory ahead of a minute’s applause before kick-off.

A Book of Condolence has been opened by the club and the matchday programme will have a special cover.

More details can be found on the club’s website here.

The Trust Board congratulate the club on these wonderful gestures to a much-loved player.

“The Decade” Book Launch
We can confirm that the launch of Richard Gardhams book will take place at Mr Chu’s, St Andrews Quay at 7:30 on Saturday 4th May.

The book, which concentrates on the unbelievable period of transformation at City from 2000 to 2010, contains contributions from ex-City staff and players, many of whom will be in attendance at the launch.

All profits from the sale of the book will go to support Dove House Hospice.

A Question and Answer session will be hosted by the venerable Brendan Smurthwaite.

The event is ‘walk-in’ but please contact Mr Chu’s directly if you wish to book a table for the buffet  – but don’t hang about as this is likely to fill up fast.

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The book is now available to buy on Amazon here.

Emmaus Portland Cup
Sunday 30 June sees the Emmaus Portland Cup being played at Goals in Hull again.  

Emmaus is a charity working with homeless people around the country, through local community properties, giving them a home, meaningful work in a social enterprise and an opportunity to get back on their feet again before getting their own place. More details of their work can be found here.

Once again the Trust will be providing sponsorship for the event as well as entering a team for the first time. Teams from Emmaus communities across the country will be competing, as well as a side from Aunt Bessie’s (the current holders) and View From The Allotment End (The North Ferriby FC fanzine).

This is a great opportunity to represent the Trust, play a bit of five-a-side football and learn about the work they do at Emmaus.  We will be taking on not only sides on the pitch but also socialising at a barbeque back at the Hull Community premises down Lockwood Street after the football has finished.

We can field a team of up to 8 so if you are interested in taking part and playing in the tournament then please get in touch with Board member Peter Fleming in the coming weeks. 

Ferriby Phoenix
From the ashes of North Ferriby United has risen a new club – North Ferriby FC!

North Ferriby Football Club will play out of the Church Road ground next season and take the place of the now defunct North Ferriby United, who were liquidated last month due to unpaid debts.

The new club, led by former United chairman Les Hare with the backing of a number of high-profile local residents and businessmen, will begin life next season in the Northern Counties East League.

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There is a lot of work to be done to tidy up the Church Road ground – can you spare some time this Saturday (4th May) to help? Contact them on Twitter for more details…

The club have also set up a Crowdfunder page for more long-term development of the ground and facilities. You can contribute here.

HCST Last Man Standing Competition
City and Dicko accounted for one of the two casulaties this weekend,
seven left…

If no single winner is declared this Sunday, then we’ll carry on with the play offs.

Remember, Championship teams only, and you can’t pick a team you have
already selected.

HCST Board Meeting
The Trust held a Board meeting on Monday 29th April at the William Gemmell.

The minutes of the meeting can be read here (along with all previous Board Meeting Minutes).

EFL / MIND Badges
The EFL and MIND have launched a campaign entitled ‘On Your Side’ to raise awareness of mental health issues.

Part of this campaign includes the sale of ‘On Your Side’ badges in the colours of all the 72 EPL teams.

Hull City badges are still available and can be bought from the MIND on-Line Shop here.

More details of the campaign can be found here.

HCST Policy Amendments
As was noted at the AGM of the Trust, we are busy updating our rules from the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1965 – 78 under which it was incorporated to comply with the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 which it must now operate under.  These changes are minor but necessary to be compliant.

The Trust accounts are currently unaudited and at the next AGM there will be a vote put to members giving them the choice of continuing with the accounts being unaudited for another year or appointing external auditors (at the Trust’s expense). 

This will then become a standing motion at each AGM thereafter giving members an annual vote on the matter.  The Trust will also make some changes such that the accounts fully comply with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities which represents best practice and make the Trust more professional in its activities.

Hull City Ladies
The Tigresses complete their fixtures for the season with a home match against Nottingham Forest Ladies in what is effectively a play off for a respectable 9th place.

Kick off for the match on Sunday is 2pm at the Hull University Sports Ground on Inglemire Lane but its also the Ladies family fun day with the gates opening at 12.45pm.

Admission prices are also reduced to £2 for adults, (or just a quid if you’re wearing black & amber), with U-16’s getting in for free.

So if you don’t fancy the uncertainty of not knowing if you’re sat next to an excitable Brsitol City fan at the K.Com, then pop down to cheer on the Tigresses in what will be their final home game at this ground.

We’d like to pass on our congratulations to Rachel Gay and the team in what has been a very solid season overall and their first at this level in the Ladies game.

More details are available on the clubs website. 

Funds available for Local Youth Football teams.
Do You (or someone you know) run a Hull Boys Sunday Football team or an East Riding Girls Team?

The collapse of the Wembley sale might result in no extra funds going to grass roots football, but don’t worry – funding is available locally.

Several years ago, the then Tigers Co-Operative, now Hull City Supporters Trust, donated £6,000 to support local youth football teams.

For more details of the scheme follow the link here.

There are still funds available, of up to £100 per team. All you need to do is complete the application form available here.

Good Luck!

Amber Nectar
More wisdom from our friends at Amber Nectar. 

Please follow these links for the latest Podcast  and  Things We Think We Think.

Hull City Fans Forum on Hull Kingston Radio
More fan-focused chat from our friends at HKR.

You can listen to the latest programme here.

Tigers Down Under
The latest podcast from our antipodean friends. Available on YouTube and Soundcloud.

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-depth look at two HCST partners – Dinostar – The Dinosaur Experience & The William Gemmell.

Our first partner of the week is Dinostar – The Dinosaur Experience.

28-29 Humber Street, Hull, HU1 1TH,  Tel: 01482 320424 Email

ONE CHILD ADMITTED FREE IF AN ACCOMPANYING ADULT SHOWS A MEMBERSHIP CARD

Dinostar is Hull’s interactive, hands on dinosaur museum.  Highlights include Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex skulls, Triceratops bones you can touch and our Dinosaur Sound Box.  Open every Sunday and school holidays, see web site for details.

Our second partner of the week is The William Gemmell.

507 Anlaby Road, Hull.  Tel: 07944 236501 

The William Gemmell club on Anlaby Road is a welcome addition to our partnership scheme. As part of this arrangement, all HCST members will become affiliate members of the Gemmell, and the Trust will have a presence there on all Hull City home match days with membership applications and renewals as well as Trust merchandise available for purchase. 

Merchandise Offer
For this week’s offer, City / HCAFC scarves are £4. Buy yours from the storehere.

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.