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Hull City Association Football Club are an English football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. For the first time in their history, the club will participate in the top tier of English football, the Premier League, in the 2008-09 season. The Club was founded in 1904, the highest position Hull City have ever finished in the English Football League was 3rd in the second division of the old Football League, a feat they repeated in 2007-08 when they gained promotion from The Championship after beating Bristol City 1-0 in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium. Their greatest achievement in cup competitions came in 1930, when the team reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup .

The club play their home games at the KC Stadium in Hull. The club previously played at Boothferry Park, but moved to their current home in 2002, with Boothferry Park set for demolition. They traditionally play in black and amber, often with a striped shirt design, hence their nickname The Tigers . The club's mascot is known as Roary the Tiger.

Hull City Football Managers:

Name	Managerial Tenure	G	W	D	L	Win %
James Ramster	August 1904–April 1905	0	0	0	0	00.00
Ambrose Langley	April 1905–April 1913	318	143	67	108	44.96
Harry Chapman	April 1913–September 1914	45	20	10	15	44.44
Fred Stringer	September 1914–July 1916	43	22	6	15	51.16
David Menzies	July 1916–June 1921	90	31	27	32	34.44
Percy Lewis	July 1921–January 1923	71	27	18	26	38.02
Billy McCracken	February 1923–May 1931	375	134	104	137	35.73
Haydn Green	May 1931–March 1934	123	61	24	38	49.59
Jack Hill	March 1934–January 1936	77	24	15	38	31.16
David Menzies	February 1936–October 1936	24	5	8	11	20.83
Ernest Blackburn	December 1936–January 1946	117	50	31	36	42.73
Frank Buckley	May 1946–March 1948	80	33	19	28	41.25
Raich Carter	March 1948–September 1951	157	74	41	42	47.13
Bob Jackson	June 1952–March 1955	123	42	26	55	34.14
Bob Brocklebank	March 1955–May 1961	302	113	71	118	37.41
Cliff Britton	July 1961–November 1969	406	170	101	135	41.87
Terry Neill	June 1970–September 1974	174	61	55	58	35.05
John Kaye	September 1974–October 1977	126	40	40	46	31.74
Bobby Collins	October 1977–February 1978	19	4	7	8	21.05
Ken Houghton	April 1978–December 1979	72	23	22	27	31.94
Mike Smith	December 1979–March 1982	99	27	29	43	27.27
Bobby Brown	March 1982–June 1982	19	10	4	5	52.63
Colin Appleton	June 1982–May 1984	91	47	29	15	51.64
Brian Horton	June 1984–April 1988	195	77	58	60	39.48
Eddie Gray	June 1988–May 1989	51	13	14	24	25.49
Colin Appleton	May 1989–October 1989	16	1	8	7	6.25
Stan Ternent	November 1989–January 1991	62	19	15	28	30.64
Terry Dolan	January 1991–July 1997	322	99	96	127	30.74
Mark Hateley	July 1997–November 1998	76	17	14	45	22.36
Warren Joyce	November 1998–April 2000	86	33	25	28	38.37
Billy Russell	April 2000–April 2000	2	0	0	2	00.00
Brian Little	April 2000–February 2002	97	41	28	28	42.26
Billy Russell	February 2002–April 2002	7	1	1	5	14.28
Jan Mølby	April 2002–October 2002	17	2	8	7	11.76
Billy Russell	October 2002–October 2002	1	1	0	0	100.00
Peter Taylor	October 2002–June 2006	184	77	50	57	41.84
Phil Parkinson	June 2006–December 2006	24	5	6	13	20.83
Phil Brown	December 2006– Present	81	35	19	27	43.20

Statistics and records

Andy Davidson holds the record for Hull City league appearances, having played 520 matches. George Maddison comes second, having played 430 matches.Chris Chilton is the club's top goalscorer with 222 goals in all competitions. Chilton also holds the club record for goals scored in the League (193), FA Cup (16) and League Cup (10).

The club's widest victory margin in the league was their 11–1 win against Carlisle United in Division Three in 1939. Their heaviest defeat in the league was 8–0 against Wolves in 1911.

Hull City's record home attendance is 55,019, for a match against Manchester United F.C. on 26 February 1949 at Boothferry Park.

The highest transfer fee received for a Hull City player is £1.25 million, from Crystal Palace F.C. for Leon Cort in June 2006. The highest transfer fee paid for a player is £1 million, to Wigan Athletic for Caleb Folan in September 2007. Following promotion to the Premier League, Dean Marney has also cost £1m, due to a clause in his transfer from Spurs whereby Hull City have to pay an additional £500k when promoted.

Players. Current squad

No	Goalkeepers	No	Defenders	No	Midfielders	No	Forwards	Player of the Year
26	Tom Woodhead	2	Nathan Doyle	4	Ian Ashbee ( captain )	17	Michael Bridges	Ian Goodison	2000–01
1	Boaz Myhill	3	Andy Dawson	8	Nick Barmby	18	Caleb Folan	Gary Alexander	2001–02
12	Matt Duke	37	Liam Cooper	31	Will Atkinson	20	Henrik Pedersen	Stuart Elliott	2002–03
		29	Matt Plummer	32	James Bennett	9	Dean Windass	Damien Delaney	2003–04
		21	Sam Ricketts	11	Bryan Hughes	27	Nicky Featherstone	Stuart Elliott	2004–05
		6	Michael Turner	13	Ryan France			Boaz Myhill	2005–06
		15	Wayne Brown	14	Richard Garcia			Andy Dawson	2006–07
				22	Dean Marney			Michael Turner	2007–08
				19	John Welsh

The best decisions

	Years
Football League Championship play-off winners	2007-08
Football League One Runners-up	2004–05
Football League Division Three Champions	1965–66
Football League Division Three Runners-up	2003-04
Football League Division Three Promoted	1984–85
Football League Third Division North Champions	1932–33, 1948–49
Football League Third Division North Runners-up	1958–59
Football League Division Four Runners-up	1982–83
FA Cup Semi-finalists	1929–30

Colours and crest

Hull have worn black and amber shirts with black shorts. These black and amber colours point on Hull's nickname, The Tigers. However, in the club's first match against Notts County in 1904, white shirts were worn, with black shorts and black socks. During their first season in the League, Hull wore black and amber striped shirts and black shorts, which they continued to wear until the Second World War with the exception of one season, in which they wore sky blue shirts. Following the end of the Second World War, Hull spent another season wearing sky blue, but changed to plain amber shirts, which they wore until the early 1960s, when they swapped back to stripes.

KC Stadium

Between 1904 and 1905, Hull City played their home games at The Boulevard. This ground was used by Hull on a contract, where they would be allowed to use it when not used for Rugby League, costing the princely sum of £100 per annum. Hull built their own ground, Anlaby Road, which was opened in 1906. With the threat of the rerouting of the railway line through the Anlaby Road ground, the club was convinced it needed to secure its future by owning its own ground. They negotiated the deal for land between Boothferry Road and North Road in 1929, which was financed by a £3,000 loan from The FA.

Hull City, along with one of the city's rugby league sides, Hull F.C., moved into the newly-built KC Stadium in 2002. The KC Stadium was named 'Best Ground' at the 2006 Football League Awards.