5. Oct, 2022

The boy was a larker. Part One. Steve Massey

When some kids played football in my era they pretended to be Brian Robson, Gary Lineker or Glenn Hoddle.
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19. Sep, 2022

The five stages of losing

Like so many of my blogs, I’ve shameless stolen my idea from someone else.
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5. Sep, 2022

Don't be that fan...

My old man bless him is 76 now.
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26. Aug, 2022

“Billy Whitehurst was god”

Fantasy football was just beginning to grow in the early nineties when I was at University.
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20. Jul, 2022

A lesson from 21 years ago....

Don't throw away the baby with the bath water....
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28. Jun, 2022

There are two types of City fan, those that loved George Honeyman, and those that were wrong.

In mid-September 2021, we’d really hit a wall.
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12. Jun, 2022

Eight types of City fan on Twitter * Summer Edition *

Because re-cycling is important, even with ideas...
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23. May, 2022

Waggy Waggy Waggy!! Oi! Oi! Oi!

Accurately perceiving a response to a blog can be a very inexact science.
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3. May, 2022

The Alternative Hull City Awards 2021-22

Awards are a bit of a dud, really aren’t they?
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25. Apr, 2022

End of season grades....

Well the season is coming to an end.
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3. Apr, 2022

This blog isn’t about Tom Eaves

It's about being better fans...
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31. Mar, 2022

I don't need to have seen Chillo play to know he’s the greatest...

I was reflecting on the topics I’ve covered in the last year recently and I concluded that the most responded to blogs are often paying tribute to former pla...
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11. Mar, 2022

Something about an Italian City taking a while to build…

nbsp; Two unrelated stories that I’ll try to bind together afterwards into a bigger point.
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28. Feb, 2022

“The third man”-Tony Norman

Now rather than delve into my iffy wrestling reference in my title (see nineties WCW) the other reason I’ve named this blog “The third man” is because if you...
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21. Feb, 2022

You'll never beat Pete Skipper...

We beat Swansea City 3-2 on Sky before Christmas in 2018.
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15. Feb, 2022

The dying art of disagreement...

Some of my favourite posters in the past and present about City have vastly different opinions to myself on the club.
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7. Feb, 2022

Do we view the past with rose-tinted spectacles?

I started watching a random City game on Tiger Tube today.
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1. Feb, 2022

The far too early player of the year awards

If you’re a regular reader of the blog you’ll know I’m not the greatest fan of much of the media coverage of the club.
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24. Jan, 2022

Goodbye sweet prince, I’ll miss you, you one dimensional stubborn fool, who was amazing...good riddance ya genius…

I think we can all put most City managers in a fairly broad descriptive range, sure there may be some dissent (isn’t there always with this fan base?
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17. Jan, 2022

5 completely made up rumours about City...

Because just like all the ITK lads... I don't have a clue...
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12. Jan, 2022

Top five whopper fan-bases....

With extra cheese...
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21. Dec, 2021

The nice list

Boy... this was hard work...
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15. Dec, 2021

Those who will not be forgiven...

*Warning* may contain Brian Laws references...
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6. Dec, 2021

Memories of "that" day...

Even if it was purgatory for ninety minutes....
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1. Dec, 2021

A love letter to fanzines and message boards...

Hull_Kogan I hope you are reading....
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23. Nov, 2021

What did the Allams ever do for us?

We live in a world where everyone is biased.
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18. Nov, 2021

Stanley McEwan was my hero...

When I was growing up in the eighties most of the kids where I was from wanted to be like a professional footballer.
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15. Nov, 2021

What makes good support in the ground? And is the modern version of fan interaction a bit rubbish?

Women’s football is why I’m writing this…  On Sunday I went to watch a Women’s FA cup game near my home town and the opposition Clapton CFC must have br...
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12. Nov, 2021

Four principles which new owners could rebuild the club with...

Rich Gardham’s tweets are the reason I’m writing this.
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5. Nov, 2021

Why are we so in love with the past? And what can we learn from this?

Not just City, but the wider football world...
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1. Nov, 2021

"Be careful what you wish for vs Kebabs at the MKM"

A balanced view of our latest very city predicament...
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18. Oct, 2021

Hull City in 2026... a vision...

The last fans dribble out of the "Deliveroo Arena" on a rainy October Saturday...
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7. Oct, 2021

The next 8 types of Twitter City fans...

So, the “The Eight types of City fan on Twitter” seemed to give everyone a laugh (which was the intention) and various people recognised themselves as a type.
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27. Sep, 2021

The Eight types of City fan on Twitter

Send your hate tweets to @thelikesofhull
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16. Sep, 2021

Times when we've sacked too soon, too late, and at the right time...

The #hcafc is a funny place at times.
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14. Sep, 2021

Five times the song was better than the player....

After the brave attempts by Mr J Uzzell Esq to make the South Stand sing, and the ace idea of young Bentos starting the "We built this City" chant was follow...
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7. Sep, 2021

Diary of an E3 experience...

For an exiled fan like myself deciding where to sit at home is never easy.
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24. Aug, 2021

Can I shock you? I miss the Papa John's trophy....

Tuesday night without a City game is a bit strange at the moment.
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22. Aug, 2021

A call for perspective, humour and some parameters from the fan base.

If we can agree on one thing it's that City fans aren't going to agree on much.
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17. Aug, 2021

Greatest living Hullensian..Part 1... Lewie Coyle...

Loaded magazine had a recurring article I used to enjoy...
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16. Aug, 2021

Going? Not going? A balanced look at both sides of the quandary for City fans...

Now you know I like a left field reference... there's two in here...
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3. Aug, 2021

The curious comparisons of our ownerships issues and Brexit...

If you have to travel a lot to watch this club you can end up in some quite bizarre #hcafc related conversations to kill time.
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1. Aug, 2021

2021-22 season preview, the 10 questions that will define our season...

The kids are alright, but are they more than alright?
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25. Jul, 2021

We don't half love a football kit in Hull...

Hull's strength and weakness as a city is that it swims against the tide of culture quite a lot.
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19. Jul, 2021

Heartbreak... A Hull City speciality....

Let's never play in May again....
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1. Jul, 2021

"I'm just popping for a Gulasci"

The Euro's are why I'm writing this blog again.
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23. Jun, 2021

The best 5 one season wonders in the last twenty five years...

Euro 2020 is why I'm writing this blog.
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14. Jun, 2021

The Rivalry Quandary

The curious reality of not really having a rival club... kind of.
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3. Jun, 2021

Never go back? Most probably agree that bringing back former players isn't the right approach... but the examples don't back that up..

I'm never sure if it's City fans on Twitter that are a little different or if it's just City fans in general.
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25. May, 2021

In the unlikely defence of i-follow

One of the few things Hull City fans can agree about is that they don't agree about very much.
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25. May, 2021

Who can step up?

I was walking out of Wembley in 2008 after the play-off final when a somewhat salty Bristol City supporter engaged me in conversation.
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