The Hull City Football Club also known as the Tigers are an English Football Club located in the area of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding, Yorkshire. The club was established in the year 1904 when they started playing games at the Boulevard Anlaby Road Cricket Ground and Dairycoates.

A year after its foundation, Hull City Football Club was elected to the Second Division of the Football League and finished third place in that league in the 1909-1910 after losing to Oldham Athletic three to zero. The margin of difference was nothing more than a mere 0.29 of a goal.

The history of Hull City Football Club was written by David Mercer who joined in January 1914. He started to play with the team within three months of becoming a member. David Mercer was also known as Magical Mercer and he made two hundred and eighteen consecutive appearances. Of the 218 appearances by Mercer, there were 142 appearances during the war.

Afterwards, Hull City Football Club stated to experience financial problems just like many other clubs and businesses during the Great Depression. In spite of the economic problems, the club managed to survive thanks to one of its prominent players George Geordie Maddison and Bill Mc Naughton.

Regardless, the Second World War II did not help the club as it sank into the Third Division until it finally remained dormant. After all, there was not time for football [soccer] during this war. Regardless, everything started to improve when peace returned to Europe in 1945.

It was in 1946 that Hull City Football Club returned with a new manager Major Frank Buckley, a new Board of Directors under the leadership of Harold Needler, and a new home called Boothferry Park. There was a new player who would grace the pages of the history of Hull City Football Club whose name was Raich Carter. He started with the club on the 3rd of April 1948 and was instrumental in the club winning first place in the Third Division.

Regardless of the recent economic problems, Hull City Football Club remains one of the football clubs in England and it is hoped that they will continue to be successful in the years to come.

Hull City Football Club also returned to the Second Division for a brief period of time. The 1960’s was also a new era of change for the club when Harold Needler welcomed Cliff Britton as the new manager in July 1961. Harold Needler then proceeded to offer Cliff Britton a contract of ten years duration and a cash injection of Two Hundred Thousand British Pound

Sterlings.

The players that were prominent during the 1960’s were Ken Wagstaff, Chris Chilton, Ken Houghton, and Ian Butler. In the 1970’s, the prominent managers were Terry Neill, Bobby Collins, John Kaye, and Ken Houghton. Regardless of the changes of manager, there were more economic problems as well as league relegation.

In spite of new management in the 1980’s under the guise of Mike Smith, Bobby Brown, and Cyril Lea, the Hull City Football Club was placed in receivership. For those who are not familiar with the word receivership, it is a form of bankruptcy which allows companies to avoid going out of business through a reorganization under the supervision of a court appointed trustee

After the financial situation improved, there was optimism as the Hull City Football Club began to ascend into the Second Division and at one point reaching the top of that division before suffering relegation. In 1997, the family of Harold Needler sold the club to David Lloyd. David Lloyd was the Captain of British Davis Cup Team including Boothferry Park.

David Lloyd however was not popular and was forced to sell to Nick Buchanan in 1998. The only condition was that he remained the owner of Boothferry Park.

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