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Hull is a rugby league city as much as a football one, and visitors are often confused by the setup. Here is how it works. Two clubs, one city Hull FC play west of the river Hull. Hull Kingston Rovers, known as Hull KR, play east of it. The river splits the city and the two clubs split it with them. It is one of the fiercest local rivalries in British sport and it runs through families, workplaces and streets. Where they play Hull FC share the MKM Stadium with Hull City. Hull... Read more

Written for visiting supporters and anyone coming in for a game from outside the area. City centre The best option if you want to walk everywhere. You are within reach of Paragon station, the Old Town pubs and the walk to the ground. Rooms in the centre go first for the bigger fixtures and prices rise sharply for those weekends, so book early. Old Town and the marina The most interesting part of the city to stay in. Cobbled streets, the oldest pubs in Hull and the Fruit Market... Read more

The ground is in use far more than most people outside Hull realise, and it is a decent chunk of what goes on in this city. Rugby league Hull FC of Super League share the stadium. That means two full seasons running through the same venue and the same pitch, with fixtures often falling on consecutive days. Concerts The stadium hosts large outdoor concerts in the summer months, when neither season is in full swing. It is comfortably the biggest venue of its kind in this part of... Read more

Biggest win Eleven goals to one against Carlisle United in the Third Division North on 14 January 1939. It remains the club's record victory in any competition. Biggest Premier League wins At home, six nil against Fulham on 28 December 2013. Away, four nil at Cardiff City on 22 February 2014. Both came in the 2013/14 season, which was the club's best ever top flight campaign by league position. Heaviest defeat Eight nil, and it has happened twice. The first was against... Read more

Comes up every window and gets explained wrong constantly, so here it is properly. The basic rule Each club registers a squad of up to 25 players for the season. Only players on that list can play in the Premier League. The list is submitted after the transfer window closes and can be changed in the January window. The homegrown requirement At least eight of the 25 must be homegrown. Homegrown means a player who was registered with a club affiliated to the English or Welsh FA... Read more

The answer 55,019, for an FA Cup tie against Manchester United at Boothferry Park in the 1948/49 season. It has stood for more than seventy five years and it will never be beaten, because the current ground holds a little over 25,000. The game itself United were Matt Busby's side and they won by a single goal from Stan Pearson. For Hull the result mattered far less than the occasion. The club was in the Third Division North at the time and still drew a crowd that most top flight... Read more

With the fixture back in the Premier League this season, worth explaining for anyone who does not follow Yorkshire football closely. It is not an old rivalry in the traditional sense The two clubs have spent most of their histories in different divisions and have not played each other regularly for long stretches. What there has never been is a shortage of feeling when they do meet. Where it comes from Geography. Both are Yorkshire clubs and there is a long standing... Read more

The biggest day in the club's history and still the game people ask about most. The final Hull City faced Arsenal at Wembley in May 2014. Within eight minutes we were two goals up, both from corners, and the Hull end could not quite process what was happening. Arsenal pulled one back before half time, equalised late in normal time and won it in extra time. Why it still matters Losing a cup final is not usually something a club celebrates, but this one is different here. It was... Read more

One thread for the window rather than fifteen. Confirmed business only, updated as it happens. In Hidemasa Morita from Sporting CP. Central midfielder, Japan international, arrives with Champions League experience. Matt Targett from Newcastle United. Left back with a long Premier League record behind him. Elliot Stroud from Mjallby. Already at the club from the January window Yu Hirakawa , the club's first Japanese signing... Read more

With a new campaign starting, here is the complete record of what we have done at this level. 2008/09 First season in the top flight in the club's history, reached after the play off final win over Bristol City. Started brilliantly with away wins at Arsenal and Tottenham, then fell away badly in the second half of the season and stayed up on the final day. 2009/10 Relegated. Never recovered from a poor start and a mid season managerial change did not turn it around... Read more

With the fixture back in the Premier League this season, worth explaining for anyone who does not follow Yorkshire football closely. It is not an old rivalry in the traditional sense The two clubs have spent most of their histories in different divisions and have not played each other regularly for long stretches. What there has never been is a shortage of feeling when they do meet. Where it comes from Geography. Both are Yorkshire clubs and there is a long standing... Read more

The biggest day in the club's history and still the game people ask about most. The final Hull City faced Arsenal at Wembley in May 2014. Within eight minutes we were two goals up, both from corners, and the Hull end could not quite process what was happening. Arsenal pulled one back before half time, equalised late in normal time and won it in extra time. Why it still matters Losing a cup final is not usually something a club celebrates, but this one is different here. It was... Read more