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'''Hull City A.F.C.''' is a [[British]] [[soccer]] team based in the east-coast port city of Hull. The 2008/09 season was the first that the team had ever played top-tier football. After the relegation the team plays in the [[Football League Championship]] in the season 2017/2018. The club's manager is Nigel Pearson and they are sponsored by Karoo.

==History==
Hull City was founded in 1904; they would've been founded sooner had it not been for the popularity of [[rugby league]] in the city. A history of disappointment has marred the team's past, but a fresh look has catapulted them to the top tier, where they hope to stay for years to come. They also hold the record for the fastest ascent from the lowest division in [[The Football League]] to the [[English Premier League]].<ref>http://www.premierleague.com/page/hull-city</ref>

Their Premier League spell was the seasons 2008-09 and 2009-10. Narrowly escaping relegation in 2009 they went down the year after.

==Roster==
===Goalkeepers===
*1 Boaz Myhill
*12 Matt Duke
*26 Tony Warner
*43 Tom Woodhead

===Defenders===
*3 Andy Dawson
*5 Wayne Brown
*6 Michael Turner
*15 Bernard Mendy
*21 Samuel Ricketts
*24 Kamil Zayatte
*29 Matt Plummer
*30 Anthony Gardner
*35 Liam Cooper
*38 Joe Lamplough
*39 Steve Gardner

===Midfielders===
*2 Nathan Doyle
*4 Ian Ashbee
*8 Nick Barmby
*10 Deiberson Geovanni
*11 Bryan Hughes
*13 Ryan France
*16 Peter Halmosi
*17 Kevin Kilbane
*19 John Welsh
*20 George Boateng
*22 Dean Marney
*27 Nicky Featherstone
*31 Will Atkinson
*32 James Bennett
*33 Jimmy Bullard
*36 Jamie Devitt
*42 Nick McNamara

===Strikers===
*7 Craig Fagan
*9 Dean Windass
*14 Richard Garcia
*18 Caleb Folan
*25 Daniel Cousin
*28 Alberto Manucho
*37 Bill Law
*42 Ryan Kendall
*- Michael Bridges

==Notable Former Players==
*DF [[Ian Goodison]]

==References==
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[[Category:UK soccer]]