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Hull City: Hull Tigers name change submitted to FA". BBC Sport. 11 December 2013 . Retrieved 18 January 2014.

a b Beill, Andy (27 August 2002). "Greaves Goes". Hull City Mad. Digital Sports Group . Retrieved 1 April 2013.A very popular sport in Hull is rugby league, with the city supplying two teams in to the Super League competition. The first is Hull FC, who were founded in 1865 as the oldest rugby league club in the world, and play at the MKM Stadium. [253] Also in Super League are Hull Kingston Rovers, who play at Sewell Group Craven Park Stadium in East Hull, following promotion from the Championship in 2017. [254] Hull City have presented a Player of the Year award since the 1999–00 season, with Mark Greaves winning its inaugural edition. [165] Michael Turner, Player of the Year in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons Hull City moved into the newly built KC Stadium alongside Hull F.C. in 2002. [13] The KC Stadium was named "Best Ground" at the 2006 Football League Awards. [108] Rivalries Hull City supporters at the celebrations on the team's promotion to the Premier League in 2008 a b "Hull City: FA Council rejects proposed name change to Tigers". BBC Sport. 9 April 2014 . Retrieved 9 April 2014.

Markus Henriksen stood down as Hull City captain as Grant McCann reveals new skipper". HullLive. 25 July 2019 . Retrieved 3 September 2023. The recent visit of high-profile Turkish businessman Murat Ülker shows the growing appeal of Hull City, according to vice-chairman Tan Kesler. Ülker was at the MKM Stadium last month to watch City's dramatic 1-1 draw with Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield Town as a guest of Tigers owner Acun Ilicali, amid talks about how the 63-year-old can be involved with the club in the near future. The annual Hull Jazz Festival takes place around the Marina area for a week at the beginning of August. [182] Hull has many shopping streets, both inside and outside the city centre. The main non-city-centre shopping streets are Hessle Road, Holderness Road, Chanterlands Avenue, Beverley Road, Princes Avenue, and Newland Avenue. [118] Trinity Market HallThe city's port and industrial facilities, coupled with its proximity to mainland Europe and ease of location being on a major estuary, led to extremely widespread damage by bombing raids during the Second World War; much of the city centre was destroyed. [5] Hull had 95% of its houses damaged or destroyed, making it the most severely bombed British city or town in terms of number of damaged or destroyed buildings, apart from London, during the Second World War. [23] More than 1,200 people died in air raids on the city and some 3,000 others were injured. [24]

See also: Bands and musicians from Yorkshire and North East England Religion [ edit ] Hull Minster Religion Liam Rosenior makes key Hull City appointment as ex-Derby County & Nottingham Forest man joins". Hull Daily Mail. 4 November 2022 . Retrieved 15 November 2022. In 2019 a series of blue plaques appeared around Hull as part of the Alternative Heritage project. [160]Hunter, Andy (1 December 2013). "Steve Bruce admits threat of rebranding makes Hull City burn bright". The Guardian . Retrieved 2 December 2013. I want more people in the stadium, I want more in attendance and I want them to give as much as they can so we be stronger.

Inter War Promise Not Fulfilled". Hull City Mad. Digital Sports Group. 2 January 2002 . Retrieved 26 February 2011. In recent years a number of modern art sculptures and heritage trails have been installed around Hull. These include a figure looking out to the Humber called 'Voyage' which has a twin in Iceland. In July 2011, this artwork was reported stolen. [156] [157] There is a shark sculpture outside The Deep and a fountain and installation called 'Tower of Light' outside Britannia House on the corner of Spring Bank. [ citation needed] Part of the Seven Seas Fish Trail, on Lowgate

Hull has a number of historical statues such as the Wilberforce Memorial in Queen's Gardens and the gilded King William III statue on Market Place (known locally as "King Billy"). There is a statue of Hull-born Amy Johnson in Prospect Street [152] and Hull's Paragon Interchange has a statue of Philip Larkin, the latter unveiled on 2 December 2010. [153]