No.65 - Sat. 24th May 2008; Football League Championship Play-Off Final 2008         3.00pm at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Middx. (Att: 86703; Admn: Expensive! & Prog: £5)

View matchday images  01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Bristol City (0) 0  Hull City (1) 1  Dare to dream!  Tuesday 18th March 2008. The Tigers had just beaten Colchester United. As I drove away from Layer Road I wiped a tear from my eye. The Radio 5 Live sports presenter Vassos Alexander announced to the nation that Hull had just climbed into the play-off places. I could feel goosebumps on my skin as the news broke. I couldn't quite believe it - my team were possibly on the brink of something rather special. Eight weeks and five victories later City moved up to third place in the table. The club had quite simply exceeded beyond all expectations. All that remained was a Semi-Final against Watford. The fans were in ecstasy as the Londoners were easily brushed aside by an impressive display which saw Hull win by a 6 - 1 aggregate victory. Surreal, quite surreal !! Surely this was a position other teams found themselves in and not mine! We dared to dream. It was quite amazing to think that a team which nearly went out of business a few years ago could soon be in the Premier League. It didn't seem long ago that the gates of Boothferry Park were locked and the players couldn't get into the ground. Thankfully new Chairman Adam Pearson was appointed to get the club back on its feet again. The club moved to the superb KC Stadium and with the help of manager Peter Taylor the Tigers steadily climbed up the League. Ironically after two successive promotions both left to pastures new.