Have to agree with this...while the players earn a fortune, when there are bus parades and civic receptions players of both Football & Rugby usually spend the entire occasion lapping up the applause, taking pictures of the crowd...usually with their kids in tow. I can't imagine the same effect was had in from of a quarter full KC tonight.

Ah, Mr Allam. The philanthropist wanting to bring sport to the people of Hull. £10 tickets for all to embrace fans old and new. A donation of a sporting village to the Hull public. Saving Hull City and investing £60M as a gesture of thanks to his adopted home.

How wonderfully he honoured his words by excluding that same public from his success. In his haste to stick two fingers up to those he deems to have snubbed him he also alienates the very people to whom he claims he yearns to bequeath his benefaction.

Tactical mistake tonight, Mr Allam. 100,000 Hull people lined the streets and filled Victoria Square last promotion. Little over 4000 die-hard City fans endured a toe-curling private gathering tonight. Great demonstration of how to win hearts and minds.

To be fair, with roughly 24 hours notice, I don't think that's a bad attendance...

Parade announced on the Sunday in 2008, an estimated 100, 000 cheered the bus on the streets and partied in the city centre the next day, Bank Holiday Monday.

"It'll be MY promotion party" screamed the Mail on Monday. Very well, Dr.

Absolutely spot on Wormy. I'm a pass holder of both sides and I am gutted at the immaturity on show here. Tonight should have been a great night for people all over the city to share in a great achievement by a team from this city.

Sadly it was a disaster. Sad for the people of Hull, not just the regular City supporters, and also sad for the players and their young families. Total embarrassment for all in attendance.

A massive opportunity for bridge building and sharing of success totally lost for the sake of stubborn self rightiousness.

What a mess, I hope Mr Allam is feeling the vibe of the people. He needs to change his stance for his own good. he's done brilliant in saving the Tigers, but my word, at times......what a complete pr,,k.

I don't really understand the rush, tbh. If he'd left it until the weekend, I bet he'd have got nearer 20k. Still excludes the ordinary Joe Public, but a much happier occasion for the players and fans. I know players' holidays was cited, but if City had been in the playoffs, they'd still have been on duty anyway?

yer fair point... Bless him.

I am feeling for all Hull City / Hull people tonight - I have been so many times into the City Centre be it at the City Hall or Guildhall .Hull FC many times. Went when City last went into the Premiership - Remember Windass - Luke Campbell winning Gold last year. How the players have missed out Mr A. The only memories their kids have is a moment at Dads work.

allems' selfish actions not only cost the public of hull the chance to cheer on the team but it has also cost the cities pubs/bars/restaurants money by not deciding to have a civic reception in the city centre, upto 100,000 people would have brought in a few quid for buisnesses that are already struggling after the boast that premiership status would bring in much needed money to the city, yet the football teams owner deprived them of their first big payday without even a ball being kicked!

sad pathetic little man, enough about Scooterboy, there's fez man too

used to have limited regard for City because they were from Hull, now, I hope they dont win a game.

Sadly it seems Dr A is too busy fighting battles in his own mind to actually concentrate on the job in hand. The whole debacle over JW followed by the very late request for us to move Friday's match and now this. For a supposed successful businessman he is very short sighted.

City knew they were the favourites for promotion over the past two or three weeks. A civic reception in whatever form must have been thought about. Lets face it the authorities needed to be aware. There should have been mention of when and where last week in order for fans to be able to make plans. Most I would assume would have expected an open top bus parade culminating at a council premises be it the KC or City Hall.
What they get is 24hrs notice and lots of posturing. Frankly pathetic.

I genuinely feel for all the loyal City fans who have missed out on what all the other fortunate fans who's team have been promoted will be enjoying.

Well done Dr Allam you have managed to make yourself look pathetic and all for a bit of pride that you say has been dented.

Is that anything like a sand dancer?

no, it's completely different, wearing a Fez is a cultural thing, you know that.

So Tommy Cooper and Wilson & Keppel share a cultural link?

You accused someone of casual racism earlier, how is your comment any different?

You're hilarious, would you like to be my cleaner?

I shall bow out of this tedious nonsense now.

I wish Hull FC well, I wish Hull KR well, I wish the Stingrays well, I'm from Hull, why wouldn't I? Anyone who wishes ill on another sporting club in this great city of ours is either very dim, or is simply very bitter.

I'd rather have seen an event in Hull tonight, but I understand Assem's reasons for not wanting those clowns Brady or Geraghty to try and take any credit and as it turned out, it was a decent night.

I wish your lads well for the rest of the season and if you ever want to pop on our boards at any point, then you're more than welcome, nobody will threaten to ban you, we tend to be reasonably grown up.

With love,
OLM

Those are, on the who,e, reasonable comments. However, to suggest the City forum (the one linked earlier I this thread, of which you appear to be a forum member) is reasonably grown up is a contradiction in terms judging by some of the ill informed and insulting posts on there.

I have no idea what Brady and the councils view point will have been, but I cannot see how they could claim any sort of credit for City's success. Allam not having the civic reception has denied some local businesses from an unexpected pay day. Yet isn't this the very thing he claims to want to instigate?

I was not surprised at the low turn out,when they couldn't sell out a game of the magnitude of saturday says to me that the KC is more than big enough to cope with demand,apart from Man Utd and Liverpool and maybe the opening game i can't see city having a sell out crowd.

especially when, after 6 games in, they're at the foot of the table and Bruce walks into the sunset, like he has so many times.

You've earned our undying gratitude. The tedium quotient just dropped like a stone also.


Or not from Hull.


Everyone understands his reasons. The less sheeplike also recognise how self-serving and petty those reasons are.

all the shouting from the city supporters about rugby ruining the pitch,and allam is advocating people filling the pitch,if the stands are full for his "party".

Should have got Frank Gallagher and his mates to organise it.They know how to throw a paarrttyyy!!!

Quote ="dayvoz"I was not surprised at the low turn out,when they couldn't sell out a game of the magnitude of saturday says to me that the KC is more than big enough to cope with demand,apart from Man Utd and Liverpool and maybe the opening game i can't see city having a sell out crowd.'" The game on Sat was a sell out www.hullcityafc.net/news/article ... 06040.aspx

Quote ="dayvoz"I was not surprised at the low turn out,when they couldn't sell out a game of the magnitude of saturday says to me that the KC is more than big enough to cope with demand,apart from Man Utd and Liverpool and maybe the opening game i can't see city having a sell out crowd.'" The game on Sat was a sell out www.hullcityafc.net/news/article ... 06040.aspx

Must have reduced the capacity then by 1500 as the att. was 23812 and capacity was 25404.

All football games have segregation. Cardiff had an allocation of 2200. Also a few single seats dotted around the place I would imagine.