Being Scottish and obviously a non Hull native I was keen to see if there are many others, like me, that support
Hull and why.

I grew up playing and following union, which I still do but not as passionately as before.
I grew bored with watching union while at uni and started watching super league on sky
with my flat mates. Not being one to follow the crowd, they all supported Saints, Leeds, Wigan
I chose unfashionable Hull. The main reason was my Grandmother, she was from the area and her
brothers all still live down that way. It started as a casual support of a team from an area I had
thin ties with but since learning about the team and watching them over the past six years I have grown
to love them. Other than Rangers football club, Hull FC are the only other team I truly support. Others, ie Edinburgh rugby I just follow
scores etc win or lose it doesn't bother me, for Hull (and Rangers) its a different story.

Sorry if that bored some of you. Look forward to some other stories.

I gerew up in Leeds and didn't really follow RL at all, but met my future Mrs while working in London. I remember watching a Sky game in a pub in Croydon with her and she defended the game against the crowing from the union types there. Her passion for the game really stood out.

When we started going out, on my first visit to her parents in Hull, we went to a Hull derby (1993?) and stood on Threepennys in a huge noisy crowd. I was hooked from then on.

Grew up in Lancashire, Preston, only 10 miles from Wigan but my Dad was brought up on Massey Street next to The Boulevard. In 1981 as a 10 year old, obssessed with Kenny Dalglish and Liverpool I wasn't even aware of RL apart from an incident the previous May when me Dad had got a bit annoyed during a certain showpiece occassion!

In 1981 he took us to see an away game at Widnes, from pretty much that point onwards my mum and I have been hooked. The family are still season ticket holders and travel 240 miles for every home game.

really enjoying reading these great stories ,there use to be a west yorkshire hull fc supporters club in the 80s use to see there coach at away games ive got a mate in london who comes up regular hes a spurs fan lives near there ground but loves FC hes a londoner as well

How far away is "non Hull" Holderness, across the Humber above Brid ?

I was one of there members

Moved across from near Liverpool had a choice of two teams. Seeing as I don't go for teams playing in red it had to be FC. Simples!

Coming from East London grew up playing Union but loved watching League on Grandstand through the seventies.
Went to my first CC Final in1982 with a family friend who was a Wigan fan ( I liked Cas at the time!)
and went every year up to 1990 and as I often now get reminded never saw FC win at Wembley then lost touch a bit when Sky took on the rights.
By good fortune my family and I moved north to East Yorks and I had a pick of Teams to Support, choose FC as they were closest to me and I worked in Hull (never considered the other mob).
Been accused of being a glory hunter by my Dobbins workmates but like to remind them that I've been a Hammers fan all my life I know what misery can be! and when the 'You'll never win at Wembley is trotted out' I remind my taunters that I may be newbie cockney fan in town but I've seen my adopted club win more trophies and in more finals than them


6 Seasons on I made the right choice, regrets, never got to the Boulevard



One thing though, when I shout Come on you 'Ull with a London accent please don't say 'your not from round here' or 'why do you support FC', just rejoice in the fact that your great club is now my great club

It's good to have another FC/Evertonian mate. Where abouts did you live when you where over this way?

Born and bred scouser and never really took much notice/interest in RL except for maybe the odd game or odd Saints v Wigan match and then, for whatever reason, I started watching it a bit more, watched Hull play on the tele a few times and fancied going to a game so me and my dad went to watch Wire v Hull at Wilderspool (in the away end) and We've been hooked ever since.

I was in the Army & in 1985 I was posted to Driffield & one of the other guys was from Hull & asked me if I fancied going along to
watch a game. I can't remember the name of the street he was from, but it was very close to the ground. That was me hooked from that day on. If memory serves me right, we won the first 10 games in the league that year?

Amen to that brother, praise the lord!!(Johnny Whiteley)


Btw, does being from East Hull count?

Anywhere outside Hessle Road

I'M from dundee (bit obvious by my name). GRew up surrounded by football and union.. used to go to the local to watch super league when it 1st started on sky.
Moved to sunderland for work and one of the lads is born and bred FC fan.. he got me interested in it and went to a game.. good day, good banter and I been stuck on FC ever since..

i grew up on hessle road (rugby ave off rugby street) but the first person to take me was my stepdad who was from cornwall, he just loved any rugby and naturally chose the closest team to support, the downside though was that he would also take me to the circle to watch cricket all f@cking day, which i hated.

I`m a glory seeker.




Coming from Cleethorpes (not exactly a hotbed of R.L.) I was persuaded by an F.C.fan to go to a G.B. v France game.
Went again to watch an F.C. game,got hooked on it.

Not the same thing i know, but,.. Speaking as a lifelong Cas fan, i've always had a real soft spot for Hull F.C, my 'second' team
i reckon.

I think that works the other way round in a lot of cases.

Certainly does for me. Always love going there. Synonymous with rugby league and they must keep a license.

Praying we get one.. Really think we could kick-on like yourselves and Warrington if we can just get the new stadium.
Although, with the really big crowds you get, you could argue you deserve even better..

Don't get us started!

Born and bred in York son of a father who played for...don't hit me...Rovers (mainly A team - only a handful of first team games due to doing National Service in Droitwich.) He also played for Doncaster (3-4 seasons) and York (helping out with A team when FC legend Tommy Harris was coach - played one game for first team losing 52-0 to Featherstone - 'nuff said) as well as amateur.

Whilst this gave me an early affinity for the game, I grew up playing football. When I moved to Beverley fifteen years ago a couple of the lads in the team I joined were lifelong FC supporters and I started going to the Boulevard with them occasionally - usually before going round the Old Town on a footy lads night out! I loved the atmosphere, the changing ends at half time and the banter. One Saturday evening Sky game particularly stands out, when we all turned up in pyjamas and dressing gowns before heading into town. We got some great comments! Despite having loved playing football, I grew totally disenchanted with the professional game and can't stand watching the overpaid, cheating, diving, pansies. On the other hand I found the FC games to be exciting and full of good old honest action.

As I got nearer the end of my football playing days the visits (by now to the KC) became more regular and then, when my kids also started coming along (both having been born in the area) that was it - we were hooked. A few years as pass holders and and we all feel truly black and white - even if my lads can claim it with more local validity than me!

One thing though....I can never bring myself to sing the "Rovers scum" song. I just doesn't sit comfortably with me -effectively calling my own Dad scum!

Born Waterloo then moved out to Freshfield, then over here at age 10.

My Uncle Paddy (RIP) moved over from Ireland to marry my Aunt.

Don't know the reasons he started to go to the rugby at The Boulevard but I have distinct memories of being a youngster with my brother and sister along with my cousins and my Uncle, stood in the old wooden Threepenny Stand. One of the most passionate FC fans I knew, at his funeral it was requested that at the wake people wore their FC shirts in memory.

even though i now live in edinburgh,i am a season pass holder with FC.i never miss a home game,500 mile round trip,in all kinds of weather.even when i was serving in the far east with the ROYAL NAVY,my family kept me upto date with the team.i can always remember, as a kid getting in at halftime for free on a saturday afternoon.

Dan FC - I lived in Wavertree for a couple of years when i was working at the uni there. Loved the city, apart from Goodisonicon_smile.gif As you can see from my earlier post I'm a wooly originally.