Yes, it was Hutch Maivias 1st appearance at the KC after signing, and there was a collective "oh feck, what have we done" from the crowd.

If the comments aren't retracted with an apology, then the best thing would be to stop buying the over priced food & drink on the concourses.

Hit the SMC where it hurts, & in the language they understand the most - Money!.

Indeed, and another balls up from the SMC.

All of us herded into the West and South stands facing the empty East stand with, I think, one bar open in South, which ran out of food and most drink midway through the first half.

2 or 3 people serving 5000 fans, Jeez, it took half an hour to queue and nothing there at the end.

Another pathetic example of the underestimation of rugby fans from our community stadium's management team, led by Duff and Co

Just back from Pub Quiz - Yes who is this guy Sexual Divvy he has been spouting on here for the last week - Having a Paul Duffen love in me thinks = could he be Dave Burns!!! - Another wannabe Hull City Supporter - never went to Boothferry - has he heard of Chris Simpkin

Get over your dislike of Rugby mate and go back to loving the real Football Teams - I wont say one here who my great love are - but my eck they are good!!

I bet you had a better time at the quiz than SD didn't have at the match

How about "GET DUFFEN OUT OF THE SMC" banners at the game tomorrow?

You'll have to get a football fan to write it first.

Duffen now explains why International match wont be at KC stadium www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... ticle.html

Duffen now explains why International match wont be at KC stadium www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... ticle.html

Quote ="Holty"Duffen now explains why International match wont be at KC stadium www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... ticle.html'" This is the interesting bit for me "However, the Mail understands that while Hull City will be asking to play away from home on six occasions, the rugby league international will be the only request being made by Wigan". Dont they request weekends when Wigan RL are at home then! We have 2 home games in the last part of the season where we over lap, then there is this clipper race (Why) and Hull Fair, where it has been proved we can play games whilst the Fair is on! Still at least he has made a statement that does not include our inability to write!

Quote ="Holty"Duffen now explains why International match wont be at KC stadium www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... ticle.html'" This is the interesting bit for me "However, the Mail understands that while Hull City will be asking to play away from home on six occasions, the rugby league international will be the only request being made by Wigan". Dont they request weekends when Wigan RL are at home then! We have 2 home games in the last part of the season where we over lap, then there is this clipper race (Why) and Hull Fair, where it has been proved we can play games whilst the Fair is on! Still at least he has made a statement that does not include our inability to write!

We've been able to hold Tri Nations games at the KC in the past and those dates must have been out well before the Football fixtures, so something doesn't sound right.

If they wanted to book an England match for football - it would be available. You can bet your house on that!

because hull city dont play at the same time as england?

So it would be available - I am right

Why 6

We play on Friday night, City play Sat, Sun or Mon only, 6-3=3.
Hull City would only have to move 1 game for Hull fair as the other weekend would be away anyway, 3-1=2.
Clipper weekend fair enough.
1 missing?

Not an unreasonable request to change 2 games out of 38/42.

Surely there just needs to be a request for either an away fixture or a sunday or monday game or even at stated before a noon kick off? The International games have always to my mind been at 6pm though I stand to be corrected. What is the problem?

I really fail to see what the issue is surrounding the "guarantee" of a free weekned. PD is not being very co-operative in my mind. This could have been handled so much better by the man.

And he thinks we can't read either so he will expect us to listen to blumberside , how wrong can one man be? Maybe he is qualified as Gordon successor at no 10?

no need though now the GF is a week earlier

not surprised duffen gets rid of the hull fair

Priority ! So thats why City moved a game V Ipswich to lunchtime so FC could play Wigan teatime on the same day Oct '07.

Cant. Its in a royal charter i believe.

Think Adam Pearson in charge then . Also only half the crowd got tickets pre match so very small crowd expected , hence 2 sides of ground open and food prepared to cater for small crowd . Do you expect the SMC to cater for 10K if they expect just over 3 K .

that wont stop him and his big plans

I don't think the charter says Hull HAS to have one, just that it may have one.

Also the charter won't specify that it has to be at Walton Street.

Wasnt the council after moving the fair so they could build a super school?

THE FACTS

- RL Needed a cast iron/set in stone commitment to a free weekend NOW

- A request to Football League can only be made in MARCH

- The confirmed fixture list comes out in JUNE with no guarantee of this free weekend being granted

Unless SMC took a huge gamble, the decision is correct.
Remember that TV Coverage, Hotel booking for supporters and Teams, Police cover, etc etc does not happen at the drop of a hat.
They take months of planning and months of notice.

If the ONLY time SMC would get a confirmed answer was June, and someone needed an answer - only a moron would agree to hosting the event.

This is good business sense, not one person on her does anything on a hope. You dont work unless you have a PO, you dont do anything till it has been approved, you dot every 'i' and cross every 't'.
Thats SMCs job, and thats exactly what they have done.

A decision like this cannot be made based on emotive factors. They are a Stadium Management company and they managed it correctly.