Year or season |
CLUB HISTORY |
| 1904 |
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Club formed as Hull City |
| 1904 |
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Started playing home matches at Boulevard Ground |
| 1904 |
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James Ramster became the first manager |
| 1905 |
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Ambrose Langley became new manager |
| 1905 |
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Turned professional |
| 1905 |
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Became a Limited Company |
| 1905 |
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Started playing home matches at Anlaby Road |
| 1905 |
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Elected to Football League in Division 2 |
| 1911 |
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Record heaviest defeat losing to Wolves in Division 2 |
| 1913 |
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Harry Chapman became new manager |
| 1914 |
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Fred Stringer became new manager |
| 1916 |
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David Menzies became new manager |
| 1921 |
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Percy Lewis became new manager |
| 1923 |
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Bill McCracken became new manager |
| 1929 |
1930 |
Relegated at end of season to Division 3 |
| 1931 |
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Haydn Green became new manager |
| 1932 |
1933 |
Football League Division 3 South Champions |
| 1932 |
1933 |
Bill McNaughton set record for most League goals in a season scoring 39 times |
| 1934 |
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John Hill became new manager |
| 1935 |
1936 |
Relegated at end of season to Division 3 |
| 1936 |
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David Menzies became manager for second time |
| 1936 |
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Ernest Blackburn became new manager |
| 1939 |
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Recorded highest score in League match beating Carlisle in Division 3(N) |
| 1944 |
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Returned to playing home matches at Boulevard Ground |
| 1946 |
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Major Frank Buckley became new manager |
| 1946 |
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Started playing home matches at Boothferry Park |
| 1948 |
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Raich Carter became new manager |
| 1948 |
1949 |
Football League Division 3 South Champions |
| 1949 |
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Record home attendance of 55,019 against Man Utd in FA Cup 6th round |
| 1952 |
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Bob Jackson became new manager |
| 1955 |
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Bob Brocklebank became new manager |
| 1955 |
1956 |
Relegated at end of season to Division 3 |
| 1958 |
1959 |
Runners-up in Football League Division 3 (promoted) |
| 1959 |
1960 |
Relegated at end of season to Division 3 |
| 1961 |
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Cliff Britton became new manager |
| 1965 |
1966 |
Football League Division 3 Champions |
| 1967 |
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Alan Davidson played last game, setting club appearances record for League matches at 520 |
| 1970 |
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Terry Neill became new manager |
| 1971 |
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Chris Chilton became club's all-time record League goalscorer with 195 goals |
| 1974 |
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John Kaye became new manager |
| 1977 |
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Bobby Collins became new manager |
| 1977 |
1978 |
Relegated at end of season to Division 3 |
| 1978 |
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Ken Houghton became new manager |
| 1979 |
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Mike Smith became new manager |
| 1980 |
1981 |
Relegated at end of season to Division 4 |
| 1982 |
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Bobby Brown became new manager |
| 1982 |
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Colin Appleton became new manager |
| 1982 |
1983 |
Runners-up in Canon Football League Division 4 (promoted) |
| 1983 |
1984 |
Runners-up in Associate Members Cup final losing to AFC Bournemouth 2-1 |
| 1984 |
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Brian Horton became new manager |
| 1984 |
1985 |
Finished 3rd in Canon Football League Division 3 (promoted) |
| 1988 |
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Eddie Gray became new manager |
| 1989 |
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Colin Appleton became manager for second time |
| 1989 |
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Stan Ternent became new manager |
| 1990 |
1991 |
Relegated at end of season to Division 3 |
| 1991 |
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Terry Dolan became new manager |
| 1991 |
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Highest fee received for a player when selling Andy Payton for £750,000 to Middlesbrough |
| 1992 |
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Matthew Edeson became club's youngest player at 16 years and 63 days |
| 1995 |
1996 |
Relegated at end of season to Nationwide League 3 (originally Division 4) |
| 1997 |
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Mark Hateley became new manager |
| 1998 |
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Warren Joyce became new manager |
| 2000 |
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Brian Little became new manager |
| 2001 |
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Theo Whitmore became club's most-capped player, with 24 caps for Jamaica |
| 2002 |
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Jan Molby became new manager |
| 2002 |
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Peter Taylor became new manager |
| 2002 |
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Started playing home matches at |
| 2003 |
2004 |
Runners-up in Coca-Cola Football League 2 (originally Division 4) - promoted |
| 2004 |
2005 |
Runners-up in Coca Cola Football League 1 (originally Division 3) - promoted |
| 2006 |
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Phil Parkinson became new manager |
| 2006 |
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Club broke transfer record when buying Darryl Duffy for £250,000 from Falkirk |
| 2007 |
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Phil Brown became new manager |
| 2007 |
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Club broke transfer record when buying Caleb Folan for £1,000,000 from Wigan |