Thursday, February 26, 2009

You can't spell EPIC FAIL without the EPL: Hull City

Location: Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Apparently one of the last places anyone in England wants to live.

Nickname: I'll give you a hint: it rhymes with "ligers."

Stately, Non-Commercial Stadium Name: NON-COMMERCIAL FAIL. Kingston Communications Stadium.

Crest: ROWR! You're a county high school from rural Mississippi!

Season So Far: At the beginning of the season it was Hull and not West Brom that everyone thought would be propping up the table. A groin-grabbingly good start to the season saw them flirt with the top of the league after 12 to 15 games. But just like Icarus, Hull built their Tower of Babel too high and Zeus turned them into a pillar of salt. Now the words "free fall" and "downward spiral" come to mind.

General vibe to a casual American fan: Before this season, no American fan had ever heard of them so it's hard to say. Hull was the largest city in England never have had the honor of top level football until this scrappy bunch won promotion to the premier league.

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