It’s not about the Covid-enforced closure of football grounds and nor it is about the team testing our patience as they tumble towards mid-table mediocrity […]
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Phil’s Forty, 38: A spellbinding story
My favourite from all the stories across more than 40 years was one of the first I ever wrote. It was first published in the […]
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Phil’s Forty, 36: “We’re all in the World Cup”
The sun blazed down, the bands punched out a pulsating musical backdrop and the aromas wafting across from the adjacent field lured spectators to an […]
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A happy ending to a testing year, new directors appointed at Active+
2020 has been a disappointing year for businesses, particularly those in the leisure industry, but Active+ has something to feel good about this December. Two […]
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Beal backing supports growth of thriving Kingswood community football club
Beal Homes is supporting the continuing growth of a football club and soccer school for youngsters in Hull’s popular Kingswood community. Kingswood United launched its […]
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Phil’s Forty, 33: World of sport
Apparently some people don’t like football, so I can only apologise that it features again in this piece, and that for more than 10 years […]
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Phil’s Forty, 32: Sporting chances
Even as a business journalist there were opportunities to write about sport. Usually they involved covering the business angles, such as a Hull City sponsorship […]
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Rugby League World Cup 2021 public ticket ballot opens to celebrate on one year countdown
With exactly one year to go, the public ticket ballot – the first in Rugby League World Cup history – opens today (23 October). It […]
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Specialists oversee multi-million pound ship refit creating floating hub of new worldwide Extreme E race series
A specialist Hessle business has overseen a multi-million pound refit of a former Island of St Helena Royal Mail ship – transforming it into an […]
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Phil’s Forty, 27: Still on a hat-trick
Now I’m no Joe Denly* but I did take a wicket with my first ball in my first match in Hull. It was a 20-over […]
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