Planet Swans ArchivesPeter Taylor’s Hull went top of the Third Division in front of a 21,000 crowd after a solitary Stuart Elliott strike toppled 10-man Swansea.
Elliott pounced for the decisive goal on 27 minutes to head home a deserved winner for Hull, who bossed the game throughout, while Swansea’s misery was compounded when Richard Duffy was sent off late on.
Hull piled on the pressure in the early minutes and came desperately close to taking the lead when Andy Dawson released Danny Allsopp, who lobbed the ball into the side netting.
Hull again came close when Stuart Green’s cross was turned just over his own crossbar by Duffy.
The home side did take the lead though when Dawson’s outswinging corner was met by a thumping Elliott header from six yards.
Swansea came out fighting in the second half though and twice hit the woodwork through Andy Robinson and Izzy Iriekpen as Hull were pegged backed for a spell.
However, the home side imposed their dominance on the game again and Elliott and Allsopp both came close.
In the dying minutes Duffy was shown a straight red card for clattering into Elliott and Hull cruised to the final whistle to record their third straight win.
Andy Donaghue
just got back from Hull , absolutely fantastic atmosphere and one of the best grounds in the uk. the game itself was absorbing throughout although not to many clear cut chances the midfield battle was something to watch. around 2000 were locked out and around 250/300 jacks made the trip. Jason price was for the most part ineffective and there were good performances from Wilson,Robinson and izzy, trundle & Britton were marked out of the game.
One note of interest was the decision to leave Duffy on after he took a knock, he was always struggling after that and I’m sure if he had been subbed the sending off could have been avoided. on a bit of a sour note around 10 hull fans got into the Swansea end looking for trouble but were spotted by the stewards and escorted out. after the game there were groups of lads looking for trouble but we all emerged unscathed to watch another day.
