Victory
Nobel Mendy scored the second goal for Hull City on his debut Regular readers of this humble Yorkshire blog may recall that my football team - Hull City A.F.C. were promoted to The Premier League last season. We won the play-off final against Middlesbrough at Wembley on May 28th. Well today we played our first match of the new season. It was a home game against the redoubtable Manchester United. You may have heard of them. There are several individual players on Manchester United's books who cost more than Hull City's entire squad. Their top players are paid about £170,000 a week or $232,000 US. The stadium was packed and in a section that was once occupied by home fans there is now a media facility that accommodated dozens of journalists with their laptops, microphones, producers and cameras. The Premier League is a big deal with interest all over the world. Today's game was watched live in approximately 900 million homes in 126 different countries. My mate Tony and I had ...