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Hull City 2 Leicester City 0

2007-12-15T20:44:00.001Z

Long time no post, but I have been very busy! Hull City sealed a first win in five league games at the KC Stadium thanks to a first-half goal from Caleb Folan and a second-half strike by substitute Fraizer Campbell. I was in attendance at the KC Stadium to see this game so I was happy with the result.

The home side took the lead on 17 minutes when Dean Windass flicked a through ball over the top of the Leicester defence towards Folan who chased it down and registered his first goal for the Tigers as he neatly slotted the ball into the bottom corner of the net.

Hull were given the chance to double their lead in the 78th minute when Bruno N'Gotty brought down Windass in the box with a late challenge. Windass took the penalty himself but his right-footed effort hit the post. However, substitute Campbell was the first to react, and the Manchester United loanee fired home the rebound from close range to confirm Hull's victory.

Hull City 2 - Ipswitch 5

2007-03-06T22:27:00.000Z

"BACK IN THE RELEGATION ZONE!"

Hull's hopes of avoiding relegation suffered a major setback as they were thrashed at home against Ipswich. Hull took the lead when Dean Windass smashed home after Stuart Elliott's header hit the bar, but Francis Jeffers levelled with a close-range finish.

Ipswich went ahead when Jaime Peters curled a shot that deflected in-off Sam Ricketts and Alan Lee fired in for 3-1. Jason de Vos poked in and Danny Haynes rifled home a fifth before Windass got a penalty after John Welsh was fouled.

However Hull boss Phil Brown said after the match that: "It isn't over by a long way. We've slipped into the bottom three but maybe that has given us a kick up the backside for Saturday against Preston. We are limited to who you can select and hopefully we can get that right. It is up to us to maintain that belief, stay together and force the belief into the supporters that we can stay up," he said defiantly.

Personally being optimistic I think that the result tonight means that what could have been achieved in 11 games now has to be achieved in 10 and that’s all I am going to say about tonight’s performance directly. Lets stick together, people will look to see how we handle adversity and if as fans we do it together and united, the team will follow. Well that is my optimistic viewpoint anyway!

Sorry if I am supplying old news but Blogger is out of beta!

2007-02-25T00:06:00.000Z

Google has taken its Blogger service out of beta and has added features for customizing layouts, organising postings, and making blogs private.

The new Blogger beta product, open to a limited number of users in August, is now live for all users.

The key changes include the addition of tags, which Google has always called “labels,” and an option to create a private blog. You can also now sign into your blogger account using your Google credentials, and Google has made editing the template and posts significantly more user friendly.

Derby County 2 - Hull City 2

2007-02-10T20:07:00.000Z

Phil Brown had the last laugh on his return to top of the table Derby County at Pride Park as his gutsy Hull side rescued a priceless point to move out of the relegation zone and put the brakes on Derby's promotion charge.

The opening 15 minutes saw both teams signal their intent. Derby seemed relaxed on the ball, passing it around in defence and building attacks through the vision of David Jones. Hull defended stoutly and looked promising on the counter, with the pace of Nicky Forster and strength of Jon Parkin keeping the Derby defence on their toes. Neither team, though, could muster a clear-cut chance.

Despite a catalogue of desperate clearances and blocked shots, the ball somehow failed to end up in the back of the net. Instead it fell on the edge of the penalty area to Stephen Pearson, who left the Hull defence in his wake as he raced into opposition territory. He slid the ball across the penalty area to the advancing Gary Teale, with the winger placing the ball into the far left corner to score his first goal in a Derby shirt.

Rather than imploding as usual, Hull searched for an equaliser. They didn't have to wait long as Darren Moore committed a needless foul on Parkin. From the resulting free-kick, Andy Dawson flighted a unstoppable 25-yard shot past Bywater to draw the Tigers level. The goal seemed to have given the away side a lift, as Myhill denied Pearson's header with a reflex save. But deep into first-half stoppage time, Hull were undone as Moore found space to force home Jones' in-swinging corner.

Hull were also very wasteful. Forster and McPhee both skied the ball into the stands after forcing the Derby defence on to the back foot. Hull persisted on the counter-attack, but Derby never looked in danger of conceding.

Both managers made changes - Davies looking for the goal that would put daylight between the two sides, and Brown desperately seeking an equaliser. A third for Derby looked on the cards as Barnes' snapshot from an acute angle forced Myhill to tip the ball away. Hull pounced on some flat-footed defending to snatch a good equaliser.

Evolution of the Internet!

2007-02-07T15:48:00.000Z

Quite a cool video all about the evolution of the Web:

Via Technosailor.

U.K. Government Pledges £1.5m for Scouts' Centenary

2007-01-23T17:38:00.000Z

Ed Miliband, Minister for the Third Sector, today put almost £1.5million behind plans to host 40,000 scouts from 216 countries at this summer's Centenary World Scout Jamboree.
The Office of the Third Sector, in the Cabinet Office, will give the UK Scout Association £1.495m to support the event in Hylands Park, Chelmsford, between July 27 and August 8.
However, when you compare £1.5m to how much the government are funding other projects with it puts the whole thing into perspective!

£1.5 million is quite a hefty amount from a government that doesn't give us much normally.

Anyway, we should be grateful for anything, so thankyou UK government for your backing, it is very much appreciated! For anybody else interested there is a petition over on the number 10 website which says throwing money at us simply isn't enough we need senior politicians making big statements as to how much Scouting means to the UK and the world. So please do sign it!

Hull City loose Craig Fagan!

2007-01-07T19:24:00.000Z

Hull City's Craig Fagan will join Derby County this week in a deal that could be worth £1m. Peter Taylor originally snapped him up for the tigers in March 2005 for a undisclosed sum, which I think was probably around the £500,000 mark at the most. So not a bad return overall, in that we probably doubled our money in two years!

Hull City 1 - Middlesborough 1

2007-01-06T19:18:00.000Z

Nicky Forster poured more misery on Premiership Middlesbrough after he came off the bench to force a replay as Hull earned a 1-1 draw in the FA Cup third round. Australian international striker Mark Viduka seemed to have given beleaguered boss Gareth Southgate some cheer as he slotted home in the 73rd minute to give the visitors the lead.

But Hull, who sit one place above the Championship relegation zone, were not to be denied and Forster scored with 11 minutes remaining, just three minutes after replacing Stephen McPhee. By that stage Boro should have been over the hill and out of sight but Nigerian forward Aiyegbeni Yakubu was at his wasteful worst, missing two glorious chances before the break.

He could yet have made amends with three minutes left and an opportunity to win the game, but once again his finishing let him down. Yakubu found himself clean through on 22 minutes but even after rounding Boaz Myhill, the goalkeeper managed to get enough of a touch on the Nigerian's shot to slow the ball and allow Danny Coles to get back and clear the danger.

Two minutes later Yakubu ended up in the net but he had failed to take the ball with him after Myhill missed Stewart Downing's left wing cross. Middlesbrough were dominating as expected with Downing to the fore in much of their attacking work, but the absence of Australia goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and on-loan Real Madrid defender Jonathan Woodgate left them vulnerable at the back.

And that proved decisive as Boro's defence went absent in the 79th minute, allowing Forster to head David Livermore's free-kick past stand-in keeper Brad Jones.

**WELL DONE HULL CITY**

Happy New Year!

2007-01-01T18:53:00.000Z

Just writing a quick post to wish all my readership a happy New Year, have a good one!

Merry Christmas!!

2006-12-24T13:58:00.000Z

Just in case I forget to say I hope all my readership has a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year! Unfortunately I don't have much time to post today...

Hull City 4 - Cardiff City 1

2006-12-16T19:36:00.000Z

I made my first visit to the KC Stadium in Hull and was pleased with the performance and result! The Tigers's best performance of the season saw them thrash Cardiff 4-1 in front of over 23,000 at the KC. Hull City led 2-0 after 9 minutes, Delaney finishing from close range and a Marney screamer putting City in control.

Fagan added a third before half-time, and although Chopra pulled one back for the visitors, Bridges made the match safe later on. There was even time for the impressive McPhee to chip a penalty onto the crossbar. The result lifts City above next week's opponents Leeds United, we are now three points from safety, and having played the type of glittering football that offers real hope of salvation. You can watch the highlights of the match on YouTube by clicking here.

Finished Hull Universities e-christmas card!

2006-12-14T19:46:00.000Z

Finished the University of Hulls Business and Community Knowledge Exchanges e-Christmas card today which involved me having to learn Flash at SEED Software(Software Engineering Experience Development), involving a colabrative project between me, Dr Peter Robinson, Robert Sherratt and Carl Barrow. Personally, I am pleased with the finished result even though it has involved a lot of hard work.

Everybody who has seen it so far seems very impressed and I have learnt some useful skills, whilst completing the task.

Plymouth Argyle 1 - Hull City 0

2006-12-09T19:57:00.000Z

Unfortunately the tigers lost again today, although they where away to a team in the top half of the championship. A superb solo effort from Sylvan Ebanks-Blake gave injury-hit Plymouth Argyle all three points as managerless Hull City came close to nicking a point at Home Park. Ebanks-Blake's shot on the turn midway through the second half was the one moment of real class in a scrappy affair.

Hull, under the caretaker management of former Derby boss Phil Brown for the first time, proved obdurate opponents until Ebanks-Blake cushioned Lilain Nalis' pass, spun round and turned Damien Delaney, and whipped a shot past goalkeeper Boaz Myhill from the edge of the penalty area.

The midfielder, who has played more than 350 games for his home-town club, is believed to have damaged cruciate and medial ligaments and faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines. He was replaced by 16-year-old Dan Gosling, who became the first Argyle player born in the 1990s to represent the club.

The lively Craig Fagan caused concern when he broke behind the Argyle backline, but a heavy touch and Luke McCormick's swiftness from his goal-line saw off the menace. The Tigers' spirit was then broken with the lovely piece of individual skill from Ebanks-Blake, who beat the otherwise impassable Myhill for pace.

The new caretaker manager Phil Brown said after the match that "If the players continue to show the commitment they showed then it will certainly give me a better chance of becoming the next manager. "I understand we are in the results business and if I can buy the chairman a bit of time of making the right decision about the next manager then that's my job done. "If I do that it will mean we are winning games and give me a better chance. "I am quite positive. The players showed a level of commitment that I was satisfied with in a very difficult week for everybody involved at the club."

Hull City 2 - Southampton 4

2006-12-02T21:08:00.000Z

A thrilling game at the KC Stadium left the job of Hull manager Phil Parkinson in serious jeopardy as Southampton claimed all three points with a 4-2 victory. Hull created a chance early on when Craig Fagan swung in a cross from the left which Nick Barmby managed to get on the end of. However, as the former England man stretched to reach the ball, his six-yard shot was easily collected by Kelvin Davis.

Unfortnately, Southampton took the lead on 19 minutes when David Livermore lost the ball in his own half. Jones took the ball forward for the Saints before playing a neat ball across goal towards Grzegorz Rasiak who thumped his shot home from just four yards out. The visitors doubled their lead six minutes later. Stuart Elliott gave a free-kick away on the edge of the box and Gareth Bale stepped up to curl the ball into the back of the net with a sweet left-footed effort from 20 yards.

Hull grabbed a goal back in the 43rd minute when Barmby slammed the ball home from close range after Southampton had failed to clear a Tigers corner. The home side then managed to equalise on the stroke of half-time when Fagan got on the end of a poor back pass from Jones before slotting the ball past Davis from 15 yards out.

Southampton regained the lead with 15 minutes left when Skacel played the ball across goal from the left and Rasiak powered home his second goal of the match from close range. The visitors sealed victory and another three points seven minutes later when Bradley Wright-Phillips found himself with space in front of goal and he had no trouble slotting the ball home from 15 yards.

Under-fire Tigers boss Phil Parkinson said: "Our response to their second goal was tremendous and I thought the effort and commitment of our lads was top-drawer.

Happy 21st Birthday Microsoft Windows

2006-11-20T20:22:00.000Z

Website Connected Internet has a great article on today’s birthday for Microsoft Windows - celebrating 21 years. Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released on November 20th, 1985.
They have some interesting trivia questions (21 to be exact) on Microsoft Windows over the years such as how Bill Gates originally wanted to name Windows something else: “Interface Manager”. I agree and I’m glad the people at Microsoft chose Windows!
I can’t say I’ve been using Windows since day 1 (unfortunately?) but have been using it since the days of Windows 3.0 and have enjoyed seeing Windows progress into what we have today - Windows Vista, a supposodly ultimate product. I certainly can’t wait to see what Microsoft has up their sleeve for improvements to Vista as well as their goals for the next version of Windows! There is a high level of excitement regarding future development of Windows.
Microsoft has new management coming in to lead the next version (Jim Allchin is due to retire once Vista ships) who need to figure out what the next steps for Windows will be. With the next version be a point release like XP was from Windows 2000 (XP was Version 5.1, Windows 2000 was Version 5). Or will the next release be a full version release - Windows Version 7.0?
But let’s look at Windows Vista in the “here and now” - Vista is a operating system developed and designed so that Microsoft can continue to improve the user experience over time through Windows Update and Ultimate Extras. Windows Vista released to manufacturers earlier this month but Microsoft will still have some surprises for consumers when it hits the market in late January.

Switched to blogger powered by google!

2006-11-19T20:04:00.000Z

After reading many reviews of the new blogger powered by google I have finally decided to make the switch after reading articles on the subject. The transition to the new system appears to be succesful, if any body has any problems viewing or reading my blog please do let me know via the comments box!

Apologies for the lack of posts of late, I have been very busy!

2006-10-30T20:13:00.000Z

Just a quick apology for not posting more recently, have been extremely busy with little or no time to complete any posts. Hopefully by christmas I should be able to update my blog more frequently once again!

Croatia 2 - England 0

2006-10-11T23:42:00.000+01:00

Beverley born Paul Robinson was unfortunately left embarrassed as England crashed to a dismal defeat against Croatia in the Euro 2008 qualifier in Zagreb. Scrap the wingback system. Neville got lots of crosses in, Cole didn't. We don't need 3 at the back - they didn't even mark up properly when crosses came in.

Rooney is going to come deep to try and set things up, so we don't need Lampard, Carrick and Parker getting in his way. Play him in midfield and have two out and out strikers up front - Crouch/Ashton/Beattie & Johnson/Defoe/Bent/Walcott probably. Play Carrick/Hargreaves behind Rooney to feed the ball forward and do the defensive work for him so he doesn't tire himself out chasing the ball all over the pitch as he likes to do.

Get Downing back on the left wing. He didn't play well on Saturday, but he wasn't given the ball, and had Gerrard coming over to the left to get in the way. Before Saturday he'd had a couple of good games for England and always looks to cross. The more crosses, the more chances to score we'll have - simple.

Gerrard on the right would be okay as long as he sticks to that position and doesn't go charging all over the place. This is how Benetiz gets the best out of him, to channel him into doing specific things instead of trying to do everything. Wright-Phillips or Lennon on the bench are good impact players to bring on, and Gerrard could swap to a central position, if required.

I'm still not particularly impressed by John Terry as a player, let alone captain. King's always been solid for England.

Robinson was a tad unlucky with the miskick, and he made about 10 saves so we can let him off. We were losing at that point and would have lost anyway.

No huge personnel changes, but we need to rethink the midfield to create more chances. Tonight we had the Rooney shot that went over, and his 20-yard shot from the free kick lay-off - that was it. Hopefully England will learn from their mistakes quickly before the next round of qualification games, goodness should I become England manager, no it is just an opinion!

Scouting 2007!

2006-10-02T17:49:00.000+01:00

Had a busy day working on the Scouting 2007 websites, at present everything seems to be working, apart from navbar colouration on the Scouting 2007 websites. A lot of the updates have now being completed and we now have three new functional websites namely;
a. www.thejamboree.org

b. www.brownsea2007.org

c. www.scouting2007.org

I thought I would just update everbody about this, as it has not been mentioned by me much of late. I have not blogged much about Scouting 2007!

Michael Schumacher wins the Chinese Grand Prix!

2006-10-01T20:40:00.000+01:00

Michael Schumacher was overjoyed after seizing the world championship lead from Fernando Alonso with a Chinese Grand Prix victory that was as unexpected as it was accomplished.

The German was at a disadvantage in the wet early stages when his Ferrari’s Bridgestone intermediate tyres were no match for Alonso’s Michelins.

But as the track dried out Schumacher hauled himself into contention and then capitalised on a tactical miscue and a botched pit stop for his arch-rival to score his 91st career win.

Afterwards he admitted the result had exceeded his wildest expectations. It now looks like the German may win the world championship in his final season, after Renault manage to underperform once again!

Hull City 1 - Crystal Palace 1

2006-09-30T16:08:00.000+01:00

Peter Taylor returned to Hull and we didn't deserve to win, but we certainly didn't deserve to lose. Palace had one shot on target in the ninety minutes and typically, Leon Cort drove it home from 20+ yards; unbelievable. They were the better football team, they moved the ball well and were comfortable in possession, but provided very little threat. If anyone can remember a game when Boaz hasn't made one save, let us know. We had a bright enough first half and hit a few decent efforts from range. Yeates looked a big threat and Marney and Ashbee tidied up well in midfield.

The manager made two good substitutions and showed good intent. Personally, I would have gone with France for Fagan in a straight swap, but the manager chose to use France at right back, which gave us a bit of attacking emphasis from the right. He also threw on Forster for Bridges, which worked well. Bridges had played off Parkin and really struggled to get involved. He hit two good shots when running from deep, but when Parkin was winning the ball up the pitch, Bridges was too deep to take advantage.

It was an amazing response from the boys and showed true grit and determination not to leave empty handed. That was our best quality today. At times we were silly, we were rash and we were outplayed, but we have bottle and lots of it. Last week must have hurt them deeply.

Hornsea Cottage Hospital Saved Again!

2006-09-29T16:56:00.000+01:00

Mounting pressure from concerned residents means that Hornsea Cottage Hospital's inpatient ward has been saved from closure!

Yorkshire Wolds and Coast Primary Care Trust had planned to close the ward on October 1 for six months because of staff shortages.

But the PCT has bowed to people power and agreed to keep it open, after a campaign from residents and the threat of legal action.

Scouts!

2006-09-28T16:48:00.000+01:00

Went to help at my local Scout group this evening which is always good fun!

Way to Park!

2006-09-27T18:45:00.000+01:00

Hull Universities semester has started, so the campus is full of people again. I really like this. Although the peace and quiet of summer is rather nice, I don't really think that things are right unless we have students around the place.

The semester starts with a "Fresher's Week" with all kinds of fairs and events. There is a marquee set up outside the union where various organisations are touting their wares. I was walking back to the labs when I noticed a brand new, shiny, Porsche Boxster parked right across the footpath in the way of everybody. In the windscreen was a handwritten note "Driver on the Barclays Bank stand" (or it might have been Lloyds-TSB - I can't tell banks apart).

I'm not sure if this is impressive or not. Random thoughts sprang to mind:

*I work for a bank and drive a Porsche so I can park where I like;

*I must be a good banker because I have a posh car;

*Bank with us and you can have a car like mine;

*Bank with us and you can help pay for my car;

Hornsea Scouts back from summer break!

2006-09-14T23:00:00.000+01:00

Scouting 2007 conference call first and then I did the usual Thursday thing and joined the Hornsea Scouts for their first meeting after coming back from camp and their visit to Brownsea Island earlier in the Summer, during the camp at Marlow! Hopefully there should be a report coming to the Hornsea Scouts website very soon.

Overall, it was a pretty busy evening with everyone seeming full of energy after the summer period! We will just have to wait and see what the period up to Christmas brings as approximately 25-30 Scouts attended the meeting, so it looks as if Scouts in Hornsea may be as popular as it was before the Summer break, I personally hope so anyway!

After Scouts their was the usual explorer meeting which all went to plan and was enjoyable once again, at present we have approximately 15 explorers in Hornsea even though one of our longest serving explorers left this evening (after completing cubs, scouts and explorers in Hornsea). But that as they say is Scouting, you have to get new members to replace people as they leave!