How media reported FA Cup final between Hull City and Arsenal
By Mark Williams
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Mark Williams takes a look at how British and international media covered Hull City's FA Cup final defeat to Arsenal at Wembley.
New York Times
"When Curtis Davies then pounced on a deflection off the post and ripped home a shot five minutes later, it was as if the orange-and-black-striped end of Wembley had been lifted off the ground.
"That sort of beginning was what Hull City fans surely dreamed about on the 80 buses the club sent down the M1 highway Saturday morning.
"Rooting for Hull has been a difficult existence for much of the 110 years since the club was formed.
"Hull played in the fourth division as recently as 2004 and was on the brink of bankruptcy after being dropped from the Premier League in 2010 only to have Assem Allam, an Egyptian businessman, step in with an infusion of cash.
"Hull fans were surely imagining how the club's name would look on the FA Cup after their team's bright opening."
The Australian
"Hull City sensationally had kicked two goals in the first eight minutes of the soccer final.
"Based in Kingston-upon-Hull on England’s north-east coast, which is more commonly associated with rugby league, the 110-year-old club was looking to cap a remarkable recovery from the brink of obscurity."
The Sunday Times
"For much of the season Hull have been engaged in a bitter dispute with the club’s owner, Dr Assem Allam, over their name.
"The fans wanted to remain as Hull City and banners and chants proclaimed their faith.
"But, as Hull fought for every inch of the Wembley turf, frightening the life out of their stalkers, Tigers was about right.
"No one, owner, manager or fan, could have asked more of the side who finished 16th in the Premier League and had not won a match since defeating Sheffield United in the semi-final."
The Sun on Sunday:
"Steve Bruce had a game plan based on set-pieces – and how it worked as his underdogs blitzed Arsenal early on. But Arsenal’s quality eventually told."
The Sunday Mirror
"Hull City fans were cavorting in the Wembley aisles after eight minutes of mayhem and euphoria.
"Smiles as wide as Steve Bruce’s waistline. Kids too young to remember when this club almost fell out of the Football League not so long ago, lifelong fans who recall it all, even the old ladies in their tiger-print replica shirts, dancing as if Bet Lynch was staging an acid-house rave in the Rovers."
The Independent On Sunday:
"It was one of the most astonishing beginnings to any of the competition’s 133 finals."
Huffington Post
"It was to Hull and back. Hull City threatened to cause another Cup final upset a year on from Wigan's heroics. Two-nil ahead inside a quarter-of-an-hour, irrespective of Arsenal’s quality, their capitulation will bother them for decades, let alone years, as they became the second finalists this century to let a two-goal advantage slip."
HULL FOR LEATHER: The Sunday People's pull-out.
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