LTLF Topic: Hull City

Breakthrough particle, the ‘Hobbs-Boson’, discovered

LTLF Exclusive by Physics Correspondent, Ian O'Sphere
January 27, 2014
Scientists have discovered a long-theorised but previously unidentified particle that goes some way to explaining the mysteries of the footballing universe.

The Hobbs-Boson is described as a crucial element of quantum physics that allows a footballer to be in two places at once and simultaneously have two contradictory transfer statuses.

Esteemed physicist Prof. Howard Ino told us: “We were starting to doubt the existence of the Hobbs-Boson, but finally our research paid off last week when we noticed that the defender Jack Hobbs was occupying several points in space and time at once.” [...]

Steve Bruce to sell own grandmother

LTLF Exclusive by Penny Pinching
January 13, 2014
Hull City manager Steve Bruce has announced that he will be recalling his grandmother from her loan spell after receiving a 'substantial' bid from Reading.

It was believed that a deal to make the current arrangement between the elderly Mr and Mrs Bruce a permanent one had already been agreed when they took their marriage vows in 1946.

But small print has enabled Steve Bruce to recall his grandmother and sell her at a higher price [...]

The world turned upside down

by , August 12, 2013
With football club owners hitting the headlines for rebranding, relocating and generally reinventing their clubs, David Marples wonders what Fawaz Al-Hasawi and his ego might do with ‘his’ club...

Post-Season Poem: 2012/13

by , July 11, 2013
In life there are so very few sure things but one is that times are never boring for those who follow the Garibaldi in their endless, epic fairy story. It’s true the Reds frustrate and enrage us on both the pitch and the sporting pages and leave us heartbroken more oft’ than not, but never without some twists in the plot [...]

Absolute uncertainty

by , May 10, 2013
Tony Morgan tries to make sense of a season of contradictions and paradoxes at the City Ground, a place where things are always changing but everything stays the same (or something like that...)