Hull City win the most financially consequential game in football
Billed variously as the most financially consequential game in football, Hull City play Middlesbrough -- and not Southampton -- at Wembley Stadium this afternoon for a multi-million-pound opportunity to partake in the riches and fortunes of the Premier League.
This final comes hot on the back of 'Spygate', with Southampton kicked out of the final game, and Middlesbrough reinstated after William Salt, an analyst intern with Southampton, was found to have been spying on a Middlesbrough training session.
This seems to have set a new low precedent in English football, with Hull City's owners threatening to take legal action if they lose play-off final!! So the result of this match to see who joins Coventry City and Ipswich Town in the Premier League next season may not be the end of this sordid affair.
Saturday 23 May 2026
15:30 Hull City v Middlesbrough — Sky Sports
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Posted
23/05/2026 at
15:22:34
I also read something about Saints players possibly suing their own club.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
15:22:45
Do we have any former parishioners in the ranks today?
I forgot to check...
Posted
23/05/2026 at
15:26:28
Kieran Dowell and John Lundstram subs for Hull City.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
15:27:51
Of course, thanks, Steve.
And this Hackney bloke is only on the bench. Is he injured?
Why so many empty seats? Is that the Royal Box?
Posted
23/05/2026 at
15:39:14
Why so many empty seats... is that the royal box?
It is, and the empty seats are due to Prince Andrew's arrival.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
16:16:23
They're at it again 😁☘️☘️☘️
Posted
23/05/2026 at
16:24:20
Watched the last 25 minutes of the first half...
You don't have to be a prophet to predict whoever wins this game will be relegated next season!
Posted
23/05/2026 at
16:35:56
Agree Dave, poor game of football with two teams full of average footballers, even accounting for the pressure of the game.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
16:51:33
Excellent, just need to identify two more patsies and we're halfway home.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
16:53:12
Brown sauce Kev?
Posted
23/05/2026 at
16:58:58
I don't see any of the 3 promoted clubs doing very well next season.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:01:46
Michael #4, yes, coming off the bench now for his first appearance in 3 months.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:14:41
As always this game is total rubbish to watch. Zzzzz.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:16:11
Has it been that bad lads?
I watched Celtic.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:19:48
Brilliant defending, John.
18 shots... 1 feeble effort on target... no goals.
Moyes has taken so many notes, he's run out of paper and is having to jot things down on bog roll.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:21:09
This game has to be the worst playoff final I've ever seen!
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:21:23
Crap, John. I'm only watching it because I'm still recovering from surgery and can barely walk.
In their defence it's fucking hot down here (I'm about 6 miles from Wembley) and will be at Spurs tomorrow too.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:23:18
Please... can we just go straight to penalties??
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:24:26
I thought as I wrote that, "I bet they score now!"
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:25:11
Tap in from McBurnie. Terrible goalkeeping.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:26:07
Michael if this game was on Talksport,Moyes would be describing it as a brilliant thought-out game by two brilliant managers!
I gave up on it about 15 minutes ago. I think it will go to penalties with one of them winning 1-0 or 2-1.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:28:14
Told you didn’t I — Soon as I wrote that I knew theye’d buck their ideas up!
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:29:36
👍 Thanks James
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:32:25
What a rubbish free-kick from Boro. Three bites of the cherry...
They don't deserve it. Maybe they can find something to sue the EFL over?
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:33:19
8 minutes becomes 15. Wife?
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:34:19
Leave it, Alan.
She be made up it's doubled in time. 😁
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:35:46
Did Hayden Hackney do anything?
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:43:58
Fine Margins really... a fraction less on the cross and the keeper either gets a better touch or even catches it.
But there's a split second where the ball pops out and McBirnie had only one thing to do.
Or VAR could have shit-canned it for that other Hull player on the goalline, offside, seeking an advantage.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:44:03
Haha, you know her so well, John.
Well done to your boys too. 👏
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:44:17
Michael, he hasn't played since March, looked tidy.
McBurnie scored the winner for Hull. Clarke picked Stewart ahead of him for Scotland World Cup squad, even though McBurnie scored twice as many goals as him, and now in the Premier League... strange?
Posted
23/05/2026 at
17:44:46
Alan.
👍
Thanks mate.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
18:24:14
Don't see anyone predicting a Hull victory vs Everton next season. 😀
Posted
23/05/2026 at
19:04:23
Patsies John, not pasties.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
19:47:59
Early prediction:
All 3 promoted teams to get relegated.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
20:00:06
Gees, sell them Keane and Tarkowski. They'd look like world beaters today.
Probably as bad as I've seen in a long time, and I've seen some guff.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
20:03:49
Paul @34, who knows, but give teams a chance. 2 out of this season's promoted teams have stayed up and may finish above Everton.
Particularly sweet for Sunderland taking 4 points off Moyes.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
20:06:31
Backed the draw... sigh.
Probably get Hull at home on the opening weekend of the new season.
Posted
23/05/2026 at
22:32:27
Paul,
I'm not sure Coventry will, to be honest. They have looked a tidy football team and I think Lampard is growing as a manager.
There'll be teams next season that struggle we don't expect... we may be one, lol!
Posted
24/05/2026 at
06:52:46
Coventry will stay up. They, too, have a knack for scouting players. Lampard and Coventry are a good fit and I want him/them to succeed. They actually play entertaining footy.
Hull v Middlesborough just sounds grim in any context. Two dour places. Grim final. McBurnie is going to get on my mammaries next season. Horrible bastard. Fully tatted. Top Jock forward though.
Speaking of which, are we in for Maeda at Celtic? If not, why not?
Posted
24/05/2026 at
08:33:01
Paul @ 39; he's under 31, plays in Scotland not enough PL experience
Posted
24/05/2026 at
08:41:02
Cheers Derek, I had no idea that he was the other side of 30. Should have checked.
I also like Engels at Celtic and, I just checked (!), he's 22. Some shot on him.
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