page_title: 2008–09 Hull City A.F.C. season
section_title: Non-playing staff
hierarchical_section_title: 2008–09 Hull City A.F.C. season / Non-playing staff
caption_attribution_description: Phil Brown, Derby County manager, June 2005 - January 2006.
context_page_description: The 2008–09 season was Hull City's first ever season in the English top flight and, by extension, the Premier League. Home games were played at the KC Stadium, which has a capacity of 25,404. On Friday 6 June 2008 Hull City announced they had sold out all 20,500 season tickets. Hull City's first ever top-flight fixture was a home game against Fulham, which they won 2–1. City finished the season in 17th place in the table, successfully avoiding relegation by the narrow margin of one point over Newcastle United. In the FA Cup, Hull reached the quarterfinals stage for the first time in 38 years, where they were knocked out by Arsenal with a controversial offside goal.
context_section_description: Updated 15 May 2008.
  Manager: Phil Brown
  Assistant Manager: Brian Horton
  First Team Coach: Steve Parkin
  Goalkeeping Coach: Mark Prudhoe
  Fitness Coordinator: Sean Rush
  Under-23 Development Coach: Trevor Morgan
  Head of Youth: Billy Russell
  Youth Recruitment Officer: Neil Mann
  Centre of Excellence Director/FITC Officer: John Davies
  Team Surgeon: Christer Rolf
  Team Doctor: Russell Young
  Head Physiotherapist: Simon Maltby
  Assistant Physiotherapist: Liam McGarry
  Kit Manager: Barry Lowe
  Chief Scout: Bob Shaw
caption: Phil Brown, manager of Hull City
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