Riding high | ICAEW Economia 29 Apr 2013 Riding high Since settling in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Assem Allam has achieved huge success, growing Allam Marine and giving back to the community How do you turn a run-of-the-mill engineering company, one of dozens in its field, into a rapidly-growing, industry-leading success story, with wildly healthy year-on-year growth and a turnover heading towards £200m? In the case of Allam Marine, a generator manufacturer based in the East Riding of Yorkshire, the answer doesn’t involve City investors, a high-risk acquisition binge, or outsourcing to suppliers in the Far East. Its success over the past 20 years has been based on a radical change to its business model. Allam Marine still builds industrial generator sets, just as it did in 1981, when current owner Assem Allam arrived. The difference is that since 1993 the company has been building generators not for the end user, but for other generator companies. It has become a manufacturer to the industry, selling white label products, fully assembled or in kit form, to the companies that were its competitors.

Allam describes this business model as having turned the company into a cash and carry for the generator industry. By holding a huge amount of stock (worth, on average, about £40m) and investing in state of the art assembly and testing facilities at the company’s base in Melton, Hull, the company claims it is now able to deliver a customised order to any location in the world within 24 hours. “So this is [the clients’] factory,” says Allam. “I save them overheads, the unit leaves here with their design, their specification, their house colour, their name on it.” No nonsense He claims the company has found new business almost entirely through word of mouth recommendations and conducts virtually no marketing activity at all. The company’s no-nonsense website is free of the usual marketing blurb. (That said, by the time you read this you should be able to watch a slick new video on the website about the company’s new offices and facilities at Melton.

It’s only just been completed at the time of writing, is still the only concession to marketing – and unusually for such things, is quite interesting.) It doesn’t matter what you know, what matters is that you can manage those who know Allam Marine now produces about 30,000 diesel generating sets every year for its customers. The equipment is used by a huge variety of organisations, sometimes as a primary means of power generation, sometimes as a back-up generation resource. More than 80% of the generators are exported to non-EU countries, including emerging markets like Vietnam, Bangladesh, Turkey, Egypt and Nigeria. Allam is proud of the fact that a number of the entrepreneurs he has worked with in various overseas markets have gone on to build successful businesses. The recent history of the company is tightly woven into the story of Allam’s own career. Born into a respectable family in Egypt, he rose to become a senior auditor in the Egyptian ministry of finance during the 1960s, but was then forced to leave the country after publicly criticising the ruling regime.

After spending a short period studying in Germany, Allam visited Britain in the summer of 1968 and liked East Yorkshire so much he decided to transfer to study there instead. During the 1970s he worked for merchant bank Charterhouse while studying for a Masters degree at the University of Hull. The bank owned a number of industrial companies as subsidiaries at the time, including a generator company called Tempest Diesel, originally founded in 1934. Towards the end of the decade Allam was seconded to work there as sales and financial director. “I was meant to be there for one year,” he recalls. “They must have been happy with what I was doing because I was asked to stay.” In the third year Charterhouse appointed him managing director of Tempest, despite the fact that he had had no experience in the engineering sector prior to his time working there. But, as Allam says today: “It doesn’t matter what you know, what matters is that you can manage those who know.” In 1981, Charterhouse decided to sell its subsidiaries. With the help of a bank loan, Allam bought the company.

Ten years later he moved its headquarters to Hull and changed its name to Allam Marine (the Tempest brand lives on as a fully-owned subsidiary). Making progress Today, all production takes place in the UK, although some components are imported, with assembly and testing at Melton. Turnover was £185m in 2011 and is still rising, according to Allam. “We have been getting increased orders from more markets every year,” he says. “Last year was difficult, because of the eurozone and what happened in the Middle East, but we still did not make any redundancies and things have picked up well again this year.” Allam believes the company’s success and rapid growth in recent years can all be attributed to that change made to the business model 20 years ago. Allam says he had been reading about the merger of two You make money from the community. Businessmen have a duty to their communities. I’m trying to do what I can $500m US pharmaceutical companies when he was struck by the thought that no company working in the generator manufacturing business could grow to that size unless it spent years expensively and riskily buying all of its rivals.

The only other way to make the company grow was to change its purpose. He was a little worried it might take years to convince his competitors that they were, in fact, no longer his competitors, but they all seemed to accept the transformation of Allam Marine into a resource which would be of use to them within six months. “The business model means we hold large volumes of stock,” he says. “That meant I would not be in a position to work on credit. But I’d rather lose an order because I won’t let you order on credit than lose it because I have no stock. Stock makes people come and pay, rather than use credit.” As a result, he says, the only bad debt lost during the years when the company’s turnover has increased by such a vast margin has been a single £14,000 fraud perpetrated by a client. Having stock ready to assemble and test on site has allowed huge reductions in lead times. “We have been able to change standard practice in the industry,” says Allam. “The supply of generators lead time used to be three to 10 months.

Now we can do one-day delivery.” One might have assumed that the change in business model would lead to job losses but in fact, says Allam, the company was able to take on more staff as it expanded. In the late 1990s Allam also resisted the trend to move production to countries where labour costs were cheaper. “When everybody was going to the Far East to save on labour costs we took the opposite view and sat tight here,” he says. “We spent a lot of money on equipment and automation to save time. As a result we have been able to reduce the number of hours to build.” As an example, he claims Allam Marine can build a 100Kw generator in 2.5 man hours, compared with 10 to 12 hours in most factories elsewhere. “Our target is that in five years’ time we will have a turnover of £500m and be the biggest independent company in the world,” says Allam. To support this growth, the company has completed a £45m refinancing deal and moved its banking to Lloyds Bank’s Commercial, Mid Market Banking Team in North, East & West Yorkshire.

Allam says: “This arrangement provides us with the greater degree of flexibility and support that we need to help sustain our growth. We operate in numerous emerging and newly established international markets and Lloyds Bank’s willingness to support us in these territories was a key part of our decision to move our facilities.” It has been in preparation for this anticipated further growth that the company has invested in new facilities at Melton. The complex now comprises about 270,000 sq ft covering approximately 16 acres, including a swish new headquarters building. “We can cope with being a company with a £500m turnover,” says Allam. “It may mean we have to use two shifts, but that’s the only thing we might need to change.” He says much of the credit for the success of the company should go to its staff. “I have a loyal staff and very loyal management team who make this possible,” he says. “I have the same management team who started when we were selling £3m a year.

They’re still here and they’re a major contributor to our success.” Although Allam Marine is prospering, Allam believes both banks and the government could and should be doing more to foster entrepreneurial activity throughout the UK during this difficult economic period. “Banks should be able, with government support, to help young entrepreneurs, because that’s what the country needs,” he says. “The first obstacle entrepreneurs face is the need for help with raising working capital. The second is a need for help with management and marketing; and financial expertise.” Allam and his company have collected many business awards over the past 20 years, including two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise and membership of the The Sunday Times Fast Track. The individual awards of which Allam seems most proud are the Ernst & Young Award for UK Entrepreneur of the Year, received in 2006; and the title of Yorkshire Business Leader of the year, bestowed upon him in December 2012. Political duty Success has also made Allam and his family very wealthy.

In April 2012 the The Sunday Times Rich List estimated them to be worth £417m, up from £287m in 2011, putting them at number 214 in the list. They gave £100,000 to the Labour Party in 2011. Allam says he has not made these donations in an attempt to seek influence, but because he believes wealthy people should help to fund more than one political party in return for tax relief. When the donation to Labour was made public in early 2012, Allam said he intended to make a matching donation to the Conservative party and had only delayed doing so because of a scandal about Conservative fundraising methods which broke at about the same time. Money doesn’t grow on trees, you make it from the community. Businessmen have a duty to their communities But while politicians have enjoyed some benefit from the company’s success, much more of the money is being spent in East Yorkshire. The adopted Yorkshireman is keen to give something back to the community that has been his home for more than 40 years.

While Allam has a relatively low national profile, in Hull he is known as the man who helped Hull City AFC out of the jaws of administration in 2010 and has since put about £50m into the club. This money is repeatedly referred to in the press as an investment, but Allam will probably know the old cliché about the best way to make a small fortune in football being to start off with a large one. In January 2013 it was revealed that the club made a loss of £8.7m in the year ending July 2012, down from more than £20m the year before. Promotion to the Premiership would bring a lot of money into the club, but there is no guarantee that this will happen, or that Premiership status could be maintained. “I don’t call it investment, I call it a contribution,” says Allam. “Money doesn’t grow on trees, you make it from the community. Businessmen have a duty to their communities. They can choose to ignore that duty, but they can’t make it go away. I’m trying to do what I can.” Allam also supports a number of local youth football initiatives.

And in 2011 he gave Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league club an interest-free loan of £1m. In the same year Allam also signed a deal to sponsor the British Open Squash Championship – now the Allam British Open – for three years. In 2013 and 2014 the tournament will be held in Hull: the first major international sporting championship hosted in the city. But his contributions to the community have not been restricted to sport. A £1.5m donation to the University of Hull in 2009 paid for a new biomedical research building, to house research teams studying cardiovascular conditions and cancer; and a new PET-CT radiochemistry unit. A further £1m donation was provided by the Hull charity the Daisy Appeal, of which Allam is a trustee. Other local organisations to have benefitted from Allam’s success include the Children’s University, which supports under-privileged children in the area and to which Allam donated £50,000 in 2012. He has also provided financial support to the Hull Truck Theatre and to the university’s rugby league club. What is it about this area and its people which has inspired such affection?

When Allam loaned the Hull Kingston Rovers rugby league club £1m in 2011 he told BBC Radio Humberside he had done so in part because he realised he had “done nothing for east Hull. Everything I’d done happened to be in west Hull”. Allam says today that it all goes back to that first visit in 1968. His first impression of Britain had not been good: his first experience was getting stuck in heavy traffic and taking three hours to get from Dover to London by road – but once he reached East Yorkshire he quickly felt much more at home. “I realised that living in Hull, people are much nicer and more friendly,” he says. “That’s when I got myself a place at Hull, to continue my studies there.” Following the recent political changes in Egypt, would he ever consider returning there? “Oh no,” he replies. “It’s too late.” He is set to stay in East Yorkshire for good. Allam’s son Ehab now works with him and may one day succeed him at the head of the business. But there is no certainty this will happen soon. “I’ll keep going for as long as I can,” says Allam.

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more Find other employees at this company (13) Background Information Web References (200 Total References) CUOSC - Supporting Carlisle United [cached] The owner of Hull City AFC, Dr Assem Allam, has proposed recently that the club change its name to 'Hull Tigers', which appears to be against the wishes of the majority of the club's supporters The Board of The United Trust (Carlisle United) would like to express its full support for the fans of Hull City AFC who are campaigning to prevent Dr Assem Assam, the club's owner, from changing its name to 'Hull Tigers'. The United Trust would like to express support for Hull City Supporters and their campaigns 'City Til We Die' and 'No To Hull Tigers'. It is critical that The Football Association recognise both the history and traditions of the club in this case and also ensure that any potential consultation process is meaningful, democratic and respects the wishes of the club's supporters The most important point about the situation at Hull City AFC is that Dr Assem Allam is trying to push through the name change without consultation with the fans and doesn't seem to want to consider their views in any way whatsoever. ...

@david_conn 14/01/14 via Twitter - 'Assem Allam insists on Hull City change to Tigers' @david_conn 14/01/14 via Twitter - 'Classic from Assem Allam about fans' opposing Tigers name change: "No one on earth is allowed to question my business decisions" @david_conn 14/01/14 via Twitter - 'Assem Allam's threat to walk away from Hull City if he doesn't get the name change to Tigers: has lent £72m, which he'd probably want back' About Us â€“ British Egyptian Society â€“ en britishegyptiansociety.org.uk [cached] Dr. Assem Allam Member of Board of Trustee Assem Allam is an East Riding of Yorkshire-based, Egyptian-born businessman, owner of Allam Marine, an industrial generator manufacturer, and owner of Football League Championship side, Hull City.

Who's Who [cached] The owner of Hull City AFC, Dr Assem Allam, has proposed recently that the club change its name to 'Hull Tigers', which appears to be against the wishes of the majority of the club's supporters The Board of The United Trust (Carlisle United) would like to express its full support for the fans of Hull City AFC who are campaigning to prevent Dr Assem Assam, the club's owner, from changing its name to 'Hull Tigers'. The United Trust would like to express support for Hull City Supporters and their campaigns 'City Til We Die' and 'No To Hull Tigers'. It is critical that The Football Association recognise both the history and traditions of the club in this case and also ensure that any potential consultation process is meaningful, democratic and respects the wishes of the club's supporters The most important point about the situation at Hull City AFC is that Dr Assem Allam is trying to push through the name change without consultation with the fans and doesn't seem to want to consider their views in any way whatsoever. ...

@david_conn 14/01/14 via Twitter - 'Assem Allam insists on Hull City change to Tigers' @david_conn 14/01/14 via Twitter - 'Classic from Assem Allam about fans' opposing Tigers name change: "No one on earth is allowed to question my business decisions" @david_conn 14/01/14 via Twitter - 'Assem Allam's threat to walk away from Hull City if he doesn't get the name change to Tigers: has lent £72m, which he'd probably want back' BES :: Board of Trustees Dr. Assem Allam Member of Board of Trustee Assem Allam is an East Riding of Yorkshire-based, Egyptian-born businessman, owner of Allam Marine, an industrial generator manufacturer, and owner of Football League Championship side, Hull City.

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An Entity of Type : organisation , from Named Graph : , within Data Space : dbpedia.org Hull City Association Football Club /ˈhʌl ˈsɪti/ is a professional association football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1904. The club participates in The Championship – the second tier of English football – and their greatest achievement in cup competitions came in 2014, when the team reached the final of the FA Cup. In 2007–08 they achieved promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history by winning the Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium. Their highest league finish was for the 2013–14 season, in which they finished 16th in the Premier League table. Property abstract نادي هال سيتي لكرة القدم (بالإنجليزية: Hull City A.F.C) هو نادي كرة قدم إنجليزي محترف يقع في مدينة كينغستون إيبون هول (بالإنجليزية: Kingston upon Hull) وتأسس عام 1904.

تعتبر مشاركة الفريق في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز موسم 2008-09 أول مشاركة في تاريخ الفريق، حيث استطاع المشاركة بعد حصولة على المركز الثالث في الدوري الإنجليزي الدرجة الثانية تاركا الأول لـ ويست بروميتش ألبيون والثاني لـ ستوك سيتي يعدما تغلب على (بريستول سيتي) بواقع 1-0 على ملعب ويمبلي الرائع. ومن الجدير بذكره أن أعلى مركز استطاع هال سيتي الحصول عليه كان في موسم 1909-10 في الدوري الإنجليزي الدرجة الثانية ذا النسخة القديمة عندما حل ثالثا تاركا المركز الأول لـ مانشستر سيتي، ويعتبر الوصول لنهائي كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي لكرة القدم عام 1930أعظم إنجاز حققه الفريق. (ar) Hull City Association Football Club est un club de football anglais fondé en 1904 et basé dans la ville de Kingston-upon-Hull.

Le club évolue lors de la saison 2008-2009 en Premier League, pour la première fois de son histoire, à la suite sa victoire lors des barrages de la Football League Championship en 2007-2008 (1-0 face à Bristol City). La saison 2009-2010 fut beaucoup moins glorieuse que la précédente pour les Tigers. Outre le licenciement de l'emblématique manager Phil Brown en cours de saison, lui qui avait grandement participé à la montée du club en Premier League en 2008, Hull City et son remplaçant Iain Dowie, n'ont pu empêcher la relégation en Championship pour la saison 2010-2011, en se classant 19e, devant Portsmouth mais surtout derrière Burnley et West Ham classés respectivement 18e et 17e. Le club retrouve la Premier League pour la saison 2013-2014.

(fr) El Hull City es un club de fútbol de Inglaterra, de la ciudad de Kingston upon Hull en Yorkshire. Fue fundado en 1904 y a partir de la temporada 2015/16 se desempeña en la Football League Championship. Luego de quedar tercero en la temporada 2007-2008 del Football League Championship, Hull City ascendió a la máxima categoría del fútbol inglés, la Premier League. Para ello derrotó en el Estadio de Wembley al Bristol City por 1-0. En la Temporada 2008/09 de la Premier League finalizó en el 17º lugar, salvándose levemente del descenso. Posteriormente en la campaña 2009/2010, el equipo desciende a la segunda división del fútbol inglés, donde militó hasta la temporada 2012/13 cuando ascendió a la Premier League nuevamente.

(es) Hull City (offiziell: Hull City Association Football Club) – auch bekannt als The Tigers – ist ein englischer Fußballverein aus Kingston upon Hull. Er absolviert seine Spiele im heimischen KC Stadium. Im früheren Boothferry Park erreichte der Klub im FA-Cup-Spiel am 26. Februar 1949 gegen Manchester United mit 55.019 Zuschauern seine bisherige Rekordkulisse. Die Trikots sind in der Regel schwarz mit bernsteinfarbenen Streifen, das ihnen den Spitzennamen „Die Tiger“ einbrachte. Nach zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Aufstiegen spielte Hull City von der Saison 2005/06 bis 2007/08 in der Football League Championship. Am 24. Mai 2008 gelang durch einen 1:0-Sieg gegen Bristol City im Championship-Playoff-Finale erstmals der Aufstieg in die Premier League, in der Saison 2013/14 erreichte Hull zum ersten Mal das Finale des FA Cups.

(de) Hull City Association Football Club /ˈhʌl ˈsɪti/ is a professional association football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1904. The club participates in The Championship – the second tier of English football – and their greatest achievement in cup competitions came in 2014, when the team reached the final of the FA Cup. In 2007–08 they achieved promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history by winning the Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium. Their highest league finish was for the 2013–14 season, in which they finished 16th in the Premier League table. Hull City play their home games at KC Stadium. They previously played at Boothferry Park and moved to their current home in 2002. Boothferry Park has been demolished and has been replaced by a housing development. They traditionally play in black and amber, often with a striped shirt design, hence their nickname The Tigers. The club's mascots are Roary the Tiger and his sister Amber.

(en) L'Hull City Association Football Club, noto anche come Hull City AFC o più semplicemente Hull City, è una società calcistica inglese della città di Kingston upon Hull, nota più semplicemente come Hull, nella contea dell'East Riding of Yorkshire. Milita in Championship, la seconda divisione del campionato inglese. (it) Hull City Association Football Club is een Engelse voetbalclub uit Kingston upon Hull, opgericht in 1904 en uitkomend in de Football League Championship. De club speelt zijn thuiswedstrijden in het KC Stadium. De hoogste eindklassering van Hull City kwam in 1910, toen ze dichtbij promotie naar de hoogste divisie kwamen. Ze eindigden derde in de oude Second Division, gelijk op punten met de nummer twee, maar een minder doelgemiddelde. In 2008 zouden ze die prestatie herhalen. In bekercompetities kwamen ze in 2014 het verst, toen ze de finale haalden van de FA Cup.

In de seizoenen 2003/04 en 2004/05 promoveerde de club twee keer achter elkaar, van de vierde divisie naar de tweede in het Engelse voetbal. Drie seizoenen later werd Hull City derde in die Football League Championship, maar versloeg Watford FC en Bristol City FC in de eindronde en plaatste zich zo voor de allereerste keer voor de Premier League. Hull was de grootste Engelse stad waarvan nog nooit een ploeg in de hoogste klasse gespeeld had. In het eerste seizoen kon de club een degradatie maar net vermijden, maar in het tweede seizoen moest de club een stapje terugzetten.

(nl) ハル・シティ・アソシエーション・フットボール・クラブ（Hull City Association Football Club [ˈhʌl ˈsɪti]）は、イングランド・ヨークシャーキングストン・アポン・ハルをホームタウンとする、イングランドプロサッカーリーグ（フットボールリーグ・チャンピオンシップ）に加盟するプロサッカークラブ。 (ja) Hull City Association Football Club é um clube de futebol inglês da cidade de Kingston upon Hull, na região de East Riding of Yorkshire. Foi fundado em 1904. (pt) Hull City Association Football Club – angielski klub piłkarski z siedzibą w Kingston upon Hull w hrabstwie East Riding of Yorkshire występujący w Championship. Założony został w roku 1904. Jego najwyższa pozycja w lidze to trzecie miejsce w ówczesnej Second Division (drugiej lidze) w sezonie 1909/1910.

Osiągnięcie to klub powtórzył w sezonie 2007/2008, kiedy awansował do Premier League pokonując w finale play-offów 1:0 drużynę Bristol City. Największym osiągnięciem drużyny w pucharach było dojście do finału Pucharu Anglii w roku 2014. Klub swoje mecze domowe rozgrywa na stadionie KC Stadium w Hull. Wcześniej występował na Boothferry Park, jednak w roku 2002 przeniósł się na swój obecny obiekt, a Boothferry Park został zburzony. Zespół tradycyjnie gra w bursztynowo–czarnych koszulkach, stąd pochodzi ich przydomek The Tigers (Tygrysy). Od sezonu 1999/2000 maskotką klubu jest tygrys Roary.

(pl) 赫尔城足球俱乐部（英语：Hull City Association Football Club，英语发音：/ˈhʌl ˈsɪti/），英格蘭約克郡東瑞丁赫爾河畔京士頓（赫尔城）的職業足球會，成立於1904年。主場為京斯敦通信運動場（KC Stadium）。由於穿著黃黑直間球衣，故被稱為“老虎”。侯城創會一百年後，球會仍從未在頂級聯賽角逐。直到2007-08年獲得季後升級附加賽冠軍，在球隊成立104年中首次升級到頂級聯賽，但兩年後護級失敗降回英格蘭足球冠軍聯賽作賽。2012-13年侯城獲得英冠亞軍，於2013-14年重返英超，並成功護級。同時，侯城也在這屆歷史上的首次打入足總盃決賽，最後僅以2-3敗給阿仙奴得亞軍。由於阿仙奴已取得歐冠參賽資格，侯城取得

來屆參加歐霸盃的資格，也是球隊首次參加歐洲賽事。由於歐洲足協早前已決定，由2015/16年度球季開始，盃賽亞軍不能取代已擁有歐洲賽資格的盃賽冠軍參加歐霸盃，所以侯城成為最後一支以足總盃亞軍身份取得歐洲賽資格的英格蘭球隊。2014-15年度球季，侯城除了在歐霸盃外圍賽及足總盃早早出局外，聯賽成績亦不佳，最後只得第十八名，明年再次回降英冠作賽。 (zh) «Халл Си́ти» (англ.

Hull City AFC) — английский профессиональный футбольный клуб из города Кингстон-апон-Халл, в графстве Ист-Райдинг-оф-Йоркшир. Домашним стадионом клуба с 2002 года является «Кей Си», до 2002 года команда выступала на стадионе «Бутферри Парк» (Boothferry Park) (в начале своей истории играла на стадионе The Boulevard, затем на Anlaby Road). Традиционные цвета команды — черно-янтарные с вертикальными полосами, откуда и появилось прозвище команды — Тигры. Талисманом клуба является Рычащий Тигр (англ. Roary The Tiger).

(ru) Hull City Association Football Club (en) comment L'Hull City Association Football Club, noto anche come Hull City AFC o più semplicemente Hull City, è una società calcistica inglese della città di Kingston upon Hull, nota più semplicemente come Hull, nella contea dell'East Riding of Yorkshire. Milita in Championship, la seconda divisione del campionato inglese. (it) ハル・シティ・アソシエーション・フットボール・クラブ（Hull City Association Football Club [ˈhʌl ˈsɪti]）は、イングランド・ヨークシャーキングストン・アポン・ハルをホームタウンとする、イングランドプロサッカーリーグ（フットボールリーグ・チャンピオンシップ）に加盟するプロサッカークラブ。 (ja) Hull City Association Football Club é um clube de futebol inglês da cidade de Kingston upon Hull, na região de East Riding of Yorkshire. Foi fundado em 1904.

(pt) 赫尔城足球俱乐部（英语：Hull City Association Football Club，英语发音：/ˈhʌl ˈsɪti/），英格蘭約克郡東瑞丁赫爾河畔京士頓（赫尔城）的職業足球會，成立於1904年。主場為京斯敦通信運動場（KC Stadium）。由於穿著黃黑直間球衣，故被稱為“老虎”。侯城創會一百年後，球會仍從未在頂級聯賽角逐。直到2007-08年獲得季後升級附加賽冠軍，在球隊成立104年中首次升級到頂級聯賽，但兩年後護級失敗降回英格蘭足球冠軍聯賽作賽。2012-13年侯城獲得英冠亞軍，於2013-14年重返英超，並成功護級。同時，侯城也在這屆歷史上的首次打入足總盃決賽，最後僅以2-3敗給阿仙奴得亞軍。由於阿仙奴已取得歐冠參賽資格，侯城取得

來屆參加歐霸盃的資格，也是球隊首次參加歐洲賽事。由於歐洲足協早前已決定，由2015/16年度球季開始，盃賽亞軍不能取代已擁有歐洲賽資格的盃賽冠軍參加歐霸盃，所以侯城成為最後一支以足總盃亞軍身份取得歐洲賽資格的英格蘭球隊。2014-15年度球季，侯城除了在歐霸盃外圍賽及足總盃早早出局外，聯賽成績亦不佳，最後只得第十八名，明年再次回降英冠作賽。 (zh) Hull City Association Football Club /ˈhʌl ˈsɪti/ is a professional association football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

It was founded in 1904. The club participates in The Championship – the second tier of English football – and their greatest achievement in cup competitions came in 2014, when the team reached the final of the FA Cup. In 2007–08 they achieved promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history by winning the Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium. Their highest league finish was for the 2013–14 season, in which they finished 16th in the Premier League table. (en) نادي هال سيتي لكرة القدم (بالإنجليزية: Hull City A.F.C) هو نادي كرة قدم إنجليزي محترف يقع في مدينة كينغستون إيبون هول (بالإنجليزية: Kingston upon Hull) وتأسس عام 1904.

تعتبر مشاركة الفريق في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز موسم 2008-09 أول مشاركة في تاريخ الفريق، حيث استطاع المشاركة بعد حصولة على المركز الثالث في الدوري الإنجليزي الدرجة الثانية تاركا الأول لـ ويست بروميتش ألبيون والثاني لـ ستوك سيتي يعدما تغلب على (بريستول سيتي) بواقع 1-0 على ملعب ويمبلي الرائع. (ar) Hull City (offiziell: Hull City Association Football Club) – auch bekannt als The Tigers – ist ein englischer Fußballverein aus Kingston upon Hull. Er absolviert seine Spiele im heimischen KC Stadium.Im früheren Boothferry Park erreichte der Klub im FA-Cup-Spiel am 26. Februar 1949 gegen Manchester United mit 55.019 Zuschauern seine bisherige Rekordkulisse. Die Trikots sind in der Regel schwarz mit bernsteinfarbenen Streifen, das ihnen den Spitzennamen „Die Tiger“ einbrachte.

Nach zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Aufstiegen spielte Hull City von der Saison 2005/06 bis 2007/08 in der Football League Championship. Am 24. Mai 2008 gelang durch einen 1:0-Sieg gegen Bristol City im Championship-Playoff-Finale erstmals der Aufstieg in die Premier League, in der Saison 2013/14 erreichte Hull zum ersten (de) El Hull City es un club de fútbol de Inglaterra, de la ciudad de Kingston upon Hull en Yorkshire. Fue fundado en 1904 y a partir de la temporada 2015/16 se desempeña en la Football League Championship.Luego de quedar tercero en la temporada 2007-2008 del Football League Championship, Hull City ascendió a la máxima categoría del fútbol inglés, la Premier League. Para ello derrotó en el Estadio de Wembley al Bristol City por 1-0.

(es) Hull City Association Football Club est un club de football anglais fondé en 1904 et basé dans la ville de Kingston-upon-Hull.Le club évolue lors de la saison 2008-2009 en Premier League, pour la première fois de son histoire, à la suite sa victoire lors des barrages de la Football League Championship en 2007-2008 (1-0 face à Bristol City). La saison 2009-2010 fut beaucoup moins glorieuse que la précédente pour les Tigers.

Outre le licenciement de l'emblématique manager Phil Brown en cours de saison, lui qui avait grandement participé à la montée du club en Premier League en 2008, Hull City et son remplaçant Iain Dowie, n'ont pu empêcher la relégation en Championship pour la saison 2010-2011, en se classant 19e, devant Portsmouth mais surtout derrière Burnley et West Ham classés respective (fr) Hull City Association Football Club is een Engelse voetbalclub uit Kingston upon Hull, opgericht in 1904 en uitkomend in de Football League Championship. De club speelt zijn thuiswedstrijden in het KC Stadium.De hoogste eindklassering van Hull City kwam in 1910, toen ze dichtbij promotie naar de hoogste divisie kwamen. Ze eindigden derde in de oude Second Division, gelijk op punten met de nummer twee, maar een minder doelgemiddelde.

In 2008 zouden ze die prestatie herhalen.In bekercompetities kwamen ze in 2014 het verst, toen ze de finale haalden van de FA Cup. (nl) Hull City Association Football Club – angielski klub piłkarski z siedzibą w Kingston upon Hull w hrabstwie East Riding of Yorkshire występujący w Championship. Założony został w roku 1904. Jego najwyższa pozycja w lidze to trzecie miejsce w ówczesnej Second Division (drugiej lidze) w sezonie 1909/1910. Osiągnięcie to klub powtórzył w sezonie 2007/2008, kiedy awansował do Premier League pokonując w finale play-offów 1:0 drużynę Bristol City. Największym osiągnięciem drużyny w pucharach było dojście do finału Pucharu Anglii w roku 2014. (pl) «Халл Си́ти» (англ.

Hull City AFC) — английский профессиональный футбольный клуб из города Кингстон-апон-Халл, в графстве Ист-Райдинг-оф-Йоркшир. Домашним стадионом клуба с 2002 года является «Кей Си», до 2002 года команда выступала на стадионе «Бутферри Парк» (Boothferry Park) (в начале своей истории играла на стадионе The Boulevard, затем на Anlaby Road). Традиционные цвета команды — черно-янтарные с вертикальными полосами, откуда и появилось прозвище команды — Тигры. (ru) Hull City A.F.C. | Football Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Current season Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Premier League , the first tier of English football.

In 2007–08 they achieved promotion to the top flight of English football for the first time in their history, by winning the Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium . They finished the 2008–09 season 17th in the Premier League table, successfully avoiding relegation by one point. The previous highest position Hull City had finished in the Football League was third in the old Second Division in 1909–10 , which they matched in 2007–08 when they gained promotion. Their greatest achievement in cup competitions came in 1930, when the team reached the semi-final of the FA Cup . After securing promotion on the final day of the 2012–13 season , the club will compete in the Premier League in the 2013–14 season . Hull play their home games at the KC Stadium . They previously played at Boothferry Park but moved to their current home in 2002, and Boothferry Park has now been demolished to make way for a housing development. They traditionally play in black and amber, often with a striped shirt design, hence their nickname The Tigers.

The club's mascot is Roary the Tiger. In August 2013, the club formally submitted a request to change its name to Hull City Tigers, Ltd. The FA has yet to approve the change, while the Premier League announced it will refer to the club as 'Hull City' during at least the 2013–14 season. Contents Hull City AFC: The KC Stadium Guide | English Grounds | Football-Stadiums.co.uk The KC Stadium: Hull City AFC Hull City AFC, West Park, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU3 6HU By The original uploader was TFoxton at English Wikipedia(Original text: Yorkshire Forward) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The KC Stadium has been the ground that Hull City Association Football Club has called home since it opened in 2002. It is the very definition of a multi-purpose facility given that it is also the home of Hull FC, the rugby league club. The name of the ground comes from the fact that it is sponsored by the telecommunications company KC, previously known as Kingston Communications. The stadium is owned by Hull City Council and they spent a long time deciding on the best location for the venue to be built.

They took into account such things as existing facilities within the city, its isolation from residential areas and the local transport options before deciding upon its current setting. Although the football club went into receivership in 2001, not long after being granted the necessary planning permission, the stadium was completed within the allotted timeframe and within its £44 million budget. Stats By dom fellowes from UK (Pre Kick Off) [ CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons Like most stadiums built since the 1990s, the KC Stadium is in a bowl design. Three of the stands are single-tier and one of them has a double-tier. Here’s a bit of info on all of the different stands: Smith & Nephew Stand - Located to the North, geographically, this stand houses the away fans in the North-East corner, next to the disabled seating section. The MKM Stand - Based on the notion of traditional single-tiered ‘Kop’ stands such as the one found at Anfield and located in the South, The MKM Stand is behind the goal and offers a good atmosphere in big games.

The Cranswick Plc Stand - The only stand in the ground that has two tiers, The Cranswick Plc Stand is the main one in the stadium. Located in the West, the two tiers are separated by 28 corporate boxes. The Ideal Boilers Stand - This is so named because of a recent sponsorship deal and is located to the East. It is the part of the stadium that is most likely to be expanded, should such a decision be taken in the near future. Hull City Ticket Prices Like most clubs in the UK, Hull categorise tickets for their matches depending on the opposition the team are going to face. If they’re going up against one of their main rivals, for example, then you’ll pay the top-tier price for the privilege. Equally the location in the ground that you’re sitting in will affect how much you pay for your ticket.

Here are the cheapest and most expensive prices for category A, B and C games for adults and concessions: Category A - £30-£36 / £21 - £27 Category B - £27-£30 / £15-£21 Category C - £21-£27 / £9-£15 How To Get Hull City Tickets There are a number of ways to buy tickets for Hull City games. You can get them online up to an hour before the game, as long as you’re happy to print them off at home. There are also self-service ticket machines at the KC Stadium itself. You’ll also be able to buy tickets from Tiger Leisure, Hull City’s megastore. Finally you can always call the club directly and buy tickets over the phone, should you not be too sure about trusting any other payment method. Getting To The KC Stadium End Get Directions Hull is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, about as far to the East as it’s possible to go without getting into the sea.

It’s easy enough to get to no matter where you’re coming from, but here are some instructions if you’re not too sure what you’re doing: Train - Hull train station is easy enough to get to from anywhere in the country, though you might need to change at Leeds if you’re coming at it from the wrong location. It’s just over a mile from the ground, so it’s easy enough to walk from one to the other. Bus - Hull has an excellent bus service with as many as 16 different bus routes serving the stadium. Numbers 2, 23, 24, 35, 48, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155 and 350 will all take you where you want to go. Car - The A1 and the M62 are the main routes into Hull, with the KC stadium itself being reached via the A1105. By Air - There are four airports that serve international air traffic for visitors Hull.

Humberside Airport is about thirty minutes from the city, Robin Hood Airport is located in Doncaster and is 45 minutes away, Leeds-Bradford Airport is an hour away and Manchester Airport, one of the largest in the North, is two hours away. Taxi - A taxi from the centre of Hull out to the ground will take around the ten minute mark and should cost you about £12. As always with such things, if you’re stuck in the taxi for longer then you’ll pay more. Parking Near The KC Stadium The club have their own car park on Walton Street, just across the road from the ground. It’s only £5 to park your car there, though it does fill up reasonably quickly and takes a while to empty after the match. There are numerous public car parks in the city centre, but be wary if you decide to opt for on-street parking - make sure you keep your eye out for the parking restrictions. See More Hotels Near The KC Stadium Pubs & Bars Near The KC Stadium The folks in Hull know how to have a good time, so there are more than your fair share of pubs and clubs in the European Capital of Culture, 2017.

Here are some of our favourites: The Brickmakers Arms 57-65 Walton St, HU3 6JB (01482 508913) A Guinness quality accredited pub right next to the ground that is receptive to away supporters, The Brickmakers Arms has a good menu and plenty of drinks options for your pre-match pint. The New Clarence 77-79 Charles Street, HU2 8DE (0148 232 0327) The New Clarence is a gastro pub with an exceptional menu, loads of drink options and special offers from time to time. They do show live sport, too, so it’s a great place to go if you fancy a pint in the centre of Hull before heading out towards the stadium. Admiral Of The Humber 1 Anlaby Rd, HU1 2NT (01482 381850) The Admiral Of The Humber is a JD Wetherspoons pub named in reference to the Royal charter granted to the city of Hull in 1447.

You know what you’re getting with Wetherspoons pubs - cheap food, cheap drink and sports on the TV. Perfect. Facilities The facilities at The KC are fine. Not exactly spectacular but not run-down and terrible either. There are places on the concourses to buy yourself a tasty pie or a box of chips and there are stalls to pick a drink up at, too. Prices Andy Beecroft [ CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons Hull have a range of hospitality options open to you, should you wish to experience a match at The KC in the best style possible. Here’s a bit of information on each of the packages available to you: An Executive Box - Pretty much exactly what you’d expect from a box at a football ground. You’ll get 10 guests in, padded seating on a balcony, drinks from a cash bar and dedicated waiting staff. The Circle Restaurant - In The Circle Restaurant you’ll get a four-course dinner, access to a cash bar, pre and post-match analysis and executive padded seating in the Cranswick Plc Stand. 1904 Lounge - The 1904 Lounge is the more relaxed of all of the hospitality options.

You’ll get a two-course carvery, cash bar and a complimentary match day programme. Match Sponsorship Options - This is what you’ll want to be looking at if you’re hoping to use your experience at Hull City to promote your business or brand. Your day will be hosted by a Hull City legend, you’ll get a behind the scenes tour and, of course, fine dining with complimentary drinks. Private Hire You won’t be surprised to learn that there are numerous private hire options at The KC Stadium. From small rooms that are ideal for breakout meetings through to larger areas that are capable of hosting much larger functions, your choices are endless. The stadium is also licensed to hold weddings, so if you’re a massive Tigers fan then what better location to host your big day? Stadium Tours & Museum You can enjoy a behind the scenes tour of the inner sanctum of Hull City AFC and Hull FC’s home ground twice a day on Mondays and Wednesdays. The tour lasts an hour and takes in the changing rooms, the press area, the tunnel and the side of the pitch. It costs £5 for adults, £2.50 for concession and just £1 for children under 5.

The first slot leaves at 11am and the second departs at 2pm. As for a museum, well…there isn’t one. There is, however, a fascinating website with an ‘online museum’ that is run and maintained by members of the Hull City Supporters Trust. You can visit it by heading to About Hull City Paul Glazzard [ CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons Hull City AFC was founded in 1904, though attempts to form a football team in the city had been made in the past. Hull has historically always been a rugby city, though, so there wasn’t much demand for an association football team. Their formation came too late for them to be able to get membership of the Football League for the 1904-1905 season, so instead they just played friendly games against any team that was interested for the duration of the campaign. Hull City and Grimsby also have quite a strange claim to fame - they were the only clubs that were given permission to play football on Christmas Day because of the demands put on them by the fish trade.

Hull have spent most of their existence in the lower echelons of English football, gaining promotion to the top-flight for the first time in 2008 when they won the Championship play-off final at Wembley. They remained in the Premier League until the end of the 2014-2015 season when they were relegated back to the Championship. Their best performance in cup competition came in 2014 when they reached the final of the FA Cup, eventually losing to Arsenal. The KC Stadium History Andy Beecroft [ CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons The KC Stadium, so named because of a sponsorship deal, took just over a year to build at a cost of around £44 million. Hull City moved to the ground from their old location at Boothferry Park when the stadium opened in 2002. It isn’t just a football ground, though, also playing host to Hull FC, the rugby league club. Whilst Hull City moved from their old ground Hull FC moved from theirs, the now defunct stadium called The Boulevard.

Far from being a venue used solely for Championship and Super League matches, The KC Stadium has also played host to England Under-21 international matches, rugby league test matches and a variety of music concerts. Artists such as Elton John and The Who have graced the people of Hull with performances in the stadium over the years. Future Developments By Yorkshire Forward [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The club reportedly has plans to add additional tiers to the East and the South Stands at some point in the future, increasing the capacity of the stadium to 34,000. When that will take place, however, is open to debate. Certainly there are no plans to make the changes in the near future.

Question: 'Based in the East Riding of Yorkshire, which football club is owned by Assem Allam?
Answer: Hull City