During the 2007–08 English football season,

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competed in the

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Season summary

Hull finished a mere four points adrift of second-placed

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for promotion to the

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, qualifying for the play-offs instead. After trouncing

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6–1 over two legs, Hull City reached Wembley to play a

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side aiming for a second successive promotion. A single

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goal gave Hull the game and promotion to English football's top flight for the first time in Hull's history. Promotion was made all the more incredible considering that five seasons ago Hull were languishing in the bottom tier of the Football League, and that when manager Phil Brown had taken the managerial role at Hull in December 2006 the club were in the Championship relegation zone.

Players

First-team squad

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Out

Loan In

Loan Out

Statistics

Starting 11

:''Considering starts in all competitions'' * GK:

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, 46 * RB:

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, 45 * CB: Michael Turner, 48 * CB: Wayne Brown, 44 * LB:

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, 25 * RM:

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, 36 * CM:

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, 43 * CM: Dean Marney, 36 * LM: Bryan Hughes, 27 * CF: Fraizer Campbell, 32 * CF:

, 29

Football League Championship

Results by round

Matches

Playoffs

Final

League table

FA Cup

League Cup

Notes

References

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2000s in Kingston upon Hull