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With the countdown to the 2026-27 Premier League fixture launch properly and actually on, we requested to your tales of opening-day video games – each good and unhealthy – which have caught in your minds most.
Listed below are a few of your replies:
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Rob: My greatest reminiscence of a gap fixture was in August 1977 after we beat 3-0. That they had simply been relegated from the outdated First Division and introduced hundreds of followers who fully stuffed the East Stand at Boothferry Park. It was a powerful sight as they sang “we’re going up once more” (to the tune of If They Might See Me Now) whereas punching the air on each “up”. Their early optimism was quickly punctured as we fully battered them, however sadly this was the excessive level of our season as we ended up getting relegated to the Third Division.
Liam: opening day 2016-17, double bicycle-kick Abel Hernandez and . Unreal scenes.
Dylan: The 2016 win towards champions Leicester with the double bicycle-kick has to go down as the most effective ones, for positive. First time the earlier champions had been crushed by a newly-promoted facet if I bear in mind accurately as properly!
Brandon: One factor that all the time stands out is the 2016-17 opening day victory towards the champions Leicester Metropolis, particularly with all of the uncertainty and noise surrounding Hull on the time with a naked bones squad and the supervisor Steve Bruce resigning earlier than the season began. To rock up and beat Leicester, and even within the following recreation, confirmed intent and resilience at a time of turmoil.
Come again to this web page at 10:00 BST to see how the Tigers’ 2026-27 Premier League fixtures have fallen.