AnlabyTiger
Academy Prospect
- Feb 20, 2026
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We talk a lot about what promotion would mean for the club but what about the city itself? Because I think the impact would go way beyond football.
Premier League football brings national media attention every single week. Hull would be mentioned on Match of the Day, Sky Sports, radio phone ins. Every fortnight a different fanbase would be travelling to Hull for away games. Thousands of visitors who might never have set foot in the city otherwise.
That means hotel bookings, restaurant trade, pub revenue, taxi fares. The local economy would get a genuine boost. Not transformative on its own but meaningful for a city that needs every bit of investment it can get.
Then there's the pride factor. Hull has spent decades being the butt of jokes and the city on the worst places to live lists. Having a Premier League football club doesn't fix that overnight but it puts you on the map in a way that nothing else does. People might actually bother to look up where Hull is and what it has to offer.
Property prices would go up too which is good for homeowners and bad for first time buyers. The City of Culture effect showed that positive national attention has a real impact on how people perceive Hull and by extension how much they're willing to pay to live here.
For me promotion isn't just about football. It's about Hull finally getting the recognition it deserves as a proper city with proper ambitions. We've been in the shadows for too long.
Premier League football brings national media attention every single week. Hull would be mentioned on Match of the Day, Sky Sports, radio phone ins. Every fortnight a different fanbase would be travelling to Hull for away games. Thousands of visitors who might never have set foot in the city otherwise.
That means hotel bookings, restaurant trade, pub revenue, taxi fares. The local economy would get a genuine boost. Not transformative on its own but meaningful for a city that needs every bit of investment it can get.
Then there's the pride factor. Hull has spent decades being the butt of jokes and the city on the worst places to live lists. Having a Premier League football club doesn't fix that overnight but it puts you on the map in a way that nothing else does. People might actually bother to look up where Hull is and what it has to offer.
Property prices would go up too which is good for homeowners and bad for first time buyers. The City of Culture effect showed that positive national attention has a real impact on how people perceive Hull and by extension how much they're willing to pay to live here.
For me promotion isn't just about football. It's about Hull finally getting the recognition it deserves as a proper city with proper ambitions. We've been in the shadows for too long.
