Premier League - Hull move out of drop zone

Eurosport - Sat, 16 May 18:38:00 2009

Hull City moved out of the Premier League relegation zone after picking up a valuable 1-1 draw with Bolton at the Reebok Stadium.

FOOTBALL Hull City's Craig Fagan (left) celebrates after he scores his sides equalsing goal against Bolton Premier League 2009 - 0

However, they were denied all three points by Jussi Jaaskelainen as the Bolton keeper made two class saves in the final ten minutes.

Gretar Steinsson gave Bolton the lead midway through the first half but Craig Fagan (pictured) levelled matters just after the break.

The visitors then had their chances to pick up only their second win in 21 games but they could not find a way past Jaaskelainen.

Nevertheless with Newcastle losing at home to Fulham, the point was enough to see Phil Brown's side climb out of the bottom three with just one match remaining - a home fixture against already crowned champions Manchester United.

Hull were lively in the opening stages but while they were getting plenty of good crosses into the box they were not able to force Jaaskelainen into a significant early save.

It was from one of their own attacks that they went behind in the 26th minute as they were hit by a quick Bolton counter-attack.

Fabrice Muamba was eventually found in the box - he checked the ball back to Matthew Taylor whose poor effort was blocked; however, it then fell to Steinsson on the right edge of the area and he drilled a low effort into the opposite corner of the net.

Boaz Myhill got a hand onto that shot, and while it was far from an easy save, he will be disappointed he couldn't push it wide.

Hull had a great chance to level just seconds after that goal but Manucho blazed over the bar from close range after a Sam Ricketts cut back. Nick Barmby then headed wide as a cross came to him quickly at the back post.

However, it was Bolton who came closest to scoring before the end of the half with Gary Cahill's header cleared off the line by Fagan in stoppage time.

After the break Bolton had an immediate chance to double their lead but Muamba made a mess of a low cross from Kevin Davies and they were immediately punished at the other end.

Danny Shittu has to take a large chunk of blame for the equaliser, he could not get the ball under control while facing goal which allowed Fagan to muscle past him and fire past Jaaskelainen.

In the 68th minutes Fagan needed to clear off the line once again after Manucho mistakenly put a Bolton corner towards his own goal, while just two minutes later Barmby's half-volley hit the post as the match developed into an end-to-end contest.

However, in the final 10 minutes it was Hull who looked most likely to secure a winner - Manucho's header in the 81st minute looked destined for the net but Jaaskelainen somehow managed to push it up onto the crossbar.

Just two minutes later the Finn made another superb contribution to deny Fagan with a header.

Still a draw was perhaps a fair result given the overall balance of the play and that point could prove enough for Hull to secure their Premier League future.

Seán Fay / Eurosport

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  1. Come on Hull, I hope you survive.. you had a such a­ good start to the season and feel you deserve to stay­ up.. I want Newcastle to go down...

    From Marie B, on Mon 18 May 11:11AM

  2. nice one Dave; now we can all be civilised!
    been to­ millwall the last time we were in the old division 2,­ been there twice actually - never got any hassle, but­ thanks for the tip.

    From cameron w, on Sun 17 May 10:34PM

  3. OK FINE WITH ME NO MORE @#$% FROM ME SORRY! BY THE WAY­ IF NUFC GO DOWN AND BY ANY CHANCE MILLWALL COME UP I­ WOULD STAY WELL CLEAR OF THE PLACE WITH AN AWAY SHIRT­ ON I WORK IN THAT AREA AND IF YOUR NOT LOCAL YOU DONT­ GET MUCH OF A WELCOME IN THAT PART OF LONDON! ­ DAVE QUINN CLACTON ESSEX ITFC

    From ABIGAIL, on Sun 17 May 10:23PM

  4. abigail.henshall
    For crying out loud Dave, it's­ called banter!
    I even do it with sunderland and boro­ fans; i don't mean anything personal by it!
    Get a­ sense of humour man; i even wish Ipswich Town well­ under their new manger, who i do rate highly.
    AND YES,­ i did s(lag) off keane at sunderland, but again it was­ all in good fun!
    I get on well with several sunderland­ fans, for Heaven's sake one of them even posted­ from Australia today with regards me and my club.
    I­ will take any criticism on the chin, no worries but i­ take offence at things aimed at me that are simply not­ true.
    and your initial comment was untrue and­ unfair.
    Can we now move on?

    From cameron w, on Sun 17 May 10:03PM

  5. LORI IF YOU READ WHAT I PUT ABOUT HULL CITY TONIGHT­ COMMENT 36 THEN YOU MAY CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT ME AND­ BY THE WAY MY NAME IS DAVE QUINN! FROM DAVE QUINN­ CLACTON ESSEX ITFC

    From ABIGAIL, on Sun 17 May 9:48PM

  6. CAMERON IS THAT AN ENGLISH NAME? BY THE WAY HULL FANS­ LOOK AT COMMENT 25 POSTED BY CAMERON HE POSTED IT­ YESTERDAY @ 9:05 BUT TONIGHT HE IS TRYING TO BE NICE! ­ DAVE QUINN CLACTON ESSEX ITFC

    From ABIGAIL, on Sun 17 May 9:45PM

  7. LIke mother...like son....saint stephen is an AIDS­ infested male prostitute and really loves it up his­ @#$%

    From chadron_novotny, on Sun 17 May 9:38PM

  8. Lori Haave,
    nice one, i really do mean it when i say­ if your club stays up then they deserve it.
    Pay no heed­ to that fool by the way, he has proved my point.

    From cameron w, on Sun 17 May 9:37PM

  9. Saintstephen I saw your mother last night on the corner­ trying to sell her @#$% for cash.. She couldn't­ even get a pence for it.

    From Lori Haave, on Sun 17 May 9:22PM

  10. abigail.henshall
    cameron w is right. i've seen you­ on other clubs pages and all you do is trash them and­ there clubs. at least cameron w is honest and talks­ sensible stuff with passion. i went and read the stuff­ he said to read and i think hes right because you owe­ hima big apology. hes right as well , you are a­ hypocrite.

    From Lori Haave, on Sun 17 May 9:19PM

  11. abigail.henshall
    Ha, ha - sussed you right out!
    Did you­ read my post then - hey, where's my apology.
    You­ are a fraud aren't you.
    I wish relegation on­ NOBODY!!!!
    Hey, this is an open invitation to ANY­ readers:
    please go to the sunderland pages NOW and read­ any of my posts.
    I am a Newcastle United fan and i chat­ with the 'real' sunderland fans and yes, i hope­ sunderland survive and remain in the Premier League -­ even if my club is relegated.
    To all you Hull fans; if­ you stay up then good on you - the season is played­ over 38 games and we at NUFC will have no­ complaints.
    As for you abigail.henshall, i have proved­ my point with some aplomb i might add . . . time for me­ to move on.
    Ta-ta loser, fraud, bully, hypocrite etc,­ etc, etc.

    From cameron w, on Sun 17 May 8:42PM

  12. abigail.henshall
    Oh and with further reference to­ you!
    Look everybody:
    this is what the holier than thou­ David Quinn posted on the Norwich City fan page­ IMMEDIATELY following their relegation to League One.­ Remembering how traumatic relegation is to football­ fans, wasn't he the sympathetic soul.

    90.GOODBYE­ LOSERS GOODBYE FOREVER!! BRIAN GUNN IS A TOP­ MANAGER­ KEEP HIM HE WONT HAVE ANY GOOD PLAYERS LEFT­ THIS­ SUMMER AND HE MAY HAVE TO MAKE A COME BACK! HA HA­ HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ HA.­ DAVE QUINN CLACTON ESSEX ITFC

    Got anything further to­ add abigail.henshall or Dave Quinn or whoever!
    H Y P O­ C R I T E!!!

    From cameron w, on Sun 17 May 8:11PM

  13. abigail.henshall
    you are a bare-faced liar.
    I've­ come across you a few times; you are the one who has­ posted rubbish all over the place.
    Go to the sunderland­ pages, go to the middlesboro pages, go to the­ manchester united pages and you will find many posters­ on there who i have struck up good footballing-banter­ relationships with.
    As i have said all along, all­ season; i engage in banter, i mean no harm or­ disrespect to any individual or any club.
    In fact­ smarta(rse) go to the NUFC pages on shearer's rant­ at the ref and read what i have posted earlier today -­ comment 14. It's not my fault if you don't have­ a sense of humour - and no, i would rather not meet you­ at Ipswich thank you very much.
    THEN COME BACK HERE AND­ APOLOGISE TO ME - IF YOU HAVE THE GUTS!!!!

    From cameron w, on Sun 17 May 8:00PM

  14. CAMERON WHAN NUFC PLAY IPSWICH NEXT SEASON @ PORTMAN­ ROAD DO YOU WANT TO MEET UP BECAUSE I FOR ONE WOULD­ LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE LIKE FACE TO FACE AS YOU HAVE­ BEEN PUTTING OTHER FANS AND TEAMS DOWN ALL SEASON! GOOD­ LUCK HULL SEE YOU IN THE PREM SOON! ­ DAVE QUINN CLACTON ESSEX ITFC

    From ABIGAIL, on Sun 17 May 7:46PM

  15. Hull will be safe. Newcastle won't win or even draw­ Against Aston Villa. I don't like Hull's coach­ cause he is arrogant and he thinks he is smart­ especially when humiliating his players at half time,­ but his team deserves to stay, especially compared with­ New castle. This is a good lesson to every team that­ the coach is very important, more than the directors­ and other fancy roles. Kevin Kegan should have been­ given the right to manage sell and buy players AS­ PROMISSED. Everybody in Newcastle knew that except for­ Ashley Pig and now the poor fans will suffer the­ consequences

    From Half A Brain, on Sun 17 May 7:02AM

  16. Tab N,
    i just found out you're a fraud!!!!!

    From cameron w, on Sat 16 May 11:46PM

  17. well done bolton, another year of premier league­ football secured.........

    From wcbolton46, on Sat 16 May 11:11PM

  18. saintstephen
    I remember vividly the game with hull at­ SJP; it was the day of the anti-ashley protests!
    We­ (the NUFC fans) had magnificent support from a big hull­ city following that day; the hull fans were fab and­ their team won too!
    That must've been the­ 'real' hull city fans; not armchair supporters­ like you.
    By all accounts, the hull fans turned out­ again in their thousands today supporting their club (i­ notice you weren't there by the way) - good on them­ i say. Shame you are such a k(nob) though, and give­ your club a bad name!
    I mean come on, that comment-30 -­ where's that come from!!!!!
    Honestly, if NUFC get a­ point next week - you've had it . . . . . kids or­ no kids!

    From cameron w, on Sat 16 May 10:04PM

  19. Newcastle haven't got a chance Villa won't want­ two poor shows to bottom teams on the trot. Hull can­ lose they'll still be safe. Hull are in the­ premiership and they're staying.

    From Tab N, on Sat 16 May 9:29PM

  20. Table will stay as is. Albion - Boro - Newcastle gone. ­ Hull have a great advantage now Ferguson will not want­ to risk any players when he has more important games to­ play. I know for sure if Hull could swap positions­ with any of the bottom three they f@ckin wouldn't!­ Would you?

    From Tab N, on Sat 16 May 9:25PM
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