Tag: Holden

Hull City 2-0 Manchester United: Assistant Dean Holden on back five tactic
24 August 2026 Off

Hull City 2-0 Manchester United: Assistant Dean Holden on back five tactic

By Total Football News

Hull City boss Sergej Jakirovic kept his plan to topple Manchester United on the Tigers’ Premier League return under wraps for weeks, assistant head coach Dean Holden told Match of the Day.

Jakirovic’s side produced a sensational 2-0 opening-weekend win over Michael Carrick’s side on Saturday while deploying a back five.

Hull were making their first Premier League appearance in nine years after coming up through the play-offs last season.

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Dean Holden: Hull City recruit ex-Charlton boss as assistant coach
2 July 2025 Off

Dean Holden: Hull City recruit ex-Charlton boss as assistant coach

By Total Football News

Former Charlton Athletic and Bristol City manager Dean Holden has joined Hull City as assistant head coach.

He will work with new head coach Sergej Jakirovic, the Bosnian who has taken over at the Tigers this summer.

Holden’s most recent post was as assistant manager at Adana Demirspor in Turkey, while he also worked under Steven Gerrard at Al-Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia.

Having been working in the Turkish Super

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