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Aged 18, Sir Tom left Hull, where he was born and raised, to study at University College London, before enrolling at the nearby Royal Academy of Performing Arts.
Today he lives in Putney, south-west London, but insists he has never forgotten his home city, where he still has family, including his sister.
“I have never tried to pretend I am anything other than a Hull lad,” said Sir Tom.
He
The Scot said: “Did I roll the dice too early? Did I go for it?
“There are loads of bits running through your mind and then even when I’m speaking to Sky they’re saying ‘do you think three weeks ago if you won that game…’ and I’m thinking ‘come on, how far do you want to go back?’
“Do you want to go back to the start of the season?
It has not been a straightforward two seasons in English football for the forward.
He joined the East Yorkshire club from Portuguese outfit Farense in August 2024 and enjoyed a decent start only for an anterior cruciate ligament injury at Oxford in November to end his season.
By the time he returned to action last August the club had sacked both Tim Walter and his replacement Ruben Selles and brought
In the 21 play-off campaigns since the Championship era began in 2004-05, the club finishing in third during the regular season has won promotion the most often.
Recent history shows that teams finishing in fourth place are well set up for promotion, too.
The past six Championship play-off winners have all finished in either third or fourth, of which four successful sides have finished in fourth spot.
With nine of
Position: Third, 83 points (GD +15)
Top scorer: Femi Azeez – 11 goals
Key stat: 41% of Millwall’s Championship goals this season came from set-pieces (26/64 – excluding penalties). Only Sheffield Wednesday (48%) and Oxford United (44%) had a higher proportion.
Play-off record: Eight campaigns, two promotions (both in League One in 2010 and 2017).
Last time in second-tier play-offs: 2001-02 – lost 2-1 on aggregate to Birmingham City in
Kieran McKenna has led Ipswich Town back to the Premier League after just one season in the Championship and it is his third promotion in four years.
Parkin: “Ipswich must have learned lessons from the previous season, I suppose it’s all about what type of player they get in. Maybe the benchmark now has become Sunderland, how they’ve attacked it, maybe not going for that Premier League experience and just
Hull owner Acun Ilicali struggled with his emotions after the final whistle and he can look forward to the play-offs, in which the Tigers have won twice promotion twice previously.
They began, however, like a team who had not won in their previous six games as Norwich took control, opening the scoring when Toure volleyed home Anis Ben Slimane’s dinked pass into the middle.
But 12 seconds after the restart,
Wrexham will finish sixth if they better Hull’s result and better or match Derby’s result.
If they match Hull’s result it will go down to goal difference, with Wrexham’s currently one better.
If goal difference is level, goals scored will be the deciding factor.
Hull will clinch sixth spot if they better Wrexham’s result against Middlesbrough and better or match Derby’s result against Sheffield United.
A win for the Tigers
Charlton Athletic secured Championship survival thanks to stunning strikes from Charlie Kelman and Jayden Fevrier as they beat Hull City at The Valley.
Kelman curled a sumptuous effort into the top corner to give the Addicks the lead before John Egan headed Hull level in the seventh minute of first-half added time.
The Tigers were much improved after the break, spurred on by the introduction of Mohamed Belloumi off the
The departure of striker Jamie Vardy – a player lauded as the club’s greatest of all time – and the Foxes’ failure to find a replacement remotely capable of matching the former England international’s dynamism and gift for goals has hurt Leicester this season.
Two years ago, at the age of 37, Vardy was Leicester’s top scorer with 18 goals as they won promotion from the Championship as title winners.