Hull City 0 Aston Villa 1

Defender Sam Ricketts is available again for Hull’s Barclays Premier League clash with Aston Villa at the KC Stadium on Tuesday.

MANCHESTER CITY boss Mark Hughes felt his side had finally shown what they were capable of after destroying Hull yesterday.

Manchester City 5 Hull 1

Brazilians Robinho and Elano returned as Manchester City looked to pull themselves out of the Premier League relegation zone.

Hull have problems at left-back for Friday’s Premier League trip to Manchester City with Sam Ricketts suspended and Andy Dawson unfit to return.

Hull are forced into a change for tomorrow's Premier League visit of Sunderland with on-loan defender Paul McShane unable to play against his parent club.

Striker Marlon King will continue to lead the Hull line at Liverpool tomorrow despite being arrested earlier this week.

PHIL BROWN may insist he has no interest in taking charge at Sunderland, but nobody would dare accuse English football’s most in-demand young manager of lacking ambition.

Hull hope to have defender Andy Dawson and midfielder Dean Marney available for tomorrow’s Premier League visit of Middlesbrough.

THE sound of Stoke fans jeering Phil Brown highlighted how the Hull City manager’s profile has risen in two years in the job.

Stoke 1 Hull 1

JERMAIN DEFOE is facing the possibility of surgery that could rule him out for six weeks as Portsmouth manager Tony Adams contemplates fielding a weakened team for the club’s clash with Italian giants AC Milan in the UEFA Cup on Thursday.

CHELSEA put high-flying Hull in their place to get back to winning ways in the Premier League last night.

Hull boss Phil Brown has close to a fully-fit squad available for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to West Brom.

Hull striker Marlon King is doubtful for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League trip to Tottenham with a back problem.

Hull defender Anthony Gardner has been ruled out of tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to London to face Arsenal.

Midfielder George Boateng could return for Hull in Sunday’s Premier League clash with Everton at the KC Stadium.

Hull 0 Wigan 5

Hull midfielder George Boateng is struggling to make tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Wigan.

Swansea 2 Hull 1 (after extra-time)

Hull manager Phil Brown has just one injury worry ahead of his side’s trip to face Blackburn at Ewood Park tomorrow.

Striker Marlon King could go straight into the Hull side for their Barclays Premier League opener against Fulham.

Bristol City 0 Hull 1

GOALS from Nick Barmby, Caleb Folan, Richard Garcia and Nathan Doyle helped Hull reach Wembley for the first time in the club’s 104-year history and set up a Coca-Cola Championship play-off final clash against Bristol City on May 24.

AFTER a remarkable 104 years of frustration and false dawns, Hull City stand on the verge of finally ending their wait for Premier League football after virtually securing a path to the Championship play-off final.

PHIL BROWN insisted Hull are play-off favourites after their automatic promotion hopes were dashed yesterday.

IAN ASHBEE is leading from the front as Hull City scent a Premier League future only four years after they were languishing in the bottom tier of English league football.

BRADFORD are standing by Dean Windass as the Football Association investigate two biting allegations.

Wigan have made a bid for 36-year-old Bradford striker Dean Windass.

FA Cup latest:

FA Cup latest:

Dean Windass was the major omission from the Sheffield United line-up for the First Division play-off final against Wolves at the Millennium Stadium.

Neil Warnock is ready to look elsewhere in his search for a new striker after Middlesbrough confirmed they want “a sizeable fee” for Dean Windass.

FRANK LAMPARD branded Middlesbrough striker Dean Windass a “wind-up” merchant — but said football needs characters like him.

Frank Lampard branded Middlesbrough striker Dean Windass a “wind-up” merchant – but said football needs characters like him.

FA Cup latest:

Middlesbrough will be without central defender Ugo Ehiogu and midfielder Luke Wilkshire when they visit Chelsea in the FA Cup third round tomorrow.

Jason McAteer, Kevin Kilbane and Niall Quinn are all to start for Sunderland's crunch game against Derby today.

Liverpool v Derby

Arsenal's ambitions to achieve the double remain on course after a tense 1-0 FA Cup semi-final victory against Middlesbrough.

Gianluca Festa scored an own-goal to give Arsenal a 1-0 half-time lead in their FA Cup semi-final clash with Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough 2 Fulham 1

Middlesbrough 1 Blackburn 0