Hull heading up as Delap is cornered

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

Brown, 49, celebrates the second anniversary of taking charge of the Yorkshire club this week – and will do so with his team still in the top six.

He bemoaned referee Keith Stroud’s decision to award Stoke a late penalty when Ricardo Fuller tumbled under goalkeeper Boaz Myhill’s challenge but still left a fog-filled Britannia Stadium with another point in Hull’s quest to stay up.