Hull freezes over as Brown gets the frosty treatment

WINTER may still be weeks away but, for these two clubs, the chilly grip of a relegation squabble has already taken hold.

This was a result that suited neither team and yet the overriding emotion at the final whistle, for both managers, was one of relief.

Victory would have been an unexpected bonus but defeat? That would have spelled disaster. In the end, a draw was perhaps the inevitable outcome.