Brown given another week to save his skin

PHIL BROWN has been given another week to prove he can breathe new life into Hull City by the club’s incoming chairman Adam Pearson.

The Tigers manager held talks with Pearson – who is due to take over from the sacked Paul Duffen today – before and after Saturday’s defeat to Burnley, with his future at the club topping the agenda.

There had been speculation that Pearson had already decided to fire Brown, an increasingly unpopular figure at the KC stadium, as early as this morning but those reports are understood to be mistaken. Instead, Pearson has decided to give Brown Saturday’s home against Stoke City to prove he is still the man to revive the club’s fortunes.