Phil Brown : The rise and fall

I am not a great fan of Phil Brown but thought his career with Hull city is something that does not deserve to be forgotten. Football is a cruel game, also off the pitch. Hull city sacked Phil Brown, after a string of poor results.
Here is a little glimpse of Phil's time with Hull city.

Brown was appointed as first-team coach at Hull City on 27 October 2006 under Phil Parkinson, and took over as joint caretaker manager alongside Colin Murphy on 4 December 2006 after Parkinson's sacking, with Hull in 22nd place in the Football League Championship. After taking Hull out of the relegation zone with three wins and a draw in the six matches as caretaker manager, he was appointed as the permanent manager of the club on 4 January 2007. Then Brown went on to lead 'The Tigers' to Championship safety and the following season Hull City won promotion to the top level of English football for the first time in the club's 104-year history.
Hull city continued their fairy tale run in the Premier league with six wins in first nine games and they occupied Third place, only next to Arsenal and Liverpool on goal difference. In this run, Hull beat Arsenal in  the Emirates stadium which is still regarded as their greatest victory in club history.

Gradually the fuzz settled down at Hull city, and they were able to win matches here and there just languishing in the mid-table.
Then came the dreaded day on 26 December 2008. Hull were playing Manchester City in the city of Manchester stadium. Hull were 4-0 down at half time. This infuriated Brown, who just couldnt take the fact that his team were playing so poorly in front of Hull fans, who had made a trip all the way to Manchester sacrificing their festival celebrations. He didnt let the players go off the pitch, he made them sit down near the touchline and gave them the first half team talk in full view of public. This was the moment Hull players lost it.
Their morale went down the pits after this humiliation, and they won only ONE match in the remaining half of the season.

But thanks to their amazing run in the beginning of the season, they managed just about enough to survive in the Premier League, finishing 17th, in a battle which went to the final day of the season. Brown was overjoyed and he even did sing after the match !

2009-10 season was much tougher for Hull and Brown couldnt inspire them to win games. Hull were playing like typical relegation strugglers. Brown managed to hang on to his job early in the season when he was on the verge of getting sacked. But on 14th March, defeat to Arsenal by the Nicklas Bendtner's injury time winner proved to be the final nail in the coffin ,the board had seen enough and finally parted company with Brown.