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The present Hull City club were founded on 28th June 1904, too late to join a League. They arranged a fixture list of friendlies and at the end of the season applied to join the Football League. They were involved in two votes at the League AGM. The first was based on the fact that both Divisions of the League were to remain at 18 clubs each and in this vote Hull were unsuccessful. Voting -
25 votes Leeds City Elected to the League
21  Burslem Port Vale Re-elected to the League
20 Chelsea Elected to the League
18 Hull City Not elected to the League
10 Burton United Not re-elected to the League
10 Crewe Alexandra Not elected to the League
4 Doncaster Rovers Not re-elected to the League
3 Stockport County Not elected to the League
1  Clapton Orient Not elected to the League
It was then decided that each division would increase by two clubs. In the First Division this was achieved by reprieving the two relegated clubs. This left four vacancies in the Second Division with the vote being between the two clubs who had previously not been re-elected to the League plus three of the non-league sides, including Hull, who had originally failed in their bid for election. Voting -
36 votes Burton United Now re-elected to the League
36 Hull City Elected to the League
26 Clapton Orient Elected to the League
26 Stockport County Elected to the League
20 Doncaster Rovers Again not re-elected to the League
Mon Aug 29 Friendly District XI Home Won 5-0
Thu Sep 1 Friendly Notts County Home Drew 2-2
Sat Sep 10 Friendly Everton 'A' Home Won 2-0
Sat Sep 17 FAC Prelim Stockton Away* Drew 3-3
Mon Sep 19 Friendly Leicester Fosse Home Won 2-0
Thu Sep 22 FAC replay Stockton Away Lost 1-4
Sat Sep 24 Friendly Darlington Home Won 5-1
Thu Sep 29 Friendly Crewe Alexandra Home Drew 1-1
Sat Oct 1 Friendly Denton Away Won 2-1
Sat Oct 8 Friendly Sheffield FC Home Won 4-1
Wed Oct 12 Friendly Middlesbrough Reserves Home Drew 2-2
Thu Oct 13 Friendly Derby County Home Won 3-2
Sat Oct 15 Friendly Leeds City Away Won 2-0
Thu Oct 20 Friendly Lincoln City Home Won 1-0
Sat Oct 22 Friendly West Hartlepool Away Won 3-1
Sat Oct 29 Friendly Stockton Home Drew 2-2
Thu Nov 3 Friendly Burton United Home won 3-1
Sat Nov 12 Friendly Bradford City Home Lost 0-2
Thu Nov 17 Friendly Port Vale Home Lost 1-2
Sat Nov 26 Friendly Grimsby Town Home Won 4-2
Sat Dec 10 Friendly Glossop Home Won 2-1
Sat Dec 24 Friendly Leeds City Home Won 3-2
Tue Dec 27 Friendly Preston North End Away Lost 2-3
Sat Dec 31 Friendly Middlesbrough Reserves Away Lost 2-3
Tue Jan 3 Friendly Darlington Away Drew 3-3
Sat Jan 7 Friendly Scarborough Away Won 1-0
Sat Jan 14 Friendly Wellingborough Home Won 3-2
Sat Jan 28 Friendly Chesterfield Home Lost 1-2
Thu Feb 2 Friendly Doncaster Rovers Home Won 3-0
Sat Feb 4 Friendly Manchester City Reserves Away Lost 0-1
Sat Feb 11 Friendly Gainsborough Trinity Reserves Away Lost 1-2
Sat Feb 18 Friendly Liverpool Home Lost 2-6
Thu Feb 23 Friendly Army Service Corps Home Won 5-1
Sat Feb 25 Friendly Sheffield FC Away Won 3-1
Sat Mar 4 Friendly Leeds City Away Won 5-2
Sat Mar 18 Friendly Scarborough Home Won 6-0
Thu Mar 23 Friendly Prince of Wales Hussars Home Won 1-0
Sat Mar 25 Friendly Manchester City Home Drew 0-0
Sat Apr 1 Friendly Coldstream Guards Home Won 10-3
Wed Apr 5 Friendly York Garrison Away Won 7-1
Sat Apr 8 Friendly Barnsley Home Won 2-1
Sat Apr 15 Friendly Sheffield United Home Won 3-1
Fri Apr 21 Friendly Grimsby Town Away Lost 1-2
Sat Apr 22 Friendly Boston Town Away Won 4-2
Mon Apr 24 Friendly Preston North End Home Drew 2-2
Thu Apr 27 Friendly East Riding XI Home Drew 2-2
Sat Apr 29 Friendly Gainsborough Trinity Home Lost 2-3
* Hull were drawn at home in the Preliminary Round FA Cup tie with Stockton but gave up ground advantage. They shared the Boulevard ground with the local Rugby League club who required the ground on the day scheduled for the FA Cup tie.

 

'Well, if you really have not heard the good news, I must tell you. Loughborough beat that powerful combination, Woolwich Arsenal, by eight goals - whew! - to none. But that was not all; they had two goals disallowed, one as good a goal as ever was scored, but then we must not be too covetous, eight being pretty conclusive in all conscience'.

Part of the actual match report of the match in 1896 when Arsenal suffered what is still their record League defeat - 0-8 at Loughborough. Read the whole match report.
 
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