Thursday’s friendly between Hull City and Caracao's national team – something of a Dutch B or C side – was little more than a backdrop to the electronic advertising hoardings pushing Hull's wares and those of their sponsors. One of them, Corendon Airlines, have bought the name of Antalya Park.
From coach Liam Rosenior's perspective, it was all about giving those who have not played many minutes in harem-scarem phase of the Championship an opportunity to scrape off the ring rust. For the 50 competition winners and their plus-ones flown out by the club, it was the chance to watch something more competitive than a training session – although actually the way Jacob Greaves furiously contested decisions in a game of two-touch could not be matched.
The accents behind the chants of 'Hull City' in between thunderclaps and bouncing around were definitely more Bosphorous than Beverley. Acun Ilicali, a television personality in these parts, did his bit to get the crowd going before kick-off, going over to wave to the fans with clubs mascots Roary and Amber alongside him. Not that they needed much encouragement – one fan was waiting in his seat as the players came on to look at the pitch holding a sign asking Sharp for his shirt.
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