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Hull Football Club was formed late in 1865, founded by amongst others, Beevor Lambert, E.W.Wade, E.Waltham and W.H.H.Hutchinson and the five Scott brothers, sons of Rev. John Scott of St Mary’s.

Although it is not clear what rules governed early matches it would appear that they were played as soccer games with 11 players each side, and played in accordance with home club rules which led to differences in the rules at each game. At the annual meeting in the George Hotel, Land of Green Ginger, on 20th October 1870, the decision was taken to formally adopt the rugby rules and in 1871, after a nomadic existence, they moved on to the Rifle Barracks field in Anlaby Road, Hull, and became the first Yorkshire club to gain membership of the new Rugby Football Union.

In 1895 the club moved to the Athletic Grounds in The Boulevard. August 1895 saw the start of Rugby League after the top Northern Rugby Union clubs broke away to form the “Northern Union”. It would be known as the Northern Union until 1922.

Hull achieved success over the years. During the latter half of the 1950s they made three successive Championship Final appearances, 1956-58, winning in 1956 and 1958. 1953-55 saw them reach three successive Yorkshire Cup Finals and in 1959 they made their first Wembley appearance. These all resulted in defeats and was followed by another Championship Cup defeat at Wembley in 1960. However, the Yorkshire Cup returned to The Boulevard during the 1969-70 season and in 1976, Hull became the first Second Division team to reach the John Player Trophy Final.

Further success came in the 1978-79 season when they became the first team to win all of 26 league matches in a season, a new world record. Another record was set in December 1979 when the team won the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy after beating Hull KR in front of the biggest attendance in the competition's history. Rovers getting their revenge in the 1980 Wembley Cup Final. Two years later Hull FC secured the John Player Trophy and the Challenge Cup and in 1982-83 the League Championship. The Yorkshire Cup was also added to the sideboard in successive years, 1982-84 and in 1990-91 they won the Premiership Trophy.

In 1996 the Super League was created and the season switched to February to October to make the most of the summer weather. Hull FC moved up from the First Division to the Super League in 1998.

October 2002 saw Hull FC play their last game at the Boulevard and when the new season began in March 2003 they had relocated to the KC Stadium on Anlaby Road, a ground they share with Hull Association Football Club. The stadium was renamed the KCOM Stadium on the 4th April 2016 after the stadium's sponsor, Hull's telecommunications provider, was rebranded to KCOM.

Despite an initial bad run, the team stayed in the Super League and in 2005 secured another Challenge Cup win followed by a second place finish in the Super League in 2006 and an appearance at the Grand Final. The programme for the Grand Final in 2006 can be found at L DSHFC/41/11.

A full history of the club can be found on the Hull FC website at: http://www.hullfc.com/club/history-stats/club-history

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