Burnley and Hull relegated from Premier League
They came, they saw, but they were eventually conquered. Burnley and Hull City’s brief stints in the Premier League are over, but at least they were entertaining stints.
There was rarely a dull moment at Hull, who burst onto the top flight scene for the first time in 2008, earning stunning away wins at Arsenal and Tottenham and sitting joint top with Chelsea and Liverpool at the end of October. They were joyous times, then it all went to their heads.
Boss Phil Brown staged a humiliating public dressing down of his players when they were 4-0 behind at half time at Manchester City on Boxing Day. As Brown sat his players down on the Eastlands pitch, laying into each of them individually for their displays, all of the public goodwill towards the manager appeared to evaporate. They were sixth in the table at the time, but the descent was about to begin.
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