Hull City owner Acun Ilicali makes another key MKM Stadium decision

Hull City are once again throwing open the doors of the West Stand upper tier for a second time this season when Cardiff City visit the MKM Stadium on Good Friday. The Tigers host the Bluebirds in a key Championship clash on April 15 at 3pm, and owner Acun Ilicali has for the third time reduced ticket prices to just £2 for those aged under 16 and fans over 65, while members can bring a friend or family member for £2.

City’s two previous £2 games against Barnsley and Luton Town on Saturday have seen the club attract their two biggest crowds of the season, with more than 16,000 fans in attendance, though unfortunately, the Tigers have succumbed to defeat in both games - it was the first time since 2017 that the West Stand upper was open for a league encounter, having only been opened previously for the visit of Chelsea in the FA Cup two years ago.

Saturday’s 3-1 home defeat to the Hatters, who went third with their convincing victory, came on the back of a hugely dispiriting 2-0 loss to fellow strugglers Barnsley, so Ilicali will be praying Shota Arveladze and his team can turn in a winning display on Easter Weekend.

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“I’m really disappointed – again at home,” Arveladze admitted to Hull Live on Saturday as his side lost their fifth home game in a row. “We’d been looking forward to (playing in front of) our supporters. I thought we still gave them some good moments today, even though we get these two goals at the beginning again and couldn’t stay in the game.

“We played brave, we go forward, we created chances again – I know we scored only one and conceded three but sometimes football is quite painful. The boys have had hard