Wow, what a day, with a huge win for the Tigers coming at the end of another tumultuous week. Late winning goals are always special, but particularly when they come against Stoke, a horrible club that I detest. The sight of their fans trudging out of the KC with two minutes to go with live long in my heart. Take that Pulis!

I’m really pleased for Phil Brown, who must have had a nightmarish week. His ally Paul Duffen gone, the Tigers boss faced some heart-to-heart meetings with returning Tigers chairman Adam Pearson, who would only assure him that he would take charge of Sunday’s game at Stoke, suggesting the axe was about to drop. Brownie desperately needed a result, and got one thanks to Vennegoor of Hesselink’s injury-time winner.

Phil Brown’s plight became even more desperate on Saturday thanks to referee Mike Jones, who kindly decided that Burnley should get the three points in the Turf Moor clash. Can I just say now, I hate blaming referees for Hull City losing games. It is pathetically lazy, sloppy way to excuse bad performances.

I can only remember three occasions when I genuinely thought the referee ‘robbed’ the Tigers of points, the first in 2000 (I think) when Uriah Rennie awarded a last-minute winner to Torquay after Eifion Williams had kicked the ball out of Paul Musselwhite’s hands. The second was away to Scunny in I think 2003, when Steve Mclean was awarded a ridiculous non- penalty. The third occurred on Saturday, as Mike Jones served up a performance of ineptitude far scarier than anything seen on the streets of Burnley on Halloween night.