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    Tigers' problems continue to mount

    By Norman Hubbard

    Wednesday, November 4, 2009

    For more than two years, they formed the public face of Hull City, each gravitating towards the limelight in a manner that endeared them to some but increasingly irritated others. As chairman and manager, Paul Duffen and Phil Brown tried to project a positive image, regardless of results. In contrast, Russell Bartlett remained a largely unknown figure. Anonymity is harder for Hull City's majority shareholder to maintain now: the television cameras were trained on the visiting delegation in t ...

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