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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Exclusive by Tom Garry

Hull City Ladies chairman asks for club to be relegated ‘to try to punish players’

Hull City Ladies celebrate last May after winning National League Division One North
Hull City Ladies celebrate last May after winning National League Division One North to secure promotion to the third tier. Photograph: Ashley Allen/The FA/Getty Images

The chair of Hull City Ladies, Daniel Johnson, has submitted a request to the Football Association for the club to be relegated from the third tier, the Guardian has learned, amid allegations of mismanagement of the club’s finances being made against him by his own players.

Multiple club sources have alleged that Johnson’s relegation submission is an attempt at retaliation after several squad members criticised him in public social media posts over the past 72 hours, with players expressing fears their team “might not exist in a few weeks”.

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