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Gabriel Sutton

Hull City's return to the Premier League was borderline miraculous, but a far more absurd feat will be the requirement to stay up - Hull City 2026-27 season preview

A general view of MKM Stadium ahead of the Sky Bet Championship Play-Offs Semi-Final first leg between Hull City and Millwall in Hull, United Kingdom, on May 8, 2026. (Photo by Alfie Cosgrove/News Images/NurPhoto via Getty Images).

Hull City's 2025-26 campaign saw one of the most impressive promotions in Championship history – but it was also one of the most fortuitous.

Finishing sixth and winning the play-offs was an unbelievable accomplishment. Hull had needed to climb out of the relegation zone on the final day of the previous campaign, then had to work under a summer embargo that restricted them to loans and free transfers.

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