Supporters of Hull City could be forgiven for feeling as if they have missed out on a footballing crock of gold.
Because multi-billionaire businessman Sir Jim Ratcliffe was once a ball boy at the old Boothferry Park watching on in awe of his sixties Tigers heroes like the free-scoring Ken Wagstaff, Chris Chilton and Ken Houghton.
A few months before England won the 1966 World Cup, Ratcliffe, whose family had moved to Humberside from the Manchester area when he was 10, witnessed at first hand Hull’s promotion under manager Cliff Britton from the old Third Division. His pocket money came from selling ‘Golden Goal’ tickets at the ground – his first venture into business.
