Stadium now 'Theatre of Dust' asformer Hull City home cleared

A stadium that once housed a club record 55,019 fans when Hull City hosted Manchester United is now a Theatre of Dust after contractors finally cleared the derelict and vandalised site.

All that remains of Boothferry Park, the Tigers' former home, are the six towering floodlights after the award-winning pitch and ramshackle stands and terracing were dug up and broken down into rubble.

The demolition leaves generations of City fans with only memories of the West Hull arena but few had any regrets yesterday over the club's move in 2002 to the 43.5m KC Stadium, a mile away in West Park.

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Andy Medcalf, 42, a season ticket holder for 25 years, said: "It was a great move for City going to the KC and I think the average fan would not have any regrets, or long for a return to Boothferry Park, it was a long time ago.

"What was sadder was seeing it being set on fire every six months."

Lancashire-based developer Paloma Land Ltd gained outline planning permission four years ago to build hundreds of new homes on the 4.45 hectare site.

But the development stalled and the ground became a target for looters and arsonists.

City played their first match at Boothferry Park in August 1946, and their last in December 2002.