Watch: Hull City's goalposts SAWN DOWN, in extraordinary Championship match

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Hull City vs Birmingham got off to a sticky start when the goalposts were to be found to be against regulation

Watch: Hull City's goalposts SAWN DOWN, in extraordinary Championship match
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If you think that the Championship is above a Sunday League malfunction, you'd be wrong – and Hull City fans can testify to that.

Ahead of the Tigers' match against Birmingham, the goalposts were found to be… too big. Yep, really. So what do you do when goalposts are too big? Take a saw to them?

Well, yes. Here's the footage of the bizarre incident…

Along with the posts being adjusted, Hawkeye had to be recalibrated as goal-line technology would have been tampered with. 

Hull City have had a strange start to the season and find themselves struggling towards the bottom with just one win in five. 

Pantomime villain Troy Deeney made matters worse by converting a penalty within 15 minutes to cap a dreadful start to the game for Hull – who could really do with the points.

Mark White
Mark White
Content Editor

Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.

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