Hull City will field a mixed line-up comprising both first team players and those from the development teams for their upcoming friendly match against Kenya’s SportPesa All Stars.
According to Andrew Stead, the Hull City Tigers’ Partnerships Executive, there will be "just a few" first team members in the Hull City team. Stead told Nation Sport that a number of the first team will be rested for the match to give room for the younger players from the lower age group teams.
"The team selection is really up to the coach, but there will definitely be a few players from the first team there. There is no reason to worry, really, because it is only a promotional match and so the players’ performance will also be friendly," Stead said.
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The rest of the contingent left Nairobi early Wednesday morning and were expected to touch down at the Heathrow Airport in London. After that, they will make the four-hour trip to Kingston Upon Hull by road in readiness for the friendly match against the English Premier League strugglers.
The All Stars team is made up of local-based players drawn from teams that featured in the SportPesa Premier League last year. The 18 players were part of a larger team of 47 players which was culled down in January by four Hull City coaches: Richard O’Donnelle, Daniel O’Keeffe, Terry Boyle, and Dean Windass.
The match against Hull City Tigers will be played at 10pm EAT on February 27 at the KCOM Stadium in Hull, and a return match has been scheduled for July this year at Kasarani. On Sunday at Kasarani, the team drew 0-0 with newly promoted premier league side Kariobangi Sharks in a friendly match.
The recovered account cited reporting by Nairobi News.
