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The Tigers will be heavily backed in comparison to their last Wembley visit

For the first time in 10 years, Hull City supporters will be walking down Wembley way, hoping to see their team reach the Premier League once again.

As has often been the case throughout City's 122-year existence, those fans have been on an emotional rollercoaster over the course of the past decade since the last of the club's North London trips - a 1-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday in the 2015/16 Championship play-off final courtesy of Mo Diame's stunning curler 19 minutes from time.

Since then, the Tigers have started a top-flight campaign with 13 players, been relegated twice - including a run of six points from 60 available from January to July 2020 - won League One at the first attempt, been taken over by Acun Ilicali, missed out on the play-offs in 2023/24 before parting ways with Liam Rosenior, stayed up on the final day of last season on goal difference, and are now back at Wembley at the end of Sergej Jakirovic's first season at the MKM Stadium, which also began with a two-window transfer fee restriction.

For many, the upcoming play-off final against Southampton was an occasion that wasn't this sudden down the line, but it was made a reality after a semi-final second leg success over third-placed Millwall thanks to goals from Mohamed Belloumi and Joe Gelhardt.

Ultimately, the ongoing spygate saga involving Southampton and Middlesbrough, has, in the eyes of some, taken away some of the usual excitement due to kick-off and date uncertainty surrounding the EFL's showpiece event, although the governing body did confirm they would be operating as though their expected 4:30PM start on Saturday, May 23rd was to go ahead.

This saw City and Saints release ticket information later last Thursday, and days later, the East Yorkshire club have confirmed a milestone on sales.

Hull City confirm play-off final ticket milestone ahead of Southampton clash at Wembley

City fans were also served a travel warning regarding coach and train travel amid the aforementioned uncertainty, but that didn't stop masses of membership holders from acquiring their tickets on Friday morning at 8AM, when they were first on sale.

Ultimately, plenty of the initial 35,984 tickets within the lower bowl of Wembley's East End were gone in hours, before those who had purchased tickets throughout the 2025/26 season without memberships were given access later in the weekend.

And, on the afternoon of Monday, May 18th, with just over five days until the encounter with Saints is set to take place, it was confirmed that over 30,000 of the allocation had been snapped up, with limited tickets now available to those willing to support Jakirovic and his players, as well as an increase in allocation to approximately 38,000 Tigers fans.

It is a far cry from how the same side of Wembley looked 10 years ago against the Owls, which will further showcase how far the Tigers have come in such a short space of time.

Hull City's last Wembley visit was overshadowed by ownership issues

Indeed, the all-Yorkshire affair of 2016 was the club's third visit to Wembley in two years, exactly the same as Southampton this time around.

However, whilst City were actually handed a greater allocation of 38,956 tickets, many of those were returned to the organisers, although some were also given to their opposition in Wednesday.

At the time, many supporters in East Yorkshire had become disillusioned with the Allam family's day-to-day running of the club and prior membership scheme issues, which led to an overall attendance of just 70,189 - the lowest for a Championship play-off final at the new Wembley aside from the 2020 and 2021 finals which were impacted by COVID-19 restrictions.

Alternatively, this season's final is set to be more like the 2008 final in terms of attendance from those 200 miles north and all round, with City's 1-0 win over Bristol City 18 years ago watched by a play-off final record crowd of 86,703.

Regardless of the outcome, though, Jakirovic and his team have proven several doubters wrong to reach this point, making it one of the many subplots.