Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Hull City
A-K
804) Graeme Atkinson
PNE 79 apps; 6 goals
Hull 149 apps; 23 goals
PNE debut 15/10/1994 v Hartlepool (A) – Lost 1-3
868) David Beresford
PNE 4 apps; 0 goals
Hull 41 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 18/12/1999 v Blackpool (H) – Won 3-0
955) Chris Brown
PNE 95 apps; 17 goals
Hull 13 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 12/01/2008 v Watford (H) – Won 1-0
965) Wayne Brown
PNE 11 apps; 0 goals
Hull 42 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 28/10/2008 v Watford (H) – Won 2-0
341) Ken Cameron
PNE 24 apps; 5 goals
Hull 30 apps; 12 goals
PNE debut 11/12/1926 v Darlington (A) – Won 1-0
610) Steve Doyle
PNE 197 apps; 12 goals
Hull 47 apps; 2 goals
PNE debut 01/10/1974 v Tranmere (A) – Lost 1-3
827) Kevin Gage
PNE 23 apps; 0 goals
Hull 13 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 04/12/1993 v Shrewsbury (A) – Won 1-0
251) Billy Halligan
PNE 16 apps; 2 goals
Hull 65 apps; 28 goals
PNE debut 30/08/1919 v Blackburn (A) – Lost 0-4
726) Steve Harper
PNE 77 apps; 10 goals
Hull 65 apps; 4 goals
PNE debut 01/04/1989 v Fulham (H) – Lost 1-4
852) Jason Harris
PNE 34 apps; 6 goals
Hull 38 apps; 4 goals
PNE debut 29/08/1998 v Lincoln (A) – Won 4-3
364) Alf Horne
PNE 40 apps; 5 goals
Hull 25 apps; 2 goals
PNE debut 21/09/1929 v Stoke (H) – Won 5-1
452) Ken Horton
PNE 166 apps; 36 goals
Hull 76 apps; 16 goals
PNE debut 31/08/1946 v Leeds (H) – Won 3-2
934) Jason Jarrett
PNE 18 apps; 1 goal
Hull 3 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 07/03/2006 v Plymouth (A) – Drawn 0-0
718) Warren Joyce
PNE 177 apps; 35 goals
Hull 147 apps; 15 goals
PNE debut 17/10/1987 v Brighton (A) – Drawn 0-0
879) Michael Keane
PNE 57 apps; 3 goals
Hull 20 apps; 3 goals
PNE debut 02/05/2001 v Blackburn (H) – Lost 0-1
820) Kevin Kilbane
PNE 47 apps; 3 goals
Hull 47 apps; 2 goals
PNE debut 14/10/1995 v Torquay (A) – Won 4-0
571) Ken Knighton
PNE 62 apps; 4 goals
Hull 80 apps; 9 goals
PNE debut 03/02/1968 v Plymouth (H) – Won 2-0
Player Profile – Michael Keane
Michael Thomas Joseph Keane was born in Dublin on 29 December 1982. The tough tackling midfielder started with Preston and with the club was called up to the Irish Under 21 side at the age of 18. Keane made his debut as a substitute for Mark Rankine in the penultimate match in the 2000/01 season as Blackburn won 1-0 at Deepdale on 2 May 2000.
The following season saw him start his first match in a 2-2 draw at Grimsby on 25 August. Two days later he scored his first goal in a 1-1 draw at home to Wimbledon. In total that season Keane scored twice in 20 matches but due to a foot injury in 2002/03 which required a screw being fitted to his broken bone he only made 5 appearances for the Lilywhites. Although he recovered sufficiently to join Grimsby on loan in March 2003.
Keane made 7 appearances for the club, making his debut in a 1-0 home defeat to Wolves on 8 April 2003. He scored in both his final two matches for the club against Reading and Brighton. Unfortunately he could not help them avoid relegation from the Championship when they finished bottom.
Having turned down a move to the mariners he returned to PNE for the 2003/04 season. He made 30 appearances during the season. His last goal for the club came in a 4-2 home victory over Coventry on 16 September 2003, whilst his final appearance came in a 3-3 draw against MK Dons on 10 April.
After 3 goals from 57 appearances Keane joined Hull for £50,000 on 2 June 2004. He scored on debut in a 2-2 draw at home to Wrexham in the League Cup on 24 August. Four days later he scored on his second appearance in a 2-1 win at Barnsley in League One.
Further goals were scored in victories against MK Dons and Sheffield Wednesday in the League and Morecambe in the FA Cup. He lost his place in the team after a 1-0 defeat at Doncaster on 22 January 2005 and didn’t play for the club again, after netting 3 goals from 20 appearances.
On 11 March 2005 Keane joined Championship side Rotherham on loan, making his debut the following day with a 2-1 defeat at Burnley. After a fortnight, the move was made permanent on a free transfer but would stat the new season in League One after relegation at the end of the season.
The 2005/06 season saw Keane make 31 appearances in all competitions but received the red card on three separate occasions. His only goal for the club cam in a League Cup tie as the Millers lost 4-2 at home to Norwich on 29 September.
Keane made 60 league appearances in all for Rotherham, with his last league appearance coming on 28 April 2007 in a 4-2 home defeat to Cheltenham and subsequent relegation to League Two.
Following his release by Rotherham at the end of the season he returned to Ireland and signed with St Patrick’s Athletic where he remained for one season and played in the UEFA Cup In the 2008/09 season he made only two substitute league appearances and in July 2008, he was released for failing to lose a satisfactory amount of weight. The following month it was ruled the club were wrong to sack him. In December 2008, Dundalk offered him a trial, but he was not offered a contract.