Hull City bus window smashed before Wembley final — Football Matches Today

Hull City’s football matches today build-up was disrupted before the Championship play-off final, after the team bus had a window smashed on the way to Wembley Stadium. The damage was visible when the bus arrived at the Hilton Hotel near the ground, where Sergej Jakirovic was leading the squad.

Hilton Hotel Near Wembley

Sky Sports said the bus was hit by stones and bottles as it travelled to collect the players from their hotel. The players were arriving out of the hotel and on to the bus when the damage was shown, and the vehicle still made the very short journey to Wembley from a hotel a few 100 yards away.

"The Hull team bus has had a window smashed this afternoon after objects were thrown at it on the way to the team hotel."

Wembley Final Build-Up

"The Hull players are just arriving out of the team hotel on to the bus, we can show you some damage to the team bus on its way to pick up the players some stones and bottles have been thrown at it so there has been some damage."

It was unclear whether any players were aboard when the incident happened, but the disruption came with Hull at Wembley after overcoming Millwall. The play-off final was already under pressure after Southampton were disqualified from the competition following a guilty verdict for spying on Middlesbrough ahead of the first leg at the Riverside Stadium.

Southampton Fallout

The Saints discovered their fate on Wednesday, 72 hours before the final was due to kick off, after they had already sold 35,000 tickets. Earlier examples of coach trouble have included Liverpool's bus being prevented from reaching Old Trafford in 2021 and Manchester City's bus being damaged at Anfield in 2018.

"They have had to knock out some of the glass on the exterior of the window, still OK for the players to make the very short journey to Wembley Stadium from here at the team hotel which is a few 100 yards away."