POST-MATCH THREAD: Hull City v Charlton Athletic: Saturday 25th October 2025: KO 15:00

A few changes today saw Miles Leaburn and Tyreece Campbell starting up front, with Rob Apter replacing James Bree and Harvey Knibbs taking the place of the usually ever-present Conor Coventry. That meant Sonny Carey was in a deeper position than usual, perhaps with the view that he’d better be able to knit together defense and attack. Changes were probably to be expected given the difficult fixtures preceding this match but who knows how the changes will affect the team?

The Addicks started brightly, dominating the first five minutes. Tyreece Campbell had two decent efforts right off the bat, forcing one save from Pandur, the Hull keeper, and a near miss with his left foot at a tight angle. Miles Leaburn ‘s physicality seemed to be giving the home side’s defenders a lot to think about as well as he harassed and harried them into mistakes.

Over the next ten minutes the home side came back into it a bit, mostly through a series of corners that put the visitors under pressure.

By 30 minutes Charlton were playing some tidy football in the Hull half. The changes made us more dangerous in attack at the expense of a bit of defensive rigidity. It was a case of which side would break through first. But, largely, this wasn’t football for the purists; misplaced passes, players caught flat footed, over hit crosses. It was end to end and scrappy.

Just before the half ended a horrible hip check on Harvey Knibbs put their man Hughes in the book. Knibbs received treatment and Kaminsky floated the free kick into the box but it was easily dealt with. Hull had a chance shortly after that they should have done better with but half eventually fluttered out with a goal.

But it wasn’t long before the deadlock was broken. Unfortunately, a minute or so in, Macauley Gillesphey was caught on the ball, just outside the box, dispossessed and the resulting shot from Joe Gelhardt was tucked past Kaminsky to put the home side ahead. It was a particularly galling, goal to concede, self-inflicted as it was.

The goal seemed to suck the life out of Charlton a bit. It was now a matter of whether the visitors could overcome being a goal down to get themselves back in it. Changes were made on 53 minutes, with Conor Coventry coming in for Harvey Knibbs and Rob Apter, who was not happy, making way for James Bree.

On 62 minutes Campbell was on the end of a Conor Coventry cross, his header spinning just wide. Hull concede goals at home and Charlton looked dangerous at times. Former Addick Liam Millar came on after 68 minutes (he went off ten minutes later with a hamstring issue) and, shortly after, Greg Docherty was replaced by Luke Berry and Macauley Gillesphey was replaced by Charlie Kelman. Could this be a case of cometh the hour, cometh the man?

Well the next man to cometh, was Addicks debutant, Onel Hernandez, replacing Sonny Carey.
The Addicks didn’t look like scoring, it had all gone a bit flat. That was until Luke Berry got his chest on the end of a James Bree corner from the left on 90 minutes and scored. There were five additional minutes and it looked like Charlton could rescue this and escape with a point. The home fans were audibly gutted. Hull piled on a bit of pressure through to the final whistle but they didn’t have enough to beat us.

The Addicks were absolutely knackered after this and the week they’d had. To rescue a point when none seemed more likely is a hell of a result. I’d imagine Nathan Jones will feel pretty good by the end of it, even though the mistake that gifted Hull a goal will grate. Seven points from three games, two of which were away, is a tremendous haul.

Hull City 1 Charlton 1
Over to you.