Hull City manager Phil Brown was again the focus of intense media attention this week, when several confused shoppers spotted him hunting for strange, mythical items.
Brown is under pressure to keep the Tigers in the Premier League, a task looking ever-increasingly difficult, but he has told reporters he won't give up, and will do everything in his power to ensure that City retain their top flight status.
One vendor at Hull Market, Sid Gammidge, 67, who sells secondhand tools and other such shit, said:
"Aye, 'e was in 'ere looking for a hook or a crook, whatever one o' them is!"
Brown also sought out some pant seats from Elsie's Underwear stall.
This latest sighting of Brown comes close on the heels of last week's report that the boss had the entire City squad visit a local dental surgery so that they could have a check-up on the ' skins of their teeth'.
Fans' suspicions about City's ability to stay in the division were aroused in Brown's recent programme notes, when he advised supporters that, if they had any editions of Fingers Crossed, they should keep them.
