Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Hull City
L-Z
558) George Lyall
PNE 115 apps; 16 goals
Hull 42 apps; 5 goals
PNE debut 08/04/1966 v Charltonl (A) Lost 2-5
684) Bobby McNeil
PNE 43 apps; 0 goals
Hull 138 apps; 3 goals
PNE debut 14/12/1985 v Aldershot (H) Lost 1-3
410) Jack Pears
PNE 18 apps; 4 goals
Hull 30 apps; 8 goals
PNE debut 17/03/1934 v Notts Co (H) Won 2-0
133) Frank Pearson
PNE 32 apps; 17 goals
Hull 13 apps; 6 goals
PNE debut 05/04/1902 v Stockport (A) Won 2-0
812) Andy Saville
PNE 56 apps; 30 goals
Hull 104 apps; 18 goals
PNE debut 12/08/1995 v Lincoln (H) Lost 1-2
124) George Spence
PNE 19 apps; 7 goals
Hull 19 apps; 2 goals
PNE debut 07/09/1901 v West Brom (A) Lost 1-3
702) Gary Swann
PNE 199 apps; 37 goals
Hull 186 apps; 9 goals
PNE debut 29/11/1986 v Peterborough (A) Lost 1-2
226) Alf Toward
PNE 30 apps; 8 goals
Hull 10 apps; 6 goals
PNE debut 11/10/1913 v Oldham (H) Lost 0-1
671) Jeff Wealands
PNE 4 apps; 0 goals
Hull 240 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 26/12/1984 v Walsall (A) Lost 1-2
755) Neil Whitworth
PNE 6 apps; 0 goals
Hull 19 apps; 2 goals
PNE debut 18/01/1992 v Exeter (H) Lost 1-3
817) Russell Wilcox
PNE 62 apps; 1 goal
Hull 100 apps; 7 goals
PNE debut 23/09/1995 v Fulham (A) Drawn 2-2
720) Neil Williams
PNE 121 apps; 6 goals
Hull 91 apps; 9 goals
PNE debut 27/08/1988 v Port Vale (H) Lost 1-3
Player Profile Gary Swann
Gary Swann was born in York on 11 April 1962. He started out as a trainee with Hull and signed professional forms in April 1980, he also played in the same team as the ex Middlesbrough and England manager Steve McClaren.
In eight years at Boothferry Park, Swann made his name as an attacking full back and whose quick footballing brain was a great assett to the team. He played 186 league games for the Tigers scoring 9 goals and helped the club to promotion twice. Hull finished runners-up to Wimbledon for the Fourth Division title in 1982-83 season and to third place in the Canon Third Division in the1984-85 season.
It was in November 1986 however that John McGrath at Preston offered Hull £10,000 for Swann's services. He made his debut in a 2-1 defeat at Peterborough on 29 November, coming on as a substitute for Andy McAteer. His first goal came in a 3-0 home victory against Lincoln on 24 January. During his time at Deepdale McGrath moved him into a more advanced midfield position (a position he had played occasionally at Hull ) and he became an integral member of the Preston team helping the club to promotion from the old English fourth division in his first season. He had made 30 appearances and scored 5 goals.
Swann was a hard working and often unsung player also had an uncanny knack of scoring vitally important goals from either his usual midfield position or from full back, his biggest haul of 12 in 1986/87 season, two goals behind leading scorer Gary Brazil (who's total of 14 league goals included 3 penalties). The scored a brace twice during the season in a 3-0 home win against Brighton in March and in a 3-2 defeat at Doncaster , the following month.
He earned the nickname of "The Ghost" due to his ability to appear almost unnoticed at the far post to score, something that soon became Gary 's trademark. Gary was also an ever present in both 1987/88 season and 1989/90 season finishing runner-up in the club's official player of the year awards on both occasions to Bob Atkins and Warren Joyce respectively. The 1988/89 season saw Swann make his 100 th league appearance for the Lilywhites in a 1-0 defeat at Bristol Rovers on 5 October 1988. His 150 th appearance came 2 years later in a 1-0 win at Mansfield on 13 October 1990.
Swann's 199 th and final league appearance came as a substitute for Adrian Hurghes on 29 February 1992 in a 2-2 draw at Reading, Swann scored 37 league goals for Preston and 47 goals in total. Considering that he never took a penalty nor played as a striker this is quite an achievement in a side that generally underachieved.
At the end of the 1991-92 season however Swann was released and immediately signed for home town club York City. He helped them to promotion in his first season, scoring York 's goal in the 1992-93 Wembley play-off final victory against Crewe, a game York won on penalties after drawing 1-1. He had only scored his first goal for the Minstermen in the play-off semi-final. The following season Swann helped York City to the play-offs yet again, however they were knocked out in the semi-final.
After two years at Bootham Crescent in which he played 82 league games scoring 4 goals, Swann moved on to Scarborough in August 1994.
He made 27 league appearances, scoring 4 goals for the 1994/95 season for Scarborough before playing in Hong Kong and finally returning to England to extend his playing career in non-League football.
In all Swann played 601 first team games scoring 67 goals.
Swann now works as a leisure centre manager at the Guildford Spectrum leisure complex in Surrey but is still playing regularly for Cuckfield Town in the Mid Sussex Football League Premier Division, a club he has been with since September 2000.