Source: SKY_Sports
Tigers confirm Windass exit
Hull City hero Dean Windass heads a list of players told by manager Phil Brown that their services are no longer required.[LNB] Windass will always be held in the highest regard by the Tigers faithful after he scored the winning goal for his hometown club in the 2008 Championship play-off final which secured their place in the Premier League.[LNB]The 40-year-old became frustrated at a lack of first-team opportunities in the top-flight and fell out with Brown, ending his Hull career in the reserves after a loan spell with Oldham was cut short.[LNB]Windass has already agreed to take over as Darlington's player-coach under new manager Colin Todd for next season.[LNB]FranceHe will be followed out of the Hull exit door by midfielder Ryan France, one of four players to have played in all four professional divisions with the Tigers. [LNB]France turned down a loan move to Blackpool earlier in the season in order to compete for a place.[LNB]Former Sunderland and Leeds striker Michael Bridges is also leaving along with John Welsh, who ended the season on loan at Bury.[LNB]Reserve players James Bennett, Joe Lamplough, Matthew Plummer and Tom Woodhead have also been released but Will Atkinson, Steve Gardner and Ryan Kendall are retained.[LNB]Youth team products Nathan Hanley and John Leonard have been awarded one-year professional contracts and young player of the year Tom Cairney has signed a two-year contract.[LNB]KaraokeMeanwhile, Brown has no plans to take a more low-key approach next season, according to his assistant Brian Horton.[LNB]Brown attracted some criticism in the last campaign with his antics, which included a final day karaoke session at the KC Stadium after survival was secured.[LNB]Horton told the Manchester Evening News: "I think he has been great for the Premiership.[LNB]"He is a character who might get under the skin of some people with his comments but he is only speaking his mind. There is nothing wrong with that.[LNB]"Earlier in the season Phil asked me if he should adopt a low profile. I told him to forget it.[LNB]"By being what he is, Phil has helped put Hull on the map. I told him bad publicity is infinitely preferable to no publicity."[LNB]
