Brown Ready For Asia Trip
By Eye Of The Tiger
July 28 2009
Hull landed in Beijing this morning ahead of the clubs opening game of the Asia Trophy against Beijing Guoan. Hull play Guoan on Wednesday before taking on either West Ham or Tottenham two days later. Brown admits hes looking forward to the games.
"I'm looking forward to this tournament immensely," said Brown.
"I've always measured how far we have come as a football club over
the last two or two-and-a-half years by certain milestones that we have
reached.
"If I think back to my time as assistant manager at Bolton, I used to organise pre-season, as Brian Horton has been doing here this season.
"We never had a sponsorship deal, we never had a pre-season paid for and we always had to organise everything ourselves.
"Now all of a sudden, Hull City have had a year in the Barclays Premier League and we're being invited across to Asia for a tournament and that is a fantastic achievement.
"It's also a fantastic adventure and a great opportunity for Hull
City as a brand. It's also a chance for me as a manager and us as a
team to go further afield and show what we can do."
"It'll be good to see the fans out there and the trip will be great for them because they will always be able to say that they saw Hull City play in China.
"It might never happen again. I hope it does and maybe next time we will go even further afield. We've made a name for ourselves all over the world. I have been up in the early hours of the morning many times doing radio interviews with stations all around the world about our exploits.
"Hopefully the fans will have a great adventure in China and maybe we can entertain them by winning the tournament."
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