RIP Chris Chilton

The idea of naming a stand after him, or a statue is a really fitting tribute. Local player and our all time leading scorer. Majority of his playing career with us and 415 appearances.

 

Got to agree with GLP. The East Stand should be renamed the Chris Chilton Stand. A tremendous servant to Hull City and it would be fitting that he receives suitable recognition.

 

Our great council named roads after RL "stars" who were not even from our area........cmon HCC do the right thing and recognize this local icon in some way......please

 

Forgive me here .. but would it be HCC or the SMC who would make the decision on naming the stand ? Either way its a fitting tribute to one of our own.

 

Sadly the naming a stand after Chillio would in my opinion descend in politics between the Allams and sir Adam, remember the Allam's we're behind the decision to remove all the Hull F.C. stuff and picture's from the front of the west stand, which seriously pissed off the egg chasers.

 

RIP Chillo. #222

 

RIP Chillo. #222

 

Fortunate to support the Tigers and see Chris Chilton and the rest of that team. It’s all been said about our legend. RIP Chris, and condolences to the family.

 

On the night of his testimonial I was stood outside the portacabin office on Boothferry road, about an hour before kick off waiting for my mate. Chris Chilton appeared from the office and saw me, a young lad looking starstruck at his hero unable to say or do anything. He just grinned and came over to me and asked if I wanted his autograph. I just nodded and he took a pen from his jacket pocket and signed my programme. I couldn’t even murmur a thank you.

 

RIP to my first City hero when I started going as a young'un in 1970.

I just messaged my brothers in case they hadn't heard and I'm welling up. Bloody softy I am.

 

Chris Chilton LEGEND !! RIP mate

 

I was at Chris' testimonial. I have thought a lot about him today. I saw him play lots of times mostly at Boothferry Park, but I never met him. Despite this, he gave me more good times than many people I have regarded as friends.

 

I’ve lived near Chris in Thorngumbald for years, when we moved in back in 1996 we went for a night out in the Royal Mail pub and Chris and his wife Margeret was in there, I got chatting to him about City, 2 hours later my wife was getting well pissed off with me, I used to see him all the time at the shops and no matter what, he always took time to speak about the previous game or new players.
One story he told was that when Big Billy was being coached by him, he said, “I used to show him where to stand at corners, when to run and when to jump” he would have been a great City manager, was assistant to Brian Horton and then when Mike Smith was sacked he was temporary manager but overlooked for Dennis Booth. Which most fans at the time didn’t like.

 

Sad news, RIP Chillo, thanks for the memories.

 

So it's in the laps of the Allams basically ? Would go a long way to restoring some goodwill if they chose to sanction such then.

 

The final epitaph should probably be reserved for Chris Chilton’s closest ally, his partner in crime and a man goalkeepers and defenders of the 1960s and 1970s will still get cold shivers about all those years on, Ken Wagstaff.

“I don’t know what I can say about him, he was just a magical man,” said Wagstaff having been by his old pal’s side in his final hours.

“I went to see him last night with his family, I can’t handle things like that, but I stayed for two hours with him, rubbing his forehead and everything.

“Trying to make Margaret (Chris' wife) and the family laugh, I could imagine him thinking ‘who’s brought that bugger here to talk to me about football’ – what can you say about him?

“His record shows, the goals he scored and the assists – there wouldn’t have been a better player.

“When I first came to Hull City he looked after me, he took me to his home – you can’t fault him in any way.”

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Ex-Hull City footballers Ken Wagstaff (right) and Chris Chilton laugh as they share memories at the KC Stadium in 2004 (Image: Hull Daily Mail)
Football may have changed immeasurably in the decades since Chilton’s career enthralled the locals of the East Riding, but one thing has remained the same throughout, and that’s the fans’ love of a bloke who works his socks off, and in his own words, it carries more weight than ever.

"I wasn’t technically the best player there’s been but I played with a lot of heart. That was important.”

Hull City’s magical man will forever be etched into the hearts of everybody associated with Hull City Association Football Club.

He was and will always remain Hull City.

 

Bit of real class there Mr Mcann...

Hull City manager Grant McCann has joined former boss Brian Horton in paying tribute to club-record goalscorer Chris Chilton.

The 77-year-old passed away overnight following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia.

McCann was one of the many, many hundreds of people to make donations to a fund set up towards the end of last year, to help provide care for the Citylegend.

More than £41,000 was raised to help the care of City’s golden boy – when one of its own was in his hour of need, the City community stood shoulder to shoulder, and now the Tigers head coach paid his own tribute.

“It’s a sad day for everyone associated with Hull City. The club-record goalscorer passing away today, I give my sincere sympathy and love to the family of Chris,” McCann said to the BBC.

“To score the amount of goals he did in his time, to stay with one club and to have all those clubs linked to him over the years – I was reading that he could have gone to Leeds or Tottenham at the time – it’s unbelievable what he’s done for the football club and the city.
“I just wish all the love and sympathy to the family at this sad time.”

 

Personally, I would vote for the powers to be to rename the stadium to "The Chris Chilton/KC Stadium."
George Best has had an airport named after him, and rightly so. Why not a football stadium named after a favourite son of football in Hull. Clive Sullivan Way? Why not? The lad made a big positive difference to so many in the area.

 

One of the lucky ones to have seen Chris in action for a few years. Also lucky to have met him when he bought my parents house in Thorngumbald. Honestly don't think I really understood how good he was at the time until I'd played a bit more myself. Really sad news. RIP Chris.