As Hull City’s players came together in the away dressing room at Millwall and belted out Adele’s Someone Like You, there was one notable absentee.Captain Lewie Coyle, a veteran of 231 appearances since joining his hometown club from Fleetwood in 2020, was fulfilling modern football’s arduous media duties instead, conducting post-match interviews after Hull’s Championship play-off semi-final triumph.‘It was probably a good thing because I’m not the best singer,’ Coyle jokes to Daily Mail Sport.Coyle did get to join his team-mates on the pitch for some memorable moments with the travelling supporters after their 2-0 aggregate victory at The Den, where substitutes Mohamed Belloumi and Joe Gelhardt scored after a goalless first leg to send Hull to Wembley.‘It was a very special night for the club,’ Coyle says. ‘Those are the moments you want to be involved in with the lads you’ve grafted alongside week in, week out.’The result was all the more impressive given Millwall had narrowly missed out on automatic promotion, while Hull only snatched the final play-off place on the last day by overcoming an in-form Norwich side. Hull City are one game away from returning to the Premier League after a nine-year absence Sergej Jakirovic’s side beat Millwall 2-0 on aggregate in the Championship play-off semi-final Skipper Lewis Coyle (right) was part of the special scenes at full-time between players and fans at The Den, and he spoke to Daily Mail Sport ahead of the play-off final on SaturdayYet upsetting expectations has become a hallmark of Sergej Jakirovic’s Hull side and now, after a season spent defying predictions, the Tigers are one game away from ending their nine-year absence from the Premier League.The contrast with 12 months ago could hardly be greater. Hull survived relegation on goal difference after a chaotic campaign and began this season under a cloud having been hit with a three-window transfer fee embargo for late payments relating to previous signings – later reduced to two on appeal.What has followed has been an outstanding turnaround under Jakirovic, who arrived last June having never coached in England.‘The main difference is belief,’ Coyle says. ‘After last year it would have been easy to say: “let’s stabilise and aim for mid-table”. But the lads that were here knew we shouldn’t have been where we were. Even with the restrictions, we didn’t let that deter us from our goal of making the…
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