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George Boyd: 'Hull City taking heart from Swansea City, Wigan Athletic success'

George Boyd says that Hull City are treating the FA Cup with due reverence despite their main focus being survival in the Premier League.

By Michael Penkman, Reporter | 04 January 2014

George Boyd has said that Hull City are eager to follow in the footsteps of Swansea City and Wigan Athletic by winning their first major trophy.

The Tigers embark on this year's FA Cup campaign with a third-round tie against Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium today.

Although survival in the Premier League remains of paramount importance, the former Peterborough United forward said that success in the Cup is also a priority.

"Of course, our biggest aim is to stay in the Premier League, but what we also want is to do well in the cup," The Mirror quotes the 28-year-old as saying.

"It probably represents our best chance of success because anything can happen in cup football. Swansea and Wigan showed what can be done.

"There's a place in the Europa League on offer to the winners and this club has never played in European competition. It would be great to make it happen."

Hull reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1930.

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C	Leicester City Leicester	46	31	4	11	89	41	48	97
P	Ipswich Town Ipswich	46	28	12	6	92	57	35	96
3	Leeds United Leeds	46	27	9	10	81	43	38	90
4	Southampton	46	26	9	11	87	63	24	87
5	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	21	12	13	70	47	23	75
6	Norwich City Norwich	46	21	10	15	79	64	15	73
7	Hull City	46	19	13	14	68	60	8	70
8	Middlesbrough	46	20	9	17	71	62	9	69
9	Coventry City Coventry	46	17	13	16	70	59	11	64
10	Preston North End Preston	46	18	9	19	56	67	-11	63
11	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	53	51	2	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	19	5	22	53	70	-17	62
13	Millwall	46	16	11	19	45	55	-10	59
14	Swansea City Swansea	46	15	12	19	59	65	-6	57
15	Watford	46	13	17	16	61	61	0	56
16	Sunderland	46	16	8	22	52	54	-2	56
17	Stoke City Stoke	46	15	11	20	49	60	-11	56
18	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	15	11	20	47	58	-11	56
19	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	14	11	21	60	74	-14	53
20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	8	23	44	68	-24	53
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	13	12	21	59	70	-11	51
R	Birmingham City Birmingham	46	13	11	22	50	65	-15	50
R	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	46	9	18	19	48	77	-29	45
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