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VIDEO: Hull welcome Arsenal with strange pre-match display – and Twitter doesn’t like it

Published 19:25 8 Mar 2016 GMT

Simon Lloyd
VIDEO: Hull welcome Arsenal with strange pre-match display – and Twitter doesn’t like it

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Nothing quite whets the appetite for an FA Cup fifth round replay like a good old pre-match light show.

With Arsenal in town, Hull City greeted their opponents with a flashing light display at the KC Stadium. It's become a bit of a tradition before big games on Humberside... here's a similar display from earlier in the season. https://twitter.com/GeorgeKane5/status/699924748550144000 The display which welcomed Arsene Wenger's side certainly made waves on Twitter, although not everyone was completely impressed. https://twitter.com/Sunil_YG30/status/707278796655869952 https://twitter.com/aaronadair88/status/707279192585543680 https://twitter.com/CorruptOverlord/status/707277492873199616 https://twitter.com/Sophfairbrother/status/707277597877661697 Some Arsenal fans even suggested that the idea had been stolen from them... https://twitter.com/TheGoonerZone/status/707277663296208896 https://twitter.com/ManLikeJasp/status/707279926752382976 https://twitter.com/Joseph_AFC/status/707278967754133504 We can't see this one becoming an FA Cup tradition any time soon, but it certainly made for a unique curtain raiser for tonight's game.

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VIDEO: Hull welcome Arsenal with strange pre-match display - and Twitter doesn't like it