Medium's bid to lift the Tigers

THE powers of the spirit world have been enlisted in a bid to help Hull City recover their home form.

The Tigers are without a Premier League win at the KC Stadium since beating Middlesbrough 2-1 in December.

Now, ahead of tomorrow's vital game against Newcastle, a renowned medium has performed a spiritual blessing at the Walton Street ground.

Psychic Patrick Hutchinson has called on positive spirits to help City reverse the losing streak.

He was in Hull to perform a show when the Mail contacted him to ask him to visit the ground – and help put City on the road to glory once more.

He said: "Sometimes buildings and places can hold negative energies, which can affect those within it.

"It could be from a person who has died near the site of the ground whose spirit has not been guided towards the light.

"Or it could be from a previous manager or disgruntled away fans who have left a lot of negative vibes at Hull City.

"A spiritual blessing can help cleanse the building and reverse the fortunes within."

The 45-year-old, from Nottingham, said he was born with his gift and regularly tours the country, hosting demonstrations and private readings.

Last year, he hit national headlines when his powers helped jail a paedophile.

Mr Hutchinson was doing a show in a pub near Leeds when he got a "message" from the late grandmother of a 19-year-old girl in the audience.

The grandmother told him the girl had suffered abuse as a child and, as a result, she told her mother and they went to the police.

Days later, detectives arrested Terrence Dunstan, of Morley. He was charged with abusing three girls, aged nine to 11, between 1997 and 2001.

One of them was the girl in the audience. Dunstan was later sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison.

Mr Hutchinson said he hoped his blessing would reinvigorate Hull City's bid to retain top-flight status.

The team are 14th in the league – four points above the relegation zone.

City fan Thomas Brown, of Park Avenue, west Hull, said: "We are not in a perilous position just yet, but I will take all the help we can get.

"Hopefully, his work will have done some good and we will get a win tomorrow."

Tickets for the game have once again sold out and, as part of the Mail's Roar Home Our Heroes campaign, fans are being urged to be in fine voice to cheer the team to victory.

Lifelong fan John Uzzell, 29, of Beverley, said: "A point would be good, but, of course, all three would be better. Whatever happens, we all need to stick with them to the end of the season."