 The following season a new ground was built for Hull City across the road from the cricket ground.Still under the managership of Ambrose Langley, City continued to finish consistently in the top half of the table.They came agonisingly close to promotion in the 1909–10 season, recording what would be their highest ever finish in their history (a record which will be surpassed at the end of the 2008–09 Premier League season); Hull finishing third, level on points with second placed Oldham Athletic, they missed promotion on goal average by the slim margin of 0.29 of a goal.