Leeds United loanee humbly dedicates Championship award to quartet
Leeds United loanee and Hull City star Joe Gelhardt has dedicated his EFL Championship award to a quartet of team-mates.
Gelhardt is out on loan for the 2025/26 season with Championship side Hull City and it’s fair to say the move is working out pretty well. The attacker, 23, has scored seven goals and created two others in 15 games for the Tigers so far in this campaign.
One of his goals, a tap-in against parachute payment club Leicester City, has been crowned Championship Goal of the Month for October. An EFL statement said: “Gelhardt scored, but his goal will be remembered for the mesmerising move full of intricate patterns and perfectly weighted passes involving four Hull players that preceded his tap-in.”
The youngster has credited his team-mates for their work that led to his finish. “The build-up for the goal was brilliant – I had the easy part of just tapping into an open goal. Credit to Liam (Millar), Ryan (Giles) Regan (Slater) and Chaz (Hughes) for the play beforehand. If I could share the award with them, I would. This is the main place I wanted to come in the summer after last season, so I’m buzzing to be back. We’ve had a good start to the season and, hopefully, we can keep it going.”
Hull City sit fifth in the Championship as they exit the international break.
Speaking exclusively to the YEP for this week’s Inside Elland Road newsletter Gelhardt acknowledged that he’s been in the form of his life this season: “I think in my career so far it's definitely, goalscoring wise, the most confident I've been,” he said. “And again I think that's credit to a lot of people. The manager for trusting in me, the fans for believing in us, the players I'm playing with and the staff who look after us every day. But yeah, especially the lads who are playing week in, week out and giving me the chances to score, they get the assists for me.”