Pre-season promotion favourites Hull City have signed Grimsby Town striker Phil Jevons on loan to help them try and get their first Third Division win of the campaign.

Jevons, 23, has joined the Tigers for the rest of the season and could make his debut at Cambridge on Saturday.

The former Everton forward cost Grimsby �150,000 last July.

He scored eight times last season, including six goals in Division One, but hadn�t started a game for the Mariners this term.

"Basically I need to get away, clear my head and move to a place where they play football and are looking for success," Jevons said.

He added on the club's website: "Hull City fit the bill and I am looking forward to my time at the club".

The Liverpool-born striker was briefly placed on the transfer-list at Blundell Park earlier this summer in a cost-cutting measure.