Possible Clues:

• Split's one hole briefly seen in chair
• Eg, Liverpool game grips Everton and Anfield primarily
• Unusual poster about a place like Hull?
• Corpus Christi, e.g
• Freighter's destination
• Esparto round coastal town
• Cargo ship's stop
• Spring hasn't begun in rank coastal town
• Lisbon or Liverpool
• New York is one