Hull City has unveiled its new shirt ahead of the club’s return to the Premier League.
The club said it had entered into a multi-year partnership with Hull company Oxen Sports, replacing previous supplier Kappa Türkiye.
Returning to the HCAFC lettered logo for the first time in 47 years, the shirt will also pay homage to the historical kit from the 1978/79 season.
Lee Jenkinson, CEO of Oxen Sports, said he hoped the black and amber striped kit with a white collar would “resonate with supporters”.
“It was something that the club really wanted to lean into,” Jenkinson said.
“Trying to make them very unequivocally Hull City.”
The HCAFC on the front is identical to the logo worn by legendary players such as Ken Wagstaff and Billy Bremner.
It is Oxen Sports’ first Premier League shirt after producing kits for Lincoln City and Barnsley, as well as rugby league club Hull Kingston Rovers.
Hull City clinched promotion to the Premier League by beating Middlesbrough in the play-off final at Wembley in May.
Jenkinson said making the shirt for the club he has supported all his life was “even more special”.
“I can’t hide how excited we are about the fact, not only as a company, but personally as well,” he said.
“As a former season ticket holder at the club, someone who lived on the renovated Boothferry Park and someone that still lives in the city today…
“It fills me with pleasure not only to be looking after the club, but to also see them back in the Premier League.”
The company was established seven years ago and employs more than 80 people around the world and the shirt will be manufactured in Oxen’s own factory in China.
Jenkinson recalled entering a national newspaper competition as a child to design a football kit for Hull City, adding “it just took me 30 years to win that competition”.
The new home kit and first training wear range will be available to buy from 09:00 BST on 12 June.
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