Hull City announce Adidas Kit Deal
Hull City AFC announced that it has entered into a long standing Kit Supply Partnership with adidas.
The partnership will see the world's number one football brand provide on-pitch playing kit plus a comprehensive range of replica kit, performance training wear and leisurewear for Tigers fans.
The deal means that City will join adidas's large portfolio of clubs which already boasts partnerships with clubs such as Chelsea and Liverpool and national federations such as Argentina and Spain.
City's Head of Football Operations Adam Pearson said: "We are delighted to have joined forces with one of the world's leading sportswear manufacturers and we're looking forward to working closely with adidas.
"This partnership opens the door for a new and exciting range of club wear which I'm sure our supporters are looking forward to seeing.
"The Club would like to thank our previous kit suppliers for their support during the last three years and we now look forward to sharing an exciting and successful journey with adidas."
Nick Craggs, Marketing Director, adidas Area North added: "We are delighted to be partnering the Tigers and we look forward to working closely with the club to deliver the very best kit and products for the team and the fans.
"We also wish the club every success on the pitch and hope that they can get back into the Premier League at the first attempt."
Totesport will continue to be the Club's shirt sponsor next season and the betting company is delighted to offer its continued support.
"We're delighted to be sponsoring Hull City for the second successive season and look forward to helping in their efforts to bounce back to the Premier League at the first time of asking," said Totesport Chief Executive Trevor Beaumont.
"We wish the squad all the very best for the new campaign and are proud to have our brand on both the new home and away shirts."
Hull City and adidas will be marking their partnership with the launch of our training wear range on Saturday 3rd July.
The Tigers' new home strip for the 2010/11 season will be unveiled at the Club's official open day at the KC Stadium on Saturday 10th July when fans will be able to buy the new away kit and pre-order the new home kit, which will go on general sale in early August.
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..Jesus....Thats from the top of my head, I'm sure there are more..
What's better sponsoring a Championship team with a high probability of a return to the EPL or a team already in the EPL.
Fans will still buy the kits et al regardless of division at the same price as usual.
Hahaha, that's exactly what I thought when I saw the announcement, a black and orange version of the Stoke template.
bloody hell, stick a badge and a naff sponsor logo and....hey presto charge over twice the price.
Exactly, they really should of stayed with Umbro...nothing special will come out of this...
as a hull fan i relly happy Hull have signed a deal with such a good kit supplier.
Quoting Tim1902:
No they aren't
For the other teams I totally agree. In my opinion t's not such a great problem as long as the templates look good, and after seeing what they can do for Bristol's new kit I think Hull (and Boro, Derby) fans should feel pretty good about what they might be getting
Chelsea's first adidas shirt was the same as the German national teams....
http://www.prodirectsoccer.com/prodinfo.asp?PID=PDS-052-001-039&DEPT=052&BRAND=1&SS=1&GROUP=STRICON
Umbro are an AWFUL make, all their training gear looks chavy and is cheap.
Adidas have all the best clubs, techfit, and much better training gear. They have chosen Hull beacuse we have over a quarter of a million fans around the city alone. More fans, more money.
We have had Adidas in 80s.
If we go back to stripes id love the Argentina template
at least we are pretty unique in having our colours (only Cambridge Utd have the same)
oh and its Black and AMBER