Jessica

Hull lass working in International Creative Industries Policy in the big smoke

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

@alanrparkinson @KurtJohansson_ I’m with you on the white shorts, Alan! I’d personally really love to see them use the 1995 era club badge again. I’m not a fan of the newer cleaned up tiger. Which kit design do you think you would have referenced instead of the 70s one?

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

Not that long ago we were saying the history was in the name, not a tiger logo. Now we need one plastered over everything in case people can’t recognise a black and amber shirt as #hcafc

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

@Langoh I disagree! I think most PL kits look like slightly different versions of the same shit modern template with awful necklines (though I do like Forests shirt). We need to lose our new badge and go back to the old design- it doesn’t look like a tiger ffs

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

People calling this Sunday League seem to have forgotten what football shirts used to look like. Simple stripes, proper collar. Unmistakably Hull City. Not every kit needs to be uber modern with 17 geometric patterns. Slap ‘Breadcakes Galore’ on the front & it’s perfect. #hcafc

[Hull City @HullCity]

A King’s town then a city. 👑

Introducing our new technical partner @oxensportsuk and proudly revealing our 2026/27 home kit. On sale Friday 9am. 🧡

🔗 https://t.co/q1zbTUrVfH

#hcafc

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

Could be worse. Newcastle fans have gone from these classics to this 2026/27 monstrosity.

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

And obviously the much more simple and less over-analytical truth is it’s just down to personal taste and style preferences. I don’t think I’ve personally been a fan of any shirt designs I’ve seen across all teams since around 2005/6 but everyone’s different.

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

IMO appeal of retro shirts isn’t nostalgia for a particular team, but a version of football many supporters feel was more local, distinctive, rooted in community as opposed to the more commercialised modern game. Whether the past was actually better is almost beside the point.

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

IMO appeal of retro shirts isn’t nostalgia for a particular team, but a version of football many supporters feel was more local, distinctive, rooted in community as opposed to the more commercialised modern game. Whether the past was actually better is almost beside the point.

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

Throwback kits say less about football’s past than its present. The sport’s become increasingly commercialised and homogenised, so natural clubs are constantly searching for ways to recreate a sense of authenticity and connection by referencing a shirt from a meaningful period.

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

Throwback kits say less about football’s past than its present. The sport’s become increasingly commercialised and homogenised, so natural clubs are constantly searching for ways to recreate a sense of authenticity and connection by referencing a shirt from a meaningful period.

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

I keep seeing the argument that a heritage HCAFC monogram will somehow undermine Hull City’s global exposure. The club crest still exists. It feels like quite a lot of people have decided they dislike the new shirt style and are now reverse-engineering complex reasons why. #hcafc

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

@RP2218 “This is not one family” is sending me

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

There’s something quite symbolic about the first shirt of this new era looking backwards rather than forwards. It isn’t trying to reinvent Hull City or turn the club into a lifestyle brand. It feels more like a club reconnecting with its own identity and history. #hcafc

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

@BillRobins6 The tapered sleeves worry me. I’m so sick of every football shirt being skin-tight these days. Much prefer the old Karoo-era shirts with the starchier feeling fit and looser sleeves. That said, I’d still take this shirt over another generic kappa style template any day.

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

@TomButl55445942 @thetoog91 Absolutely, Tom! And importantly… nothing can ever be as bad as this number…

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

@TomButl55445942 @thetoog91 I’m personally not opposed to a 1999-esque Humber Bridge element to the badge but will always have a soft spot for the noughties era Tiger

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

And before anyone pipes up saying “who put 20p in you”, I have seen some of the cursed AI-generated shirt mock-ups celebrated on the fan forums and I fear the consequences of our kit becoming a democratic decision. #hcafc

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

Wonder what the correlation is between the people losing their minds over the new kit and the ones who thought Adele’s Someone Like You was the ideal song to get a home crowd going before kick-off. #hcafc

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

@JJA_7Seven Might get “PATTYSLAPPER” printed on the back

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

@TPExpressTrains Hi Kim, we’re in York station and they’re telling us there isn’t a train until tomorrow morning but no one knows what to advise us to do next- are we just supposed to kip on the floor here for 9 hours until the next train?

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

@TPExpressTrains our train to York was cancelled so we’re now about to miss our train to London- you’ve organised a taxi to York but what should we do when we get there as no later service to London now?!

[Jessica @Jessica_01482]

@thetrainline @GC_Rail what am I supposed to do in this situation? You cancelled my train whilst I was on it so I’ve now missed both connections with the next train in 4 hours…