Hull City

Hull City Association FC is a professional English football club located in Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Like many English football clubs, Hull City - known by its nickname the Tigers - has a long and varied history having been founded in 1904. However, it has never been a top-tier team until it was promoted to the English First Division for the 2008-09 season when it won the Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium. That season it finished 17th out of 20 teams, just managing to escape relegation by a single point.

Before the 2008-09 season, the highest Hull City had ever reached in its history was third place in the 1909-10 season in the English Football League. And in terms of football tournaments and competitions, the closest Hull City ever came to experiencing true glory was some 80 years ago when the side reached the semi-finals of the 1930 FA Cup. However, between then and now the club has spent most of its time floating around in the 'horse latitudes' of English football.

The Hull City uniform consists of an amber jersey with black stripes, black shorts and amber socks with black stripes.

Nigel Pearson is the current manager of the Tigers. He previously managed Southampton, Leicester City and Carlisle United. He enjoyed a moderately successful footballing career which included playing for Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough.

Hull City plays out of KC Stadium in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. It has a capacity of 25,404.