Currently relegated to the Championship Division of English football, Hull City is 106 years since their establishment in June 1904. Nicknamed The Tigers, they were admitted into the professional Football League Second Division a year later.

Hull City was relegated to the Third Division North in 1930, gained promotion again in the 1959 and 1966 but in the 1980’s they were in the Fourth Division. In 1990’s, Hull were still struggling to play top flight football but in the 2000s, Hull used five seasons to qualify for the English Premiership. They were runners up in the third and second division to qualify for the 2005-06season of the championship.

In 2007-2008 under manager Phil Brown, Hull managed to qualify for the championship play-offs after finishing third. They defeated Watford and Bristol City in the semi-finals and finals respectively to qualify for their first ever topflight football since 1930. Hull city kicked the season off with a win against Fulham and went on into nine games with only a defeat. They were shock winners against the two London rivals; Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspurs, beating them at their respective home grounds.

Owing to drop in form in the latter ends, they managed to finish 17th on the table. In their second season thus 2009-2010, they were relegated when they came 19th on the table with 30 points in 38 matches. Their relegation was confirmed after draw with Wigan Athletic. A month later, Phil Brown contract with the club ended and Nigel Pearson was replaced. In the 2010- 2011 of the Championship season, they finished 11th. Hull City has two kits; the home kit comprises of a yellow (amber) shirt with black vertical stripes and black shorts. The away kit is all-white.

They play their home matches at the bowl shaped KC Stadium with 25,404 capacity. Roary the Tiger is the club’s mascot. The first pitch to be used by Hull City AFC was «The Boulevard» which they used on a contract bases until they decided to relocate to Anlaby Road in 1906. In 1929, they made an agreement to build a new ground at Boothferry Road and North Road but financial difficulties ensured that they were not able to continue with the plans. There was another plan to build a new stadium but that too could not materialise due to the out break of WWII. They used different Stadia until they moved into the KC Stadium in 2002. In 2006 KC Stadium was named the best ground in the 2006 football league awards.