Non league side reveal drastic change in club name, kit colours and crest

A much talked about non league side a reveal drastic change in their club name, kit colours and crest with new plans unveiled going forward.

Now then, East Hull FC are a team that have hit the headlines within the last few years, and it hasn’t always been positive.

They were formed as AFC Rovers and played in the East Riding County League, going on to be Division Two runners-up in 2008–09, earning promotion to Division One, then went on to win the Division One title the following season and were promoted to the Premier Division.

After winning the Premier Division title in 2013–14, they moved up to Division One of the Humber Premier League and were Division One champions the following season, securing promotion to the Premier Division.

In 2016, the club was taken over by Jamie Waltham after he bought the Dunswell Park ground, and were renamed East Yorkshire Carnegie named after Andrew Carnegie, whose values of “Development, Success and Humanity” were included on the club badge.

The new club joined the Premier Division of the Humber Premier League and finished fifth in their first season, earning promotion to Division One of the Northern Counties East League.

In April 2019, it was announced that the club would be renamed East Hull at the start of the 2019–20 season, with aspirations the club could one day challenge Hull City. That season they spent most of at the bottom of the table, won 0, drew 1 and lost 25 with a -116 goal difference, before the campaign was deemed null and void.

During the time in which they were named East Hull, they appointed the likes of former footballer Dean Windass, before leaving soon after a torrid spell in charge.

Waltham also offered fans the chance to win £5,000 during each home game for the 2019/20 season before scrapping it due to a low turnout.

Now in another drastic change, the non league side reveal a new club name, kit colours and crest, put into place now ready for the 2021/22 season.

They also have ambitions to be in the English Football League within the next 10 years.

CLUB STATEMENT:

Welcome message from Club Chairman – Richard Smales

“A warm welcome to all who are now engaging with our new club name and brand, FC Humber United is now launched ready for the 2021/22 football season.

It is a tough time for everyone right now with the continued lockdown situation and the continued threat of Covid-19 impacting on our lives on a daily basis however it is during this period in time which has given myself and fellow club colleagues the opportunity to plan, develop and bring to life a fresh look for the football club in preparation for the 2021/22 season.

Lockdown 3.0 is where FC Humber United has really come to life. I am extremely pleased with the outcome and want to thank all behind the scenes at the club for their input and assistance in creating a truly professional football club brand and appearance. We have set the standards high and will now continue to reach these high standards and move to the next level in the future.

Football in Hull and the Humber region has many years of history, we are now part of this history and will work extremely hard to fully engage with all communities within the Humber area. We are not just a football club but much more as we are also going to be launching our own Community Foundation alongside an Academy in partnership with United Football Academy & Brighter Futures in the coming months.

Having Mark Maspero as First Team Manager we have a highly experienced and qualified football coach to lead our on pitch progress. With Marc Brown on board as Director of Football we are in safe hands as his passion and enthusiasm to achieve success is evident to see and the perfect link between the football department and boardroom.

As a club we have recently brought in Adam Shire to manage our Commercial & Marketing activities, Adam is another huge part of the football club moving forward and once again brings with him plenty of experience from both non league and professional football clubs.

Finally, a quick update on our ground for next season, both myself and Marc Brown have spent many hours looking at plenty of possible site locations. We initially identified 10 locations, following closer inspection this was narrowed down to 3 strong possibilities and various discussions have taken place with each location. We are now well down the track in terms of negotiations with 1 site location and the finer details are being put in place for completion in the near future.

We are all looking forward to football returning in near future and cannot wait for the start of 2021/22 football season.”

#FCHumberUnited

Fans and those associated reacted as the non league side reveal a drastic change in club name, kit colours and crest…

@cammyhall1605: Massive point to prove from the boys, buzzing to get going!

@MurrayTerriers: Wow! #Followed just for that nice Yorkshire Rose alone!

@kendall_liam: Can’t wait to actually be back, big points to prove! Everyone’s buzzing!

@KevinSi53568559: What a huge step in the right direction for the club after what has happened. Great work by everyone to get this over the line and extremely excited to be part of it.

@Stephen_Coops93: Best of luck going forward

@kirsty77954056: Congratulations and good luck

@mis_kits: Nice badge!!

@JamieGrand84: Best of luck with the new start guys. Hopefully you can get to work on the pitch before too long!