Colours and Crest
| Kit colours largely used from 1927–2010. |
In the club's first season; 1919–20, Hyde United players wore a black shirt with white shorts. This was followed by black and white stripes and then red shirts form 1927. Red and white would continue as the club's colours until 2010 except for 1971-4 when tangerine shirts were used. In 2009, the club announced that they had struck a deal with Pelada, a sporting company, who would supply their kit for the 2009–10 season. In 2010, the club announced that Hyde United F.C. would change its name to Hyde FC and the team's kit would change to white shirt and navy shorts. At a fans night the following month, the club launched the new kit, announcing that it would be supplied by Umbro and sponsored by the Manchester City F.C. City in the Community scheme, which had also been the shirt sponsors for the previous season. Before the start of the 2011–12 season, the club announced that they would be reverting their shirt colour back to red, after just one season in white. The club also announced that the supplier of the kit for 2011–12 was Pelada and the shirt sponsor would stay the same for the third season running, City in the Community.
The club's crest is an adaptation of the Hyde borough coat of arms. The crest was initially red but was changed to sky blue in 2010 when the club changed its name and kit colours as part of the Manchester City sponsorship deal.
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