In January 1906, The West Briton labelled Truro City the “all reds” in a match report of their Cornwall Charity Cup game with Newquay and in February 1906, The West Briton called Truro City, The Reds in match reports of their Cornwall Senior Cup ties with Camborne Town and Penzance.
In living memory, Truro City Football Club have traditionally played in the colours of red and black, be it red and black stripes, red and black quarters or red shirts with a black trim with the exception of the mid 1960’s when Truro City copied Plymouth Argyle by wearing white shirts with a red and black waistband, the only difference being that Argyle had a green and black waistband.
All this changed in 2004, when businessman and Tottenham Hotspur fan Kevin Heaney bought the club and changed Truro’s red and black kit to all white and that colour has remained since with the exception of the 2014-2015 season when Truro switched back to playing in red and black as their home colours to celebrate their 125th anniversary.
In 2024 with the new stadium on the outskirts of Truro being built, the new stand is decked out in the colours of red and black, and fans of Truro City Football Club hope the team returns to playing in those famous colours once more…
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Kit Sponsors & Suppliers
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Season – Kit Sponsor – Kit Supplier
1982-1983 – Mallets of Truro – Unknown
1983/1984 – Casa Fina – Unknown
1984/1985 – Unknown – Unknown
1985/1986 – JOF Group – Umbro
1986/1987 – Unknown – Unknown
1987/1988 – Truro Sports – Umbro
1988/1989 – Truro Sports – Umbro
1989/1990 – Cornwall Sports – Unknown
1990/1991 – Unknown – Unknown
1991/1992 – Unknown – Unknown
1992/1993 – Carlsberg – Umbro
1993/1994 – Carlsberg – Umbro
1994/1995 – Carlsberg – Umbro
1995/1996 – Carlsberg – Unknown
1996/1997 – Carlsberg – Unknown
1997/1998 – Carlsberg – Umbro
1998/1999 – Carlsberg – Umbro
1999/2000 – Carlsberg – Umbro
2000/2001 – Unknown – Unknown
2001/2002 – Carlsberg – Unknown
2002/2003 – Carlsberg – Nike
2003/2004 – Carlsberg – Umbro
2004/2005 – Unknown – Unknown
2005/2006 – Cornish Homes – No Kit Supplier
2006/2007 – Cornish Homes – Errea
2007/2008 – Cornish Homes – Errea
2008/2009 – Cornish Homes – North Gear
2009/2010 – Truro College – Errea
2010/2011 – Truro College – Joma
2011/2012 – Cornish Land – FBT
2012/2013 – Truro College – Macron
2013/2014 – Truro College – Joma
2014/2015 – Carlsberg – Errea
2015/2016 – Carlsberg – Errea
2016/2017 – Carlsberg – Macron
2017/2018 – Carlsberg – Kappa
2018/2019 – Carlsberg – Joma
2019/2020 – Carlsberg – Joma
2020/2021 – Hemingway’s – Joma
2021-2022 – Hemingway’s – Errea
2022-2023 – Independant (Home) Hemingway’s (Away & Third) – Errea
2023-2024 – Hemingway’s – Errea
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1905-1906
Home – Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks
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1951-1952
Home – Red and Black Shirts, White Shorts
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1953-1954
Home – Red and Black Shirts, White Shorts
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1956-1957
Home – Red and Black Shirts
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1957-1958
Home – Red and Black Shirts
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1958-1959
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts
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1960-1961
Home – Red and Black Shirts
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1962-1963
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts
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1963-1964
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts
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1964-1965
Home – White Shirts with Red and Black bands, White Shorts
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1966-1967
Home – Red and Black Shirts
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1969-1970
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts
Notes – Truro City won the South Western League and Cornwall Senior Cup in this kit
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1973-1974
Home – Red Shirts, Black Shorts
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1974-1975
Home – Red Shirts, Black Shorts
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1980-1981
Home – Red Shirts, Black Shorts
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1985-1986
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
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1986-1987
Away – Yellow Shirts, Black Shorts
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1987-1988
Home – Red Shirts, Black Shorts
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1991-1992
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
Away – Yellow Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks
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1992-1993
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Red Socks
Away – White Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
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1993-1994
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts
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1995-1996
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
Away – White Shirts, Black Shorts
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1997-1998
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
Away – White Shirts, Blue Shorts, Black Socks
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1998-1999
Home – Red Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
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1999-2000
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
Away – White and Blue Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
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2000-2001
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
Away – White and Blue Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
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2001-2002
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
Away – Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks
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2002-2003
Home – Red Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
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2003-2004
Home – Red and Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
Away – Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks
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The Kevin Heaney Era
The man responsible for changing Truro City Football Club’s traditional colours of red and black to all white because he was a Tottenham Hotspur fan, bought the club in 2004.
Truro City Football Club gained five promotions in six seasons and were FA Vase winners during The Kevin Heaney Era but all this was to come at a price…
2004-2005
Home – Red Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
Away – Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks
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2005-2006
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Notes – Truro City won promotion from the South Western League and Cornwall Senior Cup in this kit
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2006-2007
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Notes – Truro City won the Western League Division One, FA Vase and Cornwall Senior Cup in this kit
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2007-2008
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – White and Gold Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Truro City Football Club continued to play in the white home shirt from the previous season.
Notes – Truro City won the Western League Premier and Cornwall Senior Cup in this kit
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2008-2009
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Gold Shirts, Gold Shorts, White Socks
Notes – Truro City won the Southern League Division One South & West in this kit
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2009-2010
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Gold Shirts, Gold Shorts, Black Socks
Truro City Football Club actually played their away games – the ones where white didn’t clash with the home team’s colours – in the previous season’s away kit of all gold!
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2010-2011
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks
Notes – Truro City won the Southern League Premier in this kit
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2011-2012
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks
Third – Grey Shirts
Notes – Truro City won the Southern League Championship match in this kit
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2012-2013
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Blue Shirts
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The Peter Masters Era
Peter Masters and Philip Perryman paid a £50,000 bond to the Football Conference in October 2012 after former chairman Kevin Heaney went bankrupt, didn’t pay players wages for months, the club faced a winding up order after unpaid taxes, the High Court was told of debts of more than £700,000 were owed, Truro City Football Club entered administration and received a ten point deduction from the Football Conference South for doing so. Cheers Kev!
2013-2014
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Red and Black Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks
In Peter Masters first full season in charge, he re-introduced the clubs traditional colours of red and black but for the away kit only.
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2014-2015
Home – Red/Black Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks
Away – White/Black Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
One-Off – Orange Shirts, White Shorts, Black Socks
For Truro City Football Club’s 125th anniversary celebrations in 2014, the club decided to wear red and black as the choice for the home colours, it paid off as City gained promotion via the play-offs!
On 7th October 2014, Truro City headed to Poole Town for a league match but their kit clashed with Poole’s so in an emergency Truro City wore orange shirts as a one-off, hence the lack of supplier and sponsor logos on the shirts, it didn’t pay dividends though as City lost 3-0.
Notes – Truro City won the Southern League Premier play-offs in this kit
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2015-2016
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks
Third – Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks
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2016-2017
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Orange Shirts, Orange Shorts, Orange Socks
Third – Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks
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2017-2018
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks
Third – Red Shirts, Red Shorts
Notes – Truro City reached the First Round of the FA Cup in this kit
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2018-2019
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Red Shirts
Third – Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks
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The Cornish Pirates Era
In March 2019 the Cornish Pirates rugby union club bought Truro City Football Club.
2019-2020
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Red/Black Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks
Third – Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks
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2020-2021
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Red/Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Red Socks
Third – Gold/Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Gold Socks
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2021-2022
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Red/Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Red Socks
Third – Yellow Shirts, Black Shorts, Yellow Socks
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2022-2023
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Red/Black Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks
Third – Yellow Shirts, Yellow Shorts, Yellow Socks
Notes – Truro City won the Southern League Premier South play-offs in this kit
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2023-2024
Home – White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Away – Red/Black Shirts, Black Shorts, Red Socks
Third – Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks
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If you have a Truro City Football Club shirt that’s not in my collection then please feel free to get in touch at tcfc1889@outlook.com
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Photos – Matt Hall
Model – Sharon Hinds
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