Wolves unveil landmark 150th anniversary home kit

Produced in partnership with official kit manufacturer SUDU, the anniversary shirt honours the deep connection between Wolves, the city of Wolverhampton and the supporters who have defined the club across a century and a half.

Our return to a more historic shade of gold

The kit’s creation followed extensive consultation between the club, SUDU and supporter groups in 2025, with representatives from the Fan Advisory Board, fan focus groups and eight independent supporter groups.

During the consultation evening, Wolves club historian Peter Crump presented a range of historic shirts and explained the evolution of the club’s colours across different eras.

It was identified that three distinct shades of old gold have defined Wolves throughout history - the ‘rusty brown gold’ of the 1930s to 1950s, the ‘orangey gold’ worn prominently throughout the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s, and the brighter modern shade used in recent years.

Those three shades were then put to a public vote on the Wolves App, with almost 10,000 supporters taking part over a 13-day period. The 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s gold emerged as the winner with 47 per cent of the vote and will now make a return for the 2026/27 season.

Peter Crump said: “This shade of gold holds a very special place in the heart of this club. It was the colour Wolves wore during some of our greatest years and one that so many supporters instantly associate with Wolves.

“To see it return for the 150th anniversary, chosen by the fans themselves, feels exactly right. It connects different generations of supporters and celebrates a colour that truly belongs to this football club and this city.”

Wearing the city’s history

For this special edition, the modern Wolves badge makes way for the Wolverhampton city coat of arms - a crest carrying centuries of civic identity and one associated with some of the most iconic moments in the club’s history.

The coat of arms last appeared on a Wolves shirt between 1993 and 1996, and famously featured on the club’s 1960 FA Cup final winning shirt.

This marks the first time it has appeared on a Wolves shirt since Wolverhampton was granted official city status in 2000.

While the Wolves badge remains the club’s official crest, the return of the coat of arms serves as a celebration of the city’s heritage and Wolves’ historic place within it.

A bespoke anniversary design

SUDU have engineered a bespoke two-colour filament yarn knit for the shirt, weaving a graphic inspired by the city coat of arms directly into the material, which is finished in a luxurious satin-stitched woven application, to create a premium finish unique to Wolves’ anniversary season.

Designed to the specifications of the professional game, the shirt combines enhanced technical performance with details intended to honour 150 years of club history.

The visual identity of the anniversary season extends beyond the kit itself, with designer and lifelong Wolves supporter Archie Hicklin, whose family roots in Wolverhampton stretch back generations, collaborating with the club on a bespoke 150th anniversary creative identity that will feature across club communications and branding throughout the 2026/27 campaign.

Central to that work is a dedicated Wolves 150 logo lock-up, which appears on the back of the home shirt as a permanent commemoration of the anniversary year.

Archie Hicklin said: “It’s been an honour to play a small part in the club’s 150th anniversary. My family’s roots are in Wolverhampton and tied to its industry, and as a supporter, I’ve always felt the club, the city and its people are linked and inseparable.

“The WW150 mark is intended as a dedication to that bond: to 150 years of Wolves, to the industrial heritage that shaped the city, and to us, the supporters.”

As part of the 150th anniversary celebrations and the club’s continued commitment to the city, a percentage from every home shirt sold will be donated to Wolves Foundation to support its work helping communities across Wolverhampton.

The contribution will help Wolves Foundation continue delivering programmes which support people of all ages across the city through education, health and wellbeing, employability, disability sport and social inclusion initiatives.

The development of the anniversary kit has been almost two years in the making, with SUDU spending extensive time in the Wolves Museum, studying the club’s archive and engaging with supporters throughout the design process.

The 2026/27 home kit will be available from Friday 5th June at the Wolves Megastore and online at shop.wolves.co.uk.

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The Alchemy of 1877

The 150th anniversary campaign takes its name from a process of transformation - and few stories of transformation run deeper than Wolverhampton's own.

The Alchemy of 1877 traces the club's journey from its origins in the smoke and steel of industrial England, through the founding ideals of St Luke's Church School where grit and community shaped something enduring, to the brightening hues of gold that emerged as Wolves found their identity.

That journey - from raw material to something refined, luminous and world-renowned - is alchemy in its truest sense. It is the story of how a city and its football club forged, over 150 years, a colour and a character recognised across the globe.