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Carlisle United reveal new home kit
Cameron Harper, left, and Sam Hetherington, right, join fans in modelling the new home kit (Image: Umbro / CUFC Blues Store)
Carlisle United have revealed their new home kit for the 2025/26 season.
The Cumbrians confirmed the design of the home strip in an announcement on Wednesday evening.
The Umbro kit - the look of which had been widely leaked on social media in recent days - features blue, white and red vertical stripes.
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It appears to be a home version of the famous 1994/95 'deckchair' away strip, whose green, red and white striped design became iconic.
Carlisle will wear the home equivalent at Brunton Park in the new National League season which gets under way on August 9.
It replaces the 2024/25 version, which was an homage to the famous blue, red and white 'toothpaste' kit which Carlisle wore in the mid-1970s, including their 1974/75 season in the First Division.
The new home shirt is accompanied by blue shorts, with red and white trim, and blue socks.
It again features Aqua Pura as United's main shirt sponsor, after the Cumbrian mineral water firm recently extended their deal with the club for another three years.
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Story Homes continue as back-of-shirt sponsors, with Komatsu Forest again taking sleeve sponsorship.
The new home kit is available to buy online straight away, and also goes on sale in the Blues Store to season ticket holders from 12pm on Thursday.
United have increased the price of a shirt this season, with an adult shirt now costing £48.
Children's shirts are £37.
The new home kit striped design, left, mimics the pattern of the famous 1994/95 'deckchair' away kit (Image: Umbro-CUFC / News & Star)
Other prices include adult shorts at £21 and adult socks at £12, with children's shorts £17 and children's socks £10.
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Toddler kit (shirt and shorts) is £40, with a baby kit (shirt and shorts) also £40.
United have also revealed their lime green home goalkeeping kit. Prices for goalkeeping kits are the same as the outfield kit.
The club's new away kit will be unveiled at 6pm next Wednesday.
The Blues did not comment on the leaked images of the kits ahead of the home kit's launch, which featured players such as Cameron Harper, Sam Hetherington, Dan Hopper and Callum Whelan, as well as supporters wearing the new home top.
Speaking ahead of the launch, the club's chief executive Nigel Clibbens said: "The purchase cost of shirts paid by the club has increased this year again. After holding prices last year and absorbing as much of this year's increase as we could, we have had to raise the price this time.
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'Each year we look very closely at the cost paid by fans and benchmark against other clubs and they still remain in line or lower than most.'
Retail manager Stef Mclean said United were "thrilled" with the new designs and believed fans would "love them."
