Hull City Association Football Club are an English football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. They play in the Premier League, with the 2008–09 season being the first time in their history participating in the top tier of English football. Founded in 1904, the highest position Hull City have finished in the English Football League was 3rd in the old second division in 1909–10, a feat they repeated in 2007–08 when they gained promotion from The Championship by beating Bristol City 1–0 in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium. Their greatest achievement in cup competitions came in 1930, when the team reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup. The club play their home games at the KC Stadium in Hull. They previously played at Boothferry Park, but moved to their current home in 2002, with Boothferry Park set for demolition. They traditionally play in black and amber, often with a striped shirt design, hence their nickname The Tigers. The club's mascot is Roary the Tiger. Football League Championship play-off winners: 2007-08 Football League One runners-up: 2004-05 Football League Third Division winners: 1965-66 Runners-up: 2003-04 Football League Third Division North winners: 1932-33, 1948-49 Football League Fourth Division runners-up: 1958-59 Legend: Adam Pearson, saved the club in 2000, moved them to the KC Stadium and passed over control in 2007 when he felt he had taken Hull as far as he could. Terrace hero: Dean Windass, homegrown hero, rejected as a youngster, returns as a 39-year-old to score goal that ends 104-year wait for top-flight football. Finest hour: May 24, 2008, play-off final at Wembley. Lowest ebb: Early 1980s, financial collapse led to receivership. Being locked out of Boothferry Park in 2000 by the bailiffs with liquidation in sight.