It takes a brave man to oversee the changing of the longstanding playing shirt at his club in his first six months in charge.
But for Tauranga City AFC chairperson Brendon McHugh a new playing strip is a vitally important step forward in unifying the two previous sections of the club — juniors playing under the Mount Maunganui banner and the senior teams under Tauranga City.
Tauranga City had played in a dark blue shirt for decades with the juniors running around in Mount Maunganui's green shirts. Now a new sky blue playing shirt will be rolled out across all teams at the club this season.
McHugh says the kids will be able to come along to games and associate the senior team with the junior teams in one colour, which is really important.
"There is a history of royal blue from the Tauranga City days and there are members who will be upset by a colour change. But we also have the Mount juniors and the bulk of the membership is junior membership. They have played in the bottle green so to try and mix the two colours together is a fairly impossible task.