The New Kit Thread

Gooner Girl · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:37 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:

ohjimmyjimmy wrote:

Will any of them have elephants on?
I think the third kit should just be an elephant costume.

Like this?

Ahhh, you guys would look good in that. Especially bobo.

deadlineday · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:40 pm

i still think we should have a unusual kit. like a purple, orange or even a pink one?

Hoboh · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:59 pm

deadlineday wrote:

i still think we should have a unusual kit. like a purple, orange or even a pink one?

Tut tut!

NiceHotCuppaTea · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:58 pm

truewhite15 wrote:

Actually, I heard that they ARE bringing out a third kit...

Working on the theory that the away kit will be blue (I'm not ITK, it's just a guess), then we would NEED to wear the away kit against the following...

Derby County
Leeds United

A third kit, in...lets say, red, would be worn against teams where the white and blue kits couldn't be worn. So those would be...

Blackburn Rovers
Brighton and Hove Albion
Huddersfield Town
Sheffield Wednesday
And possibly Peterborough United, depending on the design of their home kit.

In the world of logic, you'd just have a red away kit. But this is the world of money-making. I think it's actually in the rules that a team has to have three kits available to wear, alongside two goalkeepers kits, in case of clashes. Ordinarily, a team would just wear their away kit from the season before. However, when a team changes kit manufacturers in the close season, that is no longer possible, so a third kit, usually not worn all that often, is released.

Alternatively, it'll be a red (or yellow, or something) away kit, so the blue third kit would only be worn in the event of cup clashes vs, say, Arsenal, or Sheffield United.

In short, there'll be five different kits up for sale this season.

I love that you spent ages doing some homework into this, like you were trying to crack the Da Vinci Code; when it's not actually a secret that there IS a third kit next season.

truewhite15 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:12 am

NiceHotCuppaTea wrote:

truewhite15 wrote:

Actually, I heard that they ARE bringing out a third kit...

Working on the theory that the away kit will be blue (I'm not ITK, it's just a guess), then we would NEED to wear the away kit against the following...

Derby County
Leeds United

A third kit, in...lets say, red, would be worn against teams where the white and blue kits couldn't be worn. So those would be...

Blackburn Rovers
Brighton and Hove Albion
Huddersfield Town
Sheffield Wednesday
And possibly Peterborough United, depending on the design of their home kit.

In the world of logic, you'd just have a red away kit. But this is the world of money-making. I think it's actually in the rules that a team has to have three kits available to wear, alongside two goalkeepers kits, in case of clashes. Ordinarily, a team would just wear their away kit from the season before. However, when a team changes kit manufacturers in the close season, that is no longer possible, so a third kit, usually not worn all that often, is released.

Alternatively, it'll be a red (or yellow, or something) away kit, so the blue third kit would only be worn in the event of cup clashes vs, say, Arsenal, or Sheffield United.

In short, there'll be five different kits up for sale this season.

I love that you spent ages doing some homework into this, like you were trying to crack the Da Vinci Code; when it's not actually a secret that there IS a third kit next season.

I love that you think I spent ages doing homework into this. It was all off the top of my head. I was just trying to clarify to those who may be a little dense on the matter why we're bringing three playing kits out.

bobo the clown · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:40 am

Red ? Red !! Why the desire to see us in red ?

'Tis the devils colour. ... & don't give me the "we wore read in 1975 or something. It was wrong then & would be wrong now. Nor that in 189whatever we had reddish shirts &/or polkadots.

Just wrong, wrong, wrong.

ohjimmyjimmy · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:28 am

bobo the clown wrote:

Red ? Red !! Why the desire to see us in red ?

'Tis the devils colour. ... & don't give me the "we wore read in 1975 or something. It was wrong then & would be wrong now. Nor that in 189whatever we had reddish shirts &/or polkadots.

Just wrong, wrong, wrong.

...says the clown in red !

Dave Sutton's barnet · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:09 am

ohjimmyjimmy wrote:

bobo the clown wrote:

Red ? Red !! Why the desire to see us in red ?

'Tis the devils colour. ... & don't give me the "we wore read in 1975 or something. It was wrong then & would be wrong now. Nor that in 189whatever we had reddish shirts &/or polkadots.

Just wrong, wrong, wrong.

...says the clown in red !

Quite a pinkish red, his avatar... I'm sure there'll be a metrosexual along presently to inform us it's cerise or somesuch.

BL3 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:40 am

BL3 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:41 am

bobo the clown wrote:

Red ? Red !! Why the desire to see us in red ?

'Tis the devils colour. ... & don't give me the "we wore read in 1975 or something. It was wrong then & would be wrong now. Nor that in 189whatever we had reddish shirts &/or polkadots.

Just wrong, wrong, wrong.

We had a red change kit for the best part of 40 years, from when change kits were first introduced, up until the late 80's. It's almost as much a part of the club colours as white shirts and navy shorts. That's why.

Red shirts may have been a reference to our origins as Christ Church FC. If so, we wore red before the likes of Man Utd.

1958 version:

Colonel Campo · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:04 pm

Ordered new home Shirt. Holden 22 printed on the back. Better be changing his squad number now. £71 in total.

deadlineday · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:19 pm

he's already switched. and theyll give no.8 to andrews

Gooner Girl · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:06 pm

Now this is what you need in the way of new kit! Heres my daughter today rocking the retro Highbury vibe

and her and her twin brother (in last seasons away shirt!)

89bwfc89 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:15 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:

Now this is what you need in the way of new kit! Heres my daughter today rocking the retro Highbury vibe

and her and her twin brother (in last seasons away shirt!)

Very cute, just a shame about the shirts haha!

Toni

Gooner Girl · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:17 pm

Actually our home shirt for next season isn't the best. It has random bits of very dark navy/black in places where it shouldn't! Why mess with simplicity? Red shirt, white sleeves! Its not tricky Nike!

Dave Sutton's barnet · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:24 pm

You won't get much sympathy on here for manufacturers' kit f*ckery-pokery...

And 2006 isn't retro!!!!1!

Gooner Girl · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:26 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:

You won't get much sympathy on here for manufacturers' kit f*ckery-pokery...

And 2006 isn't retro!!!!1!

Well to her it is

Dave Sutton's barnet · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:27 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:

And 2006 isn't retro!!!!1!

Well to her it is

Well played, ma'am.

Bruce Rioja · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:31 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:

You won't get much sympathy on here for manufacturers' kit f*ckery-pokery...

And 2006 isn't retro!!!!1!

Well to her it is

Rinsed!

Colonel Campo · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 2:51 pm

deadlineday wrote:

he's already switched. and theyll give no.8 to andrews

They phoned me this morning to say it isn't official yet and I won't be able to get a refund if it doesn't change.

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