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    #26
    "A brief history of World Cup logo creep"

    Sheffield Wednesday, Portsmouth, Oldham Athletic and Carlisle United are currently Sondico clubs.

    As are Franchise.

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      #27
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      Lonsdale as well, although whatever cachet Lonsdale ever had has long gone. (I think Mike Ashley owns them too.)

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        #28
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        ursus arctos wrote: Sheffield Wednesday, Portsmouth, Oldham Athletic and Carlisle United are currently Sondico clubs.

        As are Franchise.
        Yeovil, Port Vale and Torquay complete the roll of shame.

        Blackburn have dropped Lonsdale and are now Nike :



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          #29
          "A brief history of World Cup logo creep"

          Man, we now have "No win, No fee" charlatans sponsoring clubs that have multiple titles.

          Broken Britain indeed.

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            #30
            "A brief history of World Cup logo creep"

            The-Reverend, this might be old news to you, and to others, but it's too great a risk not to ask; have you seen The Uhlsport Diaries section of The Glove Bag website?

            http://theglovebag.com/pages/introduction

            My name is Dave Holmes, and in 1979 Phil Parkes and myself started Sukan Sports, a specialist mail order company selling goalkeepers products. We were one of the first to do this and therefore in many ways had to make up the rules as we went along without the benefit of learning from other peoples’ experience.

            I was always looking at various ways that would benefit Sukan Sports, and therefore myself, and through my contact with various goalkeepers learnt that many were unhappy with the service they received from Uhlsport's U.K. distributors, Alfred Reader & Company. Reader's were not really set up to cater for the goalkeeper's requirements, so it was agreed that I should act on their and Uhlsport's behalf to try and improve matters.

            This started in the summer of 1987 and ended in December 1991, by which time the French company Ligne 7 were the U.K. distributors. I kept a diary of the work that I did for them, not only to have a record that I could refer to but also to send copies of it both to Uhlsport in Germany and the U.K. distributors, so they could see what I was doing.
            An example extract from Chapter 83:

            23rd November 1990 9.45

            Les Fridge, St.Mirren, phoned for some goods and 1 pair 054 size 9, 1 pair 040 size 9, 1 pair 554 trousers XL were sent to him (No.79). He had originally wanted 071 or 083 or 031 none of which are in stock as we are awaiting delivery of promotional stock ordered in September and Sukan stock ordered with Line 7 in April for October delivery.

            23rd November 1990 1.20

            John Lukic, Leeds, phoned to order some gloves and 2 pairs 036 size 10, 2 pairs 040 size 9.5 were sent to him (No.80). He also asked about a new contract for 1991-92 season and onwards and I said that I would check with Germany and let him know when I received an answer.

            26th November 1990 11.10

            Dundee United phoned to request some goods for Alan Main, and 2 pairs 036 size 9, 1 pair 566 XL were posted to him (No.81). They had asked for 550 shorts but I said that they were no longer available.
            As a Leeds fan it's fascinated to me know that John Lukic made that phone call just one day before he kept goal during our 1-1 draw with Coventry at Highfield Road. I don't know why, but it is.

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              #31
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              That's incredible

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                #32
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                ursus arctos wrote: Man, we now have "No win, No fee" charlatans sponsoring clubs that have multiple titles.

                Broken Britain indeed.
                Is that what they do? I've never registered the second word in their company name.

                That sponsorship normally reminds me of the Treorchy RFC "Zebra's head" shirt which sadly the internet doesn't seem to have a visual record of.

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                  #33
                  "A brief history of World Cup logo creep"

                  I had to look them up.

                  The Wonga of their field, it appears.

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                    #34
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                    Sylkies, yes I've read that it's a magnificent read all the way through.

                    It gets even better though, with stories of keepers blagging kit off him. Although particularly interesting to me was his notes on having to ask local people to see if Andy Rhodes was wearing the Uhlsport gloves like he was supposed to, or was he taking teh kit and wearing Reusch instead. There was also some convoluted 'club sponsorship' scheme which gave a set amount of gloves and balls per season.

                    Round about this time I was starting to make a few inroads into professional soccer as a kid, and distinctly remember being one of the first people to get the new Puma gloves in the UK (as a result of being a finalist in a Tabloid run keeper competition) and when I went training with Wolves one day, I sat with Mick Stowell discussing what the palms were like.

                    Anyone that knows a keeper, knows we can talk for ages about gloves.

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                      #35
                      "A brief history of World Cup logo creep"

                      Ah, here it is!

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                        #36
                        "A brief history of World Cup logo creep"

                        On the subject of relatively obscure kit manufacturers it was something of a revelation to the Irish kit fanciers to see iconic Irish firm O'Neill's supplying DR Congo at this year's ACN. Even more surprising is that it's quite tasty
                        http://footballfashion.org/wordpress/2015/01/16/dr-congo-2015-africa-cup-of-nations-oneills-home-and-away-jerseys/

                        O'Neill's have cornered the GAA market and still supply a lot of park football (soccer) gear. There kits are almost univerally awful. They used to have a fairly big presence in the League of Ireland but LoI clubs now tend to use Umbro and the like.

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                          #37
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                          I would love to know the details of the commercial arrangements behind that kit.

                          Given the nature of business practices in both countries, it's bound to be a corker.

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                            #38
                            "A brief history of World Cup logo creep"

                            Harry Truscott wrote:

                            Blackburn have dropped Lonsdale and are now Nike :

                            Just when you think Blackburn have finally settled on a shade of blue and which half should be which colour, they throw a curveball.

                            Seemingly a curveball chucked in 1882.

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                              #39
                              "A brief history of World Cup logo creep"

                              I like the fact they've flirted with the powder blue again. Even better that it's paired with navy socks and they've kept the red trim away.

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                                #40
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                                If we are going cross-sports, I can't help thinking that Berdych lost today as soon as he put on this abomination made by H & M

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                                  #41
                                  "A brief history of World Cup logo creep"

                                  This thread is mint.

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                                    #42
                                    "A brief history of World Cup logo creep"

                                    It's incredible to think that the first time a manufacturer's logo appeared on the front of an Italy shirt at a major finals was Euro 2004 (Kappa logos were on the sleeves in 2000 and '02)

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                                      #43
                                      "A brief history of World Cup logo creep"

                                      Come to think of it, there's no consistency regarding which half of a Blackburn shirt is blue and which one is white.

                                      Bristol Rovers are guilty of this as well.

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                                        #44
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                                        I'm fine with that from Blackburn. It's the period in the seventies and eighties where they didn't have contrasting sleeves (i.e. they were both white) that bothers me.

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