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[Vulgarian Visigoth]

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Stumpy Pepys wrote:

I'm not crazy about the new sponsor's logo but I can live with it and the red trim doesn't look unattractive, certainly when compared to this monstrosity, which nevertheless currently resides in one of my drawers:

From the club that approved this design …

Worryingly I didn't see anyting wrong with it at the time. But I think a healthy dose of cultural relativism is necessary when judging these things.

[Ray de Galles]

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ursus arctos wrote: Yes, I think that is the source of the problem, though they also have to deal with the fact that their latest badge seems to use a lighter shade of blue than their actual flag.

Oooh, I hadn't clocked the new badge, that is awful. It has to basically be the flag on a round background.

[ursus arctos]

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I don't know what Norway's problem is with their badge, but they've changed it several times in the last decade.

Here's a better look at the latest version.



which isn't the actual FA badge



or the dragon that they used for 2010 (I think)

[3 Colours Red]

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Did they actually use that dragon - I heard it had been put on the back burner due to negative fan reaction.

[ursus arctos]

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Hmmm.

This article (in Norwegian) indicates that it was withdrawn after a fancy introduction.

Here's the "pure" flag version of the badge:

[Bored Of Education]

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The sash and socks of that Norwegian kit are just shit.

[Nocturnal Submission]

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Pat McGatt wrote:

I'm not crazy about the new sponsor's logo but I can live with it and the red trim doesn't look unattractive, certainly when compared to this monstrosity, which nevertheless currently resides in one of my drawers:

That's actually a beautiful piece of 90's design.

You reckon! The collar was bloody horrible.

Make me a decent offer and it's yours!

[Nocturnal Submission]

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Pat McGatt wrote:

I'm not crazy about the new sponsor's logo but I can live with it and the red trim doesn't look unattractive, certainly when compared to this monstrosity, which nevertheless currently resides in one of my drawers:

From the club that approved this design …

Worryingly I didn't see anyting wrong with it at the time. But I think a healthy dose of cultural relativism is necessary when judging these things.

Actually, when I first saw it, in the poorly-printed pages of the club magazine, I thought there was pale blue in there too. It was a shocker though, then and now.

[DCI Harry Batt]

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What's the score with Real Madrid - are they changing home kit this summer?

[ursus arctos]

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There will be a new kit, but there are competing "leaks" at the moment.

One has very faint grey trim, the other more prominent black highlights.

[Alderman Barnes]

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So what do we think of Sheffield United's new kit?



Supposedly, it's a nod to the original Blades kit to celebrate their anniversary, but it looks suspiciously to me like Adidas have fucked up so many striped kits over the years that they've now given up bothering entirely.

[ursus arctos]

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The badge is interesting.

And the version they are promoting is less cluttered



Historical Football Kits has the Blades' original top as all white, with the red pinstripes only being used from 1891-94. Those were much more coherent than the remake

[Alderman Barnes]

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It also had navy shorts and socks, and didn't have bloody Adidas stripes all over it.

[ursus arctos]

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I might still be ok with it if they brought back the caps as well.

[Bored Of Education]

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Oh, the Shirt Locker. Very droll. What with that and "Raised By Wolves", I am not doing too well presently.

[Ray de Galles]

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This is just Adidas and their belief that striped shirts don't sell (as per WBA this season), isn't it?

[DCI Harry Batt]

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ursus arctos wrote: There will be a new kit, but there are competing "leaks" at the moment.

One has very faint grey trim, the other more prominent black highlights.

So advice to colleague with Australian nephew is "don't buy one now"?

[ursus arctos]

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They change them every year, though. So there's not much he can do if he wants to be "current" (something that is vastly over-rated in my book).

[DCI Harry Batt]

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Ok. Ta.

[Ray de Galles]

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Bored of Education wrote: Oh, the Shirt Locker. Very droll. What with that and "Raised By Wolves", I am not doing too well presently.

What did you think it was instead of "Shirt"?

I didn't get 'Raised by Wolves' at all until you mentioned it, though I've never seen it. It can't be as good as 'Poldark', can it.

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

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Seattle Reign are keeping their last-season home shirts, but have a new change and third kit.

I like the change kit a lot.

Change kit



Third kit - ultra vile would be more appropriate, I think.

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

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Chicago Red Stars have a really nice home and away kit ruined by an ugly sponsor.

And I'm not sure what the point of their 'alternate' kit with pinstripes in the same colour as the home shirts are.

[Geoffrey de Ste. Croix]

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Ajax thuisshirt. Iconic except the band seems to be a lot wider than normal:



Things get weird colour wise with the uitshirt:

[Geoffrey de Ste. Croix]

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This one has already been worn and won't be again, but anyway a good example of a decent idea ruined by the sponsor. ADO wore this shirt to celebrate their 110th birthday in February:



The logo made worse by the fact that a contestant from The Voice appears to be striking a pose in the 'A'.

[ursus arctos]

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BLT, I wonder if Leroux's departure will affect the Reign's plans for the third kit.

There's something about the repetition of motifs on the Red Stars' kits and badge that bothers me.