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The England rugby team wore the traditional kit that they wore 100 years earlier, this weekend and I think it looked really good! I don't think it makes any difference to us and I think the sash kit will look great!

 

You are kidding me, I totally hated it as it looked like someone had puked on it when some mud got on it!

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Petersfield Saint

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Suppose it comes down to what you mean by "tradition".

 

Personally, I would support Saints if they wore blue shirts and white shorts.

 

And I am bored of red-and-white stripes.

 

My fave kit of all time is the Patrick kit, then second is the Pony kit in which MLT played so memorably.

 

Cheers Alpine - nice to know there's at least one other person on the planet who liked the Pony kit! :smt023

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I will feel very proud and special wearing the original kit (and without a sponsor too) and although I respect some people being upset that we abandon the stripes next year I think their reaction is OTT. Our grandparents and great grandparents (including mine) would be familiar with that kit. It is our history. In any case most years we vary the design of the stripes, and as someone has already pointed out on another thread, in our most successful years we didn't have stripes at all.

 

But why not have our away kit as stripes - in say yellow and white or yellow and black. It would look great. This is a new era. Time to be innovative.

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docker-p

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Well you're all wrong, and clearly a bunch of inbred knuckle-draggers, with little sense of the aesthetic and less sense of the historic.

As it doesn't appear to matter what we wear I shall mostly be wearing a retro Pompey kit all next season and I'll spit in the eye of anyone who challenges me.

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Good for you docker-p.

The one year we dont have to have sponsers on our shirt,it looks like we wont have red and white stripes.

Thats a mistake in my view.

As its been said before,Saints are known for our striped kit.

 

We could have them as our away kit.

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sebastian firefly

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I can understand, but not agree with, reasoned arguments about first ever kit etc etc, but don't tell me a red sash on a white shirt looks good. It looks like Peru, and Peru were ****.

 

actually i was thinking more river plate the biggest and best in argentina theyre much cooler than boca cos boca wear blue and blue is poo !

 

im not really sold on the idea unless we match shirts with full length knickerbockers and huge handlebar moustaches and those little stripey caps

 

perhaps the stripes on the little hats would appease docker p

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Good for you docker-p.

The one year we dont have to have sponsers on our shirt,it looks like we wont have red and white stripes.

Thats a mistake in my view.

As its been said before,Saints are known for our striped kit.

 

Could also be seen as very sensible from the club. If they did a plain red and white striped shirt with no sponsor, loads of people would buy it and then not bother buying the next one. Why would you, if you've already got essentially the same shirt sponsor-free? This way they'll sell loads next year, and then a lot more the year after as no-one will have a recent striped shirt.

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Could also be seen as very sensible from the club. If they did a plain red and white striped shirt with no sponsor, loads of people would buy it and then not bother buying the next one. Why would you, if you've already got essentially the same shirt sponsor-free? This way they'll sell loads next year, and then a lot more the year after as no-one will have a recent striped shirt.

 

very true

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david in sweden

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docker-p,

 

If you were a Leeds or Crystal Palace fan what kit would you like to wear to celebrate an anniversary?

Leeds didn't wear white until the 1960's and Palace in Red/Blue until the 1970'

Saints 125 year kit is for one season and one season only. In 2011 it will be back to red/white stripes. I really don't see the issue here.

 

I agree with you MLG, teams change their kit and colours quite often nowadays.

Looking back at old photos from the Saints Complete record 1885-1987, you see that the style /design changed all the time.

The much-discussed "original shirt "would seem to be a good choice, but after that the style changed a lot. Later came the " quartered" model with WHITE shorts, and another variation with "halved" sections before we got the first stripes. Those original stripes looked like "prison pyjamas " compared with later styles. Shirts came with and without collars, long sleeves and short, full-button up fronts and others with only 3 buttons at the neck.

A post WW2 programme sheet said Saints played in stripes and NAVY BLUE shorts. Button-up shirts disappeared around the mid 50's and T-shirt styles with V-neck and round neck became popular.

 

My earliest memories (early 1960's) were of broad red stripes, short sleeved, round necked shirts. Lets not discuss the SHORTS, that were knee-length 100 years ago ..but looked more like jockey-shorts underwear in the 1970's.

After which, all manner of advertising slogans hid almost all the stripes on the now-famous shirt with names emblazoned on like; Rank Xerox, Dimplex, Draper Tools,Sanderson, Friends Provident and Fly.Be

Is this is to be a genuine, one-off anniversary model and "ad.-free" then something that resembles the original model would seem appropriate. - For season 2011-12, we can always revert to something else with stripes, or whatever, but it's a special occasion and IMHO we should have something than reminds people of the original 1885 model.

It would certainly be a collectors item.

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Docker-p whilst I don't disagree with your sentiment about Stripes, & I prefer to see us in a striped kit. I have to say that in my 39-years supporting the side there have been many different styles of saints kit. Now a lot of people like the Keegan style, one of my least favourite's, I prefer the Promotion kit from 1977/8. However for the 125 anniversary kit I personally like the idea of the original kit for the season, especially if they use Gecko's 3rd kit design the sash with the stripes at the bottom of the sash. Provided we return to red & white stripes the years after.

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If we are going to do it then i'd love to see a return to the Keegan kit, it was the first kit i remember us playing in and was worn by our best ever team. I'd love to see us in that again, love too.

 

I have to agree with that, in fact the 83/84 season was our very best, however, I like the look of the diagonal red sash at least it is different; after all how many teams have red and white stripes, Sunderland, Exeter, Cheltenham any others?

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I have to agree with that, in fact the 83/84 season was our very best, however, I like the look of the diagonal red sash at least it is different; after all how many teams have red and white stripes, Sunderland, Exeter, Cheltenham any others?

 

Stoke, Sheff U, Lincoln, Chivas USA, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Chivas Guadalajara, Paraguay. This is of course irrelevant, because we'll go back to having the "same kit as the others" after 1 season anyway.

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It would certainly be a collectors item.

 

Exactly. In 2034, a season before we get a special 150 anniversary kit, we can tell our kids and mates that "We were there", and have the kit to prove it.

 

Don't like it? Don't buy it. You can always keep this seasons kit.

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I'm not Leeds or Crystal Palace and don't give a monkeys about either.

I'm Saints and that is red and white stripes. End of. If people want a break from those stripes so much why not take a season off and go watch Bournemouth or similar.

 

Absolutely. We really are NOT Crystal Palace. The idea is barking and hopefully will very quickly be forgotten.

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It's for ONE season, its not like it's forever. I will be happy with whatever NC chooses as the shirt. Will be nice to have something different for a season.

NC is Italian FFS. He'll probably have us playing in a pink off the shoulder number with saffron flavoured sequins.

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Wes Tender

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NC is Italian FFS. He'll probably have us playing in a pink off the shoulder number with saffron flavoured sequins.

 

You were or are presumably a Docker. Therefore if you had your way, you'd have them playing in string vests and Doc Martin boots. No defender would be able to shoot at goal, or no striker defend, as that is not their designated job and there would be demarcation issues to resolve with the Union.

 

You see how irritating it can be when people are stereotyped due to their backgrounds or nationalities?

 

As far as I am aware, Cortese is an Italian Swiss. There is a difference.

 

Frankly, as he is running the club on behalf of the owner, I couldn't care a toss what kit the team wear. I'm just grateful that we exist because of him. Would your support for the team diminish if they did wear pink off the shoulder numbers with saffron flavoured sequins, or is it based on more concrete factors such as they way they play?

 

If you don't like the new strip, then nobody is forcing you to buy it, are they?

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You were or are presumably a Docker. Therefore if you had your way, you'd have them playing in string vests and Doc Martin boots. No defender would be able to shoot at goal, or no striker defend, as that is not their designated job and there would be demarcation issues to resolve with the Union.

 

You see how irritating it can be when people are stereotyped due to their backgrounds or nationalities?

 

As far as I am aware, Cortese is an Italian Swiss. There is a difference.

 

Frankly, as he is running the club on behalf of the owner, I couldn't care a toss what kit the team wear. I'm just grateful that we exist because of him. Would your support for the team diminish if they did wear pink off the shoulder numbers with saffron flavoured sequins, or is it based on more concrete factors such as they way they play?

 

If you don't like the new strip, then nobody is forcing you to buy it, are they?

 

string vests now that is interesting but would they be red and white stripes or would they sport a fetching red sash

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I can't wait to see it. I'll definitely be getting one.

 

Is there any confirmation on what it will look like, roughly. I know it's official that there will be no sponsor, but is the red sash confirmed too?

 

I would be all up for keeping it as a permanent kit as well, if it's nice enough and popular enough. As people say, as long as we're red and white but not necessarily stripes as loads of teams have it.

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I don't care about the kit either. All I care about is ..........

 

1. Winning.

2. Good football.

3. A good afternoon out, and s h a g g i n g me bird.

 

So I say, let's celebrate 125 years, by gaining promotion, wearing a shirt covered in beer and s p u n k stains.

 

You sound like my kinda girl Nicola :p

 

LOL just reread you whole post and you are one of the male Nicola's I see or maybe a lezzer :-( !!!

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It makes more sense to play our 125th year with special addition, no logo, red and white striped shirts and then change them after the anniversary if the school kids insist.

 

 

lets put this to bed cos i look good in both stripes and "the sash" as it shall now be known

how about 'the sash' kit for just the one game on the occasion of celebration of our 125th year then a one year no logo stripes kit for all other home games this should make the comercial peeps happy to sell two special kits docker p can have his loverley stripes to keep him warm any one else can pretend they are really old or like river plate or will wear anything mum tells them to

 

navy shorts or kickerbockers now that still needs to be resolved

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lets put this to bed cos i look good in both stripes and "the sash" as it shall now be known

how about 'the sash' kit for just the one game on the occasion of celebration of our 125th year then a one year no logo stripes kit for all other home games this should make the comercial peeps happy to sell two special kits docker p can have his loverley stripes to keep him warm any one else can pretend they are really old or like river plate or will wear anything mum tells them to

 

navy shorts or kickerbockers now that still needs to be resolved

 

Dr Firefly,

You have surpassed yourself with both a clear and sharp understanding of the issue and a positive and cunning resolution. Your computation is workable and enthralling.

Well done.

Don't fancy navy knickerbockers though.

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I want stripes to be honest, was quite excited by the idea of having Saints stripes without a sponsor.

 

If you can afford to buy the strip every year then i can see that you wouldnt be bothered by a year off of stripes, but as an occasional buyer i would really like to get the stripes without the sponsor.

 

Cant have everything though i suppose.

 

Yet, i dont see the logic in going back to a kit that we only had for one or two years, which was probably chosen quite arbitrarily, as opposed to something that we wore for many years and which many of our heroes wore.

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Wes Tender

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I've just noticed docker-p's avator and it concerns me a little. It is perfectly acceptable to have the version of the Saint p*ssing on the Skate blue shirt, but if the new Saints anniversary shirt features the red sash, how does it sit with anybody else on here that somebody who calls himself a Saints fan would p*ss on the shirt?

 

Will you also be swearing at and threatening anybody who wears the new shirt too, docker?

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