Kits Again : What Should Saints Wear?

[The9]

Pretty simple question, the non-striped mainly white sash kit from the Anniversary season was (apparently) the best selling Saints shirt ever so there's obviously a market for something different, we wore plain red in the late 80s, as well as the Denmark halved/stripe thing.

 

We're still under relatively new ownership and the future is looking good on the pitch, plus there's only one year of the Umbro deal left, so if the management wanted to change us from stripes to, say, the sash, or maybe plain red shirts again how would you feel about it ?

 

A poll might be an idea mods ? :

 

Always, ALWAYS Stripes

Predominantly plain red

Predominantly plain white

Red/white Other (eg halves/quarters)

New start, new colours.

 

To those on the St Mary's Expansion thread : You were warned

[Mattio]

I've always liked this kit, it's also a little bit different to other premership clubs and stops the comparisons to Stoke and Sunderland.

 

[Katalinic]

I predict something radical to maximise shirt sales - the club won't want "returning" fans to just use their striped shirts from yesteryear.

[SO16_Saint]

whatever the design, it has already been decided and is in production.

 

FACT

[Son of Bob]

I predict a modern interpretation of this for our next kit;

 

[Steeleye Saint]

Wouldn't want plain red because of Arsenal, ManU Liverpool etc. Really like the Denmark halves shirt – I bought one a couple of years ago as a retro, so I wouldn't need to buy a new one! It would always need to have mainly red, with white and black though - can't imagine a change to a completely different colour.

 

I wasn't particularly keen on the sash - it was OK for one season but there was too much confusion when the crowd sang Come On You Reds and the opposition had more red on than we did!

 

Perhaps wider stripes than Stoke or Sunderland would work.

[alpine_saint]

bored, bored, bored with stripes, and do not like the current one at all.

 

Would like one of the following:

 

Another sash design (but not white shorts)

the quarters we used at the beginning of the 20th century

A modern-day Patrick/Rank Xerox get-up.

 

Maybe one of the reasons for the popularity of the sash was lack of sponsorship logo ?

[Turkish]

* waits for The9 to start posting mock ups *

[This Charming Man]

I just read the first sentence then stopped as I was bored.

 

To save me reading any further, is he just going to start posting rubbish drawings of kits again?

[Turkish]

I just read the first sentence then stopped as I was bored.

 

To save me reading any further, is he just going to start posting rubbish drawings of kits again?

 

In a thread that will go on and on and on until the new kit comes out in July, which will be stripes.

[Bobbyboy]

Shirts v skins, it's the only fair approach.

[Colinjb]

I've always liked this kit, it's also a little bit different to other premership clubs and stops the comparisons to Stoke and Sunderland.

 

 

This x A Million

[Thedelldays]

i like this seasons kit

[doggface]

I think umbro would do a great job with the quarters.

 

I expect 100% stripes

[Saint 76er]

I've always liked this kit, it's also a little bit different to other premership clubs and stops the comparisons to Stoke and Sunderland.

 

 

This for me too!

 

We always looked great in this kit in the Keegan era, it was like a kit ahead of it's time.

 

Critically, it stood out as being exclusively (I think) Saints and it was great to have our own identity, especially at a time we had such standout players.

 

Whilst the stripes are a club tradition, they do lump us along with Stoke/Sunderland etc and we hope to be in the same league as them two shortly, so want to look different really.

 

As someone said though, fact is the new kit is probably in production now in some Asian sweatshop ... and betting is it will be regulation stripes again!!

[Tokyo-Saint]

Whatever the outfield players wear, the goalkeeper top should be orange.

[rooney]

I predict something radical to maximise shirt sales - the club won't want "returning" fans to just use their striped shirts from yesteryear.

 

 

You predicted correct with change kit last time, give us a taster of your thoughts!

[Katalinic]

You predicted correct with change kit last time, give us a taster of your thoughts!

 

Probably not a good idea given what happened to that Norwich fan the other day.

[sotonjoe]

If they want to shift more shirts they need to get fan representatives onboard from the sorts of people who wouldn't usually wear replica shirts. I'm sure Turkish could make some helpful suggestions about how to make it look a lot more urban and suitable for your average geezer. Perhaps they could take the club crest and make it so that you could attach or detach it on a whim using a button.

[Dearne Valley Saint]

I've always liked this kit, it's also a little bit different to other premership clubs and stops the comparisons to Stoke and Sunderland.

 

 

 

This x 7 million. The perfect season for it (if we are promoted of course)

[capitalsaint]

[sussexsaint]

Always liked the air Florida kit, up there with the rank xerox one , I did really really like the sash and I hope we get it on an away kit one day

[Whitey Grandad]

whatever the design, it has already been decided and is in production.

 

FACT

 

But with which logo? Barclay's Premiership or whoever sponsors the Championship? For the life of me I couldn't tell you who that is.

[djharvey]

Whatever the outfield players wear, the goalkeeper top should be orange.

 

I see what you did there!

[stockportsaint]

I've always liked this kit, it's also a little bit different to other premership clubs and stops the comparisons to Stoke and Sunderland.

 

 

my fave too. inverse Ajax. nothing else like it out there.

[SO16_Saint]

But with which logo? Barclay's Premiership or whoever sponsors the Championship? For the life of me I couldn't tell you who that is.

 

I've a feeling it'll be different.

 

Will find out on July 1 whatever

[Manuel]

Na na na na na na na na na na na, I like this one best, this one best, I like this one best.

 

[The9]

I predict something radical to maximise shirt sales - the club won't want "returning" fans to just use their striped shirts from yesteryear.

 

Subtle?

[The9]

I won't be posting any mock ups this year, no need. It's so clearly and obviously going to be stripes... *cough*.

[sotonjoe]

It would be nice if we could consistently have kits that weren't glaringly ripped from template kits, or at least ones from templates that weren't widely used. I know our kit from last season was template based but at least it had been tweaked to make it seem different. I accept that taking the sponsor off had a big effect in this regard though.

[ThreeSixty]

Air Florida for me too.

 

Brilliant.

[The9]

Just for the record, I'm not sure why the fact its already being / been made means no-one is supposed to discuss what it might look like.

 

As for "I couldn't tell you who sponsors the nPower Championship...

 

One other thing, asking non-kit wearers what they want the kit to look like gave you England's indigo (grey) away kit, and that hideous US star/denim effort in 1994.

[The9]

Sorry, duplicate due to crap mobile connection on the M1...

[The9]

It would be nice if we could consistently have kits that weren't glaringly ripped from template kits, or at least ones from templates that weren't widely used. I know our kit from last season was template based but at least it had been tweaked to make it seem different. I accept that taking the sponsor off had a big effect in this regard though.

 

Glad we've got Umbro, they make more effort than Nike and adidas with variations on templates. Bilbao aside, nothing looks like Saints this season, nothing looked like the Umbro flybe and the sash was unique as the sash went the other way on their teamwear kits.

[Super_Saint]

I would like something unique, that no other Premier League team has. The Air Florida kit we previously had looked good. Although I'm sure a lot of fans would moan at not having stripes.

[xerox]

keep the stripes but return to navy blue shorts to make us i bit different?

[Saint-Fred]

I've always liked this kit, it's also a little bit different to other premership clubs and stops the comparisons to Stoke and Sunderland.

 

 

My vote would go to this..my favourite kit ever!

[Chin Strain]

Sorry, stupid question...is it annual kit changes under this contract? Home and away both being changed every year?

[sotonjoe]

Glad we've got Umbro, they make more effort than Nike and adidas with variations on templates. Bilbao aside, nothing looks like Saints this season, nothing looked like the Umbro flybe and the sash was unique as the sash went the other way on their teamwear kits.

 

And personally I think the Umbro kits do look a bit classier than the others.

[paulwantsapint]

I would like to see quarters brought in like the final ever game at the dell it would be different to any other team in either league

[Supersubpuckett]

early 80s Air Florida/Xerox kit please - harks back to our golden years in top flight and therefore appropriate IF we get promoted

 

also agree, need to be different from those cloggers at stoke and sunderland

[Katalinic]

early 80s Air Florida/Xerox kit please - harks back to our golden years in top flight and therefore appropriate IF we get promoted

 

also agree, need to be different from those cloggers at stoke and sunderland

 

It will be different from Stoke/Sunderland.

[LostBoys]

The way we are going sackcloth and ashes

[Rasiak-9-]

I'd quite like to see us with a modern Ajax-style kit. Similar to the Air Florida one but the other way round with white shorts and white socks.

[Saint Martini]

I like the new Sweden shirt and wouldn't mind Southampton having a similar design with a white background and thin red stripes.

 

[Robsk II]

Can't deviate completely from red and white to one or the other. I'd say there has to be a vaguely equal mix as a general rule, but am also more than happy to mix things up. Stripes shouldn't be forgotten, but certainly variations on a theme will make things more interesting year to year. Some of the 70s and 80s kits were fun, the sash was good.. but I can't see why we'd have a 'fresh start'. That's just.. odd.

[Dr Who?]

I think multi coloured bow ties and clown wigs!

[The9]

I like the new Sweden shirt and wouldn't mind Southampton having a similar design with a white background and thin red stripes.

 

 

How about red background with thin white stripes though ?? I was having a look at this one in a sports shop in Leicester today, the "pinstripes" are actually pairs of pinstripes. Does that count as "stripes" if Saints wear that ? Notts County have something similar this season and it doesn't look "striped" from any kind of distance :

 

[TijuanaTim]

Adidas...and just say 'no' to friggin' yellow.

[Badger]

I like the new Sweden shirt and wouldn't mind Southampton having a similar design with a white background and thin red stripes.

 

 

Sunderland had a kit you've described in the early 1980's , it was not that good to be honest.