The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 I'm sure you all know already, we've mentioned previously on here that Liverpool away was the most likely opportunity for us to wear all white and it's on the preview on the OS - I just thought it was worth a thread of its own given that thousands of people (well, hundreds at least) will have forked out £42-£47 for the privilege of buying a shirt that's going to be used about once and seems to have been designed purely to make the red kit less unappealing on launch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2012 Bonus points for featuring Tadanari Lee in the white kit above, there's a combination to rival Halley's Comet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 The one and only unveiling of the white kit this season. SFC marketing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 And that picture makes me laugh, there's 3 or 4 prominent Steve de Ridders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2012 The one and only unveiling of the white kit this season. SFC marketing My mates have suggested it might get an outing at Norwich, though I'm not quite sure which part of red and red clashes with yellow and green, and I'm sure the FA of Wales would like to be informed that their usual home and away colours clash with each other... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 This is brilliant. A home kit no one likes, an away kit we cant wear and a third kit no one can buy. Brillian stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 One of the worst posters I've ever seen. That and 'Adele on tour' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 My mates have suggested it might get an outing at Norwich, though I'm not quite sure which part of red and red clashes with yellow and green, and I'm sure the FA of Wales would like to be informed that their usual home and away colours clash with each other... White against yellow? Far from ideal, I'd suggest. The red is obviously a much better contrast. But I expect someone within the club is desperate for it to be aired so it seems like less of an almighty f*cking catastrophe of a decision to have such a change strip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2012 One of the worst posters I've ever seen. That and 'Adele on tour' Hey ! What did I do to... Oh, you mean the advert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 This is brilliant. A home kit no one likes, an away kit we cant wear and a third kit no one can buy. Brillian stuff. Its the perfect storm of kit design! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 White against yellow? Far from ideal, I'd suggest. The red is obviously a much better contrast. But I expect someone within the club is desperate for it to be aired so it seems like less of an almighty f*cking catastrophe of a decision to have such a change strip. havent we had a white kit before as the 2nd kit...? around 2002(ish)...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2012 White against yellow? Far from ideal, I'd suggest. The red is obviously a much better contrast. But I expect someone within the club is desperate for it to be aired so it seems like less of an almighty f*cking catastrophe of a decision to have such a change strip. We shall see, based on, well, everything in the last 3 years I'm sure they couldn't give a toss once they've got your money. Weirdly I don't own it yet, and I like it a billion times more than the red one which I did stump up for once I'd worked out we were rarely wearing the white one. Oh, and of course I have the yellow for wearing to away matches where the red kit actually clashes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 havent we had a white kit before as the 2nd kit...? around 2002(ish)...? Dunno; wasn't it a third kit? In any case, I reckon we wore it more than once and didn't stick rigidly to an "under no circumstances will we change shorts/socks" policy, therefore making the all white away kit redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 We shall see, based on, well, everything in the last 3 years I'm sure they couldn't give a toss once they've got your money. Weirdly I don't own it yet, and I like it a billion times more than the red one which I did stump up for once I'd worked out we were rarely wearing the white one. Oh, and of course I have the yellow for wearing to away matches where the red kit actually clashes... A couple of mates I play 5 a side with have got it. The "classic" look of it is entirely spoiled by the awful off-white sticker of aap3. We really need to get that sorted out; our last couple of kits look like they were made in a Thailand sweat shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 havent we had a white kit before as the 2nd kit...? around 2002(ish)...? Yep. We also had this one around 07/08: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2012 (edited) havent we had a white kit before as the 2nd kit...? around 2002(ish)...? Yes, 2002/3. It was fairly silly then as well, but we had three kits, they were all available to buy so none of them looked like an afterthought, and at least we weren't clashing with teams in the colours of our normal kit then. Plus, the rules were different so it HAD to be worn a certain number of times, which is not the case any more. I don't mind if they actually wear it due to daft rules, but launching it and never wearing it is just bloody silly. If they had any sense they'd have confirmed when we were going to wear it, and they could have pointlessly trotted it out with red shorts at Everton, Norwich, etc. The 2007-ish one was also one of 3 that we sold. It's only a stupid idea when about half the teams we face play in red or white or red and white and they don't bother to sell the kit we actually wear when we do clash. Edited 30 November, 2012 by The9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2012 A couple of mates I play 5 a side with have got it. The "classic" look of it is entirely spoiled by the awful off-white sticker of aap3. We really need to get that sorted out; our last couple of kits look like they were made in a Thailand sweat shop. I saw it on a mate pre-season, the white of the shirt, the white of the aap3 logo, the white on the badge, the white on the Prem sleeve badge and the white on the edge of the shirt number are all different shades of white. It's horrible if you can't look past it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 havent we had a white kit before as the 2nd kit...? around 2002(ish)...? We also had one in the late 80s or early 90's a white hummel one. Here it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 We also had a all white kit early 90's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 Anyone going tomorrow at least can be grateful that they will be able to wear the red kit in any pub and be free from any trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2012 Dunno; wasn't it a third kit? In any case, I reckon we wore it more than once and didn't stick rigidly to an "under no circumstances will we change shorts/socks" policy, therefore making the all white away kit redundant. In 2002/3 our home kit was stripes, black shorts, white socks. Away kit was yellow/blue/yellow, and the white/dark red/dark red was the third. We mixed a bit at Chelsea : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2012 We also had one in the late 80s or early 90's a white hummel one. Here it is. Nice clip, I actually own that, ugly jade trim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 We also had one in the late 80s or early 90's a white hummel one. Here it is. I seem to recall around this time there was one game where we wore a god-awful combination of kits; something like yellow away shirt, white shorts, and some disastrous socks. It was like a technicolour swapshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 Anyone going tomorrow at least can be grateful that they will be able to wear the red kit in any pub and be free from any trouble. Or indeed the white one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 This is brilliant. A home kit no one likes, an away kit we cant wear and a third kit no one can buy. Brillian stuff. You couldn't make it up could you! Yet the club tell us the home kit is their fastest selling kit for years. Personally I like the home kit this season but I do struggle to beleive it's sold more than the sash kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 You couldn't make it up could you! Yet the club tell us the home kit is their fastest selling kit for years. Personally I like the home kit this season but I do struggle to beleive it's sold more than the sash kit. The sash sold out in September; the club dropped a huge ricket with the amount that they ordered in from Umbro, and it took absolutely ages to get any back in stock (which promptly sold out again when they did arrive). The home kit has therefore sold very quickly, but only compared to last year's stripes and a sash kit that was unavailable for ages. Its just a bit of clever marketing spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2012 The sash sold out in September; the club dropped a huge ricket with the amount that they ordered in from Umbro, and it took absolutely ages to get any back in stock (which promptly sold out again when they did arrive). The home kit has therefore sold very quickly, but only compared to last year's stripes and a sash kit that was unavailable for ages. Its just a bit of clever marketing spin. I'm pretty sure I could take a random sample of pics from this and last season and prove it's barely if at all more evident this season compared to last as well, if only I could be ar5ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2012 I seem to recall around this time there was one game where we wore a god-awful combination of kits; something like yellow away shirt, white shorts, and some disastrous socks. It was like a technicolour swapshop. Yeah, we had a yellow hummel away shirt, and the shorts for that were white with black trim - same shorts they're wearing in that video in fact. Think the socks were white - not sure if they're the white ones in the video, which have jade turnovers. Even that white kit against Liverpool mixes jade trim on shirt and socks with just black trim on the shorts. (Home kit had black shorts and socks that season). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2012 (edited) My mistake, there is some token jade trim on those white shorts : This wasn't much better : especially when we had another away kit with the same white shorts which didn't match : Edited 30 November, 2012 by The9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2012 Found the yellow hummel (ironically posted on here in Feb 2011) and this shows that it USUALLY went with the black home shorts and socks - but the hideous white/jade collar suggests it was also worn with the white/jade/black shorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 30 November, 2012 The image above also shows that we had a white away kit in 1987-89 (with black hummel chevrons all the way down the arm in a similar style to this one) : and in 1997/8 (Pony Sanderson with jade trim, also worn very infrequently). Oh, and the sash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 F*cking hell.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 F*cking hell.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 That poster looks like the cover of a David Icke book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 That poster looks like the cover of a David Icke book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie May Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 It'll be the yellow kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie May Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 It'll be the yellow kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 It'll be the yellow kit. When? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 It'll be the yellow kit. When? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted 30 November, 2012 Share Posted 30 November, 2012 Christ. That just reminds me I own 32 of those shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 1 December, 2012 Share Posted 1 December, 2012 Wonder how many fans will actually be wearing white today? Having bought one because I dislike it less than I dislike the red, and since it is THE white shirt game, suppose it should have an outing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 1 December, 2012 Share Posted 1 December, 2012 Christ. That just reminds me I own 32 of those shirts. Only 32 ? Bl**dy plastic ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 1 December, 2012 Share Posted 1 December, 2012 Whilst I've kept all of my nippers Saints shirts, which he can have back when he's older, I find very odd, Jimmy Saville kind of odd, that grown men actually keep their old kits or actually care about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 1 December, 2012 Share Posted 1 December, 2012 Our players are just going to keep passing the ball to Liverpool players today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 December, 2012 Share Posted 1 December, 2012 Whilst I've kept all of my nippers Saints shirts, which he can have back when he's older, I find very odd, Jimmy Saville kind of odd, that grown men actually keep their old kits or actually care about them. Not as odd as those that feel the need to say how odd it is on a football forum. Now that IS odd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 1 December, 2012 Share Posted 1 December, 2012 Our players are just going to keep passing the ball to Liverpool players today. On the flip side, Yoshida might start passing it to his own players rather than the opposition... :) (Harsh but couldn't resist the potential comedy value) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 1 December, 2012 Share Posted 1 December, 2012 This wasn't much better : Is this the same shirt as below ? I'm not sure it is as the above photo appears to have a collar. Found the yellow hummel (ironically posted on here in Feb 2011) I only recall us wearing this shirt once, at Arsenal away (1989/90 season), and it was never on sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 1 December, 2012 Share Posted 1 December, 2012 Not as odd as those that feel the need to say how odd it is on a football forum. Now that IS odd... Is it as odd as people who feel the need to use the same hilarious gag over and over again by commenting on a soccerball forum that posting about something being odd, is odder than doing it? I would say most definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 1 December, 2012 Share Posted 1 December, 2012 Plenty of white flags as well ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlavik Posted 1 December, 2012 Share Posted 1 December, 2012 I guess I'm the only one who thinks the while set looks awesome.. Oh well, my girlfriend says my taste in clothes is dreadful, perhaps she's right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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