- Apr 13, 2015
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I bet there was outrage on the Deutsche Nachrichten channel....Yes. In happened in Germany, their National kit had a drastic rework after 1945.
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[Football] The new England shirt
- Thread starter Seagull Stew
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- Apr 5, 2014
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I agree about the St George's Cross. I'd hoped we would have a more appropriate flag than that.
Go on fill us all in.
I'm genuinely perplexed as to what the new colours are actually supposed to mean. Seems like a quirky design choice to appeal to Gen Z and their obsession with wearing expensive football shirts as fashion (not critical, slightly jealous).
- Oct 17, 2008
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I would prefer the St George flag on an England shirt, but I am not as bothered about that as I am the outrageous price they are charging.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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I think that was under change as well!I bet there was outrage on the Deutsche Nachrichten channel....
- Apr 13, 2015
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To be fair, back to the original topic, I don't personally care about what is on the shirt, I rarely watch England play ( maybe the traditional semi or quarter exit)... I have never purchased any replica shirt, not even an Albion one, in all the years since my first match in 1974 aged 11....
.... I do feel a modicum of mild reverence for our national symbols, probably driven by a family full of current and past service personnel.... that's all really.
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At least the playful re-imagining of the flag will give us something else to talk about whilst England bore everyone senseless in a series of 1-0s and 0-0s to qualify from their group, smash some bunch of noddy farmers 8-0 in the R16 then get knocked out in the quarters by Spain.
sydney
tinky ****in winky
shouldn't there be a brown hoop in the middle ..?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Can someone tell me what I am supposed to be upset about? Is it a flag? Is it a decoration on the collar of the shirt in different colours?
Did anyone moan about this in 2012?
banjo
GOSBTS
Should think ourselves lucky. This is the new dragon logo for the Welsh kit.
- Mar 23, 2023
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How the living f*** can they justify £125 for a football top?
Actually sickening. f*** Nike, ****s.
Actually sickening. f*** Nike, ****s.
“How dare they deface our flag?”
brightn'ove
cringe
Reading moronic opinions on twitter is not research
Use those colours elsewhere then. You don't mess up a nation's flag on their shirt.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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It's the thin end of the edge
I have no objection to changing it up, in principal. I don’t think it’s “woke” or any of the divisive bullshit. And it is a tiny part of the shirt.
However, the George Cross is red on a white background and it evokes more than the sum of its parts.
Seems silly and unnecessarily provocative to change it to blue and purple.
However, the George Cross is red on a white background and it evokes more than the sum of its parts.
Seems silly and unnecessarily provocative to change it to blue and purple.
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It isn't a flag. It's a thing on a shirt. Like a poppy (remember that debacle?). It has only been on the shirt for 15 years or so and this is not the first 'interpretation' cross. We have had wavy crosses, and we have had Chevrolet badge shaped ones (I have one like that. Lovely, it is).
Don't be triggered by oaves like Anderson and Farrage. You're better than that
Meanwhile in Germany
Row erupts over German football team switching supplier from Adidas to Nike
The German Football Association's decision to ditch supplier Adidas for Nike is blasted by politicians.
www.bbc.co.uk