What makes a good football kit?

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #1

With the season of new kits being announced underway, i was discussing with my mates what actually makes a nice kit. I was quite passionately in favor of a classic simple shirt with no sponsor(Although understandably not possible in todays money controlled football). my friend was very much in favor of the new designs where they are trying to fit as much colors which are not related to the club at all on. what in your opinion actually makes a nice kit?

 

CheeseRolls

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #2

I always seem to take a while to get used to a kit change. So not sure I am best placed to judge. I will say I still hate that shoddy Nike kit from last season.

Nike and Sky Bet can both do one, cheap rubbish.

 

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BensGrandad

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #3

Clubs have tradition so stick with it like us and Sheff Wed are renowned for Blue and White stripes as much as QPR and Reading are for Hoops.

 

brightn'ove

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #4

1. Simplicity
2. Elegance.

Both personified in the inter kit from this season

 

SteveTheSeagull

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #5

brightn'ove said:

1. Simplicity
2. Elegance.

Both personified in the inter kit from this season

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Thing with these type of kits if you've either got to be quite skinny or quite muscular. A fat fan like myself wouldn't be seen dead in something like this as it's not designed for peole with my body type lol

 

brightn'ove

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #6

SteveTheSeagull said:

Thing with these type of kits if you've either got to be quite skinny or quite muscular. A fat fan like myself wouldn't be seen dead in something like this as it's not designed for peole with my body type lol

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I guess so but they are designed primarily for the players

 

bn1&bn3 Albion

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #7

Plain and simple.

 

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dennis

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #8

Whàt makes a good football kit?

A Chinese boy on 4 pence an hour!

 

JBizzle

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #9

SteveTheSeagull said:

Thing with these type of kits if you've either got to be quite skinny or quite muscular. A fat fan like myself wouldn't be seen dead in something like this as it's not designed for peole with my body type lol

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Or more depressingly you need to buy an XXXL when you're only actually an M or an L

 

Bry Nylon

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #10

Absolute perfection for me right here. Wish the club would stop dicking around with what was never broken in the first place.



(I would concede to a sponsor across the front as that is unavoidable in modern football, but other than that don't try to improve a classic).

 

desprateseagull

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• Jun 14, 2015

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No more than two colours, discreet logo'ing..

 

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dennis

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Bry Nylon said:

Absolute perfection for me right here. Wish the club would stop dicking around with what was never broken in the first place.

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(I would concede to a sponsor across the front as that is unavoidable in modern football, but other than that don't try to improve a classic).

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I'm sure that Nike could do this and swap the bukta sleeve design for a row of swoosh's. It would actually be perfect with the white square and a red number on the back.

 

StonehamPark

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #13

Bry Nylon said:

Absolute perfection for me right here. Wish the club would stop dicking around with what was never broken in the first place.

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(I would concede to a sponsor across the front as that is unavoidable in modern football, but other than that don't try to improve a classic).

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Yes please.

 

Bry Nylon

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dennis said:

I'm sure that Nike could do this and swap the bukta sleeve design for a row of swoosh's. It would actually be perfect with the white square and a red number on the back.

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So long as they use modern fabrics. (I had a replica Bukta kit as a schoolboy and it was woven from something akin to old sacking and a scouring pad. My nipples used to bleed just jogging from the changing rooms to the centre circle...)

 

WhingForPresident

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #15

The exact opposite of this:

 

Mowgli37

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #16

WhingForPresident said:

The exact opposite of this:

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I've seen pub teams with better kits than that.

 

Superphil

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #17

What makes a good kit? Simple, go to a smaller manufacturer who really wants your business and get them to design something for you. Trouble is, the big boys want it all, and chuck serious money at clubs which in turn will put the smaller firms in a difficult predicament. .

 

Dirk Lehmann's Python

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #18

a good colour match and a nice collar

 

StonehamPark

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Super Steve Earle

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• Jun 14, 2015

• #20

Anything but the tat that Nike dumped on us last year with it's tacky plastic strip stuck on for the sponsors. I won't buy anything by Nike till they do a better job and show they can do quality, not just quantity.