The New Kit Thread

[ohjimmyjimmy]

?...if the home team is wearing red then we would wear our white 1st kit....?

[Andy Waller]

?...if the home team is wearing red then we would wear our white 1st kit....?

How dare you bring common sense into this.

[ohjimmyjimmy]

?...if the home team is wearing red then we would wear our white 1st kit....?

How dare you bring common sense into this.

i was afraid i'd lost the plot !

[deadlineday]

?...if the home team is wearing red then we would wear our white 1st kit....?

How dare you bring common sense into this.

i was afraid i'd lost the plot !

but what would the point be of having an away kit if it only gets used for about 12 games in the season

[ohjimmyjimmy]

?...if the home team is wearing red then we would wear our white 1st kit....?

How dare you bring common sense into this.

i was afraid i'd lost the plot !

but what would the point be of having an away kit if it only gets used for about 12 games in the season

No offence but do you read what you write before you post it?

[Wandering Willy]

but what would the point be of having an away kit if it only gets used for about 12 games in the season

So we could use it 12 times. I think.

[jaffka]

?...if the home team is wearing red then we would wear our white 1st kit....?

How dare you bring common sense into this.

i was afraid i'd lost the plot !

but what would the point be of having an away kit if it only gets used for about 12 games in the season

cos skins aren't allowed in pro soccer

[Prufrock]

You lot clearly haven't factored in teams that play in red AND white. *Runs for cover* #moneymakingthirdkitbusinesslogic

[ohjimmyjimmy]

You lot clearly haven't factored in teams that play in red AND white. *Runs for cover* #moneymakingthirdkitbusinesslogic

Look, we're not in the Premier league any more...!
*grabs & shakes prufrock by the shoulders*

[Andy Waller]

?...if the home team is wearing red then we would wear our white 1st kit....?

How dare you bring common sense into this.

i was afraid i'd lost the plot !

but what would the point be of having an away kit if it only gets used for about 12 games in the season

cos skins aren't allowed in pro soccer

Eurgh, you said "soccer"...

[ohjimmyjimmy]

cos skins aren't allowed in pro soccer


Eurgh, you said "soccer"...

Technically, so did you.

[Andy Waller]

cos skins aren't allowed in pro soccer


Eurgh, you said "soccer"...

Technically, so did you.

I quoted it. And I had my fingers crossed..

[truewhite15]

Actually, I heard that they ARE bringing out a third kit...

Working on the theory that the away kit will be blue (I'm not ITK, it's just a guess), then we would NEED to wear the away kit against the following...

Derby County
Leeds United

A third kit, in...lets say, red, would be worn against teams where the white and blue kits couldn't be worn. So those would be...

Blackburn Rovers
Brighton and Hove Albion
Huddersfield Town
Sheffield Wednesday
And possibly Peterborough United, depending on the design of their home kit.

In the world of logic, you'd just have a red away kit. But this is the world of money-making. I think it's actually in the rules that a team has to have three kits available to wear, alongside two goalkeepers kits, in case of clashes. Ordinarily, a team would just wear their away kit from the season before. However, when a team changes kit manufacturers in the close season, that is no longer possible, so a third kit, usually not worn all that often, is released.

Alternatively, it'll be a red (or yellow, or something) away kit, so the blue third kit would only be worn in the event of cup clashes vs, say, Arsenal, or Sheffield United.

In short, there'll be five different kits up for sale this season.

[ohjimmyjimmy]

Will any of them have elephants on?
I think the third kit should just be an elephant costume.

[Gary the Enfield]

Will any of them have elephants on?
I think the third kit should just be an elephant costume.

Like this?

[Bruce Rioja]

Will any of them have elephants on?
I think the third kit should just be an elephant costume.

Like this?

Ahhhhh, right. I thought Jimmy was suggesting that they do that think whereby you turn your trouser pockets inside out etc.

[ohjimmyjimmy]

No because then you have to get into the whole having a zip sewn into your shorts scenario so you can whack your trunk out, and it's all bit messy. So i think Gary's suggestion is best.

Problem comes however if we're in a league full of teams with grey kits, so we'd just never use it. Unless we went for an Indian elehpant, which is more brown.

[Bruce Rioja]

Here's Kevin Davies now, look!

[ohjimmyjimmy]

I wonder if Bruce is the first person in history to type 'elephant playing football' into a Google Images search...

[BL3]

We had a red change kit for the best part of 40 years (apart from one season when we played in green!) Presumably we played against a few teams who wore red and white stripes during that time. Third kits are just a money-making exercise.