2023/24 Kits

[DiV]

Let’s be honest - it hasn’t been made for the team to wear really has it.
Like all 3rd shirts - it’s just a gimmicky ploy to sell merchandise.

Very rarely do teams actually need a 3rd kit and usually if they do it’s because they’ve deliberately made their away kit an extremely popular colour (hello white away kits) so their home & away kits will clash with teams.

I think it looks bloody brilliant and will sell but the team won’t use it much - if ever.

[DiV]

…and that fact it’s been released 3 months into the season which just so happens to be a month away from Christmas is clearly not a footballing based decision either…

[Mooneyraker]

Brewitt's dog! 

[ChalkyWhiteIsGod]

So the football manager kit wasn't a placeholder at all then haha.

[DiV]

Brewitt's dog! 

What position can the dog play?

[Nomoreheroes]

Brewitt's dog! 

Has a similar hairstyle!

[horlock07]

I think it looks bloody brilliant and will sell but the team won’t use it much - if ever.

I suspect more likley they will use this and not use the blue one. The whole kits thing is a nonsense anyway insofar as how often do you see teams playing in the 2nd or 3rd kit when there is blatantly no clash with the 1st kit!

[harrisonaw]

Talking of kits, if anyone has a 5/6 year old, last year's away shirt is now two of your English pounds:

https://www.stfcdirect.com/black-friday/sale/kids/2940_2223-kids-away-shirt.html

Few other cheap bits in the sale too

https://www.stfcdirect.com/sale/sale/

I got one of these away shirts a couple of weeks ago for my boy, he's 5 and I don't think it'll fit him now never mind another month of growing ready for xmas they're quite small shirts. It'll probably go to his brother who's 3 and more likely to fit! 

[ChalkyWhiteIsGod]

Nice kit aside, purple being a cross between red and blue really makes it the most pointless choice for a third kit, doesn't it?

Luckily no cup run as if we'd have placed Crystal Palace it would have highlighted what a farce it is.

[4D]

Nice kit aside, purple being a cross between red and blue really makes it the most pointless choice for a third kit, doesn't it?

Luckily no cup run as if we'd have placed Crystal Palace it would have highlighted what a farce it is.

Good job we didn't end up in a replay at Aldershot 

[NotHarryAgombar]

My guess is that the contract with Puma requires 3 kits - if my memory is correct they are often launched in November - the black one from a couple of years ago which had its first outing in 1-4 loss Orient away being an example.

I think there is a rule somewhere which stipulates that the main away kit will be used in a minimum number of games, and similarly (with a lower minimum) for the 3rd kit. This explains the apparently unnecessary wearing of away kits when there is no clash of colours.

[Wobbly Bob]

The main away kit has not done its job in securing away wins so far.
Hopefully the 3rd kit will make its debut on Tuesday & herald a change of fortune on the road.

[4D]

Gonna pop into my loft later to see if I can find my late 90s black and blue inter Milan style shirt for tomorrow.

[Cookie]

The main away kit has not done its job in securing away wins so far.
Hopefully the 3rd kit will make its debut on Tuesday & herald a change of fortune on the road.

Blue kit is cursed so looking forward to the change in our fortunes. I think it is better to have a bright kit, helps to quickly pick players out. I'm at risk of going all Alex Ferguson grey kit but the purple should be more visible than the blue.

[Mooneyraker]

Gonna pop into my loft later to see if I can find my late 90s black and blue inter Milan style shirt for tomorrow.

Love that kit. Prime Iffy and George Ndah. 81 goals conceded that year though!