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Any news on next seasons kits as Port Vales home shirt is selling like hot cakes with over a 1000 sold within 24 hours.

Surely even Man Utd don’t  get sales like that.    Sounds bullshit to me.

Seems credible to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlJRG-10asQ&pp=ygURTmV3IHBvcnQgdmFsZSBraXQ%3D

Looks like a PE kit.

You get a matching dap bag with your initials on it

They missed a trick not having a retro ball with laces!

I was told ours has red shorts again next season. Prefer the white myself.

I’ve always preferred the white shorts.

The Port Vale kit is smart. Very simple, just like me!

Are they supplying logoed black daps with elasticated stretchy bit??

Fanbase may be horrible but ahead of the game with the kit launch and seemingly doing good business.

It's good marketing and timing, random football club shirts are super fashionable now and they've launched it ahead of the summer festivals. I have a few mates who have no opinion on Vale who I could definitely see buying one.

Clever stuff really. I imagine they're not with ProDirect...

Spot on Nemo, Clem take note😁

I mean, they're a league club, why would they beohhhh right *breaks down in tears*

Yep, red/white/red is our traditional kit. Don't hate the red shorts, but much prefer the white...

Rumour doing the rounds I've read is that most of the new kit will be sold online by Pro Direct so they can recoup the money owed to them

Not sure if there is any truth in it

Same as Shaun takes me back to the mid/late 70’s when I first started watching Town but vaguely remember us wearing black shorts at some stage.

We wore black shorts for 2 seasons between 72 and 74.

A grim period in the history of the club, unsuccessful managers were McKay and Allen.  Disintegration of the League Cup winning team occurred, with inevitable relegation ensuing.  So, black shorts are not a good idea.

Think I'm going to design my own shirt this year. It'll feature red, white, a smidge of green and a dash of orange. It will also feature my own abortion of the deprecating club logo as seen on the TEF and two fake sponsors. Will probably look sick af or it'll look like someone threw up on it or even worse, it might look like some form of Wales kit. Still, money more well spent than putting it into the hands of Anthony {I don't know} Fuck Hall

In fact, for a bit of fun {because if we can't laugh then we're all fucking crying} I might even make two and give one away on here, along with some beers again, linked to some form of sweepstake. Probs be like 5 quid a pop, with the winner also getting half the cash and the other half going to a relevant charity. As well as the beer and the beautiful shirt

Only condition/requirement of the winner is, they have to wear the shirt at the first home league game of the new season or pictured at home watching the match in their shirt and preferably opening a tin of beer too  :D

If anyone fancies in, then I'll gladly start a fred for it. Ideally twenty of you participating would be great or ten of you, meaning double chance. I'll then decide what the sweep will be on and also may throw in a cheeky bonus as well

#AllTheFunOfAnthonysAbacus

This would align with the separate table (and separate pay point) in the club shop for shirt sales at the end of the season. ProDirect won’t trust the club to pay on time or at all, perhaps.

It's a self fulfilling prophecy. There's nothing to buy, therefore the club makes no money, therefore they're right.

Clem resents paying for kit clearly - we saw a lot of reducing Puma debt and putting bloody kangaroos on kit in the early days with the AB slideshows... but we're expected to believe that 10 year kit deals ending a year early and the new supplier selling kit on folding tables like the Dudley Boyz on a market stall is normal business.

There was an interview a few weeks back with Joe Gorman of Exeter (average attendances in L1 very similar to ours) where he said they make £600k on merchandise a year... but 80% of that is in brick and mortar sales in person, impulse buys... and only 20% online. Pro-Direct taking over the selling of kit online when they have a bigger distribution makes sense, but they could have actual proper opening hours or rent a space in the town centre as well (Newport County do this and their shopping centre is walking distance from RP) and still make a massive profit! You should be trying to get an extra £10 out of every person through your gates, every game - getting a glossy photo of your favorite player or a DanDesigns ain't doing it either. Where's the pens, pencils, my beloved pencil case, enamel badges and keyrings, Ivo style collector cards... the man don't give  a f-

Not to mention the club calendar.

DeVon! Get the usual business practices!

Or photos for the dart boards