Comments on: Almost Weekly Blog – 13th April

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:09:11 +0000

I do like the Preston kit but take your point about it being a year out of date. Its not as if Preston are a lower league side – they may even swap places with Pompey this season!

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:37:02 +0000

Well one Canterbury kit for next season has been revealed already – for Preston North End. It’s al alright kit but, it’s the same design that Portsmouth were wearing LAST SEASON! So in effect the design would be a couple of seasons out of date!!

Looking forward to the QPR section they’ve had some interesting kits over the years, particularly away strips – who could ever forget their infamous “Dennis the Menace” style shirts which have been used on several occasions? I remember they did have one away kit in white about 99/00 which wasn’t functional, due to the home shirt being about 70% white!

By: Andy Burton

Andy Burton — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:50:02 +0000

Yes be careful with posters – I tried an england one and Umbro got really shirty (if you’ll pardon the pun!)

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:54:45 +0000

Many thanks for your responses, I really appreciate them. I think getting my archive online may take some time but is something I will probably look at starting in the summer – so watch this space.

Andrew, copyright permissions are tricky things and are getting trickier believe me!! Basically if you produce anything that relates specifically to just one club you have to pay a royalty/license fee. Some clubs require advances on this as well which can make ventures like this very expensive and risky. I hope to have some news relating to this soon.

Mark…the Rovers kits are coming…I promise!!!

Andy…the Palace kits are also coming…I promise!!

By: Andy Burton

Andy Burton — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:05:33 +0000

hmmm another rival! Just joking…any news on the Palace 70’s article?

By: Mark Jessop

Mark Jessop — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:55:40 +0000

As far as posting entire updated club sets on the site, obviously this would be great from our point of view. For you though this would surely mean losing revenue from potential book sales. How about a patron scheme where regulars to the site pay a set amount per month to make this worth your while. I for one would be happy to do this in recognition of the hard work you put in. What do others think?

Re the QPR kits, I particularly remember the ‘Influence’ kits. Never a major kit maker but they always seemed to add a bit of originality to their designs. Looking forward to seeing these on the site.

By the way what happened to the Melchester Rovers section?

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:46:19 +0000

It’d be great to see it all online but hopefully that won’t stop people buying the books also, for me you can’t beat having the book in front of you.

By: john

john — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:00:46 +0000

love to see each club section online including updates,i’ve wrote a few e-mails to ‘historical football kits’ in the past regarding updates.I remember luton town with the stein brothers and the adidas replicas they wore ,playing at old trafford in the mid 80’s,they had a good little side back then but i suppose most will remember them for banning away fans and the plastic pitch.

By: Andrew Rockall

Andrew Rockall — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:49:07 +0000

I agree Luton will be missed as a league club. Great kits in the late 70’s and early eighties.

Is there a way you can sell the images as posters? Or do you only have permission to reproduce them in a book?

By: #4

#4 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:00:50 +0000

I’d certainly welcome updates to the book, at least in hi-res PDF’s. I bought both books but the gap between the end of period covered in the book and your 08-09 updates is quite big.