Comments on: Almost Weekly Blog 2 May

By: Matt Wilkins

Matt Wilkins — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:35:06 +0000

Just seen the new toon kit in the flesh, and held it in my hands, and its really nice. It does use a standard template, but the material is the same as the kit from 1999-01, and it has the same pattern as the classic kit from the 1995-96 seasons. It also has a white back, which Im not a fan of, but on the whole its a huge improvement over the kit from the last two seasons.

On the Bolton one, the main problem with that is that the badge is too small on the kit. It looks tiny, and the shirt looks like it could be worn for any team, theres nothing “Bolton” about the kit. Reebok have made some great new kits for the big South American clubs on the roster, but with Bolton, they have lost the plot.

By the way, Celtics new away shirt is going to cause a lot of awful clashes next season. Its a remake of the bumblebee kit from 1996-98 if the rumours are true.

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:58:37 +0000

Hello Amir – I must admit, I generally love all things Nike – but I’m not sure about those shorts. Maybe they’ll look better in the flesh? I was not impressed by the Bolton kit but it does look a little better being worn then just simply laid flat and displayed.

By: Andrew Rockall

Andrew Rockall — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:36:44 +0000

At least with the new Bolton kit we are assured of having some Barcodes in the Prem next season even if Newcastle fail to aviod the drop.

By: Amir

Amir — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:01:32 +0000

Celtic’s new 3rd kit is just plain ridiculous, never mind whether they will ever be able to wear it against anyone. I agree with Jon, M&S should sue.

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:05:30 +0000

Jon – I share your views on the Bolton kit. It could have been a nice looking shirt if it wasn’t for those stripes – a bizarre decision to include them really.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:51:19 +0000

What is more remarkable about Celtic’s “International” away kit is that with the home kit having broken hoops due to UEFA’s war on stripes, the back of the shirt is almost plain white and so makes the “International” away kit useless.

The problem is that with Celtic’s hoops being broken in European competition due to UEFA’s war on stripes, the back of the shirt is plain white (which I know has angered a lot of traditionalists!), so this new “International” away kit is utterly pointless. The shorts though are bizarre and look like a pair of M&S boxer shorts!

I used to remember the times when Hibs and Celtic would play each other and neither would change colours, it was extremely confusing. Thankfully common sense prevailed in the 90’s and both teams adopted distinguishable away colours, though a couple of years ago Celtic kept wearing a green and black striped kit at Hibs which caused visibility problems – it didn’t help the fact that in 07/08 they had the usual home kit, a bottle green away kit and retained the green and black striped kit as a third choice!

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:32:55 +0000

Hello Teddy,

Thanks for your message and kind words! I’m delighted you are enjoying the site! QPR kits will be coming very soon I promise. I will be posting online today the short article I recently wrote for the QPR magazine. I think you’re right about the Hoops 09-10 kits. I wasn’t sure at all about the 08-09 outfits but these ones look a lot better – always good to see the red and black hoops back.

By: John Devlin

John Devlin — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:32:44 +0000

Hello Ian – the Celtic away kit is being marketed as their ‘international’ away kit, meaning (in theory) that it will only be worn in Europe. Similarly Liverpool’s 08-09 green kit was their ‘European’ kit. Try calling these a third kit (because really to all intents and purposes thats what they are!) and the clubs get a little touchy! The only time I’ve ever seen Celtic play in the flesh was against Hibs in 1980 at Celtic Park with both teams wearing their home kits!

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:32:56 +0000

Yuo can add Celtic’s new away effort to the list as well. White shirt with green tartan shorts! Where are they going to wear that? Hibs? Ridiculous.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:56:03 +0000

With kit clashes being a cause for debate at the minute after the Hull City debacle and Villa having to wear white at home something should be done regarding home and away kits being too similar. I’m not sure if those rules taken from the Premier League covers this but it should be.

I know some teams who wear white stripes have released white away kits in the past – Sunderland did so only last season, and teams such as Stoke and Sheffield United have had white away kits many times in the past, but it’s a different matter altogether for teams which wear halved kits due to the colour arrangement on the shirt and certain angles at which they are viewed at.

Take Blackburn’s shirt for instance, which when viewed from a certain angle looks more white than blue. It’s just nonsense. I remember a similar instance in the Dutch league a few years back, when Feyenoord rather stupidly brought out a white away kit with green trim, but did not have a third kit. It caused a few problems, most notably when they wore the kit at Ajax, causing a terrible clash in my opinion.

Oh and I’ve just seen the new Bolton Wanderers home shirt, another early contender for worst kit of the season, Reebok really have gone down the pan since Adidas bought them.