Arsenal concept

[gordie_delini]

I'm kinda surprised you haven't done the Timbers yet.

(...who should: 1. Ditch the old NASL logo and keep the excessively sharp new logo with the stripes, and 2. Use striped shirts to go with their logo.)

good call, and i agree with you about their logo and uniforms...spot on!

[Jambo Drew]

Gordie,

I would love to see these. Canada, Hearts, & Scotland with the old circular badge - circa Mexico 1986. see the links for emblems.

Cheers,

http://www.heartsfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/H...,,10289,00.html

http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/index.asp

[gordie_delini]

coming up: columbus crew, portland timbers, heart of midlothian, canada, scotland

[lost_limey]

If I can find some good pics, (and unfortunately that's a big if ) is there any chance of seeing my beloved Oxford United in this style? Or evn my somewhat less beloved DC United?

[gordie_delini]

If I can find some good pics, (and unfortunately that's a big if ) is there any chance of seeing my beloved Oxford United in this style? Or evn my somewhat less beloved DC United?

of course! DC and Columbus are easy - the tricky part with the lower division UK clubs is the sponsor

[gordie_delini]

Columbus Crew:

DC United - not too sure about this one - suggestions would be welcomed:

Heart of Midlothian:

Oxford United:

Portland Timbers - a couple of years ago they shared Celtic's style - I really like the hoops for this club, and so it's pretty close to the Celtic design I did:

[-kj]

Do the Timbers have a new shirt sponsor? I dig hoops as a general rule, but I don't think they work for the Timbers, as they're the opposite of what's in their logo. (Though, I suppose technically the stripes in the logo are curved, and I wouldn't want to see that, I don't think.)

With DC United, I think you've committed what DCU supporters would consider a complete blasphemous sin: taking the three stripes off the front. The sash also looks somewhat awkward on the whites.

[horrorshow]

With DC United, I think you've committed what DCU supporters would consider a complete blasphemous sin:  taking the three stripes off the front.

Well first off, there's no way Nike would allow their shirts to be branded with a rival company. This has me thinking. What happens when Adidas' sponsorship deal runs out and MLS decides not to renew? Nice work by the way Gordie.

[-kj]

Yeah, I knew that'd be brought up. And, while three stripes is adidas's signature look, DCU fans have grown very attached to the stripes across the front, from what I can tell.

This blog entry is merely one man's opinion, but one that I've heard echoed by others as well.

[gordie_delini]

As for the timbers, they haven't got a new sponsor, but since Valencia is also toyota, i wanted to do a new shirt sponsor. HealthNet is an actual team sponsor, so i just put their logo on the kits. I agree the hoops may not be best, but verticle stripes just don't work for the timbers with that logo.

As for DC, i agree with you both. I tried to play with stripes on the front, but using the three stripes would be a copyright infringement for nike. So i went away from that. I was really disappointed not being able to use that for DC. In this case, I really think DC should stick to Adidas. I agree with all of your comments on those, Mockba. Any ideas to improve upon this without stealing the three stripes?

[horrorshow]

How about something similar to this Inter shirt:

The front of the shirt has 3 blue vertical "stripes." The sleeves, as well as the lower side panels would obviously be black. It's the only way I could think of that Nike would be able to implement 3 stripes without thinking outside the box.

[horrorshow]

I apologize for taking liberties on your design Gordie, but here's a quick and dirty mock up:

Too much white for DCU methinks, but the 3 stripes are present.

[gordie_delini]

EDIT - check out DC now

[lost_limey]

Oxford United:

Thank you, thank you, thank you. These look amazing, (aside from the all-black away but that's OUFC's fault, not yours). I couldn't find any pictures of jersy backs, so I'm really impressed by the number styling there.

As for DC United, I think your update works well enough on the 3-stripes without being blatantly adidas

[CZzyzx41]

Just getting back on this thread. 2 pages late. Thanks so much for the Norwich City concept. Beautiful Home kit and I still LLLooove the away look. Looking at the rest, and the swoop design works better than many of the swoop looks that nike has come up with for other sports uniforms. Nice work!