Saintsfan 21 Posted April 12, 2011 Chelsea are fast out of the traps with their 11-12 home kitAnd it isn't that bad! A few other leaks going about the place, but lets leave this thread for officially announced kits! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crashcarson15 2,540 Posted April 12, 2011 That's actually really, really nice. Well done, Chelsea. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gothamite 24,921 Posted April 12, 2011 Not bad at all. If anything, the yoke is a bit too much white.I understand what they were going for with the touch of red, but it never looked good to me. Simple blue accented with white looks so much better on them. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billy B 154 Posted April 12, 2011 I like everything besides the extra white on the shoulders and shorts. And I'll get this out of the way now and not comment about it in the rest of the thread, adidas for putting their three stripes across every shirt. The logo on the chest is fine, but they have to throw their stripes on every shirt and every pair of shorts. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conrad. 2,954 Posted April 12, 2011 A couple looks at the leaked FCB 11/12 home strip:I like the approach to the "faux-sash" created by varying-width stripes, but I hope that the shorts aren't just plain red like that...also hoping that the socks are blue if those above pics are correct. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arts11 20 Posted April 12, 2011 Kinda curious, but when did the whole sponsors-on-soccer-uniforms thing start/really take off? I remember when I was a kid and was just introduced to international soccer, I seriously thought those sponsor names on the front of the uni were the actual team names lol. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-kj 2,446 Posted April 12, 2011 I read an article on this in FourFourTwo a few years ago on a flight back home from London. Here's what Wikipedia has to say on the subject:In a Southern League game against Bath City on 24 January 1976, Kettering became the first British club to play with a sponsor's name printed on their shirts after signing a deal with local firm Kettering Tyres. The deal was brokered by chief executive and manager Derek Dougan. Four days later, The Football Association ordered the club to remove the slogan, but Dougan changed the words on the shirts to "Kettering T", and claimed that the T stood for "Town". Nonetheless, the FA ordered the club to remove the words, which the club did due to the threat of a £1,000 fine. Shirt sponsorship was eventually legalised within the English game in 1977. Kettering are also the first ever British team to have their initials on their ground's floodlights. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJM 156 Posted April 12, 2011 Not liking these at all...Puma has officially ruined Newcastle's kits 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arts11 20 Posted April 12, 2011 I read an article on this in FourFourTwo a few years ago on a flight back home from London. Here's what Wikipedia has to say on the subject:In a Southern League game against Bath City on 24 January 1976, Kettering became the first British club to play with a sponsor's name printed on their shirts after signing a deal with local firm Kettering Tyres. The deal was brokered by chief executive and manager Derek Dougan. Four days later, The Football Association ordered the club to remove the slogan, but Dougan changed the words on the shirts to "Kettering T", and claimed that the T stood for "Town". Nonetheless, the FA ordered the club to remove the words, which the club did due to the threat of a £1,000 fine. Shirt sponsorship was eventually legalised within the English game in 1977. Kettering are also the first ever British team to have their initials on their ground's floodlights.Interesting. Thanks for shedding some light on that. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NEW.ERA 159 Posted April 12, 2011 Not liking these at all...Puma has officially ruined Newcastle's kitsMy God. They had such beauties, what the hell happened! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJM 156 Posted April 12, 2011 Not liking these at all...Puma has officially ruined Newcastle's kitsMy God. They had such beauties, what the hell happened!Puma happened. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DGivens87 1 Posted April 12, 2011 That Chelsea kit is class, adidas stripes and all.I'm interested to see what Nike has planned for ManU... 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Popmart 196 Posted April 12, 2011 Not liking these at all...Puma has officially ruined Newcastle's kitsMy God. They had such beauties, what the hell happened!Puma happened.I prefer this season's Puma Newcastle Kits to next season's, but still prefer either of them to their adidas kits from last year. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJWalker45 6,250 Posted April 13, 2011 That Newcastle shirt is nice, it's just not a Newcastle home shirt. If this was anyone else there would be no complaints 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Don 7 Posted April 13, 2011 Hate the new Barca shirt. I'll stick with my perfect 10/11 kit. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beantown77 187 Posted April 13, 2011 That Newcastle shirt is nice, it's just not a Newcastle home shirt. If this was anyone else there would be no complaintsMy thoughts exactly!Good template, just not for the magpies. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chestnutz 176 Posted April 13, 2011 Arsenal leaked a while back. Essentially the same as their one now, with no red cuffs or white collar, so the absolute bare minimum. Also a fancy shmancy embellishment on the crest. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJWalker45 6,250 Posted April 13, 2011 I think that Arsenal kit was a photoshop. Arsenal have been adamant about pushing their current logo on uniforms. There's no way the leaves underneath would see the field 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
