New 'England' Shirt

[JamesWolves]

Hate it everything about it is screaming Germany what a terrible terrible plain crappy design too

 

[FLEET WOLF]

Who cares either way?

 

[SE10 Wolf]

Yuk!

 

[The_Blade]

Quite like it.

 

[Munich_Wolf]

Very odd, very German.

"I'm not liking" it.

 

[foolsgold]

Jesus wepts that is pants...uke:

 

[kidder_wolf_II]

That's Germany's shirt.

$$$$ sack FA

 

[Very Proud (AKA Still Proud)]

Can't view your link so I googled it and gotta say its a real departure

 

[GY Wolf]

Do I Not Like That.

 

[Sephiroth]

I dare say if the FA took a much more german approach, english football would be a lot better off all round.

 

[Chungster]

Can't view your link so I googled it and gotta say its a real departure

HAND BALL!!!! Surely...

 

[WasStefan]

Looks like a US 'soccer jersey'

I'll probably still end up buying it when they're £5 at Sports Direct in a years time

 

[Sephiroth]

Apparently its navy blue trim according to bbc

 

[Scott.Cooper]

I think it's odd without any Red.

 

[IrchyWolf]

Looks terrible.

 

[Sedgley Gold N Black]

As has already been said look like a Germany top.

Think if it was red instead of dark blue it would look abit more like England.

 

[k-dog]

we should be sponsored by Umbro or Reebok or another (Originally) English firm. $$$$ that yank tick.

 

[IrchyWolf]

..

 

[wolvesultra]

we should be sponsored by Umbro or Reebok or another (Originally) English firm. $$$$ that yank tick.

this!

 

[MarkFu]

Aren't Umbro owned by Nike anyway?

I emailed Admiral a few years ago asking why they hadn't remade any of their old England shirts (The 82 one in particular). They replied telling me that they would love to remake those strips, but couldn't because Umbro wouldn't allow them to use the 3 lions.

On that new strip; absolutely soulless, which is actually probably a perfect match for the current England team.

 

[Black Coffee]

Looks pretty crap and looks like one of those £1 cheapo T-Shirts you see in Sportsdirect.

 

[JamesWolves]

http://news.sky.com/story/1093330/new-england-kit-compared-to-old-german-strip

Spot the difference anyone ?

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

Why is a random 12 year old modelling it?

 

[bridgnorthwolf]

Modern football shirts without sponsor logos always look rubbish. Brazil probably being the only real exception.

Looks good though for an England shirt. Far better than anything Umbro have churned out.

 

[V Wolf]

Why is a random 12 year old modelling it?

According to the article:
"The first look of the shirt was tweeted by England and Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere, who let one lucky pupil at his old school model it."

 

[WasStefan]

Modern football shirts without sponsor logos always look rubbish. Brazil probably being the only real exception.

Looks good though for an England shirt. Far better than anything Umbro have churned out.

The last England home and away shirts made by Umbro were probably the best England shirts I've ever worn. Simple and looked good. Especially the blue away one IMO.

 

[Strats]

National flag is RED and white ... No Blue!!!!

 

[DawleyWolf]

 

[V Wolf]

What is strange though is that this doesn't seem to be an "official" launch of the kit, yet nobody is going mental saying he's "leaked" it? I would have thought a company of the size and reputation of Nike would be very careful about the launch like this, not have some random kid snapped in it and posted on Twitter with no announcement?

 

[PREM.L.L]

Awful.

 

[WonderWolf]

Horrid!

 

[KiwiWolf]

I dare say if the FA took a much more german approach, english football would be a lot better off all round.

Too true!! Might even be worth watching!

 

[gordonchas]

National flag is RED and white ... No Blue!!!!

It's a real shame that so many don't appear to have any sense of tradition.

England played in white and navy from their very first game in 1872, and from 1882 in white shirts and navy shorts, and it's only very recently that - in the name of "marketing" - there's been departures to the god-awful white-royal and all white kits as first choices.

Not that any of this matters but you could also ask why Italy play in blue and Holland in orange - the answers being similar, or why Spain plays in navy blue shorts? None of these colours feature on their flags either.

 

[Bjorn Star]

I really like it. Am I missing something? Why do people hate it so much?

I know there's no red but we've played with dark blue shorts for years.

 

[KiwiWolf]

IIRC wasn't the 1966 WC Final one of the first times England didn't play in this strip as it clashed totally with Germany? We tossed a coin for it and they won so we played in red shirts and white shorts, but that was never our normal kit.

 

[NewarkWolf]

Any pics??

 

[stuj4z]

It is navy blue not black. It was leaked on footballshirtculture.com months ago as well as the red away

 

[Tettenhall Wolf]

Don't like it. Saved me some money there though

 

[Deleted member 4023]

National flag is RED and white ... No Blue!!!!

England have nearly always played in white shirts with navy shorts as per the F.A.badge. The red came about because of the red rose emblems on the badge (not because of the flag)

 

[andy-in-seat-190]

Aren't Umbro owned by Nike anyway?

I emailed Admiral a few years ago asking why they hadn't remade any of their old England shirts (The 82 one in particular). They replied telling me that they would love to remake those strips, but couldn't because Umbro wouldn't allow them to use the 3 lions.

On that new strip; absolutely soulless, which is actually probably a perfect match for the current England team.

Sold the company last year to some American sports brand - couldn't be bothered to google who - but I know they took quite a hit (around £80 mil IIRC) between purchase and sale price.