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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Saughall Robin on August 16, 2020, 02:33:22 PM
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What does everyone think?
Although I respect the reasoning behind it, I'm afraid I'm gutted the stripes have gone.
Think that's the first time I've disliked ALL our kits 😲
Won't stop me supporting the Super Robins but, for once I certainly won't be getting a shirt. 🙄
PS : I loved our current one! 😢
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Well, I'm glad it's a bit different. My son absolutely loves it too. Hope the away kit is like the one we wore at York in the cup.
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Awful awful awful. What happened to red and white stripes? ??? And what happened to the fans voting for the kit they want?
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Not for me
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That's awful. We should be in red and white striped shirts and red shorts and socks.
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I must be honest, the original 85/86 kit of one stripe was never a favourite of mine but at least the white isn't as wide as the 80s version.
Paul
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Absoulte class.
Retro, going with the times.
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Its absolutely awful!!! We could have got something decent for national league!! Looks so tinpot and something you find at sunday league!
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PS : I loved our current one! 😢
Me too. It was our true identity imho
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I kind of like it from an aesthetic sense. I'm not sure it's "Alty" but if there's a historic precedent for it, I can live with it.
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I quite like it.
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I like it! Looks fresh, modern and the one stripe looks ace.
A definitely step up in kits and will make us look class next Season. Looks a lot more professional than previous shirts.
Will definitely be buying.
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I kind of like it from an aesthetic sense. I'm not sure it's "Alty" but if there's a historic precedent for it, I can live with it.
I think the real historical precedent it's that we binned it and returned to our Alty self with stripes!
As PCL says, above, the current kit is our true identity
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I like it; we have deviated from the traditional stripes on occasions every so often down the years so don’t have a problem with it. The new online shop is a Great Leap Forward also
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As many of you know we make merchandise, so when we create stuff it's hard to create Altrincham stuf that goes beyond just red and white stripes stuff. This fresh one stripe hopefully will inspire some new merchandise from the club.
It shouldn't go unnoticed that the club sponsors logos (sleeves/back), th have been tweaked too, the JD logo looks better and small.
Add in a proper kit launch rather than AJ in the sports hall.
Everything about it just feels more professional.
Well done to all involved 👍
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The very mixed response indicates that it is simply a matter of taste. For me, I absolutely loved the Kevin Keegan Southampton kit of the early 80s (which it reminds me of) so I'll be getting one for myself and one for my boy.
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I’m liking it...it’s quite a change but I’m sure after a few games it’ll become more familiar. A little disappointed that the yellow kit only makes it to 3rd kit behind the grey one, perhaps there’s a reason behind that?
Good to see changes being brought in across the board, the online shop is massively improved too.
Onwards and upwards
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We need to bring back Graham Bennett and David Constantine if we are going to wear that kit.
Red shorts. It should always be red shorts.
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I must say I preferred last season's kit with the little black stripes, but what is the point in changing if you're not going to make it a big one.
I've seen far worse kits and remember there is a little bit of Ecky in this one.
My only other comment is to make the yellow kit our 2nd kit, not the grey!
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It's still a striped shirt, just less stripes than usual (the amount of stripes has varied over the years so I don't see the issue) and as others have said we have had plenty of non red and white striped shirts even during our finest moments.
Love the simplistic style, looks really fresh and modern. Credit too for the professional way it has been marketed this year.
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The yellow one is superb.
The home kit will grow on me I think.
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Here's a local celebrity modelling one of the options which was rejected by the kit committee:
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/df/8b/f3/df8bf30de9c7fca096bd2ac2913f3aae.jpg)
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It seems to me that it's more commonplace for striped teams to mix their kits about - look at the likes of Barca / Juve - I quite like it and expect to see some more leftfield ideas each year.
Agreed I'd like yellow to be the away kit - and I don't see why we couldn't change the blue to red in the sash, so we've still got our main identity running through the kit.
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I like it-something different & a fresh look. To note I believe the players were also consulted & gave it the thumbs up too. Good work by the club & with the launch online today too.
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I don't care what we wear as long as we kick on from last season.
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Well I like it. A nice nod to the past and a good, clean look to it.
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I’m not normally the sort of person who gives a huge amount of thought to the kit each season. As long as it does the basics (and, to be fair, not all of them have) - play home games in red & white, you can read the numbers on the back of the shirt clearly, the players can see each other in a crowd etc. - then I’m not normally that arsed either way.
However, with a new kit launch every 2 seasons, it’s quite difficult to achieve much variation on the red & white stripes (especially with the same manufacturer and sponsor each season), so I think a deviation every few cycles is a good thing.
Unless I’m missing something obvious, then it must be 25 years since we had anything other than traditional red & white stripes. During 1994/95, when we actually had two different home kits during the season if I remember rightly. Both of which were quite a divergence away from the more traditional red & white stripes.
So a change for one kit is probably overdue, and I think it looks good.