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posted 19-05-2008 10:53
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Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet;
Valenciennes
Unless it has and I missed it.
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Last Edit: 19-05-2008 10:54 By Harri Saer.
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posted 19-05-2008 10:54
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I like that - very old-school LOSC - but they ought to use the white one as the home shirt.
Oh hang on, it's Valenciennes. Ignore that.
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Last Edit: 19-05-2008 10:56 By Alderman Barnes.
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posted 19-05-2008 10:57
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It hasn't featured yet.
I hadn't realised that Valenciennes were a traditional scapulaire club. I always associate the motif more with Bordeaux, Lille, and even Lyon.
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posted 19-05-2008 10:58
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From FSC;
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For the first time since the final of the France Cup in 1951, VA wear the famous red jersey and white scapular (latin Scapula: is a length of cloth suspended both front and back from the shoulders of the wearer, that varies in shape, colour, size and style depending on the use to which it is being put) accompanied VA in its "great years" (from the 50's to 60's ) .
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posted 19-05-2008 11:06
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As usual, FSC merely parrots a press release and manages to be both wrong and internally inconsistent. VA did indeed wear a scapulaire for most of the 50s and 60s, which is why they've worn it quite a bit since the final of the '51 Coupe de France. They also wore one in 87-88.
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posted 19-05-2008 11:08
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Oh yeah, duh!
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posted 19-05-2008 11:19
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As noted before, Italian teams don't introduce new kits until much later in the close season, but Inter has produced three "commemorative" versions of this year's shirt celebrating their 16th title, each of which is rather on the lame side (not only because the lettering and numbering style doesn't match the real shirt):
Translations:
1) We are the champions.
2) 100 of these titles.
3) 100 years, only one faith.
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posted 19-05-2008 18:08
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Really like the Valenciennes shirts. Has anyone noticed the new Marseille away shirt?
Its horrendously chavvy, but my first thought was it's fucking brilliant!
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posted 19-05-2008 18:10
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Also Dortmund follow up a nice looking pinstripe home shirt with a horrendous take on the sash with what looks like shorts that don't match.
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posted 20-05-2008 15:53
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QUOTE:
From Times Online
May 20, 2008
Dazzling Cech wants to stand out in orange
Goalkeeper is leaving nothing to chance – even the colour of his shirt has a purpose
Petr Cech is leaving nothing to chance as he prepares for the biggest game of his life. The Chelsea goalkeeper will use every trick in the book to make sure that he is not beaten by Ronaldo and Co in Moscow and that includes a special orange jersey developed by Russian scientists that is designed to distract strikers just as they are about to pull the trigger.
“It’s been scientifically proven that you shoot at targets when you see one,” Cech said. “Even when a player wants to shoot into the bottom corner, they see the orange shirt and they can’t ignore the colour because it’s attractive to their eyes. It happens quickly and subconsciously, but eyes cannot ignore such a bright colour.”
Cech has won his special top once, with mixed results. Needing to beat Bolton Wanderers at home to have any chance of winning the Barclays Premier League title on the last day of the season, Cech lined up for action looking like a steward who was moonlighting in goal. Manchester United may have been winning away to Wigan Athletic, but everything was going well for Cech and his lurid jersey until Matthew Taylor beat him with a low strike that slithered through the Czech goalkeeper’s legs before ending up in the net.
“The studies say the colour is like an alarm or alert which spreads and is very difficult to avoid,” Cech said. “I found this out from a Russian guy working at Sparta Prague when I was there four years ago. He showed me all his studies and I was very impressed.”
So impressed that Cech is planning on wearing his garish ensemble — the top is complemented by matching orange shorts — at the Luzhniki Stadium when he comes up against Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney.
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posted 20-05-2008 16:18
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Birmingham in very drab D2 kit ;
Why do so many teams adopt the "all blue with white socks" look when it is so associated with Chelsea?
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posted 20-05-2008 16:28
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Highly beh.
It also continues their tradition of changing kits every year notwithstanding the "agreed guidelines" (as highlighted earlier on this thread).
Jamzinho, the OM and Dortmund kits both qualified for the "terrible football shirt" thread and are discussed there.
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posted 20-05-2008 18:20
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Ipswich Town will have Marcus Evans splashed across their shirt for the next five years. I suspect they won't be keeping the shirt for that long though.
I like the stripes (same as last season).
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Last Edit: 20-05-2008 18:20 By mnb098mnb.
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posted 20-05-2008 18:23
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That is a cheap-looking shirt and sponsor combo. It positively screams Beazer Homes League at you.
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posted 20-05-2008 18:30
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It's the sponsor that gives that impression to me. I've been very pleased with Scunthorpe United over the past two seasons as I think their sponsor sums up the club fantastically well.
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posted 20-05-2008 18:35
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With apologies to the Captain and any other Irons, I always "read" that badge as the hand of a guy pounding a 1.5 litre bottle of cheap wine.
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