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holloway spurs said:
Any bloke over the age of 18 with another man's name on his back looks like a total cunt ...
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Legacy Lilywhite said:
It is. They look awful on the best of folk. It’s an abomination that they’re deemed suitable as everyday wear by some. I still stupidly buy them though (!) with a view that one day, one season, a shirt might become memorable and glorious. I also have a dream that when I retire I’ll have a bar / pool room with them all nicely laid out and framed. Not quite sure what I’m thinking. Who’d want to reminisce about e.g. Conte’s second season, the quite nice green shirt NDombelly wore, the endless years of falling short etc etc.
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Henry Hotspur said:
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In fact, replica shirts - irrespective of a name on the back - are an awful look for adult men.

it’s not the NFL (not quite yet, at WHL!). But then again I might just be a grumpy old man.
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I don't have a problem with guys wearing a replica shirt on match days.

But Romford is full of grown men in WHU and gooner shirts every day of the week! Sad people.

Personally I haven't bought one for ages, mainly because I haven't liked any of the designs, I prefer tee shirts.
 
I think they should stop selling "authentic" match shirts. Those should only be available to people that represented the club on the pitch at some level.
 
I like promoting multinational insurance companies for no commercial benefit to myself, especially when the garment is uncomfortable. the more corporate, the better. The thomson kits were particularly good as the transfers wore off, they went out of shape and they were like a flimsy rash vest (swimming attire). Great value all round.
 
Who said:
I like promoting multinational insurance companies for no commercial benefit to myself, especially when the garment is uncomfortable. the more corporate, the better. The thomson kits were particularly good as the transfers wore off, they went out of shape and they were like a flimsy rash vest (swimming attire). Great value all round.
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Not that I buy kits anymore, but I do have a number of old kits that I sometimes wear to matches.

Insurance companies I can live with.

Betting companies I can't and won't touch.
 
Who said:
I like promoting multinational insurance companies for no commercial benefit to myself, especially when the garment is uncomfortable. the more corporate, the better. The thomson kits were particularly good as the transfers wore off, they went out of shape and they were like a flimsy rash vest (swimming attire). Great value all round.
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And they make you sweat more than Gary Glitter in a playground.
 
Who said:
I like promoting multinational insurance companies for no commercial benefit to myself, especially when the garment is uncomfortable. the more corporate, the better. The thomson kits were particularly good as the transfers wore off, they went out of shape and they were like a flimsy rash vest (swimming attire). Great value all round.
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That's the catch, isn't it? Kit maker deals and shirt sponsorship deals are 2 of the largest financial separators between clubs - and the value there is directly tied to shirts sold. AIA love partnering us, because our best player is huge in their home market meaning their name is plastered all over where it counts for them.

While I don't buy kits, doing so directly benefits the finances of the club allowing us to spend more. And we have been spending more - let's not turn this into another Levy/ENIC fight, there's a thread for that.
 
MemphisWill said:
That's the catch, isn't it? Kit maker deals and shirt sponsorship deals are 2 of the largest financial separators between clubs - and the value there is directly tied to shirts sold. AIA love partnering us, because our best player is huge in their home market meaning their name is plastered all over where it counts for them.

While I don't buy kits, doing so directly benefits the finances of the club allowing us to spend more. And we have been spending more - let's not turn this into another Levy/ENIC fight, there's a thread for that.
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Funnily enough I haven't got a clue who or what AIA are apart from them not being a betting company, a car company or an airline. Oh and that their name is a palindrome.

Do they even advertise in the UK apart from on our shirts?
 
MemphisWill said:
That's the catch, isn't it? Kit maker deals and shirt sponsorship deals are 2 of the largest financial separators between clubs - and the value there is directly tied to shirts sold. AIA love partnering us, because our best player is huge in their home market meaning their name is plastered all over where it counts for them.

While I don't buy kits, doing so directly benefits the finances of the club allowing us to spend more. And we have been spending more - let's not turn this into another Levy/ENIC fight, there's a thread for that.
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ok thank you. The financial benefits sound really interesting. 🌽

the end of 90's early 2000's holsten ones I recall as being on the itchy side. I put that down to the cloth and the cut of the jib.
 
Coys1955 said:
Not that I buy kits anymore, but I do have a number of old kits that I sometimes wear to matches.

Insurance companies I can live with.

Betting companies I can't and won't touch.
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fair enough. I think the last Hearts shirt sponsor MND Scotland is a good example of what a club can include as part of what they associate with and promote... without including the marketing (allegedly) feelgood music clip (like with property sales videos (is video still a word?).
 
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