Biancazzurro
Active member
I got this great reply from the club and thought I'd share it with you all:
Thank you for getting in touch with Seagulls Direct regarding "mini kits".
Nike currently do not supply any sizes below X-Small Boys (age 6-8) in the kits they provide to the club. For this reason we appointed an alternative manufacturer who specialise in making mini-kits for clubs in situations such as this - a common challenge for a lot of clubs.
Our Albion "mini-kit" will be available to purchase in the autumn for £33. This price will be inclusive of a full kit comprising of shirt, shorts and socks but it will not feature Nike branding.
The reason for the delay is that the manufacturing process can take up to 6 months. With our new home kit having a 2 year lifespan we wanted to ensure the mini kit is an accurate representation of the larger sized kit made by Nike, hence we held back production until we could provide the manufacturer with one of the first actual home kits produced by Nike for the first team.
Our specialist supplier then manufactures the mini-kit using a combination of the kit designs we provided to them initially, and use the actual first team kit as a point of reference to ensure accuracy.
It is regrettable that we can’t provide our youngest fans with a kit of their own to wear in the early part of the season, but our priority was to make sure we do it right, rather than quickly, and to ensure that when available the mini kit is great quality and great value for money.
I hope this provides some further clarity on this situation and we look forward to sharing more information when available. Please check back in regularly at www.seagullsdirect.co.uk where details will become available in due course.
Kind regards,
Claire