Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
I wonder how many teeshirts they sell with Aidan Newhouse and Alan Navarro on them?
Hang on l'll take a stab . . . nil.
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[Albion] Albion endorsed "casual" clothing as flogged in the shop
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I wonder how many teeshirts they sell with Aidan Newhouse and Alan Navarro on them?
Hang on l'll take a stab . . . nil.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
LOVE the Falmer / British Rail one.
Things which mean nothing to anyone who doesn't know. I like that.
Sussex Martlets for me, only a fiver too, wow.
el punal
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As we are a community based club might it not be a bad idea for Paul Barber or the appropriate person to invite designs from Sussex colleges specialising in art and design,or even local independent designers, to help promote the club image?
Silverhatch
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The club should do a tie up with Artist Anon on the seafront arches by the i360.
That bloke (imho) has some great T-designs and actually heavily uses a subtle seagull in a lot of his stuff.
That bloke (imho) has some great T-designs and actually heavily uses a subtle seagull in a lot of his stuff.
oneillco
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Yes agreed that The Seagull Love Review do cracking T-shirt designs. I would love to buy more of their stuff but it is either a) out of stock or b) not printed on a blue T-shirt, and c) they don't add new designs. If someone from TSLR is reading this it would be great to get your comments on these observations as I want to give you my money...
I would like some stuff, esp a range of t-shirts, that are a little eclectic, a bit 'different' and very personal to the club.
Everything seemed (not been in this season, yet) to be very generic, predictable and safe.
I don't know if you remember the Teegulls stuff but in their short lived career it was very imaginative (copywrite infringing) stuff, much like the SLR before them.
There ought to be room for some adventure esp with the current crop of characters available to play around with.
Duffy heading away meteor.
Solly MARCH day.
Maty Ryan's 90 yard runs.
Dale 'Thou shall not pass' Stephens.
Jose v West Ham.
Now that I've proved I'm not the ideas man, maybe others that are can point the club in the right direction.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Maybe that guy should start being a lot less subtle, and start emblazing his teeshirts with big bold seagulls then!
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
But how much does it cost them to make them available, nothing, somebody asked them to make the shirt available, even if they sold one of each they made a profit
oneillco
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I must have wandered around the club shop about 30 times in hope of buying Albion branded clothing which doesn't look like it was manufactured by Primark, but wandered out again empty handed. The only thing I have bought is a mug. Don't they want my money?
Silverhatch
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Nah, punters want subtle on casual wear
oneillco
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Gotcha! We've found the bloke who designs Albion's casual gear...
Exactly.
A poetically licensed heatmap for Ryan on 04.012.18 would be good.
"Bored" written out in the penalty area, with 3 bright red lines streaking out from the edge towards each corner flag and their penalty spot.
Sussex Nomad
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The three non branded BHA endorsed tat of jackets I bought lasted very little time with the zips falling apart. Think I learnt my lesson after that and bought a Nike one.
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I don’t think it helps when you follow American sports and you see the never ending line of merch, the range of caps and beanies for a single NFL team is staggering, those Albion caps are very vanilla.
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portlock seagull
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The club will tell you demand is high. Well, the Sun was the biggest selling newspaper but it was never a quality read. Wasn’t even absorbent.
It’s bloody awful, has been since Withdean as numerous posters on numerous occasions have commented over the years. Barber ain’t interested. He should be. Nothing else, save a wage because the Merchandise Manager is stealing a living and ought to be ashamed. Probably that person was recruited from a garden centre: clothing wouldn’t look out of place in one plus evidently said person was already experienced in buying and selling compost I.e. shit!!
It’s bloody awful, has been since Withdean as numerous posters on numerous occasions have commented over the years. Barber ain’t interested. He should be. Nothing else, save a wage because the Merchandise Manager is stealing a living and ought to be ashamed. Probably that person was recruited from a garden centre: clothing wouldn’t look out of place in one plus evidently said person was already experienced in buying and selling compost I.e. shit!!
Weststander
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The Albion casual clothing range has almost always been crap. Churned out very cheaply in a Far East factory, yet sold the by club at at astonishing mark up, playing on fans loyalty.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
I don't think it is the Far East factor given that most clothes are made their, the club need to just think more creatively
Exactly.
Regardless of where it's made, if it's lacking imagination, creativity and, on occasion, some humour then there's only going to be limited appeal for most.