[Football] The new England shirt

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Exactly. I can't believe how much crap this has generated, both here and elsewhere, but it is worth stating, in capitals:

NO ONE HAS CHANGED THE f***ing FLAG!

God, what a bunch of morons we have in this country. Easily triggered, one might even say 'snowflake' morons as well. How did it come to this? When did the English become so stupid that they can mistake a design on a shirt for our national flag? I'd like to think it's only a tiny minority of Lee Anderson types but I'm not sure it is. It is really, genuinely, depressing.

Apparently the Germans are up in arms about a football kit now. It's all very queer

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Shilton was apparently one of our best ever keepers but the thing is I cannot remember a single save he ever made.

There was one against Pele. Oh.... hang on. That was Banks.

No, as you were

 

[jackalbion]

Much Better

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Anyway, the away shirt is LUSH.

Agree.

The only thing I'm not sure about is the cross. It's a bit too Christianly for me.

But for the sake of inclusivity I'm prepared to give it a go.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

 

[Insel affe]

The FA has defended the St George's Cross design on its new England kit, saying "it is not the first time" different colours have been used.
The body said it understood what the St George's flag "means to our fans" and the latest design was a.......
"tribute to the 1966 World Cup winning team".
How exactly ??

Not that it bothers me, but how exactly is changing the colour a tribute ?

Sounds like the FA caught in the headlights and someone on 120k a year suggesting mention the 1966 winning team, the Brexit crowd love that.

 

[Eeyore]

The FA has defended the St George's Cross design on its new England kit, saying "it is not the first time" different colours have been used.
The body said it understood what the St George's flag "means to our fans" and the latest design was a.......
"tribute to the 1966 World Cup winning team".
How exactly ??

Not that it bothers me, but how exactly is changing the colour a tribute ?

Sounds like the FA caught in the headlights and someone on 120k a year suggesting mention the 1966 winning team, the Brexit crowd love that.

It is silly, and shouldn't have been done. But it is SO worth it for all the outrage from the Portsmouth Colins and MPs trying to get votes. Labour, of course, will have to slightly alter their position as it is the same as the Tories at present.

 

[Guinness Boy]

 

[Alba Badger]

I'm Scottish so have no dog in this fight... well... but...

That is a cracking home top, you are a lucky bunch, if you can afford one and FFS, it's just a flag, who cares?

 

[jackalbion]

I say we go whole hog and go the complete other way

 

[Hotchilidog]

Exactly. I can't believe how much crap this has generated, both here and elsewhere, but it is worth stating, in capitals:

NO ONE HAS CHANGED THE f***ing FLAG!

God, what a bunch of morons we have in this country. Easily triggered, one might even say 'snowflake' morons as well. How did it come to this? When did the English become so stupid that they can mistake a design on a shirt for our national flag? I'd like to think it's only a tiny minority of Lee Anderson types but I'm not sure it is. It is really, genuinely, depressing.

The term is Broflake

 

[Wozza]

Really tempting to pull this out of storage to wear at Wembley tomorrow night...

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Really tempting to pull this out of storage to wear at Wembley tomorrow night...

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Now see THAT is a PROPER England shirt.

 

[carlzeiss]

 

[Wozza]

Now see THAT is a PROPER England shirt.

PROPPA.

 

[jackalbion]

I think that would improve the Welsh flag

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Had a flick through the news channels earlier. BBC and Sky were covering the Gaza ceasefire UN thing. GB News? Of course the shirt. And, unironically, the guy said something about getting away from the BBC and the Guardian and going into a Wetherspoons and then you would find how angry people were.

 

[McTavish]

I agree, the Union Flag/Jack is sometimes represented in different colours and I have no problem using say, a beach towel, or a T-shirt that has this.

However those things are not being worn by someone representing their country, and this shirt is supposed to be the players replica shirt, hence the higher price.

So yes it's now just a weird cross on the collar and nothing to do with St George or England.....but it should be.

What about the British kit for the 2012 Olympics?

 

[carlzeiss]

What on earth has changed Emily's opinion of the "St George flag"

Miliband: Thornberry's 'white van, flag' tweet lacked respect

Ed Miliband says a Labour MP who quit her role after tweeting a picture of a house with three England flags and a white van parked outside "conveyed a sense of disrespect".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bold Seagull]

What about the British kit for the 2012 Olympics?

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Thread over. I don't remember anyone having a problem with the change of colours and stylistic representation of the Union flag.

Complete non-story for a collar decoration on the rear of a football shirt.

The England badge is 3 lions, everything else on the national shirt is decoration. There was no St George's cross on the shirts in 1966, or most shirts since. Another excuse to ignite a culture war.