[Albion] When do the new kits go on sale?

[gjh1971]

so when can you buy them in the club shop without pre order them

General sale is from Saturday morning - the 6th

 

[brightonmark1234]

General sale is from Saturday morning - the 6th

okay cheers

 

[gjh1971]

No problem

 

[gripper stebson]

...with numbers.

 

[sparkie]

If we 'upgrade' to Nike/Adidas/Puma etc in the future, ie one of the big brands, our kit will have 'ironed on' sponsors logos etc, as that's what they all do now.

So potentially, the new home kit will be the last for a while with an integrated, non-ironed sponsor logo ?

 

[Superphil]

So potentially, the new home kit will be the last for a while with an integrated, non-ironed sponsor logo ?

This of course depends on whether the club opt for a "big" name brand to replace Errea, or go with a smaller brand, if we move to Nike or Adidas etc then yes, we'll have ironed on sponsors. Arguably, the big name brands might be better at "heat pressing" sponsor logos onto their shirts, though I doubt there is any difference. As it is, 95% or more of the big teams have heat pressed sponsor logos on their Nike/Adidas/Puma kits, albeit, they might have bespoke designs like United, Chelsea, Liverpool etc.

The thing is, for the top EPL teams, they can guarantee massive worldwide sales, so can demand good prices frrom the manufacturers, therefore protecting their profit margins. For teams like the Albion, we can't guarantee massive worldwide sales, hence we'd have to go down the template route to get anything like a decent profit margin from sales.

So, if we want bespoke, it pretty much has to be a smaller brand, as they will be keen to add us to thier customer base, ala Errea. If we want gear made by a huge global brand (what's wrong with Nike?) then we have to accept we might be wearing the same kit as the Dog & Duck 1st XI, complete with ironed on sponsors. If that happens, then people are going to have to get their mums to read the washing instructions more carefully.

 

[Jesus Gul]

...with numbers.

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and shorts on back-to-front

 

[supaseagull]

Love it!

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

...with numbers.

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If only they'd done the same 3 blue stripes on the front as they have on the back....would be REALLY nice.
Just cant get my head round the "2 shirts in 1" appearance though & even though the back looks fantastic with the numbers I wont be getting one....