NUFC kits & merchandise

[Kanj]

Re: our home kit in the CL, I love the white box on the back for some odd reason and prefer it on this seasons kit. 

[Harry 209]

1 minute ago, Kanji said:

Wonder if there is a chance our cup font next season could be the retro adidas one from 95-97? Would be class! 
 

Don’t care for any of his designs in the video but enjoy any bit of creative content on NUFC. 

UEFA rules dont allow for any brand placement on the numbers so sadly that wont be possible. Would have been brilliant tho.

[Kanj]

Just now, Harry 209 said:

UEFA rules dont allow for any brand placement on the numbers so sadly that wont be possible. Would have been brilliant tho.

Ah ok then at least just the exact font without the markings?

[Big River]

6 minutes ago, Kanji said:

Re: our home kit in the CL, I love the white box on the back for some odd reason and prefer it on this seasons kit. 

 

looks great with white shorts. probably the main reason we lost on Wednesday, tbh.

[Kid Icarus]

There's a 0% chance that if that yellow one came out it wouldn't immediately go down as one of the most popular of all time amongst fans like. 

[timnufc22]

10 minutes ago, Kanji said:

Re: our home kit in the CL, I love the white box on the back for some odd reason and prefer it on this seasons kit. 

 

I've always been staunchly against a blank back but I think I feel the same about this as well. I think the patch here it actually lends itself to more traditional red numbered shirts, at least one back in the 70s/80s sticks in my mind watching old clips, where the red number was against a small white patch. 

[wormy]

This is going to sound grumpy as hell but I'm sick of every other away mock up being the maroon hoops. And I fucking loved the original.

[Heron]

1 hour ago, Yorkie said:

Enjoyed The Kit Breakdown's vid; it's a really good channel and I tend to agree with Craig on just about everything; stuff like too many shirts being released and too much stuff that's just a copy of something prior. Will admit I fast-forwarded through a good chunk of him getting his hair cut, like.  Nice to hear from Watson and Clarky but really it was just multiple versions of the same conversation. Nice to see wor @Heron n'all. 

 

Spoilers re designs in case anyone wants to watch it first. 

 

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It kinda surprised me that he went for the red and blue hoops on the away kit given his views about copies, but I suppose he was led by the research. And it's just a glorious, glorious kit so it's difficult not to be lured by its beauty, even if you're anti-copying, like I am. Weaving aspects of the city and Wor Flags into the hoops was a brilliant call. Bringing the NUF-C badge back feels like an open goal for Adidas too cos: A, it's retro and therefore desirable; and B, it's minimalist so suits graphic designers' agenda to dumb-down any and all iconography. 

 

I really liked the concept of blending the 80s away kits together - the yellow and green combined with the pinstripes of the silver one - but I didn't love the gradient effect. Trefoil down the sleeve tape a la Bukta was an inspired choice but, again, absolutely pie in the sky when you consider the minimalist approach to badges and logos now. 

 

Home one was areet; don't mind a central badge. Gold's fine but can very much live without the Wonga blue. Back was shit though. 

 

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Is there a link to this article or video mate?

[Yorkie]

On 25/10/2023 at 16:17, Charlies said:

Always enjoy these videos so this should be good 

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Heron said:

Is there a link to this article or video mate?

 

Your segment from 46 mins.

[Heron]

4 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

 

Your segment from 46 mins.

Cheers mate

[Yorkie]

5 minutes ago, Heron said:

Cheers mate

 

Dunno why they cut you off at the end, like. Editing skills leave a fair bit to be desired.

[Tsunami]

For the yellow kit, the Alan Gowling/ Supermac blue shorts and white socks with top hoops are absolutely my favourite. That goal at Bolton in that kit is iconic. It was just like watching Brazil, Bruno/ Jo would love it. We’ve never gone back to it and I’ve no idea why not.
 

It was an absolutely fantastic kit.

 

 

[Tsunami]

For some reason we had orange socks that day

 

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[Kanj]

6 hours ago, Big River said:

 

looks great with white shorts. probably the main reason we lost on Wednesday, tbh.

 

I said that to my wife  was disappointed we didn't wear them as well. 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2023 by Kanji

[MrRaspberryJam]

On 25/10/2023 at 16:17, Charlies said:

Always enjoy these videos so this should be good 

 

 

That home strip he’s knocked out is honking. 

[Heron]

12 hours ago, Yorkie said:

Enjoyed The Kit Breakdown's vid; it's a really good channel and I tend to agree with Craig on just about everything; stuff like too many shirts being released and too much stuff that's just a copy of something prior. Will admit I fast-forwarded through a good chunk of him getting his hair cut, like.  Nice to hear from Watson and Clarky but really it was just multiple versions of the same conversation. Nice to see wor @Heron n'all. 

 

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It kinda surprised me that he went for the red and blue hoops on the away kit given his views about copies, but I suppose he was led by the research. And it's just a glorious, glorious kit so it's difficult not to be lured by its beauty, even if you're anti-copying, like I am. Weaving aspects of the city and Wor Flags into the hoops was a brilliant call. Bringing the NUF-C badge back feels like an open goal for Adidas too cos: A, it's retro and therefore desirable; and B, it's minimalist so suits graphic designers' agenda to dumb-down any and all iconography. 

 

I really liked the concept of blending the 80s away kits together - the yellow and green combined with the pinstripes of the silver one - but I didn't love the gradient effect. Trefoil down the sleeve tape a la Bukta was an inspired choice but, again, absolutely pie in the sky when you consider the minimalist approach to badges and logos now. 

 

Home one was areet; don't mind a central badge. Gold's fine but can very much live without the Wonga blue. Back was shit though. 

 

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I actually think these are all canny nice. Maybe the Sela should be Green on the third kit and slight reduction on the size of the crest on the away one. The mix of Gold and Blue on the home feels like maybe too much is incorporated. I'd go with blue over Gold but ultimately do one or the other not both.

 

 

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[timnufc22]

I actually love that home kit mock-up. It's a great balance of traditional while having its own slant - I agree with the designer in general that you don't want near enough carbon copy kits each year. I think the blue and gold work together as it's subtle enough but serves a purpose (blue piping brings an end to the stipes, the gold serves as lush trims on the adidas stripes and both colours are reflected by the crest). It has a lot of nods to many different kits over the years as oppose to an on-the-nose homage to one. Would be chuffed with it.

[TK-421]

So, this has just been shoved through my letterbox, and I'm over the moon with it.

 

https://imgur.com/a/Lvx3Haj



The stitching and embroidery is pretty good, the brown ale logo itself is soft, and embroidered, not hard and stiff like it is on the 'Entertainers' home shirt. But crucially, this 'XXL' actually fits me, well, it'll be a nicer fit once I shift a little more timber, but just tried the Entertainers 'XXL' and still cant get that on. So the sizing on this is closer to UK.

Really pleased with it for roughly £17 delivered, and didn't take too long either, from DHGate (ordered 14/10).

 

 

 

Edited October 30, 2023 by TK-421

[Cookie1892]

On 27/10/2023 at 17:28, Tsunami said:

For the yellow kit, the Alan Gowling/ Supermac blue shorts and white socks with top hoops are absolutely my favourite. That goal at Bolton in that kit is iconic. It was just like watching Brazil, Bruno/ Jo would love it. We’ve never gone back to it and I’ve no idea why not.
 

It was an absolutely fantastic kit.

 

 

 

Didnt we have this colour combo under Pardew? sure we won at man utd and spurs that season when we did

 

Cabaye at Man Utd and Remy at spurs in that epic Tim Krul game?

 

[Yorkie]

16 minutes ago, Cookie1892 said:

 

Didnt we have this colour combo under Pardew? sure we won at man utd and spurs that season when we did

 

Cabaye at Man Utd and Remy at spurs in that epic Tim Krul game?

 

 

 

[adamjk007]

[RodneyCisse]

22 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

 

Would love adidas to serve us something like that up. Maybe some hints of green?

[wormy]

3 hours ago, TK-421 said:

So, this has just been shoved through my letterbox, and I'm over the moon with it.

 

https://imgur.com/a/Lvx3Haj



The stitching and embroidery is pretty good, the brown ale logo itself is soft, and embroidered, not hard and stiff like it is on the 'Entertainers' home shirt. But crucially, this 'XXL' actually fits me, well, it'll be a nicer fit once I shift a little more timber, but just tried the Entertainers 'XXL' and still cant get that on. So the sizing on this is closer to UK.

Really pleased with it for roughly £17 delivered, and didn't take too long either, from DHGate (ordered 14/10).

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry if you've said before but who's the seller? First time I've been tempted by DHGate.

 

That shirt was peak childhood for me. My name and number on the back, PL patches, the works.

 

Really messes with my head that it was only one kit removed from the grandad collar. But I guess it was in some pretty formative years of about 6 to 10 years old. 

[Yorkie]

Do we think one of those other Adidas 90s kits would be remembered as adoringly as the grandad collar, had they been the ones worn when chasing the title? Or is the grandad collar still the best at a purely baseline level, forgetting how the team performed in it?

[Kid Icarus]

10 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

Do we think one of those other Adidas 90s kits would be remembered as adoringly as the grandad collar, had they been the ones worn when chasing the title? Or is the grandad collar still the best at a purely baseline level, forgetting how the team performed in it?

 

I think it was loved anyway tbh. Not everyone was sure about it at first (I remember not liking that the blue star had gone) but everyone had it as soon as it came out like. We were chasing the title under Robson as well at certain points and those kits never got anywhere near the same adulation.