MarcusX Posted June 9, 2022 Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 19 hours ago, Ivorguy said: Don’t know what you mean. It is OUR traditional kit when we fielded a team of great quality and we were promoted. Too few of us seniors around who have lived thro a great deal of City’s history. In my case, counting departed family members, we supported City before we became City. What is genuine tradition for some is novel to others I love this kit. Memories of Milton charging down the wing and crossing to Atyeo provided some of my best moments supporting City as a child. I think "tradition" and "identity" usually means "what they wore when I first started watching". That's why the purple and lime is special to me, reminds me of my first season watching City, and similarly I've always favoured white socks, because that's what I remember. If you watched us back in the 40s to 50s then hooped socks were regular. Identity changes over time and with it people become nostalgic to a certain era. Arsenal were around for 50 years before they started wearing white sleeves, and they had blue socks at one point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted June 9, 2022 Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 West Ham have messed with their traditions too with their new shirt (based on one they wore for two seasons 30 years ago), its not just us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted June 9, 2022 Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 40 minutes ago, MarcusX said: I think "tradition" and "identity" usually means "what they wore when I first started watching". That's why the purple and lime is special to me, reminds me of my first season watching City, and similarly I've always favoured white socks, because that's what I remember. If you watched us back in the 40s to 50s then hooped socks were regular. Identity changes over time and with it people become nostalgic to a certain era. Arsenal were around for 50 years before they started wearing white sleeves, and they had blue socks at one point Agreed, the nostalgia with the east end is understandable for those who stood/sat in it, but future generations in 50 years will feel the same about the South Stand when the club decides to knock it down and make it bigger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 9, 2022 Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Ronnie Sinclair said: West Ham have messed with their traditions too with their new shirt (based on one they wore for two seasons 30 years ago), its not just us I prefer that to ours if I'm honest. The sleeve and the neck banding is a bit thick, maybe should be claret rather than blue, but I like the design overall. Its got some detail but overall looks classy. Maybe a hybrid of the two shirts might have worked, eg that print on our sleeves in red and white with a better collar or more simple collarless design. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted June 9, 2022 Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 18 hours ago, Red Shadow said: This one? Yes, Big John appears to be very young and it's being played in daylight so this is the Rotherham game in January 1953. The other home cup game versus Accrington was played under lights in 1959 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted June 9, 2022 Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 2 hours ago, RedM said: I prefer that to ours if I'm honest. The sleeve and the neck banding is a bit thick, maybe should be claret rather than blue, but I like the design overall. Its got some detail but overall looks classy. Maybe a hybrid of the two shirts might have worked, eg that print on our sleeves in red and white with a better collar or more simple collarless design. Not a bad shirt apart from the horrid round collar. I'm not a fan of round collars as dependant on the cut or materials used they can be very restrictive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted June 9, 2022 Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 4 hours ago, Ronnie Sinclair said: West Ham have messed with their traditions too with their new shirt (based on one they wore for two seasons 30 years ago), its not just us I quite like that to be fair 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted June 9, 2022 Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 5 hours ago, Ronnie Sinclair said: West Ham have messed with their traditions too with their new shirt (based on one they wore for two seasons 30 years ago), its not just us Always loved the colours, but that shirt looks a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted June 10, 2022 Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 Been down this afternoon to get the home shirt for my boy, looks better at close quarters than the pictures show, would prefer the logos in white instead of maroon though. Leisurewear looks first rate as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted June 10, 2022 Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 I've done click and collect for the home shirt, and I've got my second email, so I shall pop down next week. An announcement of the away shirt would be handy though to save me making 2 journeys (provided I like it ofcourse) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted June 10, 2022 Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 Another thing to mention is the sizes, my boy is 11½ and of average size and had to have the 13-14 size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted June 10, 2022 Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 On 09/06/2022 at 13:29, Ronnie Sinclair said: West Ham have messed with their traditions too with their new shirt (based on one they wore for two seasons 30 years ago), its not just us I'm sorry, it might be a colourblind thing, but its bugging me - could someone explain the tradition they have messed with here? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 06/06/2022 at 17:56, elhombrecito said: Six o clock then? “Six o’clock Fawlty ...” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) Blimey 20 pages of next seasons kit, I reckon it will be red, and white, a topic for discussion down the pub Edited June 13, 2022 by NickJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The turtle Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 I hate it. Really genuinely hate it. Every time i see it on social media I suffer kit rage. Never thought the day would come where i hate a city home kit. I hope this is a once in a life time experience. End of first world problem rant. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 On 09/06/2022 at 13:37, Tinmans Love Child said: Agreed, the nostalgia with the east end is understandable for those who stood/sat in it, but future generations in 50 years will feel the same about the South Stand when the club decides to knock it down and make it bigger Recently finished my dissertation on Lefebvre and Baudrillard through the conception of fan spaces, and I must disagree. The East End elucidated socially emergent working class cultures. The South Stand was built with none of this in mind, and no longitudinal research to date notes that the same bonding processes will occur in the SS that were presend in the EE. What is more likely is that there will be a swell of young people who are dissasitfised with the limitations provided by modern football, and will complain at length to afford themselves more room to express fanatical support for the club, while a group of elder fans will resist to preserve the status quo. Older fans who stood in the East End, and who benefited from the milleu of social conscience at the time, should realise that young people nowadays have lost the ability to have that same formative experience. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 4 hours ago, The turtle said: I hate it. Really genuinely hate it. Every time i see it on social media I suffer kit rage. Never thought the day would come where i hate a city home kit. I hope this is a once in a life time experience. End of first world problem rant. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 Ouch. Having been able to get the boy mini kits until this year, £79 for the away GK kit came as a shock. He did want the home one but the shorts are already unavailable. It’s only June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 6 hours ago, ZiderEyed said: Recently finished my dissertation on Lefebvre and Baudrillard through the conception of fan spaces, and I must disagree. The East End elucidated socially emergent working class cultures. The South Stand was built with none of this in mind, and no longitudinal research to date notes that the same bonding processes will occur in the SS that were presend in the EE. What is more likely is that there will be a swell of young people who are dissasitfised with the limitations provided by modern football, and will complain at length to afford themselves more room to express fanatical support for the club, while a group of elder fans will resist to preserve the status quo. Older fans who stood in the East End, and who benefited from the milleu of social conscience at the time, should realise that young people nowadays have lost the ability to have that same formative experience. You seem to be suggesting that the East End was built in order to elucidate working class cultures, which of course it wasn’t, it was built cheaply to simply allow fans to see what was happening on the pitch. The cultures and sub cultures then evolved from there, but that wasn’t the original intention. Some of those cultures already exist within the fan base, and naturally will relocate to the South Stand, also evolving into other sub cultures not yet thought of. In fact the new generation of more affluent fan will no doubt change the definition of a football fan in years to come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tinmans Love Child Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Well that’s defo a horrible shirt, even if Ravanelli is wearing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Davefevs said: Horrible. As one of their fans tweeted: We deserve to get relegated for this, all the suspense as well. It was like waiting for your first shag, only for it to be with Gemma Collins 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Davefevs said: it does look very cheap, would be so much better without the stripe across the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 12 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said: it does look very cheap, would be so much better without the stripe across the front. We had a similar wide white band across our shirt in 18/19. That was awful too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeez Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Tinmans Love Child said: Well that’s defo a horrible shirt, even if Ravanelli is wearing it! Is that Ravanelli, I thought they got a random Boro fan from local working mans club. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, Red Alert said: Is that Ravanelli, I thought they got a random Boro fan from local working mans club. And me!! Seeing players getting old only reminds me of how old I’m getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 11 minutes ago, RUSSEL85 said: And me!! Seeing players getting old only reminds me of how old I’m getting. He looks the same, his hair hadn’t changed colour!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 20 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said: We had a similar wide white band across our shirt in 18/19. That was awful too. yes we did. The whole design of their shirt looks unbalanced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 30 minutes ago, Red Alert said: Is that Ravanelli, I thought they got a random Boro fan from local working mans club. Ravanelli always reminds me of pas de la Casa… @CyderInACan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said: Ravanelli always reminds me of pas de la Casa… @CyderInACan Brilliant! Great times 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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