New kit release!

Southampton broke with tradition two years ago and played in a nearly(white pin stripes)full red shirt and West Brom last season ditched their navy blue stripes for hard to notice pinstripes so other clubs experiment. Scunthorpe used to play in red shirts but changed their club colours to claret and blue. Arsenal played in burgundy shirts the other year,Bury played in sky blue and brown shirts the other year. Accept it folks,it's not permanent,though i do prefer it when we play in white shorts rather than red!:wub8:
 
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winstanley asfc said:
Accept it folks
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Is that the right conclusion? All the examples you mention were changed back because the fans did NOT accept it!

But to be absolutely correct Bury and Arsenal didn't ignore their history, but rather tried to celebrate it. Bury had played in those colours 125 years earlier, and Arsenal (probably mistakenly) thought that their colours had been burgundy a 100 years earlier.

A club like Accrington Stanley should celebrate its history, not ignore it. Because it is what sets it apart. Without the history ASFC is just another Forest Green, or Stevenage!
 
Greger said:
Is that the right conclusion? All the examples you mention were changed back because the fans did NOT accept it!

But to be absolutely correct Bury and Arsenal didn't ignore their history, but rather tried to celebrate it. Bury had played in those colours 125 years earlier, and Arsenal (probably mistakenly) thought that their colours had been burgundy a 100 years earlier.

A club like Accrington Stanley should celebrate its history, not ignore it. Because it is what sets it apart. Without the history ASFC is just another Forest Green, or Stevenage!
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I'm sure most of us over the age of 30 would love the game to go back to what it was, our national working class game. Sadly those days have long gone, the greed of tv and corporate business saw to that. The history doesn't go, however you have to find any means possible to keep a club like Stanley afloat and competing in the top 92 clubs in England. If that means a diversion from tradition now and again, the club have to go with it, it's not an option unless somebody throws a lot of money in to the club. The shirt choice this season was driven by commercial reasons, there is no buying power to 'design' a shirt like the big clubs. It is temporary and a home shirt with stripes may never be seen again :)
 
Oh so the fans who were not even consulted or opinions asked, do not want the club to stay afloat? Or perhaps they are of the opinion this will not help one iota.? I didn't expect to hear arse kissing crap from you dave, but lifes full of surprises.
 
cashman said:
Oh so the fans who were not even consulted or opinions asked, do not want the club to stay afloat? Or perhaps they are of the opinion this will not help one iota.? I didn't expect to hear arse kissing crap from you dave, but lifes full of surprises.
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I was simply stating facts. :confused:
 
lancsdave said:
The shirt choice this season was driven by commercial reasons, there is no buying power to 'design' a shirt like the big clubs. It is temporary and a home shirt with stripes may never be seen again :)
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That right there is good enough for me.

If someone is putting their hand in their pocket to have the shirt like it is then jobs a good 'un and well done to whoever got money from nothing.
 
SamF said:
If someone is putting their hand in their pocket to have the shirt like it is then jobs a good 'un and well done to whoever got money from nothing.
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Get real! Nobody has put their hand in their pocket. As Dave points out there is no money in designing a Stanley shirt. But that also means that nobody is paying for the stripes, not even the Barbers Guild.

More likely Mitre offered a set of shirts intended for Stevenage on the cheap!
 
Greger said:
Get real! Nobody has put their hand in their pocket. As Dave points out there is no money in designing a Stanley shirt. But that also means that nobody is paying for the stripes, not even the Barbers Guild.

More likely Mitre offered a set of shirts intended for Stevenage on the cheap!
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What about the reason our away kit last year was yellow and blue, was it anything to do with Store First, our kit sponsors colours being yellow and blue?
 
Greger said:
Is that the right conclusion? All the examples you mention were changed back because the fans did NOT accept it!

But to be absolutely correct Bury and Arsenal didn't ignore their history, but rather tried to celebrate it. Bury had played in those colours 125 years earlier, and Arsenal (probably mistakenly) thought that their colours had been burgundy a 100 years earlier.

A club like Accrington Stanley should celebrate its history, not ignore it. Because it is what sets it apart. Without the history ASFC is just another Forest Green, or Stevenage!
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The examples i've mentioned were or will be changed back not due to fans pressure but for commercial reasons. Most clubs change their strips every season so the fans needn't worry about their clubs traditional shirts being changed for more than a season. The only case i can think of where fans have influenced a club to change it's strip colours or design is the Cardiff City farce where they changed from blue to red, then back to blue.
 
Maybe next season we could have red and white halved shirts like Feyenoord?:cool: Seriously though i don't know why some are getting worked up over a few stripes. The strip will still be predominantly red! A few white stripes on the front of the shirt is all we're on about!:rolleyes: Anyway,to those who say we are the Reds and now we wont be. I say we are known throughout the football world as Stanley(the only Stanley in Britain and probably the world),not the Reds, as there must be hundreds if not thousands of "Reds" out there!
 
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Accy Combination springs to mind; the commercial side of the club is almost upsetting. Stick a badge on a generic multibuy kit... Who would have sanctioned this?
 
Chewbacca said:
the commercial side of the club is almost upsetting.
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Not all 'commercial' decisions are made by the commercial department, in actual fact they had no input as there was nobody to have any input.

One of the key issues was retail, as most people know I look after that side of things, so I had input, hence why I have defended the decision in this thread.

I've explained some of the decision making earlier,transparency which people ask for then find fault with. I don't feel guilty about helping to make a 'commercial' decision under the circumstances they have to be made. If anybody wishes to step in the club would welcome you with open arms, I don't mind retiring and spending the millions I've made in my time there :D
 
lancsdave said:
Not all 'commercial' decisions are made by the commercial department, in actual fact they had no input as there was nobody to have any input.

One of the key issues was retail, as most people know I look after that side of things, so I had input, hence why I have defended the decision in this thread.

I've explained some of the decision making earlier,transparency which people ask for then find fault with. I don't feel guilty about helping to make a 'commercial' decision under the circumstances they have to be made. If anybody wishes to step in the club would welcome you with open arms, I don't mind retiring and spending the millions I've made in my time there :D
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Are yeh by any chance related to Bob Lord Dave?:D
 
I have to say the new shirts have a certain appeal and i am all in favour of the new look
Dave at Giftprint is doing a fine job and certainly got the full support of myself
Not an easy job to keep everybody happy but carry on Dave, lets be POSITIVE
 
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